— Elaeya —
Mother would be able to track me with my blood, no matter how far I’d be. My parents could track his phone, it should be safe.
Yet, these facts didn’t lessen the tension in my body. I had never willingly stayed away from my family for more than a day. I knew of no safer place.
— Kaden —The other bedroom also had an en-suite bathroom, which was convenient, so I used it, careful to wash all remnants of blood from my scent. Sam had brought my luggage up, so I changed and went down.I smelled the food first.There were a couple of domestic cooking—p
— Elaeya —I got up in the afternoon.The sky was still grey, and it was hard to tell the time of the day.There was tension in the air I could not originate. I knew I would not be able to sleep much longer, so I got up. I could hear a voice booming from below, muffled by various walls
— Kaden — “What do you mean?” I asked.“I… My instincts are sharper than most. If I open my senses, I can get more. I don’t always control what I get or how much, but I can aim it a little,” Elaeya explained.“Is that how you saw my injuries?”“I didn’t see them, at least not with my eyes.”“What else did you see?”“I see…” She tilted her head slightly, her eyes getting out of focus again, her hand resting on my chest again. “I see that contact between us helps heal you faster.”“Does it?” I supposed it wasn’t a far-fetched idea if it was the distance that had caused it. “Does this help?” I pressed my lips on hers.Frankly, I could stop all life plans and just kiss her for the rest of my life. That sounded like an excellent retirement plan. I don’t remember being this obsessed with physical contact with a woman since puberty.She nodded, but didn’t break the kiss, so I slid my hands on either side of her hips and pulled her astride me. This was much better.The fact that half her back
— Elaeya —His phone rang again.He sighed as he looked at his screen.“Yeah,” he answered.‘You want me to leave?’ I mouthed silent
— Elaeya —When I turned around and looked at him, his eyes looked dark, his posture had changed, and I realized what this looked like. This is not what I intended. What did I intend?I didn’t think. I went on instincts. But why? There had to be a reason. In looking for that reason in my head, I got closer to him. It had to do with his situation. He needed to heal, and I suddenly knew that I both helped
— Mishka —I was sitting on a bench in a plane with a small battalion getting ready for battle. Alpha Devon—the other Alpha Devon—was in the office with the captains preparing for the take-over and occupation of Nubinero.I had my head against the wall of the cabin, with my eyes closed. It would be nice if I could get a nap, but we were so cramped up together that it would take a small miracle for
— Kaden —I never realized how terrible my dating game was.What do people do? Where do they go? What do they talk about?And she was not helping me. Not one bit. But again, she probably didn’t know more than I did.
— Kaden —She had been silent for a while now. All our plates were empty.I called the end of the evening, and everyone got up.Sam began piling plates and kicked Stellan, who got the gist of it, and the guys took everything back to the kitchen.
— Elaeya —I woke in a familiar hospital room. Kaden was there. I tried to smile and tell him I was okay and to wipe those worries off his face, but the words caught it my throat. The place smelt clean and fresh, but there was this echo of filth, and blood, and gore that came back to me and refused to go way.
— Kaden —“What’s the report,” I asked Darren from a small room next to Elaeya hospital room.“First, how is she?&rdquo
— Elaeya —We grabbed the fuel. I opened the door and splashed it in the direction the men went. I knew there was no other way out. Tamarak came in after me and splashed another can. His hands were nearly back to their normal size now.
— Kaden —“We got words they know we’re coming and have called up the cavalry,” told me Jaxx.“Huh,” said Mishka
— Kaden —“I found it,” said Jean-Philippe on the other side of the line.The info we had found on Elaeya’s position had been
— Kaden —‘Hey boss,’ said Mishka through the mindlink.Everything was pa
— Kaden —I was covered in blood from head to toe.‘What’s the result?’ I mindliked the head of all my teams.
— Kaden —We were on the clearing where I married Elaeya.There were no fairy lights, no flowers, no decorations. All the trees were bare excep
— Tamarak —Seven hundred and fifty-nine days.I haven’t seen the sun or the moon since, but I feel it, every time the sun sets, every ti