Walking out of the bedroom, I keep my hand locked with Christians whilst Tasha trots along beside us. Marco had already said he expected my mate to be the King and I needed to show him that Christian was in fact very much alive.
As we round the corner of the empty hallway we practically run into Breydon “My Queen” but he stops as he catches sight of Christian and Tasha “I thought you were dead Alpha Christian and you” he points at Tasha “How are you still alive?”
Christian clears his throat, “It is a weird and wonderful thing being a hybrid”
Breydon looks confused “What is it Breydon, forgot that he is like me?”
“No, not at all my Queen, I am just surprised to see him standing here” he continues to give Tasha a look of annoyance and lust, he wanted her for himself
“You cannot harm her Breydon, do you understand?”
“Yes” he grumbles “Rud
“It’s suicide” I throw my hands up nearly smacking Christian in the jaw who barely moves out of the way in time “It is just a fucking ridiculous idea Tasha”Tasha looks down at her feet, avoiding any form of eye contact with me“She has a point Ash, Daryl is going to come for her because he knows she means something to you” Christian tries to reason with me but I don’t want to hear it.“There has to be another way, I am not letting a human go in unprotected, she will never survive”“What if I am not human, he won’t be expecting that” Tasha’s hazel eyes are wide but she speaks as if she is having a normal conversation with other humans.“Tasha, not this again, I can’t, I won’t, I do not want to change you”I push through them and leave the three of them with the other werewolves, I couldn’t make anyone like me and I did not want t
“Lucian, this is a private meeting”Has Breydon not seen Marcos head?The guy rolls his eyes and moves to the open end of the table, throwing Marco’s head towards us, until it lands with a thud on the severed neck inches away from me, Marco’s eyes wide in fear.“Thought you might want this” Lucian walks away“STOP!” I call out to him, I needed to know what had happened to Marco.Lucian looks back over his shoulder a smirk on his face and carries on walking. What the fuck just happened, he somehow managed to ignore my order, the first person to have done that.Glancing at Marco’s face, I want to puke, as much as I had killed people, seeing just a head had my stomach doing backflips.It’s the humanity in youBut it was too late, I was running towards the bin and just about make it in time when Breydon appears next to me as I wipe my face “Would you l
“Why would I, if I thought you were dead”He had a point and yes, as usual I had more questions but honestly I didn’t know if Lucian would give them to me.“But they never found my body”He looks away from me, his jaw rigid as he thinks of an answer when Christian slams his fist down, making us jump “You will speak”I had seen him angry but not like this, he was more than furious, his eyes had turned black and I knew none of us would be leaving the room without an answer from LucianHe shifts around in his seat “Okay, okay. I helped”It was not even remotely close to what I expected to hear “You helped kill our parents?”He wrinkles his brow, “No, I had nothing to do with that, I helped them get you”“Why, why would you do that? Is it because you wanted to rule? Because you can if you want”I did not want to be in charge, I did not
Christian carries me back to my room, hurrying down the corridors and praying to the Moon Goddess that we were not seen as neither of us had any clothes but as he opens my bedroom door he almost drops me, inside were Calli and Tasha deep in conversation.Tasha looks away immediately, covering her eyes with her hands whilst Calli accuses us of not focussing on the current problem.“Can you at least give us a minute?” Christian glares at Calli and she turns her back on us as we pull some clothes from the wardrobe. I silently huff, why is it this kept happening, I just wanted to be happy and to be alone with my mate.The fresh mark on my neck was different to Daryl’s, it itched like crazy and when I run my fingers over it, the skin is raised, almost puckered.“Is it supposed to do this?” I mutter at Christian as we dress“Yes, it’s the venom in our fangs, the vampire side”Glancing in the mirror i
What have I done, why did I agree to this “Please tell me she is okay?”Christian sighs “I cannot answer that Ash, you drank too much blood”I follow him as he carries her to my bed and carefully places her limp body down. She is whiter than I have ever seen, she almost looks like she is sleeping and Christian places his head to her chest and when he looks at me, he shakes his head.Dropping to my knees sobbing, I knew that I had made a massive mistake, I hadn’t listened to Christian and stopped when I should have, I had killed my friend. Why did I do it, I never wanted to in the first place and once again I was friendless and alone.“Ash listen”Christian pulls me to my feet and I try to wipe away my tears, listening to the silence but I heard it, Tasha’s beating heart was strong and steady. Racing to her side I throw myself on her, grateful that she was still with us“When will she wake
“You have accepted him” he sneers at usDaryl’s dark hair hangs in wild curls, his beard had grown out and he looked a mess, like he hadn't slept in days, yet his dark eyes were full of hunger and still, I felt a connection to him. I didn’t understand, how could I still feel something for him after everything he had done to me, not only that we were never true mates, it had all been a lie.“How did you get in?” Christian and I stand side by side determined not to let him get past usHe laughs and Christians fingers wrap around my own, was he trying to stop me from attacking Daryl or stop himself“She asked you a question Daryl, how did you get in?”Again he laughs “It would seem that not everyone is on your side. I know you’re in heat too” he sniffs the air “You will always belong to me”“No. I will never be yours” A mixture of heat and anger was racing
It was a long but very fruitful night, we made the most of our time alone, exploring each others bodies and minds, Christian felt bad about the branding and wished that he had found me sooner, the same with all my scars but he reassured me that even though they were bad, they were apart of me and made me who I am.In between sex we talked lots, about my concerns for Tasha, Christians worries about his pack and the loss of his land but I promised him that I would do everything in my power to get it back.Maybe I should have gone after Tasha, but this bond between Christian and I was important and now that I had marked him, I felt different, the connection between us was strong and like nothing I had felt with Daryl. The connection with Daryl it had all been one sided and forced and yet something inside of me still had some feelings for him.From the floor I could see the sun was coming up, Christian was fast asleep with his arm draped across my stomach, the room
“Rudina, he knows now, he knows we are all working together and he will plan for it. We need to be smarter than this”“I have an idea” Christian grins at me “But we need to make sure Lucian is on our side”“No Alpha Christian, Lucian is probably the reason Daryl got in. I have said this before, Lucian works on his own terms”.“Exactly”It seemed like I had missed out on something, how was having Lucian on our side going to help. Christians voice comes into my head, cutting through my thoughts “We need to offer him something in return, his freedom!”I look at Christian in confusion and he smiles at me “Trust me Ash”I nod my head and turn back to Breydon, “Bring me Lucian”Breydon takes the vampires with him and they quickly leave, not wanting to be in the same room as the wolves for long. Leaving Christian and I and his selected wolves.