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.
An urgent knock at the door interrupts us followed by Breydon “Rudina, Rudina, are you in there?”Groaning, I tell him to come in and roll my eyes at Christian“Rudina we cannot find Lucian”“Why does that not surprise me?. Can’t you see Breydon, it is clearly Lucian that let Daryl in”“Then my Queen, it is time we moved, the vampires and the wolves are ready. We have waited long enough”“You have spoken to the wolves?” It came as a bit of a surprise considering how much he despised them“Yes Rudina, they are all fully healed and ready to advance on Daryl’s pack immediately”Looking back at Christian for an answer, I needed him to reassure me it was the right thing to do considering he had told me I need to stay here, but I needed Tasha to be back with us, she had been away too long.Christian grabs my hand “We will tackle him together&rdq
Reaper was snarling through me as we inch closer to the bitch. Amber was muttering under her breath, trying to cast a spell on us but it wouldn’t work, nothing would work now and she knew there was no escaping me.Her amber eyes flickered around the dungeon as she tried to figure out a way of getting pass me but there was nowhere for her to go, my huge beast filled the room“What’s the matter Amber, know this is your end?”“Never” she screeches and tries to run at me, her small body colliding with my own and whilst I did not move, she bounced off of me like a spring and lands on the floor in a heap, making me erupt with laughter.“What are you waiting for, do it!”Her eyes close shut as she stands in front of me but it wasn’t going to be that easy. I was going to rip her apart in front of Daryl, he hurt my mate and now it was time I hurt his.With one hand, I haul her in the air by her an
He stands next to me as I look at all the dead wolves and his fingers touch mine, sending sparks through me and I immediately pull away, it just had to be some kind of trick.“You killed them all?”He closes his eyes and looks up at the darkening sky “And I have been punished by the Moon Goddess”“How did you?, why did you kill them all, why didn’t you just speak to them?”“Because they had been brought up to see you as the enemy. My twisted and warped mind convinced them that we would take over they just had to wait for the signal and they had to be respectful of you”“That was the curse?”He shakes his head “Ash, I told you from the beginning there was more to the curse. My parents had planned it before I was born, long before Paige and Amber were involved”“I know, we had already figured that out”“Then you see that I was just a p
“You want to go home?”His head bobs up and down “We can’t go back to the vampires, they didn't want anything to do with this”My hand clasps around the note in the pocket. The warning from Daryl about the vampires working with Amber.“What happened to you?”“Huh?”“When I looked back all the wolves were on the ground, the vampires gone. What did they do to you?”He looks at me with a raised eyebrow “I don’t know what you are talking about Ash, we never came with any vampires. They didn’t want to get involved in the werewolf problems”“What are you talking about Christian?. We rode in cars with them, you and I were with Breydon”He shakes his head at me looking worried “There were no vampires in the cars Ash, just the wolves. Have you hit your head?”I didn’t understand what was going on, I had seen it.