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ZIYAHNailah slinked her way across the room, taking a seat next to me on the loveseat. There was a distinct feline appearance around her that stood out amongst the rest in the lounge. Green-yellow eyes that looked as though she could see into my soul.Red lips tipped up into a seductive grin, luring me in for a night of fun, pleasure, and excitement. One that was promised for me to never forget.Manicured fingers tucked stray hairs behind my ear before one traced down across my jaw.Our interaction was being watched by her handlers, so it was up to me to sell this. My tongue swiped across my bottom lip as I looked into her eyes.Pain was buried so fucking deep, but I still saw the silhouette of it. I had no idea how she got through each day while being handled like she was. They treated her like nothing more than a bot to ssmake money for them. Her kind was inherently attractive, so she was bound to be someone who raked in the dollar bills. Not by her choice, mind you.‘Who is the sex
CAIATHUSI was still stunned at the turn of events. Nailah had been someone that I had loved and wanted to bond myself to, but I was the one that insisted that we wait for the blood moon because I had a sneaking suspicion that she would be fated to me, but I did not want her to ever regret choosing me.Then she was gone with no warning. Her kind did not really congregate together because of how coveted their species was. They were safer apart. However, I did enlist their help in finding her because they could seek their own kind out. However, it was a dead end at every turn.I never gave up hope of finding her one day though. It was another reason why I had never bonded to anyone else. I wanted her and only her as my life partner. Sure, I had occasional hookups, ones that I regretted now that I was in the presence of the one I truly desired.There was no telling what all had transpired, but I did clearly catch my cousin mentioning that she had been captured. Not to mention the warning
DANTELast night, Ziyah came up to the suite all ecstatic, telling me about Caiathus’ mate-bond with Nailah. That was something that I had not seen coming, but I was more than thrilled. He deserved it, and I was certain that she did too.Personally, I could not imagine being brokered and handled like that, as if I was nothing more than a dollar sign. Each of the innocents that I noticed who were being handled all had something in common – their eyes were dead, void of the hope for salvation from the horror shitshow that was their lives.“Hello,” I said, answering my phone.“Well, the bust was extremely successful. We were able to rescue thirty-nine innocents and arrested all of the douchebags that we got our hands on. Your Luna’s brilliant plan worked out perfectly,” Diego praised.I turned on my phone’s speaker so that I had both hands to finish getting Blakely and Asher dressed.“That’s great to hear. We have some temporary housing set up in both packs until we get something more per
ZIYAH Going to Coverstone was interesting to say the least because there was such a diversity in those that had been saved. Out of the thirty-nine innocents that were saved: Nine were vampires. The youngest was a female who was barely old enough to be classified as a teenager. Three of them were young adults under fifty years of age. Yes, that was considered young adult for vampires. There were three adult women and two adult men. All nine of them were gifted, which was precisely why they were forced to attend that event. There was one male siren. I had never met a male before, but my intuition was telling me to introduce him to Noriel. Was it possible that they would turn out to be mates? I supposed that anything was possible. Two were serpent-shifters. They had been den mates when they were captured. This was their tenth year since then. Sadly, the rest of the den had been killed because they were not gifted like these two were. One was an albino bear-shifter. One might ask why
ELLE Nailah was an amazing woman that I was lucky to have met for a couple of reasons. First, she made Caiathus incredibly happy. That meant everything to me because I saw him as a brother. Therefore, he held a very dear place in my heart. Second, she was so damn strong. Despite everything that she had been through, she was still someone who loved to smile as well as loved to stop and smell the roses. Our boys were also enthralled with her. It made sense once she explained why that was. Her species were created by the Goddess Bastet to be guardians, much like the Fae gods created the Protector lines, and the Goddess Hecate created vampires. As such, pure souls were drawn to sphinxes more than anyone else, subconsciously being drawn to their species’ purpose. It also made complete sense why she was paired with Caiathus. He might be a suave and sophisticated Protector who religiously stuck to titles, protocol, and such. But he was also the one that would rain hell down upon anyone w
ZIYAH Tonight was incredibly important. Imeela and Jackson’s coronation was history in the making. Never had there ever been a ruling member who was not a vampire. That was good and bad at the same time. It was good because this was exactly what Hecate had wanted – change. Jackson and Zeus would be amazing Kings who would end up supporting Imeela every step of the way. I highly doubted that anyone else would have what it took to make this successful. It was a bad thing because it was essentially encouraging all of the fucking idiots to be idiotic. There was too much purist bullshit in the vampire world that needed to be obliterated. What better way than this pairing? There was no question about something might happen because something was going to. Elle, Brynn, and I all had this feeling. However, we kept that away from Imeela and Jackson both because they had more important things to focus on. So, I was going through last-minute security measures and would help ensure that our me
KADE Tyre was beside himself, humming Mission Impossible music as we used the cover of our handy shadows to keep an eye on everything that was going on. ‘You’re just jealous that you don’t know the entire tune,’ he said after pausing his humming. Of course, I fucking knew the entire tune. I scoffed at him and began humming it. I got about thirty seconds into it and paused, trying to remember what came next. FUCKING DICK WOLF! He was howling up a storm at being proven right. Luckily, I was saved from finding the perfect retort when two hushed voices caught my attention. Thankfully, my dick of a wolf knew when to be serious, so that howling went away at once. “The perfect time will be when they are coronating them. It will cause the most panic, allowing you a chance to escape in the chaos. There is a magically-coated silencer on the gun, so nobody will hear it,” a man said. “Are you certain it will kill him though?” a female asked. I could hear the uncertainty in her voice. Was
ELLE Kade had already filled me in on apprehending someone who had planned to force his daughter into assassinating Jackson so that he could then use the chaos to kidnap Imeela. We all knew that tonight’s coronation would not be a joyous affair for all. There were bastards in all species who willingly followed people like Andrei because it allowed them to do whatever they wanted while saying fuck the consequences. Brynn, Ziyah, and I all had this feeling that something serious was going to happen tonight. That feeling did not go away when I heard that the bastard was in the cells. It was a damn good thing that we did not bring our younger children. The boys were having a sleepover with their cousins, so they were fine being away from us. Kalen was safe back at their pack. My man was sexy in his fitted black suit that had a silver vest, which made his gray eyes pop. His hair had that messy wave going on that made him look like he styled it that way, but it was just natural. I knew