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Taming the Big Bad Alpha In A Cave II
"If he hates all of you enough to want you tortured and killed, why doesn’t he just do it himself?" Caitlin asked Zendedari."The vampire must seek the earth before the sun rises. Unlike us, he cannot take even early sunlight. Dawn would bring his destruction. It limits his reach.""So he was in the woods watching us, just as I feared, and must have followed Barry and somehow trapped him. And he has to turn Barry over to the humans before dawn. The humans must be close.""Kendalf said the very soil groaned under their boots.""So this betrayer cannot help the humans as long as the sun is up.""Absolutely not." He said it with conviction."But the dawn does not have such an effect on us. We can stand it, Zendedari. If we move now, we can find them. All we have to do is get Barry back and hide him until around five or six this evening when we are strong again. We can do it, I know we can. There are only so many places he could be. We can stand the early-morning sun, and no one will be e
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Not in the same way," Zendedari answered as honestly as could. "Some things are so fragmented in my mind, I have to piece together information. I do know most lifemates choose to live or die together. But if a child was in need, the lifemate remaining would see to its well-being, emotionally as well as physically." He did not tell her of those children given to other couples to raise because the remaining lifemate could not face existence without the partner. They knew the child would be well looked after, well loved, because most women of his kind miscarried or lost their newborns within the first year of life. "And I know you, Caitlin. No matter how difficult something is on you, you always see it through. You would not abandon our child the way your mother did you. Our child would be loved and guided every moment of its life. I know that absolutely."She caught his arm, preventing him from stepping out into the rain. "Promise me, if we have a child together and something happens
Last Updated : 2022-12-06Taming the Big Bad Alpha Finding Barry
Raven stood in the comparative shelter of the porch, her face turned up toward the sky, eyes closed. Tiny beads of perspiration dotted her forehead, and her fingers twisted together compulsively over her stomach. She was not with the others, rather somewhere out of her body and concentrating on attempting to find Barry’s location. Beside her stood her dark, intimidating husband, his mind obviously locked with hers. Enoch was so like Zendedari that Caitlin could not tear her gaze from him. As she moved onto the porch a step behind Zendedari, she could clearly see that Enoch was furious. He was seething with anger, violence swirling very close to the surface, yet his posture was purely protective. He had placed himself between Raven and the ferocity of the storm.Kendalf was as still as a statue, his face a blank mask, his silver eyes as empty as death, yet Caitlin gave him a wide berth. There was something dangerous in his utter stillness. Caitlin felt she had no way of sorting out
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Raven flung out her ebony hair. "No one allows me to do anything. I decide. I was born and raised human, Kendalf," she pointed out. "I can only be myself. Barry is my friend, and he is in desperate trouble. I intend to help him.""If your lifemate is so enthralled with you that he would allow you such foolishness," Kendalf replied softly, menacingly, "then I can do no other than protect you myself.""Don’t you talk about Enoch like that!" Raven was furious.You really know how to stir up the hornets’ nest with the women, do you not?Enoch demanded, even though he understood Kendalf completely and felt him justified.Kendalf did not look at him but stared out into the storm.The child she carries is my lifemate. It is female and belongs to me.There was an unmistakable warning note, an actual threat.In all their centuries together, such a thing had never happened. Enoch immediately closed his mind to Raven. She could never hope to understand how Kendalf felt. Without a lifemate, the
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Kendalf stepped away from Raven, holding on to his composure with his great strength of will. "Few women of our kind carry to full term. The child rarely survives the first year of life. Do not be so certain we are out of the woods. You must rest and be cared for. The child comes first. Barry would say so also. Enoch must take you far from this place, away from the vampire and the assassins. I will hunt and rid our people of the danger while your mate looks after you." Kendalf’s voice was low and pitched in silver tones, tones of light that beckoned and danced. Nearly impossible to resist. So calm and soothing and reasonable.Raven actually had to shake off the compulsion to do as he wished. She glared at him. "Don’t even try that with me, Kendalf." She included Enoch in her stare. "And you, you big lunk, you would have gone along with him like the tree-swinging macho man you are. Watch these guys,Caitlin, they’re impossible. They’ll do anything to get their way."Caitlin found herse
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Caitlin wrapped her arms around Zendedari both mentally and physically, hating the worn, tortured lines etched into his beautiful face.Two days ago you could barely stand, could not remember anything. This is a miracle, Zendedari. What you’ve accomplished is a miracle.She tried to reassure him, reading accurately that he loathed the fact that he could not eke out another detail."It is enough to piece it together," Kendalf said, his voice a soothing balm. He touched his fingertips to Zendedari’s temples, inhaled slowly, and focused, sending himself outside his body.Caitlin could actually feel the pain melting away, leaving Zendedari whole and calm. The healer’s power was extraordinary.She wanted it, felt it moving within her, rising to follow where the healer’s light led.Kendalf’s voice broke the spell. "You must have accepted his offer. The poison was in the betrayer’s blood.""What prevents the betrayer from being paralyzed?" Enoch hissed it, a venomous sound that sent a shiver
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"There is one human a few miles away," Enoch stated. "I can detect no others. He is in the direction of Zendedari’s old home. Do we go?"Light was streaking the sky now, gray patches despite the dark, roiling clouds and the steady drizzle of rain. "Go, Enoch," Raven insisted softly. "You have to. Otherwise I would always feel I killed him. If you do not go, it will be because of me.""You have to," Caitlin added, looking into Zendedari’s black eyes. He did, too; Caitlin felt it with great conviction. There would come a time when Zendedari would remember his childhood, his great friendship with Barry, and how he had backed away from Barry’s attempt at reconciliation. He needed to do this for the sake of his own sanity.I know.His reply was a soft assent in her mind as he shared her thoughts. "I will go,Enoch," he said aloud. "You stay and protect the women. It is the only way.""It could very well be a trap," Kendalf cautioned. "More than likely it is a trap. Otherwise this would be
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Caitlin leaned against the bed and studied Raven. She was a beautiful woman, a little pale, with unusual blue-violet eyes. "Zendedari is still quite ill. He’s struggling to remember his life. It’s difficult." She paced restlessly. "I worry about him. He doesn’t believe he is always sane. There is such torment in him."Caitlin? you need me?Zendedari’s voice was clear in her mind, anxious, as if he had caught her thoughts.She realized that Zendedari was unable to release her completely. She should have felt resentful, cornered, but the truth was, she felt safe. Already she was becoming accustomed to their closeness.I’m fine,Zen. Just take care of yourself.It was an exhilarating feeling that she could talk across time and space, that she could touch him whenever she wanted or needed, that he would always know when she was troubled.Caitlin watched Raven and, noting her elevated breathing, automatically walked over to her to take her pulse. Raven laughed and pulled away. "My husband i
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