The moment her blood touches my lips, waking me from my unconscious state, I know something is different. I can tell it’s her, can feel her body against mine, and smell her sweet scent, but when I open my eyes, searching for her mismatched ones, I’m met instead with two deep crimson irises; the stormy grey colour she inherited from her father nowhere to be found.Her blood is more potent, more powerful, and the taste is slightly different; she’s still a werewolf, but her human half is different, there’s something else there… She’s a vampire. I’m momentarily stunned by this realization; her magic still courses through her, making her a tribrid, a creature only ever written about, speculated about, but never proven a reality. I need to know how, why, but at the moment all I want is her.I feel my strength returning as I feast on her and I groan appreciatively when she begins grinding her slick pussy against my abdomen, clearly enjoying my fangs embedded into her wrist. I’ve been wonderi
While we bathe, Aurora and I talk about everything she went through because of Cassandra. She tells me about how she met her father, and her forced transition into a vampire so they could escape. I recount my own story for her, and her eyes, which are back to their normal mismatched colours, go wide in alarm when I reveal how the void weapons could actually injure me. She grabs my arm, inspecting the skin there. The cut from the blade has long healed, but she brushes her soft lips across it anyway and sighs. “What does this mean? Cassandra’s weapons kind of work? Do you think they could have killed you?” The last question comes out in barely a whisper, her eyes closing as though she can’t even bear the thought of it. I pull her into me, holding her close, “I don’t know. They only managed to get me once, and it did eventually heal, but…” I pause, remembering the agony. “...It was a kind of pain I’ve never experienced before, like a searing burn that spread down my arm before kind of
I stare grumpily at the diamonds hanging from my ears. Sure, they’re stunning, but at what cost? “If you take them out for longer than a couple minutes, they will heal over, so make sure you always have a pair in,” Harlow says cheerfully. I nod at her in the mirror, turning my head from side to side; they are gorgeous and the pain was minimal so I’ll get over it. There’s a knock on the closet door and I freeze as the scent of fresh blood hits me. My fangs ache painfully and Danika rears her head, throwing herself at the barricade in my mind. I’m strong enough to keep her locked away, until Heidi opens the door and I come face to face with Inez. I see the jar in her hands but it's the vein in her neck that catches my eyes, and I zero in on it, licking my dry lips, imagining her blood soaking them. Danika takes advantage of my momentary distraction and shoves me to the side; I can feel her fangs breaking through my gums, joining my newly permanent vampire fangs and the ache in them
The room springs into action, the guards that are left move forward immediately to host up Kieran’s unconscious body.“Take him to the infirmary,” Samael orders, “Make sure he’s put in the room next to Inez.” They nod once, running out with Kieran, and Samael turns to Seth, “Bring me Adelaide.” The witch with Seth opens a portal and they both step through it instantly. Samael stares down at me, his bloody fingers brushing my cheek, and I lean into him, his touch causing my heart rate to pick up. He glances up at Adrian and Dimitri and sighs, “go wait in the infirmary. If either Kieran or Inez wake up, come find us.”They both nod and speed out of the room, leaving us alone. Samael pulls me into his chest and I take a deep, unsteady breath, watching as a black portal opens in front of me and Adelaide steps out with Seth behind her. Samael straightens up, keeping one hand on my lower back and glaring at the both of them. “Seth, go arrest Viktor Whitewood, Xavier Crawley, and Killian S
I knew she was having a hard time with the bloodlust, but drinking from Inez should have sated her for at least a little while. Perhaps it’s her blood magic making it so difficult, but when she pounces on the prisoner and Danika forces herself forward, I realize it’s not that at all. I watch as Aurora shifts into Danika, her wolf form is huge, taking up most of the room. Her silky black coat ripples as she shakes out her body and her fangs sink into the throat of the prisoner.Danika is a vampire. How the fuck is that possible? Werewolves have turned into vampires before but the transformation always only affects the human side, the wolf remains the same. Danika drains the man of his blood and when she’s done his head is detached from his body. She slowly raises her gaze to mine and I’m met with two deep crimson irises, swirling with thirst. I back out into the hallway and she follows, blood dripping from her maw. I look at the guards in the vicinity, “lock the stairwell doors. Open
I knew we weren’t alone as soon as I reached the broken-down door, and yet I let Aurora walk out into an ambush anyway. I could have taken her upstairs when I sensed their presence, and we would be flying away right now.I watch with panic as she drops to her knees to comfort Eli. I don’t trust him, and this is all my fault for forgetting that even though Aurora is a hybrid, she has no training. Her emotions get in the way easily, and right now, she is making herself vulnerable.I’m about to tear her away from Eli when Cassian lets out an arrogant laugh, and a growl escapes me. He looks at her like she belongs to him; not in a sexual way, but like she is his property, nothing but a collectible to add to his shelf, and it sickens me.I move in front of him, blocking his view of Aurora, but he just stands there, with his hands behind his back and a wide grin on his face. I realize too late that I let myself get distracted by Cassian when I hear Aurora’s surprised intake of breath.I spi
Cassandra hovers over next to her portal, watching the scene unfold with excitement in her bright blue eyes. I’m in a standoff of sorts; desperate to protect my girl, but forced to leave her vulnerable while I fight off at least three dozen vampires.I know it will be easy to kill them, but I also know that once they’re all dead, Aurora will be gone. Bending down, I place a kiss on her forehead and move my lips to her ear, “I am so sorry I let this happen, my love. I promise I won’t rest until you’re safe.”I pick up a rock from the ground and throw it straight at Gwendolyn; it’s a blur as it speeds through the air, aiming right for her heart. One of the vampires by her side puts himself in front of her just in time, and the rock goes through him. It hits Gwendolyn, bouncing off her chest painlessly, and the vampire who took the hit for her falls to the ground with a hole in his chest, which slowly starts to heal.Gwendolyn narrows her black eyes at me and charges at Aurora, while at
“Mom?”I can’t believe it. She’s really here, she’s alive, and has been all this time. Her eyes are different, but so are mine. “Mom?” I say again, louder this time. “What’s going on? How are you here?” She doesn’t say anything, she just tilts her head, staring at me curiously.The woman sitting in front of her giggles, “Gwennie isn't really all there right now… well, the darkest parts of her are, but she’s not the woman either of you remember.”My dad grips the bars of his cell tightly, “what have you done to her, Cassandra?”She leans forward, sneering at my father, “Gwennie was always so much better at infiltrating the void than I was. As my dear mother liked to remind me every single day,” she scoffs bitterly.“So, when she showed up one night around seven years ago, I had her arrested, and I decided to continue the experiments the mother used to put us through… only I was much more successful; and now my sweet Gwennie is a vessel for the void.”She caresses my mom’s arm lovingly