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2024-12-24 16:00:46“You can’t be suggesting what I think you are suggesting, James,” Nick said. “I’ve known her my whole life and I know she would do anything for that boy of hers, anything!”
“Yes, that is what I am worried about; a woman loses her mate and nearly her son. If I was her, I would do anything to protect him, anything and everything possible,” He continued and Nick gave him a hard look.
“She wouldn’t,” Nick started, but looked towards the closed door with doubt written all over his face.
“Two years ago, she lost her mate. Now Xavier kidnapped her, and she is hesitant to enter the forest where we are sure he is! We have explained that he is under significant risk of being turned into a hybrid and she is arguing to wait until the morning to start the se
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Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -93- Lily
Lily sat in the little cafe sipping on her hot coffee, enjoying the warmth it provided her as she listened to detail what Veronica wanted to do and the offer of a job with the Aequivalere. “Honestly, ever since I heard of James Lacrosse, I’ve wanted to get my hands on a genetic sample, but he never stayed in one place too long and when he was in town, I only found out after he left. Though, I’m kind of glad if everything they said is true,” Veronica told her.Lily couldn’t resist the small smile appearing on her lips. “Well, first Veronica I’m going to check you out,” Lily started, and she nodded. “If you’re lying, I will probably kill you,” she said, intending to scare the vampire. “When I confirm that you’re with the Aequivalere, then you have yourself a little lab rat,” Lily told her, and Veronica smiled.Lily sighed, looking out the window. It looks
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -92- Lily
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Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -91- Lily
That night, there was a celebration for the rescue of the children. Also, even though no one dared say it out loud, they were also celebrating the doctor’s death. Wendy led Lily around the center of town, talking almost nonstop. With a smile, Lily let the teen pull her around and introduce her to all of her friends. Besides the weirdness of it all, she felt almost back to herself and that felt good. She could almost forget what had happened earlier with James. It made her feel awful things ended like that, but at least now he could think for himself.Pushing away her dark thoughts, she enjoyed herself. When she was finally free from Wendy, she looked around the crowded park where most of the celebrations were taking place. She smiled at Crocell and Karya. She bet they knew how to have a good time. “To the victory,” Karya cheered, handing her a drink as soon as Lily walked up to them.“To the victory,” Lily repeated, downing her drink, earning a look of approval from Crocell. They fill
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -90- James
With a wild look in her eyes, Lily continued. “I guess you want to hear how I continued to lose it to the point I enjoyed all the pain I caused Xavier much more than any good and sane person should! Or how when I was finished, and I found that Wendy was still waiting for me, I was tempted to do the same to her.” She turned away from James to throw herself into a chair. “It’s a miracle I managed to come back... but not completely,” she said, the anger suddenly gone from her face. “I’m not the good person I thought I was. I have darkness inside me,” she finished.“You’re a good person. The darkness comes from your vampire and the wildness of the beast,” James told her, wanting to comfort her, but she glared at him, her anger returning.“You don’t know anything, James Lacrosse,” she snapped, shooting up from the chair. “You want to know what that is,” she said, looking at the vial he still held. “It’s what Xavier gave to Lacy, so she wouldn’t be mated to Chris anymore,” she told him, and
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -89- James
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Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -88- James
James watched Lily walk past him with the alpha’s daughter clinging to her waist. As much as he was glad to see she was okay, he was furious she had done something so stupid as to go off on her own. If that wasn’t bad enough, she didn’t even have the tiniest amount of courtesy to at least apologize for worrying him, no she had thrown it in his face how little she cared for him and his concern for her safety.Once they arrived back at the hotel, all the vampires practically ran to their homes, except for Bianca and Dorin. “So what happened Lily?” Nick demanded.“Xavier is dead. I killed him myself. Can the rest wait until I can recover some?” Lily replied, and James noticed her typical sardonic tone was gone.“No, no, it can’t!” Nick barked right back at her
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -87- Lily
Lily turned away from her, taking deep breaths. Neither the beast nor the vampire wanted to go back. They like being this in control and fighting against her. She growled as she attempted to dig deep inside herself to find her humanity and herself forcing the others back down into their cages within her. Little by little she grew stronger than them. With a sigh of relief and exhaustion, Lily felt herself return to normal as her body gave out from the exertion.The teen grabbed her around her waist. “Are you alright?” she asked, worried, and Lily nodded without looking at her. “What are you?” Wendy asked again, sounding curious. Lily couldn’t help but laugh as she leaned against the wall.“That is a good question. I don’t think they have a name for me since I am not really a hybrid,” she replied. “I sort of h
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -86- Lily
“No,” Lily told Xavier, and he looked surprised and insisted that he would be good at his word. “I said no Xavier, tonight you die. You see, I’ve got silver bullets loaded in this gun. I am going to fill you with so much silver they will make silverware out of your ass when I am done. Now you can be a good guy. Let the girl go so I don’t have to take her down with you because quite honestly I am not a very good shot,” Lily explained, in turn ignoring the girl’s anguished sob.“Nice try Lily, but you’d never hurt her,” he replied with smug arrogance.“Yeah, normally you’d be right, but not this time. I have to take you down here and now. I would hurt one girl to keep you from hurting hundreds, thousands, and maybe even millions of people,” she replied in turn with cold seriousness in h
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -85- Lily
Xavier’s arrogant expression told Lily he knew exactly what was going on in her head. What the hell am I doing? She scolded herself. “Screw yourself, Xavier, I will never help you. Not even with the bribe of getting rid of James,” she snapped at him.His face twisted into a furious rage. “Foolish woman, I don’t need to get your blood from you alive,” Xavier screamed at her, and one of the black metal doors opened. An enormous creature slowly entered the room; to say it was hideous was an understatement. It looked similar to James’ beast, but there were bald spots on him everywhere. Fur covered one arm and clawed while the other was smooth and more humanlike.“This is one of my many attempts to recreate what you are. As you can see, he is a clear failure, but he does serve for other purposes. He has proven to be qu
