All Chapters of Shattered Bonds: Chapter 271 - Chapter 280

My father’s actions make me wonder if he is the one going against the Guardians. Now, not only do I have to find the woman my grandfather asked me about, but I also have figure out if it’s my father that’s going against the werewolves and the Guardians. I’m almost as angry about being attacked as I am about the missed opportunity with my mate. We had one more night, alone in the woods, but now, we’ll make it to the city before it gets dark. I probably should feed again before going into an environment where I’ll be surrounded by humans. Although, I still have no need or desire to feed. It’s incredibly refreshing to be able to focus on something other than my thirst. We slow down and begin to walk as we get close to the city and the possibility of running into someone that shouldn’t see us moving so quickly. “Where will you go now?” Leana asks me. I turn and look at her, frowning. “I’m assuming that you can’t go back to your grandfather’s castle now that you’ve left that message fo

I can tell that Leana had no idea that vampires had the ability to attach themselves to the ceiling. In truth, you have to be a powerful vampire to do it. I always thought it was a fun trick after I became a vampire. I would practice walking on the ceiling in my grandfather’s castle. Giovanni used to get mad at me, telling me to stop sneaking up on him like a spider, which only made the game more fun for me. Thankfully, Leana stays quiet as the two people enter the room. Her legs are wrapped around me, the documents from my grandfather in between our bodies. She has a straight shot looking down at them, but I have to turn my head. The first person to walk in is the woman from the front desk, and with her is Silas, one of my father’s minions. “Are you sure no one has come in?” he snaps at her. “I’ve been at the front desk this entire time,” she snaps back. Silas looks around the room. I wonder if he is my father’s new second in command. “And the woman said her name was Leana?” he

I had been watching to make sure none of my father’s men followed Leana and her Aunt Grace. However, having a Guardian in attendance at the council has thrown my father into a frenzy and he pulled all his men back earlier today. So, I’m standing across the street from the restaurant where my mate and her aunt are eating, watching from the shadows when Guardian Grace asks Leana about me. How the hell did she see me? “You don’t need to lie to me, Leana. Even without your mother’s gift, I would know that you were lying, and I would hope that you know by now that you can tell me anything.” I watch as my mate takes a deep breath and looks down at her clasped hands. “He’s my mate.” I watch Guardian Grace look at Leana, then reach out and cover Leana's hands with hers. “And your mother doesn’t know, I’m guessing.” “How can I tell her? After everything she endured, it’s like a sick joke that the Moon Goddess is playing on my family. But….” “But you are drawn to him anyway,” Grace says. M

Over the next month, Leana and I move into our new home. The days go by much too fast and the nights that I spend devouring and enjoying my mate go by even faster. Leana turns our little apartment into a cozy home, a place that I want to come to, to be with her at night. Her scent is everywhere inside making our place that much better. She agreed to let me buy all new furniture, after a bit of arguing. Since, it’s not the place I want to give her, she agreed to make me happy. She’s as happy here as I am and I think I finally understand the saying ‘old married couple’. She and I quickly get into a pattern of fixing up our apartment, around her stopping into the council nearly every day while I go shopping for more furniture. Guardian Grace left a few days after she arrived, and then Leana's Aunt Cara came by. While they were here, Leana joined them at the council, but her Aunt Cara had agreed with Grace that Leana needed to be very careful going in by herself. My father’s men had c

I’ve been running for two days toward what my grandfather called the ‘northern territory’. Me, I call it the frozen tundra. It’s a good thing I don’t feel the cold. I’m pretty sure even Kella would be cold in this place. I finally had to slow down when the snow became too thick to run in and now, it feels like there’s a blizzard blowing around me, the snow so thick that I can barely see. I make my way into a small town and find what looks like a tavern and hotel. When I step inside, it looks exactly like what you’d expect from a small town in the middle of nowhere that has a vampire’s adobe nearby. The room is dark with multiple round tables filled with men drinking pints of ale or shots of liquor. There’s a tavern girl behind the bar who looks overworked and underpaid and the overall feel is creepy, exactly like something you’d seen in a vampire movie that humans love to create. The room goes quiet as I walk in. I shake out my hair, stomping the snow off my shoes, as I casually sni