All Chapters of The Hybrid Mate : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

She narrowed her eyes. "You were at the conference?""Of course." She shrugged. "I've been keeping tabs on you for a long time, and frankly, I'm not impressed with the direction you've taken lately. All but dropping out of school, living with a pack of wild dogs, fraternizing with hunters. Sacrificing Victor is just killing two birds—or should I say dogs?—with one stone.""Hunters?" She glared at her. "The only hunter I've seen is the one you sent after me."She smirked. "Details, darling, details. The point is, it's time for you to put your dog down. Don't you think you've let him suffer long enough? All those years, pining away over his brother's soulmate. That has to take a toll on the male ego, doesn't it, Victor?" He was on his knees, shaking with what she could only assume was rage. He didn't answer. When his body contorted violently, he gave a guttural scream that was more beast than man."Guess he's busy," she mused."Stop," she cried, running to his side.

As Bella stared into Darian's eyes, they burned only with hatred. Any love he had once felt for her had surely vanished with her werewolf half. As sinister and cold as her remaining half liked to imagine itself to be, it was helpless before the beast in front of her, his paws dripping with the blood of the creatures he found so abhorrent. Now she was one of them. He crouched down and she knew he was about to pounce. All she could do was sit there, hunched over on the middle of the stage, and brace herself to be torn apart. When the sound of something sailing through the air at an unnatural speed met her ears, she looked up sharply just in time to see a metal blade stick in the beast's chest. Darian threw his massive head back and let out a painful roar. Her newly beating heart lurched and she struggled to stand. "Easy, child. The blade won't cut deeply enough to kill him, only to stall him for a moment," said Saban, moving past her to

"I guess she just had a feeling," Bella said. "Her emotions were making it impossible to do what she needed to do in order to save you, so she just shut them out. She could take the wall down again, but honestly, she didn't want to feel any of those things right now. Not with the way Darian is acting." "It doesn't work like that, Bella. You can't just take down a psychic block and put it back when you feel like it. Sarah removed them all, but now your mind has learned what it's like to be compartmentalized and will hold onto the blocks even harder from now on, even if you're the one who put them there," he explained. He was so earnest that Bella wanted to care, if only for his sake, but she couldn't. It was hard for her to bring herself to care about anything or anyone other than the twins. It was getting harder to care by the moment where Darian was concerned. "Let's worry about you first, okay?" Bella laid her head on Victor's massive shoulder. Victor might have

That night, Bella and her companions stayed in one of those hotels that are always visible from the highway but never easy to get to. Darian went in to book the room since he was in the best condition out of the three of them. They still had Bella's rental after circling back to the hotel parking lot with a newly minted human Victor. The emergency response team had long since cleared out by the time they swung by, and only a few police cars were hanging around to offer protection for the cleanup crew by the time they left. Bella could only assume there was so much debris that they hadn’t yet realized just how many mangled bodies there were on that floor. There were two beds in their hotel room covered by comforters that looked like someone had taken a series of Hawaiian shirts, sewn them together, and starched the hell out of them. It was the kind of place that was technically clean but still felt like everything was covered in an invisible layer of grime. Bella made a

"Please, can we just pretend like it didn't happen?" Bella asked hopefully. "I didn't mean to ruin the mood." He laughed huskily. "That's not possible. If biting me will heighten the experience for you, then do it," he murmured, reaching down to stroke her hair. "If I'm going to be a traitor, I want to be the one who fulfills your every desire."His words sent a shiver down her spine and she could only nod. He turned away to allow her access to his neck and she paused for a moment, wondering if she could really handle the temptation. The first time she had tasted his blood, it had sent her into a spiral of indulgence.She reminded herself that subduing her would hardly be a feat for the Wolf, even in his human form. Whether it was a valid justification or simply her giving in to her burgeoning vampire nature, she couldn't say, but it was the sight of his pulse beating invitingly in a vein just underneath his skin that made the decision for her. It was mesmerizing.