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I had pleased my mate. She had pleased me.
It wasn’t the best use of my time considering everything that was going on, but to me? Replacing that hollow, hopeless feeling with the ones she gave me? Worth every wasted minute.
31. The Nightmares
KAI
Silas stabbed her in the heart with a vicious smile. His fangs dripped with Lorelai’s blood; his eyes were full of evil.
Her broken and bruised body was lifeless, with blood streaking down her naked skin, pooling on the floor.
The blade in her heart was still embedded in a chest that no longer rose and fell with breath.
“Luna!” I roared out, chained to the wall, unable to break free. I couldn’t save her; I just had to watch.
Silas grinned, then dragged his finger through the blood along her body. He sucked the red from his fingertips.
“Hybrid blood is much too precious to go to waste,” he taunted, before licking it up from her pale body.
I growled, my eyes glued to his form. I was going to kill him; I was going to end his fucking life.
But I couldn’t get free.
I was shackled, and there was nothing I could do.
I yanked against the cuffs, using all my strength, fighting the metal, growling, roaring. I tried it all.
But Silas kept emptying my Little Luna’s body of life force, right in front of me.
My heart collapsed on itself; my body went cold as everything inside me broke. I couldn’t live if it was in a world without her.
I gave a final bellow, but it wasn’t one of anger; it was one of pain. Because that’s all that was left of me.
I sprung awake, wrenching up in bed, my body sweating and shaking. My head snapped to the bed, making sure my Little Luna was still safely tucked in there.
She was, curled up facing Derik, her legs open with Brax snoring between them.
I brushed her hair back from her face and watched the pulse in her neck.
She was alive. That meant I was too. This was real.
I blew out a shaky breath and rubbed my hands over my face. Fucking nightmares.
Ever since we had gotten back from the vampire’s castle, I hadn’t had a full night’s sleep.
Seeing the embodiment of my worst fears come to life seemed to have triggered a never-ending cycle of shit.
It was as if I was being punished by my own subconscious for sleeping.
I hated it.
When I was asleep, I wasn’t watching. I wasn’t making sure the vamps were gone. I had to, or they would get to her again.
I had to fight; I had to hunt; I had to kill so that wouldn’t happen again.
I climbed out of bed and went out the doors, looking out over the city.
It was home.
Even in the winter, when the snow covered the rooftops and the flames of the torches billowed. Even when the darkness hid the city in shadows, it was still home.
It was the wolves’ home too, and we had to do everything in our power to keep it ours.
I had to.
I hung my head and checked in the link for any issues with the patrols.
Since Derik’s parents, I’d checked in more than usual.
I should’ve noticed that they hadn’t checked in, that something was stopping them from doing so.
It had been a fatal mistake, and one I could never live down.
Instead, I used it to fuel the fire in my wolf and my will. My will to end the vampire race.
“You can’t eradicate the vampires, Kai. Not all of them are bad, just following orders,” Lorelai said, leaning against the stone balustrade next to me.
She looked over the city with me, and I shook my head.
“This is the second war they have started. I will not let there be another.”
“It’s Silas, Kai. He’s the toxic one.”
“Maybe,” I admitted, then grabbed her hand. I pulled it to my lips, kissing it before pulling her lips to meet mine; her skin was cold.
“Did you have another nightmare?” she asked, curling into me. I wrapped my arm around her and nodded.
I grimaced as the images of my nightmare filled my head before I could keep them out.
She shuddered, seeing them too, probing into the link to see what I saw.
“I’m not dead, and Silas won’t capture me again. I have the border magic as a whole. I have my shadows. I have you three. He can’t win this now,” Lorelai reassured.
I hoped like hell that was true.
“I won’t let him win, not after Tabby,” I said, a growl rumbling in my chest.
She hadn’t deserved that fate. I didn’t give a fuck what the others believed about her sacrificing herself for us. She shouldn’t have had to.
I shook my head and kissed my mate’s head.
“I have something I need to do,” I said. I had a friend to avenge.
“Do you want company?” she asked, smiling hopefully.
I grinned and nodded.
I hadn’t wanted company, but one look at her and my mind was changed. She could follow me anywhere, and I’d want it. I’d want her.
“Where are we going?” she asked as I went back inside with her. I walked over to the closet and pulled down a cloak for her. She pulled on her pants and shirt, then I put the cloak over her shoulders, kissing her lips as I tied it together.
“Shh, it’s a secret,” I whispered.
She giggled, then looked over her shoulder at the sleeping Alphas she had left in the bed.
She didn’t even ask if we were going to get in trouble; she didn’t care. She just followed me out of the room.
It was the blind loyalty to me, the trust she put in me, that made me feral for her.
I felt that part of me rise up as I grabbed her and kissed her.
She clicked the door closed behind her, and I shoved her against it, my mouth moving harshly over hers.
She reached a gloved hand up to my face, cupping it as she pushed her tongue along mine.
I growled against her mouth, my wolf ready to claim her right there, as it always was.
But I had to pull away; I had something to do.
She smiled up at me, her innocent eyes harder since she had become a wolf.
It made me want her more, if that was possible.
“Rain check, Little Luna.” I smirked, rubbing my thumb over her bottom lip.
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