IAN
“What… did you… do?” Huffed my giant, very angry mate as his large hand was crushing my jaw. Blame it on desperation, on the endless nature of his eyes, or on the fact that I’d been without him now for weeks, but I was paralyzed as I stared up at him.
When he finds out I’ve known our mate for over two weeks, he’s going to lose it. When he finds out that Lucius was near our mate, that she’s in pain and I left her, I’m dead.
Part of me always knew this day would come. He would find her and there wouldn’t be a need or a place for me anymore. I wanted a chance with her, any chance to know her before he took over her world... because he would.
It would be hard for her to resist him. Even now while he's close to becoming undone, the painful burning in my che
RIAN Sebastian was barely holding himself together, letting little snippets of his thoughts through that he thought he was keeping private. Losing Lucius would seem insignificant to most, a blessing to others, but to him, he was what made becoming a Vamp bearable. Lucius used to be carefree, a light where they had none. Sebastian was broken when I found him today, and I had to be careful not to give away my access to his thoughts. He’s my mate. Alice is my mate. There is nothing I wouldn’t do for either of them and although it may take time to prove that to him… he will see. I cared about how Sebastian was dealing with it all, but the priority right now was finding Alice and getting her to the safety of our home. The text message I received almost sent my beast
RIAN “What is this?” My body was reaching inferno heat, angry and vibrating that someone had already marked what was ours. We’ll kill them with our bare hands, we’ll erase any record of this mark from her and replace it with- “It’s my brother’s mark,” she whispered, “it bonded us and my other brother together. My brother wears the same mark, and he’s now mated… it won’t interfere,” I looked back up into her eyes and it hit me. I was too distracted by my adoration of her, too lost in her absolute beauty, too busy trying to breathe in her presence that I missed what she was afraid of showing me. She’s an Heir. Facts started to assault my thoughts, coming in rapid-fire as I pieced everything together about what S
LINDEN Ace was growling in my head, and as the light filtered through my eyelids... I wish it didn’t. I can’t be alive without her. I don’t want to be. I can’t survive this. My body moves on its own accord, a sudden surge in my movements causing me to go off the bed, getting tangled up in a number of tubes that are now pulling at my skin as the coolness of the hard tile flooring reminds me that I'm really here. “Thank fuck,” Nixon’s voice reached me just as he righted me and his forehead was against mine. “I want to see Marcy’s body,” I snapped out, the warmth from him doing nothing to su
LINDEN “Of course, our resident volcano isn’t here to help me with this,” Nixon continued, looking between me and Marcy, “so you’re stuck with how I explain this. How about you try to contain your bullshit remarks until I’m done?” *...be kind to her no matter what…* Right. Easier said than done, Alice. She knew this is how I would react, and yet she still fucking left. She always fucking leaves… and now this? *She’s still your mate.* How? How is a blood-sucking Vamp still my mate? “Spit it out then,” I growled, wanting to leave this fucking cell as fast as possible. I can’t stand looking at her, wearing Marcy’s looks, wearing her expressions, and pulling at my heartstri
ALICE 'You can’t kill the Lord’s without killing me... Bash has been my mate, our mate, for over a century.' Rian's words echoed in my head, like a stun grenade that disabled my brain from any logic or reality filtering in. Did he just say what I think he said? My dirty fantasy coming to fruition and my hell on Earth realized all at the same time? I was back in Rian's arms, begging Onyx to take me back, begging Onyx to take my side here and let us just finish this once and for all, but Nixon denying me access to him seemed to force my world to settle in around me. The warmth of his forehead making me instantly regret leaving the pack, leaving Linden. '...Killing your mate is a sure way to death town... it's time to do what feels right...'
ALICE “Do you know who I am?” I narrowed my eyes at Ian, leaning over Rian’s arm and trying to ignore the muscles flexing beneath me, “I mean truly… do you?” “You’re a princess,” Ian smirked. “I’m an HEIR!” I screamed at him over Rian, “a triplet,” I extended my arm to my side, putting Onyx’s mark on display, “born of fire and bonded for life to them.” My voice cracked and my chest constricted just thinking about what happened, about how Linden wasn’t even awake yet, but fuck it, he needed to know that Lucius failed on all accounts. “LINDEN survived,” shock covered their faces, “and Nixon WAS the show, or did you miss all the fire?” I went to storm out but almost fell from exhaustion. “This has gone far enough,” Rian caught me and held me up by my hips, tu
ALICE “She did,” I nodded and Ian flashed to me, grasping my cheeks with both hands and holding my full attention. “Your LUNA turned?” There was a slight panic in his actions, a wildness in his eyes that had his body tensing. “She was a Witch, not a Wolf,” he relaxed slightly as I finished, “but yes, when I carried her back-” “You didn’t…” Ian interrupted me, looking at me with disbelief, “why didn’t you scent her first? She could have-” “She looked pretty dead,” I cut him off, staring at him with a trained lack of expression, “I was carrying her, with no wolf to help me, walking on freshly reset and barely healed legs after that psycho crushed and ripped every part of my leg apart - so sorry that I lost the ability to sc
ALICE Ian’s face fell in a moment too quick to cling to, the brush of air and his lack of presence all I needed to know about his answer. Amara was whimpering, pacing and laying down repeatedly as neither one of us knew what to do, where to go from here. We would never have his loyalty. The heartbreak of that realization had me out the door, searching for fresh air as I stripped my clothing off, my body bulking to shift as I broke into a run before the slam of a door behind us and his strong voice halted it. “A stór.” It was commanding, soft, demanding, and a plea all in one, but the fall of liquid from my face told me not to turn around. I couldn’t get lost agai