SERAPHINA POV
"Okay, I will make a deal with you. If you can beat me, you can have her back, but if I beat you, I get to keep her. What do you say, vampire king? Willing to risk your mate on one fight with me?"Shaking my head, I mumble to myself, knowing he will take the deal "No..no..no... My King! I'm not worth it, I'm not worth it, I'm not worth it!""Come on vampire king, make your choice, one fight and the winner gets Seraphina..""Okay! One fight winner gets Seraphina""NO... NO... NO! My King! Please!!" I plea, hoping he would change his mind but knowing he wouldn't."There is to be no interference from anyone or you forfeit and I get to keep her." Dominic nods, as do the others. Lucas lets me go and I collapse to the ground. I watch as Dominic takes off his coat and gives it to Noah. Noah whispers something to him, he nods slightly, and then he makes his waySERAPHINA POVI wake up and feel like I have been asleep for a week. I go to stretch and that is when I notice the arms that are wrapped tightly around me from behind. I panic and tense. I get ready to fight until one of the arms moves and touches my skin directly. I relax completely as I feel sparks flow out from where his arm lays. I smile to myself and turn so I am facing him. I move my hand up his chest, over his shirt, and up to his face. I softly run my fingers over his skin, unbelieving that he is the one actually holding me."That is tickling my cheek. My Lady." he smiles and slowly opens his eyes."I'm sorry, My King, are you really here, or am I dreaming?""I am no dream My Lady, I would like to prove it, but I don't want to scare you either.""Dominic, I am sorry, I couldn't stop him.""Shh.. it is okay, you are my little fighter and I know you have been fighting him the whole time, it is me that should be
*FLASHBACK*I was meeting my friends at the pub. We had all just passed our final exams to become doctors. We were all tired, but we also wanted to celebrate. I was running late like usual and got to the pub after my friends had already had a couple of rounds, so they made me drink at least two drinks quickly to catch up. Now I don't normally drink, so it didn't take long for just those two drinks to go to my head. I let my hair down for the first time since starting my quest to become a doctor.Once I relaxed, Emily came over to me and draped her arm around my shoulders, saying, "Come on, Terra, come dance with me!?!""I can't dance.." I laugh and shake my head at her"So! Neither can they.." she says, pointing to two guys on the dance floor."Okay, I'm sure we could do better than them.." we laugh as we walk onto the dance floor and start to dance.The night was full of fun and laughter, at some point in
*FLASHBACK CONT'*He keeps me pinned to the wall but makes a little room between his body and mine. He lengthens his claws and runs them through my shirt and my pants. I start to struggle again as he now runs his hand along my bare skin. He lets me go and slaps me hard. I end up on the floor. Leo reaches down and grabs me by the arm, pulls me up to him, and then throws me on the bed. He removes his shirt and pants. I see this and panic again as terror runs through me. I scramble to the other side of the bed, jump to my feet, and run to the door. I try the handle, but it won't open. Leo laughs from behind me. "There is no way out, my dear"He grabs me again and takes me back to the bed, as soon as he puts me down I try to move away from him but this time he follows me onto the bed, sitting on my thighs not allowing me to move, he grabs my wrists again and forces them above my head. In this position, I can't move my head, so he t
TERESA POVAs I finished reliving that part of my life I curled into Sebastian's chest and tried to cover up my sobs."Terra, I'm so sorry, I should have gone with you...""It's okay Em, I used to think that too, that if someone had come with me he wouldn't have gotten me to go out there with him but I worked out later that it wouldn't have mattered, he had chosen me and if he didn't get me that night, he would have gotten to me on another." I move my head just a fraction to talk to her."Still I'm sorry.""You could use some more rest, my sweetheart, reliving something as terrifying as that can take a lot out of you." he whispers to me and then faces Emily "I'm going to take her up to one of the rooms to get some rest before we start our way home."Sebastian gets up with me in his arms and makes his way to one of the upstairs bedrooms.SEBASTIAN POVBy the time Teresa had finished telling us how she
DOMINIC POVWe end up spending a few days at this abandoned packhouse while Sebastian, Teresa, and Seraphina get their strength back and because I can't seem to satisfy this deep need to be inside Seraphina whenever possible. Without Leo reinforcing the block with the drug he was giving Seraphina, our mind-link returned, as did her link to the others. On the second day we stayed here both Seraphina and Teresa shifted into their wolves, as Teresa hasn't been able to do that for over a year and it's been nearly four weeks for Seraphina and she knows that with being pregnant she only has a limited amount of time where she can shift safely, Seraphina's shift is always something beautiful to watch, I saw Emily join them at one stage as well. They ran around on the grass that surrounded the house but always stayed in view of one of us males.We start our way back and about half a day's trek into the journey, Teresa screams as she stumbles over one of the guards that
SEBASTIAN/LEOPOVI just knew one of us should have gone with the guards that were escorting Leo back to the werewolf kingdom. The next time I see him, I will tear his throat out. We keep our females close as we make our way back to the abandoned house. We have decided to rest there for the day and then continue on our way. The quicker we get home, the better as far as I am concerned.We don't come across any trouble as we make our way to the house, once we reach the house we escort the females to a room upstairs so they can get some rest and then we head down the hall just a little further and enter the office, so we could look over the maps of the area and maybe find a quicker way home. As we are discussing this, we all hear a muffled scream. I know it's not Teresa, as she has already fallen asleep.We all run out of the office and towards the room the females are in. Dominic tries the handle and finds it locked, which is stra
DOMINIC/CALEBPOVThe nightmare I see in the room has me fighting Caleb for control, he wants to go in there and rescue our lady but I knew that would only cause our lady more harm, so I make him see reason and we wait just outside with Noah by my side.I can't hear what Leo is saying. It seems to be muffled, so it is surprising when Leo mind-links me "Your Highness Sir??""Yes, Leo, we are here with you. We are just outside the door. What's the situation?""I'm sorry sir, I don't know what to do? My mate is hurt laying against the wall but my queen is being held on the bed with claws at her throat by Leo! Sir, he is raping her in front of me. It is subtle, but I can tell. Sir, he has told me to choose between my mate and my queen!"I hiss low at the information that Leo is once again violating my lady and I can't do anything to stop him. I have fa
SERAPHINA POVI woke up feeling like I had been hit by a train, I stretch and smile at the sparks that are running through my body from the arms that are wrapped tightly around me. His voice is raspy as he says "Are you okay, my lady?""I feel like I was hit by a train. My body and head hurt. What happened?" I turn over to face him."Don't move too much my lady, your body will be sore for a few hours because Leo saved you by using his vampire speed and that puts a lot of pressure on a body that is not used to it." he moves so he is propped up by his elbow looking down at me,"I must apologize and thank you, your head hurts because Caleb drank a little too much from you, causing you to pass out but if you hadn't willingly allowed Caleb to drink as much as he needed then I wouldn't be here and Caleb would have gone rogue."I look at him with concern, "What?? Why? All Leo said to me was that you needed me. I don't remember the rest.""Here, How