Total pages in book: 49
Estimated words: 47126 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 236(@200wpm)___ 189(@250wpm)___ 157(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 47126 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 236(@200wpm)___ 189(@250wpm)___ 157(@300wpm)
He sucked at her wrist. His canines sent his essence into her body.
Her scent would be inside him.
They collapsed on the ground. Brandon released her hand. Wrapping her arms around his body, Elle held on.
We’re one, baby.
This feels weird.
He laughed.
Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it.
Or it’ll make me lazy.
I don’t mind. This ass is mine.
She smiled at the easy banter.
Stroking his face, Elle stared into his eyes. Nothing could go wrong. Brandon was her world. She saw it more clearly than ever before.
“You’re mine,” he said.
“I’m yours.” He smiled down at her. The smile on his lips changed his whole face. He looked younger and more carefree than she remembered.
As quickly as his smile came, it ended.
“Shit, they’re early.” He pulled out of her body making her cry out.
Brandon tugged her behind him.
“What’s going on?” she asked.
“You can’t hear them. They’re here.” His gaze looked around them at the trees.
She covered her body. Was he expecting company?
“Of course you were expecting us, Brandon. Every year without fail we come.”
A light flashed in the distance. Something like thunder came over, and a tree in the distance fell down making the ground shake. The answering howls permeated the air.
Brandon got tenser. “Fuck, the pack is coming,” he said.
Elle was naked. She didn’t want the pack to see her naked.
She tensed waiting for the inevitable. What was she supposed to do?
“Will you stop destroying my forest?” Brandon asked, the annoyance clear in his voice as he spoke.
“I apologise. I wanted to see what smelt so good. You’ve bitten this one,” a man said.
In an instant a pale man stood in front of them. Elle could only just make him out.
“Of course he’s bitten one, Alexander. Our little wolf has mated. She certainly smells nice.”
“She’s not my mate,” Brandon said.
“What?” she asked, shocked. Staring at Brandon’s back, Elle tensed.
What the hell is going on?
“I’m his mate,” Lori said, coming through the trees as naked as the day she was born.
Elle watched as Brandon walked over to Lori. He wrapped his arms around the other woman.
“The human was just a distraction. Lori understands, and the human’s infatuation was too hard to deny.”
Her heart splintered into a million pieces.
“Don’t do this,” Lewis said, whispering against her ear.
Chapter Sixteen
Brandon watched Lewis take her away. His heart ached, and he felt her crumbling inside. Her mind was screaming in pain, but he wrapped his arm around Lori and turned toward the two vampires that had interrupted his mating.
“You don’t mind your mate fucking a human?” Charles asked.
“He has needs. I’m not always available to satisfy them,” Lori said. She ran her hand down his ass. He gripped the hand firmly stopping her. He’d sent Elle away to protect her. Brandon had no intention of cheating on her. Elle owned his body.
“I’m the alpha of this pack. I don’t answer to anyone,” Brandon said, drawing their attention back to him. His pack was behind him. He sensed their unease with Lori by his side. They’d be able to sense his true mate and her distraught emotions. He could, and it was kicking him in the gut. Lewis better be doing everything he could to help her.
“I find the whole meeting intriguing,” Alexander said. “Several of us congregate in one building and talk the talk. Fascinating. I’m growing bored of the same old traditions.”
Alexander was one of the oldest vampires around. He was deadly and was known to take humans as his sex slaves to satisfy his needs. Charles, on the other hand, was weaker and younger.
“There are many things for us to discuss.”
“Like your rogue wolves and the many deaths plaguing the city. Not to forget this was foretold by Crazy Lizzy many centuries ago before you were born.” Alexander took a deep breath. His eyes flashed amber before returning to the cold of blue. “I sense a war. I sense death, and I see the end of certain … creatures. The weak will not survive a battle.”
His pack growled at the threat. Brandon had sensed an unease in the Otherworld. There were too many creatures and too much bloodshed. He tried to stay out of it and took the rules his father implemented seriously. The Northern Forest pack would never start a fight. They’d end one but never start one.
“Are you threatening me?” Brandon asked.
Lori moved away. He faced his opponent ready to strike if he needed.
“We all threaten each other, Alpha. I’m merely starting a fact. War is inevitable. Witches and warlocks need to die, along with a few of the bears. Not all of them are useful. I just wonder who’ll strike first.” Alexander moved away. “I’ll be staying in town.”
Before Brandon could argue, both vampires disappeared into the night.
“Well, that was fun,” Crazy Lizzy said, coming out from the thickest part of the forest. She wore a white dress, and her hair fell down around her with twigs sticking out of the length.