Page 112 of Love Bites Hard

Zora and I both hurried toward him.

He pulled the phone away from his ear and put it on speaker. “Say that again.”

“While Kai was trying to end the eclipse last night, a group of fae found an unmated siren swimming with them. Kai recognized her as one of the vampire queen’s sisters just as one of the fae took her into our realm. He disappeared after her.”

“Can he bring her back?” Zora demanded.

The guy paused, probably surprised to realize someone else was listening to his call.

“Not until she’s mated,” the man admitted. “But he’s trying to find her a mate so he can bring her back. He doesn’t want war.”

Panic flooded Zora’s face as she gripped her hair again, not caring even a little about the tangled wreck that her curls had become.

“Shit,” Porter said, closing his eyes.

“Yeah, we’re pretty fucked on this side of things too. The eclipse still hasn’t ended.” Someone yelled something on his side of the call, and the guy groaned. “I’ve got to go. I’ll call you back when I hear from Kai. It shouldn’t take long for him to find your mate’s sister someone to bond with. Hopefully, they’ll be back today.”

With that, he hung up the phone.

“Holy hell,” I murmured, my hand still on my forehead.

“What the fuck was she thinking?” Zora demanded, then pinned her glare on me. “What the fuck wereyouthinking?”

“I never heard back from her, okay? I would’ve felt my phone vibrate if she texted me before we got back for the full moon. Obviously, I was a little preoccupied with my mate and the magic of everything.” I grabbed my pants off the floor and pulled out my phone, turning the screen on.

I’d missed a dozen calls from Zora, a few from Avery, and one from Blair, but there was just a single text from Clementine. She hadn’t messaged me back until nearly 1 AM, hours after the full moon’s effects had kicked in.

I handed it to Zora, and she read the messages.

Me

Hey! It should be safe for you to join the pack during one of our full moons if you ever want to get out of Vamp Manor and have some fun with a wolf. Just let me know if you’re ever interested, and I’ll do what I can to make it happen

Love you!

Clem

I’m lonely, think I’m going to head over there tonight! Don’t worry about making it happen, I’ll figure it out ;) Love you too!

Zora groaned. “What is wrong with her?”

“She wants a mate.”

“Well, now she’s getting one. I sincerely hope Kai can find her someone who will treat her right, or we’re going to have to kill heractual matethis time.”

“Kai’s a decent guy, and he knows his people can’t afford a war right now. He’ll make sure she’s with someone who can protect her,” Porter said.

“Let’s cross our fingers,” Zora said, hitting the button on her phone to call Avery.

She updated her—and all three of us ended up heading over to Vamp Manor, to figure out if there was anything else we could do for her.

After spendingthe better part of the day pacing and arguing, we all finally admitted to ourselves that there was nothing we could do for Clementine except wait.

Zora was sincerely thinking about mating with a fae herself just so she could find and protect Clem, but thankfully, we talked her out of it.

Eventually, Porter and I made it back to our room.

“I’m sorry,” he said, frustration in his voice as we got back in bed together. “I should’ve remembered that we invited her.”

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