Page 25 of Shadow Bonds

But I freeze realizing where the sound of his voice is coming from.

My head.He’s speaking to me in my fucking mind.

“What. The. Fuck?” I say out loud and hear him bark out a laugh in my mind.

“Hello, Princess,”he purrs, and I almost feel the smug smile slide across his face.“Oh, this is going to be so much fun.”

Fuck my life.

Taking a deep breath, I walk into the house and stop short when I spot all four men waiting in the lounge.

They all seem a hell of a lot more relaxed than this morning, and it instantly has my guard up.

Theon smirks. “She’s nervous.”

I narrow my eyes on him while trying to lock down any facial expression that makes me look even the slightest bit nervous.

“She hurt her arm earlier,” Cyrus says before dragging his eyes down the rest of my body as if inspecting it.

My right arm has been a little sore since my fight with that Shadow male, but how did he know?

“Probably when she took down that stupid fuck,” Malakai says with a nod. “Nice kick by the way.”

I freeze and frown at them all, wondering if they have cameras following me now. “What the hell is going on?”

Malakai smiles. A smile I wouldn’t trust if you paid me to. “The mate bond seems to have given us a little…surprise.”

My frown deepens, and they relax further, all wearing satisfied smirks.

“Now you can’t hide anything from us. You try and we’ll know,” Malakai says.

“What are you talking about?” I ask again, getting more frustrated by the minute.

“I know you heard me,” Knox says and taps his head, and I freeze.

“That was real?” I was hoping I was just overtired. But… “You talked to me? In my mind?” I ask.

“Not only that. It’s looks like we all got something a little different.” He tilts his head to the others. “Malakai can see what you can.”

My eyes find Malakai’s and the savage smile he wears. So that’s how he knew about the fight with the other male.

“Theon can sense your emotions,” Knox says, and my eyes find Theon’s.

The cool look in them is no different than it always is, but there’s something I almost catch. Something darker. It’s there and gone before I know it.

“And Cyrus can feel you physically.”

My gaze draws to Cyrus but he’s already watching me. Always watching me it seems. He’s a lot less vocal about his hate toward me, but it’s there. Just beneath the surface.

Knox chuckles and moves away from the others to step in front of me. “Guess our little mate is about to learn a thing or two.”

I step forward, meeting him toe for toe. “I also learned a thing or two about thisbondof ours. Apparently, you all nowhave little problem getting it up for anyone else.” I raise a brow and glance at each of them, watching as each of their smirks quickly drop.

I nod. “I can take it from your expression that it is, in fact, true. While I get to do whatever the hell I want.”

Their expressions quickly darken along with the atmosphere in the room.

I stand my ground as Malakai gets up from his seat and moves a step closer. “You’re forgetting what we just told you. I can see wherever you are. Meaning if I see someone that’s getting a little too close for my liking, you can bet they are going to find themselves at the end of my blade.”

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