Page 30 of To Hell and Back
She chuckled.“It wasn’t an accusation. It was a compliment.”
“Compliment me again, mate. I like it when you do.”
“Later…mate.”
He was so pleased she had finally called him her mate that he practically felt his chest swell with pride. He would definitely hold her to her promise later.
“Seneca is my everything. As long as I have life in me, she will always be safe and protected,” Killian said out loud, his voice ringing with a hint of power that added to his conviction.
Thane smiled. “Well, then. Welcome to the family.”
Killian wasn’t sure how to respond to that so he just said, “Glad to see you still have all your limbs attached.”
Thane cringed. “So am I.” Lowering his voice, he asked, “I know Seneca wanted me and my sister to stay home with our parents, but Shadow has been freaking out ever since Seneca explained what had happened to her.”
“Seneca was also worried about them, so I went to make sure Shadow found Thane in time to save him,” Celine explained.
“I still don’t really understand what the fuck is going on,” Thane admitted. “I mean, I heard the recap, but it sounds like some crazy plot to one of their graphic novels.”
“Actually, it would make an awesome story,” Gunner said. “They really should write it.”
“Wouldn’t that be dangerous?” Celine asked.
Arson snorted. “Who the fuck would believe this is real?”
“What do you mean you bonded already?” Shadow shouted from across the room, but Seneca quickly slapped a hand over her friend’s mouth.
“Does your friend have a problem with me?”Killian asked through their bond.
“No, she was just freaking out a little because she thought we did it in the bathroom,”Seneca explained.
Since he could practically feel her blush through their bond, he couldn’t help teasing her again.“We did do it in the bathroom.”
“I didn’t mean…not that.”
Killian heard her thinking about how her friend had been worried about her losing her virginity in a bathroom instead of a romantic setting as she deserved. While he couldn’t fault her for what happened before they met, satisfaction swept through him knowing she was untouched by another male. He felt ashamed that he hadn’t waited for her as well. His only excuse was that he had been alive a lot longer than she had, but he wasn’t sure how to tell her that without upsetting her.
“Don’t worry. I’m not mad,”she assured him, amusement clear in her voice.“If you had waited, that would have made you the oldest virgin alive.”
She had apparently learned how to read his thoughts as well, and he was proud that she was adapting to their bond so quickly. He had nothing to hide from her and freely gave her complete access to his thoughts and memories.
“I will make sure our first time together is special,”he vowed.
“I don’t need anything special. I just need you,”she whispered back shyly.
Lust surged through him, making it difficult to breathe. Her declaration made him want to teleport her the hell out of there so he could make good on his promise, but there wasn’t time for that now.
A strange sensation had begun settling in the pit of his stomach, making him feel extremely uneasy. At first, he wasn’t sure what the uncomfortable feeling was. He’d never felt nervous before, but that was the closest thing he could describe it as.
He started to reach out to comfort his mate, then was surprised when he realized that strange feeling wasn’t coming from her. He was the one experiencing that sense of foreboding.
“What is it?” Arson leaned forward, picking up on his growing tension. “What’s wrong?”
“You don’t feel anything?” Killian asked.
Celine frowned. “Feel what?”
“I do,” Seneca announced as she dragged Shadow with her over to the table. “This is what it feels like when my luck is warning me about something.”
