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“I don’t know if I was quick enough to save him,” Ty pants beside me, mouth open, fangs dripping blood. He moves his hand from the male’s chest to my knee. His fingers, covered in as much blood as mine, leave a wet handprint on my skin.
“I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to.” I weep.
Ty turns to me more fully. “No, Red. I’m sorry. If I hadn’t… if… I should’ve prepared you better.”
A moment passes between us, I’m not sure I can put a name to the emotions hanging thickly in the air.
“Aurora.” Ty’s voice is still soft and breathy. His fingers squeeze at my thigh.
I offer another nod. There’s a lot we need to talk about but I’m still in too much shock to deal with any of it. I’ve nearly killed someone.
“What do we do with him?” I whisper, glancing at the body between us, a body which is thankfully still breathing. Breathing because of Ty.
“We need to get him somewhere someone is going to find him, or get him to the hospital.”
“But won’t that expose us, what we are?”
“I can handle a cover up Red, leave it to me. This isn’t my first near killing.” He chuckles like this is normal.This isn’t normal.
Ty stands, offering me his hand. He helps me up and takes a moment to ensure I’m steady on my feet. Shockingly, my balance is fine.
“It's the blood high, and you just had one hell of a feed,” Ty says as he stoops back down to gather my victim into his arms. He’s about to hoist the male up bridal style when we hear the one thing we both should’ve been listening out for.
CHAPTER 35
TY
If I had a weaker heart I would be dead already. The first shock was finding Red with a torn up, and bleeding, male down a narrow street. I shouldn’t have been surprised, her instincts would’ve been heightened on her little escape run, bringing the urge to hunt to the surface. She’s shown incredible control until this point but every newbie slips. She just could’ve had better timing.
Thankfully, I managed to save the bastard with a hell of a lot of my saliva and using my tongue to help knit the wound back together. It's never the best sensation but I’d rather deal with an injured body than a dead one.
The second heart stopping moment of the night, however, I may not recover from. I swear all of the blood in my system drains to my feet as I stand to face Ronan.
“Well, look here, I think we’ve walked in on a date night,” he croons as he saunters into the street. “I guess she chose the special.”
He gives me a smirk, I immediately want to smack it off his face.
“We got lucky boys!” he calls out a moment before I hear them. Four other sets of footprints. Two to flank Ronan and two coming from behind us, from the other end of this narrow path.
We’re trapped. Completely fucked.
Aurora lets out a gasp beside me. She might be covered in blood but fear is the strongest scent coming from her now. I take a step forward, placing my hand out to offer her some semblance of a shield from the monster in front of us.
I inhale a few times in quick succession. From their scents I can tell one of the guys behind us is Atlas. The other is Tripp. Maybe if I took Tripp out, Atlas would let us pass. In the seconds I would need, however, Ronan, Cairn and Demetri, who’ve joined him at the top entrance, would be on us.
“It's no use, Ty. You’re trapped. I have to hand it to you, staying hidden for three days was a very good effort.”
“You’re not taking her,” I snarl. My fangs are already extended from tasting the male on the floor behind me, but I show them fully to the cunt standing in my way.
“No, I was rather hoping she’d come willingly.” His gaze moves to behind me. “Aurora? How about we take you somewhere to clean up? You‘re late for your meeting with Adicious after all.”
I sink into a fighting stance as he addresses her. I want to rip his head clean off his body.
“I… er… was just heading home.” Aurora straightens. I commend her ability to pull herself together. Apart from the stammer, her voice is much stronger than it was moments ago. Hopefully she can sense the danger we’re both in. “Who are you exactly?” she asks, far more inquisitive than I would like.
“Apologies, I forgot we haven’t been formally introduced yet.” Ronan places a hand to his chest like he’s actually sorry. “I’m Ronan, right hand man to Adicious. He’s so looking forward to showing you around our estate. It’s lovely this time of year.Whilst I’m at it, this is Cairn and Demetri.” He gestures to his left and right. “And behind you is Atlas and Tripp.”
They all either offer a smile or hand gesture as Ronan says their names. It seems to soothe the panic in Red which is real fucking concerning.
