Page 112 of Bitten By Bloodmoon
“It’s important, though. Whatever it is you want to talk about is important.”
She nods, squeezing my hand tighter. For a second, I think she wants to do more than just squeeze my hand.
I hold my breath.Has she forgiven me for the unforgivable?
“He’s waking up,” Riven says from behind her.
She doesn’t hesitate. She lets go of my hand and rushes to the other bed in the room, tohisbed.
“Nyx,” her voice breaks around his name.
I turn my head toward the window, trying to give them privacy, but it’s hard when we’re all in the same room and her mind is still so open to all of us.
“I release you from our blood deal. I’m so sorry, I should never have asked you to use your mind control to help me shift. I release you!”She sobs against his chest.
Blood deal?
He used mind control?
My hands fist, wanting to punch the bastard, but I know that wouldn’t win me any points as far as Lumi is concerned.
I block out the rest of their conversation to the best of my ability in my head.
“Are you both up for talking?” Lumi says suddenly, bringing me out of the forced aloneness I’d been in.
Both Nyx and I nod.
Riven looks at Lumi. “I’ll be in the living room trying not to listen if you need me. Take it easy, all three of you.”
We all watch as he leaves, the air as awkward and tense as one would expect.
I glance over at Nyx, who looks like he’s been through hell. His skin is pale, bruises and scars still cover his body, and he looks as if he stands up, he’ll topple over.
“You don’t look much better yourself,”he says to me in Lumi’s head.
Lumi gives Nyx a sharp look. “Did you get that out of your system? I need you two not to kill each other until this conversation is over.”
Nyx gives her a clipped nod.
She’s sitting in a chair exactly between our two beds. I hate this. I want to get out of this bed for this conversation.
“I agree. I feel like I’m locked in a hospital room,” Nyx says.
“Stop listening to my thoughts, asshole.”
“Stop shouting them in her head, then motherfucker.”
Lumi sighs. “If we move this to the back porch, do you two promise to behave?”
“Yes,” we both say simultaneously.
I climb out of bed first, immediately regretting my choice. That is, until I see Nyx moving even slower than I, and I know he’s hurting as badly or worse. Neither of us groans nor makes a sound about our discomfort. We both have too much pride for that.
Lumi decides to stay out of it completely and walks into the small kitchen that I stocked when I first arrived. I hear her clinking around the cabinets. Riven says something to her, and her response is, “They’re both stubborn assholes, is what they are. I’ll let you know if one of them starts bleeding again.”
Riven chuckles. “I’m staying out of it unless they’re about to die.”
“Smart move.”
