Page 113 of Bitten By Bloodmoon
It’s then that I realize I haven’t thanked Riven. “Thank you for helping me. I know you’re Bloodmoon, and our packs are enemies. You didn’t have to help me, but I’m eternally in your debt for healing me.”
Riven’s eyes widen like they are about to jump out of his head. “I would do anything for Lumi. But you can repay me by not killing my friend out there.”
“I’ll do my best.”
Riven nods.
I head outside onto the deck that has an expansive view of the forest as the sun is beginning to set.
Lumi comes outside with a bottle of whiskey and three glasses. She hastily pours the liquid into the three glasses, giving us each several shots worth of the alcohol.
I raise my eyebrows at her. “We’re going to need it.”
I look back at the door, waiting for Nyx to come out.
“He’s waiting until the sun fully sets,” Lumi says, taking a long drink.
I nod, forgetting that he can’t come out in the sun. Lumi hands me a drink, her eyes skimming my bare chest as she does, but I can’t tell if it’s because she’s looking for injuries or out of lust.
Finally, the door opens and Nyx appears. He takes the chair on the other side of Lumi. She hands him his whiskey.
“Who was she?”Lumi starts, not wasting any time or hesitating. She speaks to both of us simultaneously.
Nyx and I exchange glances, both of us as confused as the other about what she means or what she wants to talk about.
Lumi sighs.“I want to know why you both hate each other. What is your history together? How did you become a witch, and how did you become a vampire? It must have started with a girl. I want to hear it from both of you at the same time so I’m not just getting one side of the story. I want to know everything. I need to know everything.”
“Raya, her name was Raya.” Nyx swallows down a lump in his throat, glaring at me like he’s definitely going to kill me during this conversation.
I glare right back.Yeah, someone is going to die.
“And she was my sister,” Nyx finishes.
Lumi looks to me, waiting for my response.
“She was my first love. I thought she was my mate,” I say.
“Raya was bright, a free spirit,” Nyx says.
“She was adventurous, with a spunk I’d never seen in a woman before,” I continue.That is, until you, my queen.
Lumi smiles, encouraging us both to keep talking. She doesn’t hold any grudges about me loving a woman before her.
“Raya knew we were mates. We fell in love hard and fast. It felt different than anything I’d ever experienced or seen with others before,” I say.
Lumi’s eyes widen at the “fell in love” part, already knowing exactly where this conversation is going from my point of view.
“If we were mates, we never found out. Before we could mark each other, Raya was killed.” I glare at Nyx, who is silently watching me, his own rage barely contained. I look at him, waiting to see if he wants to do the honor or if I should.
“I killed her,” Nyx says.
Lumi gasps, her head whipping to Nyx. She wasn’t expecting that part of the story. “I don’t understand. You loved Raya?”
Nyx nods. “I loved her more than anything in this world. She was my sister. My best friend. My entire universe. I would have done anything for her.”
“Then why? What happened?” Lumi’s voice is soft. She doesn’t think of him as a killer.
Nyx looks at me with shadows and moisture gathering in his eyes. “Ask him. His magic forced me to kill her. Do you know what it feels like to not have control over your own body? To fight with everything inside you to keep yourself from killing someone so innocent and kind and perfect? I snapped her neck with my bare hands and then cried over her body, as confused as ever about why I killed her.”
