Page 12 of Bitten By Bloodmoon
Riven shoots Nyx a knowing glance before turning back to me.
“Maybe there’s hope for you after all,” he says before returning to his seat.
I look across at the other two guys. Both are studying me with a curious fascination on their faces. Brax is the largest of the three men. Stockily built with a physical weight large enough that I doubt he’d need to shift to take on another wolf shifter.He looks like he’s built for the battlefield. Talonis’s muscles are small in comparison, but no less intimidating.
“Where am I?” I ask, hoping someone will answer me.
“With the Bloodmoon pack,” Sylara answers with exasperation in her voice as if she’s already annoyed with me.
I look from her to Nyx, who is awfully quiet as he watches me, seeming to weigh each of my movements and thoughts.
“And where is that exactly?” I demand.
“Does it matter? You can’t escape back to your mate, as you call him, no matter where you are,” she responds.
“If it doesn’t matter, then just tell me. Are we still in the state of Washington? Oregon? Canada?”
“Your mate will come for you no matter where you are. Though why you’d want him to after he lied to you and obviously failed to prepare you for breaking the curse is beyond me,” Sylara says before standing up abruptly. Her head snaps to Nyx. “I’m done with this. Let me know when you make a decision regarding our earlier conversation.”
Nyx nods as Sylara leaves.
“Don’t mind Sylara too much. She’s like that with everyone,” Brax says, running his hand over his buzzed head.
“So why is she the beta then?” I ask.
“She’s the strongest besides Nyx,” Brax says.
“The most cunning,” Talonis says.
“And Nyx, as well as the rest of us, is a bit afraid of her,” Riven chuckles, the braid in his thick curls swinging as he moves his head.
All eyes turn to Nyx. “She’s the obvious number two. My reasons for choosing her as such are abundant. But that’s not what we are here to discuss.”
“I’m not telling you anything. You’ll have to torture it out of me or use the mind control you vampires love so much.”
The guys exchange glances. “Maybe we should leave the two of you alone for a bit,” Riven says. The other two nod, and suddenly it’s just me and Nyx in the living room.
“He lied to you,” Nyx says gently.
“It doesn’t change anything.”It changes everything.I know that, but I don’t know what to do about it.
“He lied to you. He didn’t tell you he is part witch. He didn’t tell you I’m part vampire. He didn’t tell you the truth about our history. He didn’t tell you everything he knows about the prophecy. He didn’t tell you why you can’t shift now.”
“Stop.”
“Why didn’t you tell me you were part witch?”I shoot through my bridge to Ambrose.
Maybe if he explains himself, it will make it all better. There has to be a good reason, something that can make Nyx’s words sting less.
“I’m sorry,”the words float back to me, but they aren’t enough.
“Why?”
“I want to explain…in person.”
“You don’t have to like me. We can still be enemies, but when it comes to breaking the curse, you should realize that we are on the same side. We both want the same thing. So whatever it takes to get us to work together to put the pieces of the prophecy together is what we should be focusing on.”
“Then you’d better find me fast.”
