Page 60 of Bitten By Bloodmoon
There is a shift in the air. The celebratory mood has now sobered, and the room begins to spin into slow chaos. The whispers start…
“I thought she was the lord’s mate.”
“Is that why he initiated? Because he’s in love with her?”
“We have to take her hostage. Torture her until we get the truth. The lord has been lying to us.”
“No, we kill her. She’s a distraction.”
“No, we take her.”
Godsdammit.
“The vampires want to kidnap and torture her. Stop them,” I give the orders, ignoring the fact that even many in my own pack are upset by what’s happening. But they are loyal to me no matter what and will fight on my side. The vampires, on the other hand, will deem me unfit to rule and serve me on an open platter to the vampire king.
Orson grabs onto Lumi’s arm, yanking her free of Kael’s kiss. I leap across the room, landing on top of him. My canines are elongated, and my wolf claws are beginning to sprout from my fingers as I pin him down.
“She’s mine. Don’t you dare lay a finger on her.”
“It seems to me, she’shis. And if she’s his and not yours, then she has no need for protection. She’s not a Bloodmoon pack member. She’s the enemy.”
“She’s. My. Mate.” I sink my teeth into his neck, but he’s fast, having lived as a vampire far longer than I have. He slips, my teeth dragging across his skin.
We circle each other. I shouldn’t kill him. I shouldn’t kill anyone, but my heart is out for blood. I want to kill. It’s my instinct as a vampire to kill. But my conscious brain says it would only make things worse.
“You’re nothing but a scammer. You lied to us.”
I swipe at him, hitting him across his shoulder as I pull my wolf back and let the vampire side of me take root in my body. “I’ve never lied.”
“Then you’re willing to share your mate? You shared her with a wolf, so it’s only fair you also share her with a vampire.”
I snap my teeth at him. “Get the fuck away from her. If you touch her again, you and the entire House of Nightfall vampires die.”
He smirks. “I don’t believe you. None of us do.”
He points to the others, where fights have broken out. Vampires against shifters. I don’t know how to stop it, but I have to try.
I notice Lumi is safe, surrounded by Sylara and Riven, but I’m puzzled as to why she’s still here, given that I gave the order to get her out. Kael is also nearby.
“It doesn’t matter what you believe. All you care about is us breaking the curse, and we will on the next full moon.”
“Not until I get a taste…”
He lunges for me at the same time three other vampires make their move toward me. But that’s not the movement that catches my eye. Lumi is running toward me after leaping between Sylara and Riven.
Fucking hell. How do I get her out of here unharmed? They are going to tear her to pieces.
I grab her, turning her so that the vampires attack my back instead of her flesh. I cry out as they sink their teeth into my back.
“Stop! He’s my mate!” she screams. She fights in my arms, but I only hold her tighter. They don’t stop attacking me. Their lashes are getting deeper and deeper into my flesh to the point that I know I’m going to need Riven’s help to heal properly if I survive this at all.
“Stop! I’ll do anything you want. You can kidnap me. Rape me. Torture me. Whatever, just leave Nyx alone,” she says.
My heart freezes as I try to understand why she would say that.Why would she offer herself up to save a male she loathes and has proclaimed many times she wants me dead?But it gets everyone’s attention enough that attacks on my back stop.
“I’m the only one who gets to kill you,”she mutters as if that explains everything.
“I’m not letting them take you.”
