Page 97 of Bitten By Bloodmoon
He shrugs. “It’s been a long time since he’s been with anyone.”
“How long?”
“Nyx, you’re doing the blood offering,” Sylara says, interrupting Riven.
“No, I will,” I say, walking toward them.
“You can’t.”
I cross my arms across my chest. “I can. They can’t hurt me, I’m the only one who can break the curse.”
“No, but they can kidnap you and use your blood to hold you hostage. The answer is no,” Sylara says.
I frown.
“She’s right,” Nyx says.
“I know she’s right.” I look from Nyx to the others, but I would never ask any of them to do the blood offering in his place.
“I’ll do it,” Kael says.
“No,” both Nyx and I say at the same time.
“Why not? I’m dispensable. No one needs me.”
“No, you’re my friend. I would never ask you to do that for me,” I say.
“I know, which is why I’m volunteering.”
I shake my head and look up at Nyx. “Nyx has this. That’s why I brought all of you with us. To help protect him. He’s the only one of us who can die and still live afterward. He’s the one who has to do it,” I say.
Nyx nods his agreement, and without hesitation, he starts walking to the village where the coven of witches lives. We all follow after him, flanking him on either side and behind him. They can take his blood, but we won’t let them take anything more.
“I’m here to offer my blood and talk to your seer,” Nyx says.
Slowly, one by one, witches come out of their homes to look at us. This coven seems smaller and quieter than others we haveseen.Do they know the truth of the curse? Do they know that it can only be broken for one creature? Do they—
“We don’t need your blood, vampire,” a short-haired blonde witch says.
I frown.Fuck, this isn’t going to go well.
“You’re here to try to learn how to break the curse for all creatures. To stop the war that’s inevitable. There’s plenty of honor in that,” she continues.
I let out a slow breath.Thank gods.
“Come,” she says.
We all follow her as she leads us to the seer.
“This is Zya. She’s been expecting you.”
Nyx starts to enter, but the woman shakes her head. “Only the snow wolf.”
Nyx frowns.“Are you okay talking to her by yourself?”
“Yes, I’ll be fine.”
“I don’t like it. I can—”
