Page 28 of Hunting Savage
“Savage, they’ve got that girl with them.The one they brought for you as a gift to repay their debt.She’s young and looks...”
Aurora tensed.“What does she look like?”
The male peered around Savage.“Excuse me?”
“The girl.What does she look like?”Aurora wiggled to free herself from Savage’s embrace.She opened the link to her sister, trying to see if she could establish a connection that would show her where she was.
Starla’s view showed an opulent room with black leather furniture and a lot of males.“Are you safe?”
“Weirdly, yes.These males all seemed to be on edge, waiting for some big bad guy to return.I really need to go pee, too.”
“Do you know who the male they’re waiting on is?”Aurora didn’t want her sister to focus on her need to use the bathroom.
“No, but he has these guys seriously on edge.Sis, if they hadn’t kidnapped me and you know, planned to give me away to some big baddy, they’re really not terrible.I sense a lot of goodness within them.Their inner thoughts are kinda of funny.”
“Wait.You can hear their thoughts?”If her sister can hear others' thoughts even though Aurora suppressed her powers—Aurora didn’t want to contemplate what that meant.
“Who are you communicating with?”Savage asked.His brows drew down into a deep frown, showing he wasn’t happy.
She realized he held her face between both his palms.His jaw worked as if he were trying not to demand or force himself inside her mind.Good male.
“My sister,” she said, shocked to find herself answering truthfully.
“Hmm.I see.Well, let’s go and see who my guests are, and then we’ll discern if there’s any connection between you and them.I don’t believe in coincidences.”His voice sent a shiver down her spine.
Aurora didn’t believe in coincidences either.Which meant there could be something else at play that neither of them was in control of.
“This feels kinda like realizing your own mortality when you’re standing on the edge of a precipice after a night out with your besties, and it's barely six in the morning,” she muttered, only she’d never had a night out.Yeah, surely that’s what this would be like.Butterflies took flight in her stomach.
“I’ve had a lot of experiences after one too many nights like that, Vita Mea.However, I’ve never had someone as special as you by my side or a reason to want to avoid experiencing the fallout from such debacles.I think you’re my cure.Come.We’ll face whatever is on the other side of that door together.”He laced their fingers together.
“What if whoever they brought is supposed to be your—” she waved her hand between them.
He pulled her body flush to his, bent until his lips covered hers, and silenced what she’d planned to say.When he stood to his full height, Aurora found herself lost for words.Damn, the male had a way of kissing the life from her.
“No, Vita Mea, I only want to bring life to you, not away from you.”Savage turned them toward the door and a grinning Scepter.
“La Madrina, welcome to the clan,” Scepter said, bowing low.
“Hmm, he and the others recognize you as mine.That they call you the Godmother is remarkable,” Savage said, nodding at Scepter.
Aurora sucked in a breath.Her focus went to the large black opening.The door was like something out of a fantasy.Much bigger than any standard office she’d ever seen.Sleek polished black stretching from floor to ceiling, at least fifteen feet tall and ten feet wide, with a brushed chrome handle.She noticed some intricate designs on the grip, but his large palm covered it before she could get a good look, and then her focus zeroed in on the scene in front of her.
“Starla,” she cried, releasing Savage’s hand.
Savage reached for her, stopping her from taking a step away from him.“Aurora,” he growled.
“That’s my sister.”She pushed him away from her.
He stumbled back, eyes wide.
“Everyone, freeze,” Savage ordered.
Aurora grabbed her sister into her arms, happiness flooding her being.
All of a sudden, she realized the entire room stood unmoving, including her sister, Starla.The way her sister’s body stood, as stationary as a statue in her arms, scared her.Only she and Savage appeared to be unaffected.From the way he eyed her, he hadn’t expected her to escape his order.
Her sister’s eyes stared as if she’d been transfixed, straight ahead at Aurora with horror written on her young face.
