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Vic smoothed her hand down the brand-new pair of winter trousers she’d pulled on.“I’m really glad you have stuff in my size,” she said gratefully.
“Take whatever you need,” Cam offered.“We have plenty for everyone.”
As far as bribes went, it was a good one.They had books, food, shelter, furniture, generators and comfortable beds.They were even working on indoor plumbing.The lure of not having to use an outdoor toilet was strong.
“I have a question,” Grace said, directing the comment at Victoria.
“Hit me with it,” the wrestler said.
“Can you feel the bond between you and Cam?”
Startled by the query, Victoria looked at the big, blond warrior.“I’m not sure,” she hedged.“How am I supposed to know what the bond feels like?”
“I was drawn to Amaros even before I saw him,” Zoe said, taking her mate’s hand.“We had a strong mutual attraction that was hard for us to fight.I could feel him from a distance and I always knew where he was.”
“You feel that with me,” Camriel said in satisfaction at the spooked look on his mate’s face.“I knew you were in trouble from hundreds of miles away.”
“Is that how you found me in that town full of fudging psychos?”Vic asked.
He nodded, looking extremely pleased with himself.“I know you sensed me because you ran away every time I got too close.”
“I didn’t know what you were,” Victoria reminded him.“I felt something like that with Phul, too, but it was a lot weaker.”
Grace was instantly horrified.“I thought Fate severed their parental bond,” she said accusingly to Amaros.
“She did,” he said soothingly.“It’s probably just a fragment that remains.”
“What if it’s enough for our pops to find us?”the teen demanded.
“They’d have to be really close,” Victoria said, wishing she’d kept her mouth shut.She liked Grace and she didn’t want to scare her.“There’s no way they could sense us all the way here,” she added.
“We’re safe at our base, Grace,” Zoe said.“No one will be able to find us once the knights erect their wards.”
“What wards?”Vic asked in confusion.
“They can use magic,” the kid said, still not mollified and looking shaken.
“What sort of magic?”Victoria queried.
“We’ll be able to show you, once more of our kind arrive,” Amaros said.
“They won’t tell us what they can do,” Zoe said with an eyeroll.
“I won’t let anything bad happen to you, little sister,” Camriel vowed.“Your sire will never get his filthy hands on you.”
Grace searched his face, then finally relaxed.Her trust in the warrior reassured Victoria and some of her natural suspicion melted away.“I believe you, Cam,” the teen said.“I just wish more knights would turn up, so you can get the wards up and running.”
“I believe Camriel and I could erect a ward if his power was boosted,” Amaros said, staring straight at Victoria as he spoke.“It might not be enough to conceal our entire base, but we could probably mask the entrance to our lair.”
“Nice try, boss man, but I’m not falling for your manipulation,” Vic said wryly.“It’s way too early for me to make a decision about something that will change my entire life.”
“My mate has a backbone,” Camriel said with an approving grin.“We were made for each other, Victoria Tudor,” he said, now sounding grave.“Fate has ensured all of the Knights of Order and their cambions will be a perfect match.”
Victoria’s gaze lingered on Amaros and Zoe.They were clearly in love based on their body language and the fact that they were always touching and staring at each other.Deep down, she’d always longed for someone to love her like that.It had never seemed possible with her strangeness and being so different from everyone else.Now, she had a chance to find happiness with a gorgeous man who wanted to worship her.
“I’ll let you date me,” she said grudgingly.
Cam whooped in joy and surged to his feet.He plucked Grace out of her chair and spun her around.“She said yes, shorty!”he crowed.Grace shrieked in laughter, then tripped over her own feet when he put her down.
