Page 56 of Captured By the Monsters
“Julie!” she screamed and pushed from my arms. I let her go and watched in agony as she sank to her knees and cradled her friend’s head in her lap.
Tears streamed down her face unchecked as she rocked back and forth and ran her hand through the dead woman’s hair. “No, no, no. This isn’t fair. Julie, I’m so sorry.”
I wanted to hold Sera and take her away from this all, but she needed this moment to grieve. I couldn’t be selfish and rob her of this goodbye.
“Julie’s dead,” she stuttered out between sobs, as if trying to process the truth out loud.
My mate’s large gray eyes pooled with tears as she turned her head to look up at me. I felt her pain as if it was my own. I’d do anything to take it from her, but I couldn’t. She hiccuped before explaining, “They killed her. They killed the redhead before her. They thought they could force us to bond with a second Trifecta, and if we couldn’t they were going to—”
Her words cut off as her tears began to flow anew, and I dropped to my knees behind her, wrapping my arms around her shoulders and chest. “It’s okay,” I soothed, not knowing how to console her at this moment.
“No it isn’t,” she sobbed.
There was nothing I could say back to that, because she was right. None of this was okay, and suddenly I was questioning what was more dangerous for our mate—The Above or Paratiisi.
