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Authors: Olivia Arran
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being enjoyed lavishly and brutally of course. Or maybe during? That would be a difficult decision…”
I swallowed to clear my throat. “I choose you and she gets to go free? Not harmed?”
“Now, I didn’t say not harmed . I will agree to not maimed or permanently scarred.”
“No, I want her not harmed. Not touched. Not tortured.”
“So, you are coming round to my way of thinking? Good.” He reached forward and gently brushed the hair from my face, before grabbing my jaw in a bruising grip, holding me, as he lowered his mouth to mine. “But remember — you do not have the bargaining power here — I do!” His breath whispered across my lips before he mashed his mouth across mine, his teeth cutting and tearing, tongue forcing and invading.
He pulled away with a wrench. “Shit, you taste like crap! Why’d you have to throw up and ruin it?” he whined.
I looked at Lisa, my best friend. She would do it for me, in a heartbeat. My chest wrenched, the pain of the choice excruciating. James . I never got to tell him that I wanted to try. I never got to try to be me with him. To see if it would work. To take that leap of faith. And now it was over, already. There was no choice, only one choice — Lisa.
I turned to Eric, not trying to hide my revulsion, letting it show on my face. “Not harmed. Not touched. Not tortured. Those are my terms, and my bargaining power is my willingness.”
Eyeing me like a wolf eyes a doe, he slowly nodded, his lips smirking in satisfaction. “Agreed, but if you break the terms, then so shall we.”
My wolf howled in protest of the agreement, wanting its mate, and wanting to rip the throat out of the one who stood in her way. I pushed her deep down inside, building a cage around the heartbreak and anguish we both felt. Numbness encased my heart as I nodded.
“Agreed.”
Eric nodded once at his goons, who merged silently with the shadows, taking their precious package with them.
He turned to follow.
“Eric—”
Stopping, he looked at me, his eyes visually stripping me bare, holding a glint of promise. “Yes, my mate?”
“If she is hurt — in any way — I will destroy you. I promise you that.”
Walking away, he tossed his answer over his shoulder, his words fading and merging with the thump of music. “ Promises, promises, Kara. I’m looking forward to our reunion. I’ll make sure it’s one you don’t forget in a hurry.”
He was gone.
A chill crept over me, a numbness swallowed me. My future was destroyed. My heart shattered. I slid to the floor, curling my arms around my knees and hugged them to my chest for warmth.
I had never felt so cold.
Chapter Nine
James
M y wolf twitched awake , the mating bond that had been started with Kara tugged at my soul. She was in pain, so much pain! For me to feel it now, with the bond barely formed…
“Where’s Kara?”
Sean, who stood off to the side of the room, both observing the crowd and drinking with a single-minded purpose, snapped alert at my urgent tone.
Striding over to my side he answered, “She went upstairs to find Lisa, about an hour ago. Why? What is it?”
“Have you felt anything from Lisa?”
Sean sighed heavily, staring into his drink.
“There is nothing to feel . We have not started a bond. I’m not even sure—”
Frustrated, I shoved away Sean’s confusion and misery that I could feel through the Alpha bond. “I don’t have time for this now, I need to find Kara. Something has happened.”
Turning, I pushed my way through the crowd to the stairs, and started up them, two at a time. Sean followed close behind. The tug on the bond grew stronger as I reached the top, and I pulled at it, trying to figure out which way she had gone.
“This way.” Lengthening my stride, I turned right down the corridor, and then left.
After a few wrong turns, and a couple more corridors, I slammed to a halt. I sniffed the air. Kara’s warm spicy-jasmine scent was strong, but underneath it was the
I swallowed to clear my throat. “I choose you and she gets to go free? Not harmed?”
“Now, I didn’t say not harmed . I will agree to not maimed or permanently scarred.”
“No, I want her not harmed. Not touched. Not tortured.”
“So, you are coming round to my way of thinking? Good.” He reached forward and gently brushed the hair from my face, before grabbing my jaw in a bruising grip, holding me, as he lowered his mouth to mine. “But remember — you do not have the bargaining power here — I do!” His breath whispered across my lips before he mashed his mouth across mine, his teeth cutting and tearing, tongue forcing and invading.
He pulled away with a wrench. “Shit, you taste like crap! Why’d you have to throw up and ruin it?” he whined.
I looked at Lisa, my best friend. She would do it for me, in a heartbeat. My chest wrenched, the pain of the choice excruciating. James . I never got to tell him that I wanted to try. I never got to try to be me with him. To see if it would work. To take that leap of faith. And now it was over, already. There was no choice, only one choice — Lisa.
I turned to Eric, not trying to hide my revulsion, letting it show on my face. “Not harmed. Not touched. Not tortured. Those are my terms, and my bargaining power is my willingness.”
Eyeing me like a wolf eyes a doe, he slowly nodded, his lips smirking in satisfaction. “Agreed, but if you break the terms, then so shall we.”
My wolf howled in protest of the agreement, wanting its mate, and wanting to rip the throat out of the one who stood in her way. I pushed her deep down inside, building a cage around the heartbreak and anguish we both felt. Numbness encased my heart as I nodded.
“Agreed.”
Eric nodded once at his goons, who merged silently with the shadows, taking their precious package with them.
He turned to follow.
“Eric—”
Stopping, he looked at me, his eyes visually stripping me bare, holding a glint of promise. “Yes, my mate?”
“If she is hurt — in any way — I will destroy you. I promise you that.”
Walking away, he tossed his answer over his shoulder, his words fading and merging with the thump of music. “ Promises, promises, Kara. I’m looking forward to our reunion. I’ll make sure it’s one you don’t forget in a hurry.”
He was gone.
A chill crept over me, a numbness swallowed me. My future was destroyed. My heart shattered. I slid to the floor, curling my arms around my knees and hugged them to my chest for warmth.
I had never felt so cold.
Chapter Nine
James
M y wolf twitched awake , the mating bond that had been started with Kara tugged at my soul. She was in pain, so much pain! For me to feel it now, with the bond barely formed…
“Where’s Kara?”
Sean, who stood off to the side of the room, both observing the crowd and drinking with a single-minded purpose, snapped alert at my urgent tone.
Striding over to my side he answered, “She went upstairs to find Lisa, about an hour ago. Why? What is it?”
“Have you felt anything from Lisa?”
Sean sighed heavily, staring into his drink.
“There is nothing to feel . We have not started a bond. I’m not even sure—”
Frustrated, I shoved away Sean’s confusion and misery that I could feel through the Alpha bond. “I don’t have time for this now, I need to find Kara. Something has happened.”
Turning, I pushed my way through the crowd to the stairs, and started up them, two at a time. Sean followed close behind. The tug on the bond grew stronger as I reached the top, and I pulled at it, trying to figure out which way she had gone.
“This way.” Lengthening my stride, I turned right down the corridor, and then left.
After a few wrong turns, and a couple more corridors, I slammed to a halt. I sniffed the air. Kara’s warm spicy-jasmine scent was strong, but underneath it was the
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