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She was a fucking vampire. She shouldn’t smell that good. She shouldn’t drive me crazy like this.
“As long as he knows she’s here, he’s going to keep at this every night until we can’t get him back,” I said.
After we ran from the castle, hiding from roaming demons, we escaped to the Black Forest, holding Fillian as we went. He could barely speak, wouldn’t look at us, kept himself curled tightly in a ball. Since he bonded to us, I trusted we were enough to keep him stable. But he started growing wilder last year, and he was close to going feral. She was meant to soothe his wolf, yet it had only made it worse. He needed to fuck her again to stop himself from tipping over the edge.
Valko stared into the fire with that dramatic noble look of his, weighed down from years of suffering - the one that pissed me off to no end.
“Val, even if we kept her down there, what’s Cordovan going to say - what will the Grandmothers say - if they find out we’ve been keeping their darling princess locked in a dungeon with no food or blood?” Though any kidnapper would do the same.
“And bringing her out every night to fuck is so much better?” He turned on me again.
“This was your plan, Valko.”
“My plan was to destroy her chance at becoming queen.” He glared. “Not to lose our friends and spend every day mating with her until we cannot be rid of her.”
I sensed it was already too late for that, but if Valko wanted to swim in denial, I wouldn’t stop him. One more touch and I was gone. If I could be inside her, I could feel her soul, then I could destroy her the way she was eating away at me.
Another pathetic howl pierced through us, and I clicked my tongue in anger. “You can reject her all you want, but we can’t risk losing Fil. He’s practically bonded to her already. He won’t let her go unless we fuck her or kill her.”
Valko stilled, clenching the handle of his knife, his deep breaths heaving his chest and shoulders. We had avoided talking about it so far, but we at least needed to acknowledge she was our mate, if only to build resistance against her.
We had sent letters to Cordovan demanding he stop the hunting of wolves, that he free us from persecution. Then we could start turning others, help repopulate, and maybe stand a chance against the demons who scoured the Obsidian Realms. But none of that would come to pass if we lost ourselves to her.
“Look,” I continued, softening my tone, “I know, alright. I know how much it fucking burns they’re gone, that it’s our fault as much as hers. I want revenge too. But I can’t stay here for the next three weeks listening to Fil whine. We’ll get rid of her as soon as the moon has passed, make him suck it up, but I’m not putting up with this shit.” There was another snarl from my wolf, and I had to silence him. Despite everything, he still insisted we kept her forever, just as Fil had said.
“I will not let you succumb to her power,” he said. “She has already compelled me and I am suffering the consequences.”
He was such a moody git.
If this were a democracy rather than the Valko show, Fil and I would have outvoted him, and she’d already be sinking into our arms as Fil showered her with love and I pushed her until I found her limits. But no, Mr Alpha had to make sure we were ’protected’ from her powers.
“Then don’t get involved,” I sighed in annoyance. “Give me the key, I’ll bring her out, let Fil ease his ache, and chuck her back in there. Easy.” I knew it was a lie as soon as the words left my lips. This need to hold her again was taking over me, either conjured by her or from the insistence of my wolf, I couldn’t tell.
Another howl ripped from Fil’s room, shooting pain through the pack bond. The psychical ache was infecting us all.
I wanted to sleep, to not have to think about her every fucking second of the day. And from the pile of wood shavings that curled around my feet, I wasn’t the only one.
“Sure, you just keep on rejecting her,” I said, “but Fil isn’t going to. So maybe you could pull that stick out your arse and think about someone else for a change.”
I turned to leave, Valko’s vicious snarl following me. A smirk traced my lips. I could already feel him bending. It would only be a matter of time before I showed Red exactly what kinds of games I could play.
SIX
Ruby
They chained me in the dungeon again.
They had dragged me out hours ago. After they had fucked me, Valko carried my limp body back, slamming the door behind him, leaving me naked in the cold room, only to return hours later with food and water.
Now he leaned over me, holding a cup to my lips.
I could see the faint outline of him through the blindfold, but it was the heat from his body, his woody scent, and his deep breaths that lit up my senses.
“Drink.” He sounded as irritated as I was, and I was glad for it. He repeatedly pushed my energy away each time I reached for him, and I had lost my control - because my heart was lonely without him. It was disgusting, feeling so vulnerable. These wolves were somehow opening up parts of me I would never have dared show in the palace. Not to anyone but Jasper.
“You know it is not water I am thirsty for.” I could still hold a commanding tone, despite how parched I was.
A stuttered breath told me how my words affected him. I hoped my compulsion from days before had a lasting effect. I was too weak now to even try to compel him. If I was to escape, I needed blood.
