Ripping me in half. Shredding my wolf and vampire spirits.
Agony splintered inside as I tried to fight them both, to make my own decisions.
My nest. My safe haven. My Alpha.That was what I wanted. What I needed.This my life. My soul. I’ll do what I want!
Cruel laughter echoed in my thoughts, Fare mocking my attempt at refusing him.
Only for him to snarl in the next moment as Lorcan sent a blast of healing energy directly into my mind.
I flinched, the power momentarily blocking Fare from my thoughts. But I knew it wouldn’t hold. He’d implanted some sort of anchor in my head. A back door that allowed him access to control me.
Or at least to command me to shadow back to him.
I buried my head in Lorcan’s chest, greedily inhaling his scent, needing to feel whole again. Needing to remind myself that I washere, withhim.
His arms were around me, his being protecting mine.
But it wouldn’t last long.
I could feel Fare clawing his way through.
Only for Lorcan to hit him with another explosion of his healing power.
His growl rumbled through my chest, followed swiftly by his purr.
No, both at once.
My mind whirled, fighting to understand.
He’s talking, I realized.He’s talking to someone in a growl.
But the purr was all for me.
A beacon. Another type of anchor. One I appreciated. One Ineeded.
Healing energy battled with compulsion in my head while Lorcan grounded me in reality, allowing me to look at him once more.
He’d rolled us to our sides, his knot no longer attached to me.
His palm was on my face, his eyes on mine.
“We’re going to kill him,” he promised me. “We’re going to find him and kill him.”
I blinked, suddenly exhausted.Let me know how that goes,I thought drowsily at him, my eyelids drooping.
Oh, no, mate,he whispered back to me.You’ll have a front-row seat. Because I’m going to watch you kill him. Then I’m going to hand you a match so you can burn his remains.
I swallowed, his image a nice one in my head.
Killing Fare once and for all would be… a very good dream.
The fact that he wanted me to do it made it that much better.
Rest,he added.Kieran will be here soon to help me drive Fare out of your mind. Then we’ll start hunting.
CHAPTERTWENTY-FIVE
LORCAN
