“Corbin?”came a shaky female voice.
His friend abruptly turned and rushed inside.Asher saw a thin, pretty woman as Corbin placed his arms around her.
“You can’t come out here,” he told her in a tone that Asher had never heard before.It was tender.Concerned.Almost ...loving.“She’s infected.”
The woman looked at them.“Are they here because you can save her?”
He hesitated for only a fraction.“Yes.”
“Then you must save her.Don’t let anyone else die.Please.”
“It’s not that easy,” he told her.“My kind was hunted to near extinction.I hid my scent to live among them.”
She placed her hands on his chest and stared up at him.“You’ve honored your ancestors’ memory by keeping their secret.But we can’t let those who hurt your kind win.I don’t know why I was spared from this horrible sickness, but if it was me, you’d save me, right?Why is so different for them?”
Leaning his forehead against hers, the next thing he said to her was too low for Asher to hear it.But he saw the gentle way he touched her.How he cupped her face to place a light kiss on her lips.
“She’s your mate,” Asher surmised.
Corbin glanced at him.“Yes.Kadie is my alpha mare.”
Asher smiled.“I’m happy for you.”
“And she?”Corbin asked, nodding to Juni.
“She’s my mate.”
For a moment, he and Corbin connected once more.They’d met when they were kids, growing up on the streets in Denver.Protected each other’s back.Kept each other sane.Seemed only fitting that they found the women they were destined to love within days of each other.
“Okay,” Corbin said.“I’ll give you my blood.”
“Thank you,” Asher said, his shoulders slumping in relief.“I won’t tell them who you are.”
“I won’t tell either,” Juni added.“Your secret is safe with me.I know what it’s like to lose your freedom and I would never do that to someone.”She looked at Asher.“Put me back in your car to make sure Kadie stays safe.”
****
Niall stepped fromhis portal and stared up at the odd warehouse where his contacts told him a powerful necromancer lived.Stepping up to the door, he banged his fist and stepped back.A moment later, the door opened revealing a large, muscular man staring at him with cool suspicion.
“Yes?”
“Dr.Lang?”
“Yes.”
“My name is Niall.I talked to your assistant the other day.”
“So, you did.”Mathias tilted his head.“You’re not human.”
“I’m a warlock.”
One dark eyebrow lifted.“That’s different.”
“I have the spirit of a witch who needs a body.Any way you can help with that?”
Dr.Lang stepped back and used his arms to invite him in.“Call me Mathias.”
Niall stepped inside and took in the spacious interior.Crystals, stones, herbs, things in jars he’d rather not speculate about it.It looked a lot like his own home.
