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Luca
Angelina shook in my arms as I took her back to our room. I removed the coat from her and placed a large throw around her. I led her to one of the comfy window seats. Her teeth were chattering, her lips were blue, and tears tumbled down her cheeks. My heart constricted as her pain beat at me.
“I feel it too, brother. Get that bath running. I’m just preparing drinks for us.”
“On it.”
“I’m going to run us a bath, bella. You stay here.”
“No. Please, don’t leave me.” Her body shook and her tears fell faster.
“Viktor is dead for this!”
I agreed with my brother.
“Okay, bella. Come with me. You’ll be safe,” I assured her.
There was a bench in our large bathroom, which I led Angelina to. She hadn’t said anything else, and I feared she was going into shock. The bath would take a little while to fill because of its size. I placed some herbal bubble bath into the running water. This would help to soothe our mate. While the bath filled, I sat next to Angelina and gathered her up into my arms.
* * *
Angelina
My second brush with Viktor had totally freaked me out. How had he even got me to the gates and messed with my head? Did this make me weak? Perhaps the fates had got it wrong, and I didn’t belong to Salvatore and Luca. Guilt beat at me as I ran through all the scenarios of what could have happened if I’d let him on their property. Would we have all wound up dead, along with Diane and Michael?
Luca held me against him. He stroked my hair and whispered to me in Italian. I had no idea what most of the words meant, but it stilled my beating heart a little. Salvatore entered the bathroom, placed a tray of drinks on the floor, and sat on the other side of me. Although Luca’s comfort had been great, it didn’t feel right until they were both with me. I knew I needed both of them with me to make me feel whole.
Luca got up to turn off the taps. Bubbles and steam hovered over the water. It was so inviting and what I needed. I shrugged out of the throw, feeling much warmer.
“Here, drink this.” Salvatore offered me a steaming mug of tea.
Without thought that it could burn my mouth and throat, I drank greedily. The warmth made me feel a little better. I handed him back the empty mug and smiled my thanks.
“I’m so sorry.” I looked from one to the other.
Luca tilted my chin upwards. “Why are you sorry, bella?”
“I almost let Viktor into your home. I’m weak and pathetic. I don’t think I’m good enough to be your mate if I let this happen so easily.”
“Hey, stop that. You’re strong and that’s why Viktor attempted to get to you through your mind. He’s scared, and this was a desperate attempt to reach you.”
I looked at Salvatore to see if he was joking and let out a small laugh. Pushing away from them, I paced up and down the bathroom. Coming to a halt in front of them, I looked from one to the other.
“Then how come he got to me so easily, answer me that.”
They stood up. If I wasn’t so angry and scared, I’d have wanted to make love to them all over again.
“Let’s get in the bath and we’ll explain it to you.”
“I agree with Luca. Your anger and arousal are beating at us, and in that shirt,” he looked me up and down, “you look far too tempting.”
Heat suffused me and although letting them love me again would be hot, I needed answers. I nodded, took off my meagre clothing, and sank into the bath. It was heaven. The warm water, bubbles, and being with my men was what I needed. I could have nodded off quite easily.
“What happened to me?”
“Viktor’s familiars must have been watching you. They are not always easy to detect.”
Salvatore’s words confused me. “What, or who, are familiars?”
Luca squeezed my shoulder. “Usually they are vulnerable people. Humans who are susceptible to being used. Once under his spell, he takes their souls and turns them into mindless slaves.”
I shuddered at the thought of how many victims there must be in the world.
“They would do anything,” Salvatore continued, “in order to please their master or mistress. Even if it means their own death.”
“So, what happened to that familiar’s soul once you killed it?”
Sal kissed the top of my head. “There’s a special incantation we say over the remains. Then we pour holy water on the ashes, and send the soul on its way to find peace in the afterlife.”
“How did Viktor get inside my head?”
“Because until we complete the full mating ritual, you are vulnerable to suggestion. He’d never attempt anything with a full-blown Hybrid. It wouldn’t work.”
“So, what you’re saying, Salvatore, is that I am what I said. I’m weak.” My anger was getting the better of me. I rubbed at my temples with frustration.
“No. That isn’t what I meant at all. This is partly our fault. We will show you how to block any path to your mind, apart from the link to us, of course.”
“What would’ve happened if I’d let him in? Is it like the old vampire movies where he could enter anytime he liked?” I felt a bit silly using it as an analogy, but I didn’t have too much to work with here.
Luca chuckled, and I threw him a murderous look.
He raised his hands and chuckled some more, then kissed me on the cheek. “Sorry, bella. More or less, yes, he could. But he wouldn’t get very far because we have wards in place which he wouldn’t be able to get past.”
I mulled it over in my mind and became angrier by the second. “So that undead creep was trying to unnerve us. To prove a point that I was weak. Well, it won’t happen again!”
I got out of the bath, droplets of water going everywhere. Images of Viktor thinking he could hurt any of us by getting through me made my anger rise. Not caring that I was naked, I marched up and down, swearing loudly. I came to a halt to see them eyeing me with speculation.
“There is no way he’s going to hurt either of you, or Diane and Michael. I am going to gut him like a fish and laugh while he begs for mercy.” I wasn’t even certain that was how you defeated a demon, although it sounded damn good to say it.
When I paused to study them closely, I realised I could no longer sense their fear for me. They were completely aroused. Their eyes were fixed firmly on my nakedness. My blood sang in my veins, needing release after all the tension of the night’s events.
“Come back in here, bella. Your lust needs to be sated.” Salvatore’s voice was deep and low.
“I agree, brother. Angelina, seeing your breasts swaying like that is driving me wild. The way your cheeks bloom with colour and the scent of your sweet pussy call to us.” Luca licked his lips as though eyeing me as his next meal, and I welcomed it.
I sashayed back to the bath and lowered myself between them.
“Okay,” I murmured in a breathy voice. “I’m all yours.”
