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“You have a massive bite mark on your neck. And blood everywhere on your body. How will you explainthat?”
He checked his injury, as if just noticing his wounds. He pulled off the cloak he miraculously still wore, folded it longwise, and flung it over the bite mark on his shoulder and under his arm like a bandage. The rest of him was completelynaked.
“Better?” Nerves danced beneath hisvoice.
“Sure. If you’re going for the sexy injured look.” I cleaned the splashes of blood across his cheek and chin with my hand. “Please be quick andcareful.”
With a smile and a quick kiss that heated me, he darted toward thehouse.
Kneeling in the snow next to Talin, who was still in half-bear, half-human form, breathing heavily and out of it. I rubbed his arms to keep the circulation going. “We’ll find a solution. No real idea how.” Staring into the forest from the direction we’d come, I sent my prayers to Rek’s family. To his mistress, Gwenth, and their newborn child, who hopefully wouldn’t be tossed out of the manor.Goddess, please send themprotection.
I waited for what seemed like an eternity, shivering not just from the cold, but from the idea that anyone who found Rek would raise the alarm. Would they blame the princes? Though, as Raze said, how could they prove who’d killedhim?
As heartless as it sounded, my worries revolved around the dangers we all still faced as the full moonapproached.
When the familiar clip-clop rhythm of hoofs hitting the ground found me, I jerked to my feet, finding the black carriage passing the gates and leaving behind themanor.
“Oh, damn.” My nerves twitched. He’d doneit.
By the time Raze reached us, his face blanked. “We have to leave now. They’re sending out a search party forRek.”
I trembled and rushed to open the door. Raze carried Talin inside and set him down on aseat.
“Get in,” Raze insisted as he jumped out. “I’ll be out front to steer the horses out of here and fast.” And just like that, my pulse jackhammered once again. I climbed inside the carriage. As soon as Raze shut the door behind us, we lurched forward, the rapid movement throwing me flat against myseat.
