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“You are our life now, Katarina, whether you like it or not, we are yours and you are ours.” He turned around. “You even have Zev wrapped around your finger.”
“Bullshit! Zev can’t stand me,” I replied back, rolling my eyes at that ridiculous thought. A thought that if left to fester would get me in a lot of trouble and heartache because a man like Zev was too tortured and damaged.
“When you died, we all mourned and then Zev died. When he came back he was in a bad mood until we told him you started breathing again.” He ran his hands through his blonde hair. “You’ve enraptured us all after living like this. You think we are going to want to live in a world without you?”
Damn him for saying the right thing and making me swoon.
“You think I like hearing that you all want to die for me?”
“I think if you saw what it’s like to live without your mate, I think you might understand more. It’s a life no one wants to live.”
“You can’t speak for the others, and I’m only mated with you,” I said, feeling trapped in the logic he was trying to use on me.
“It’s only a matter of time, Katarina,” he said, like he was so sure they would mate with me.
“You’re delusional if you think Zev would even consider mating with me. He hates me.” I felt like a broken record with how much I had to remind him that I was on Zev’s shit list.
“If he hates you so much, why did he agree to do the spell for the wards?”
Lucien smirked at me, like he just called checkmate on me.
“Wait, what?!” I screeched. “You’re barely telling me this now!”
I was only in a shirt, but I didn’t care. Everyone had seen the goods already, no sense in hiding it, and I needed to get to the library immediately to start the spell. We needed to protect ourselves.
“Wait, where do you think you are going?” Lucien followed me out of the room.
“The library,” I snapped. “We’ve been wasting time when I could have started the spell already.”
“Goddess, Kit Kat, you just died! You need to rest, not think about that spell. We can do it when you feel better,” he said, following me down the stairs. It took everything I had not to whimper at the pain in my head as I walked down them. “Fuck, Katarina, wait.” He growled.
He picked me up, trying to be as gentle as he could, holding me bridal style.
“Lucien, I swear to the Goddess, if you take me back to the room, I won’t have sex with you for the rest of the year,” I snapped, hoping he knew I was serious.
“I like to watch and Aeon is really good with his mouth.” He smirked at me as I narrowed my eyes at him. “Fine, but you will start it and we are coming straight back to bed.”
“Thank you,” I said, laying my head against his shoulder, enjoying the feeling of being carried.
“I would do anything for you, Kit Kat.”
“Then don’t follow me if I die. Live, Lucien,” I said, while a tear fell down the side of my face onto his naked chest.
He didn’t respond as he walked us to the library. Once we entered, he walked me to the supplies I had put out. I picked up what I needed and he walked me to the area with the best moonlight.
Setting me down, he helped me put the items down on the floor, but before I could get started, he cupped my face in his hands.
“I won't make any promises about what I will or won't doifyou die, but I will promise that I will do everything in my power to make sure you live a long and happy life with us by your side.” He gently kissed my lips but before he could pull away I deepened the kiss. I knew we would probably keep disagreeing. I just had to keep thinking that everything would be ok and we wouldn’t come to the point where he would have to make that decision.
14
LUCIEN
Katarina was lying next to me as I watched her sleep, keeping an eye on her chest as she breathed in and out. The sun was peeking out over the horizon, giving the room a pinkish orange glow. We had stayed in the room that was supposed to be for our mate and I didn’t know how I felt about it. I wanted to be happy about it, but something felt off. The last few days had been chaotic. If I wasn’t thinking of Katarina’s wellbeing, then I was worrying about another attack.
The stress of everything was starting to wear me down. Aeon had pushed himself away while Zev was nowhere to be found except when we woke up or to check in to see if the spell was ready.
They both were worrying me, but they were also worrying Katarina. She kept asking for Aeon, but how many times was she going to keep believing he was running the perimeter when I made an effort to see her. I don’t know what happened after the attack but he was not the same. My immediate thought was that he was scared and he just needed time, but I wasn’t sure.
