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“We will go for Hunter, but I don’t want him. It will be a distraction. Marko has to be helping block me. When he turns his attention to Hunter, I get Tessa. Now, come forward so I can channel them through you.”
The resistance was in every step Domnius took toward me.
“What will you do with her, Your Highness? Do you have plans to hurt the queen? There is t-talk.”
“Talk of what?”
He hesitated as he got in position before me. “Of screams,” he said quietly. “From when she was here. People believe she ran away because you hurt her.”
“The queen is my business. No one else’s. You don’t worry about my plans.”
My palm slammed into his stomach as I cast my strength into him. The anger and experience left my powers exploding from me and going right for Tessa. The moment I caught her energy, I ripped back with everything I had. The resistance was immediate, leaving me enraged.
I searched for Hunter’s blood within me and growled at how weak it was. I hadn’t fed from him since his change. It was a mistake I couldn’t change, but it made no difference. I let the essence filter through, throwing my powers toward nothingness—searching. It was like trying to find needle in a pitch black room. My energy pushed out, spreading as I grasped at the tiniest sensation. What felt like half an hour went by before I brushed against the tinge of something all too familiar.
“Got you.”
My mass drew in so fast that I felt the wavering in my core. With a punch of what I knew must have felt like a bag a bricks, I hit Hunter with everything I had. He was so unguarded that I felt the lock on him almost immediately. Instead of pulling back like I knew I could have, I squeezed, letting my heat burn into him so he would think I was trying.
Whimpering echoed in the distance from Domnius, but I cared not of his wellbeing. I was focused on only one thing and I got it.
“Marko … that’s it. Push me back. Fight me.”
Blood trickled into my mouth as I bit into my lip at the sheer strength that clashed with mine. Just when I was sure his was peaked, I switched gears, jumping right back to Tessa. My internal hooks sunk in and with a force I wasn’t aware I process, desperation had me bringing her forward.
Black smoke poured from Domnius’s mouth and I couldn’t stop my claws from embedding into his stomach at my excitement. “Come to me, baby. That’s it.” Harder I gripped, until I felt the warmth of his blood pooling over my hand. The fog rolled out onto the floor and I pushed him back as her unconscious body began to take shape.
“Get out.” I waved blindly. “If one word of anything that happened in this room gets out, I’ll know immediately, and I will torture and kill you.”
I didn’t even watch him leave. The door slammed closed, but I was already lowering to kneel in awe at her curled up body. She was wearing a black nightgown and she was paler than I liked. No doubt it was caused from the constant battle I’d waged trying to get her back.
“Ma minette.” Damp curls were forming at her temple and I stroked them back, not able to stop myself from lowering to pull her in my arms. Seeing her face again was like having my heart back. I couldn’t catch my breath, yet I was more in love with her than ever. “I’ve missed you. God, I’ve missed you so much. You have no idea what I’ve gone through without you with me.”
I pulled her higher in my arms as she began to stir. Her lids fluttered and she smiled, curling more into me. “Marko?”
“That’s right. I’ve got you, and I’m never letting you go again.”
Again her eyes opened. She blinked hard, trying to lift her head, but I held on tighter, keeping her against me.
“Aetas?”
“Marko,” I corrected through clenched teeth. “And you must feed. You’re not well. I want you better. I want us back to where we were. I’m dying to taste you. I’m so hungry for you.”
Each breath left my cravings unbearable. I hadn’t fed since she’d left. I couldn’t bear to taint her blood within me. I needed it. I fucking … was dying. God, help me.
“Take my blood.”
My hand was shaking as I brought it to my other wrist. Adrenaline and the wear on my body was starting to take effect.
Blood seeped over my claw and I tore down my skin another inch before lowering it to her lips. Tessa didn’t fight me as she stole a glance at my eyes and hesitantly separated her lips. Her blinking was fast. She was thinking, but what about, I wasn’t sure. I didn’t care as her suction pulled the very life from me. The release was magical. Everything I needed and more. All the pent up anger, all the fears and anxiety over her disappearance, gone in our moment.
“Take as much as you need. Take it all,” I moaned. “Fuck, I don’t care. I’m yours. My heart. You break it, you mend it. I am nothing but broken pieces of a man lost to your love. Why must it be this way?”
Harder she suck. My mouth opened and I took a big breath from the puncture of her fangs.
“Yes. Like that.”
As fast as she’d bitten, she withdrew, and tugged my hand further down, biting into the soft bend of my arm.
