Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen
Despite making it clear that I wanted him gone, he easily pushed past me and walked into my room. I slammed the door a bit too hard.
“What! What is it you want to talk about?”
“Would you listen?”
“Well, you didn’t give me an option now, did you?”
“Once you spoke about the both of us, leaving the pack behind and going far away… I couldn’t do that because of Vox, but with him gone…”
“No.”
“What do you mean, ‘no‘?”
“It is exactly what you think. I will not go anywhere with you.”
“So you had said that only to… fool me?” he asked, the hurt clear in his eyes.
“That had been why you didn’t aid Vox, hadn’t it? Because you believed that if he was dead, then there would be nothing in the way.” I asked, and his silence confirmed it.
“I should have known. As long as Thane lives, there will be no space for another.” He said, and his eyes… They held a promise. He turned, heading for the door, but I blocked him.
“You will not harm Thane.”
“Of course.” He said, a smirk on his face. “I won’t.”
I slammed my fist against his chest. “I mean it.”
“The thing is, I don’t have to listen to you anymore–I don’t have to listen to anyone, ever again.”
“I agree!”
He paused. “What?”
“I agree, but only under one condition: you help me set Thane free, and then I’m all yours.”
“Come on, I know you will try killing me the moment he is free; I am no fool.”
I walked to him, taking his hands; I placed it over my chest. “If you help me free Thane… then Lam all yours, I promise.”
The next morning, we got ready to move back to the Nightshade pack.
“Bruce, thank you, for everything.” I said to him.
“As long as Thane is still held captive, then… my mission is not done.”
Daemon joined us outside. “Ready?” he asked me, and I nodded.
“Riley… um… I was wondering about–Kate–your mother
“What about her?”
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Chapter One Hundred and Thirden
“How is she doing?”
I read into his words. “If you’re wondering whether I mentioned you to her, know that I didn’t.”
“Oh.” He said, and I wondered if it was just me or he sounded a bit disappointed. “Do you perceive that?”
“Perceive what?” I asked.
“The scent… someone is coming.
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“Are you expecting anyone?” I asked.
“No… No one comes up here at all.”
“The footsteps are coming from over there.” Damon pointed. It took a few more minutes before I could hear the footsteps. Just then we sighted the figure–Bella.
A snarl left my lips; I had been about to run after her, but Daemon held me back.
“She might have some news you want to hear.” He says, and he was right.
She came to a stop before us and I was happy to see she looked like crap.
“They are all dead… He killed them all. Logan, Slade, Flynn. they are all dead!” She cried.
“What do you mean?” I asked, the anger I felt toward her momentarily pushed aside. “Who killed them all?”
“Thane–he escaped, and he killed them all.”
“Where is he?”
“I don’t-”
“He is here.” Daemon said, cutting her off.
He was right; I could feel it. My heart slammed faster against my chest; I could feel Thane’s presence; I could almost taste it.
I pulled free of Daemon’s hold, and I ran forward. I didn’t care about anyone else; at that moment, it was just Thane. Everyone else didn’t matter.
I finally spotted him. I was brought back to the moment I saw him for the first time, I had known beginning that this was the man my heart had chosen.
even from the
He raced towards me, the desperation in his eyes matching mine. His gaze shifted to something behind me. I could see the alarm written on his face before I could read the warning; I felt the burning pain and fell to the ground, the tip of a dagger jutting from my chest.
