Chapter Ninety One
Daemon tossed me a blood bag.
“What do I do with this?”
“What else? Have a drink. It will help you heal faster.”
“So now you are going to pretend like you care?”
“No, I don’t, but for as long as I need you by my side, I need you alive and… healthy.”
“Yet you go ahead and drink my blood.”
“You were being stubborn; you left me with no choice.”
“I’m not drinking this.” I said to him,
“Oh, you are.” He snatched the blood bag from my hand and pulled the cap open; he was going to force me into drinking this.
“Okay, you don’t have to feed me; I’ll take the damned blood.”
I snatched the bag back and took a huge gulp. It tasted warm.
“You will need to empty the bag, Riley.”
“Where did you get this from?” I asked him.
“From the healers. Where else?”
I just needed to be sure.
I emptied the bag, just as he said. All the while he watched me like a freak.
“Wasn’t so hard now, was it?”
“Daemon… I just want to know if Thane is safe–I want to see him; I need to see him…”
“Shut up. Thane is gone, it’s just me now and you have to learn to deal with it. Now get dressed; we have a meeting with some other Alphas.”
“A meeting?” I asked, for some reasons my heart pounded; whatever he wants to share, it won’t be good news.
“Yes, and don’t worry, no one is getting killed.”
“What do you need to speak to them about?” I asked him.
“Patience, Riley. If you needed to know, then you would have been told by now.”
“I like the red dress.” Daemon said to me. I had been about to pick the red dress but I quickly changed my choice and selected a black strapless gown.
“I need to get dressed.”
“Then get dressed.”
“I am not taking off my clothes before you.”
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Chapter Ninety One
“Stop with the little acts; I’ve memorized every part of you‘
That was… horrifying.
I turned my back to him before taking off my clothes and quickly changing into the black dress.
“I think I like this better.” He said with a small smile. I gave no response.
He stretched his hands for mine, but I wouldn’t accept it.
“They have to believe we are still the perfect couple, so try make it convincing, and I wouldn’t mind the kisses either.”
“I would rather pull out my own lips than endure kissing you one more time.”
“That’s not what you said when I was making you come over and again, was it?
“You used me, you raped me, and karma will catch up with you.”
“Riley, it doesn’t always work that way; bad guys get away with things; justice… it’s not real.”
I didn’t have an answer to that, and so I remained silent.
“Okay, I am sorry for draining you of blood. I did promise myself not to hurt you until it’s time to kill you; I shouldn’t have done that to you.”
“Is this supposed to be an apology? Because it sure as hell doesn’t sound like one.”
“Well, that’s all you get.”
He took my hands in his and literally dragged me to the door.
“Wait! I need to ask you a question: earlier, when you said Slade wanted Thane dead… what did you mean? I mean, Slade is dead, right? His ghost is powerless.”
“Ghosts are not real. The man who had been with Thane all these while is his very own father–if we can call him that, considering Thane isn’t his.”
“But he had been killed; I attended his funeral.”
“You did, didn’t you? Well, Slade is alive, though he needs body to complete transfiguration, and Thane’s is just what he needs.”
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