Page 91 of Tangled Fates

We landed on the ground less graceful than I’d like, but I didn’t care. I quickly looked over at Soren seeing him passed out. His color was a little grayish, but nothing that looked alarming. When I used my magic to see his injuries, intense hunger hit me.

Shit.

I’d forgotten that they needed blood. How long had it been since they had fed? How often did they need to? Would I be able to feed them?

My abdomen clenched in arousal thinking of giving them a piece of me.

The memory of Soren’s bite made me go into a spiral of the possibilities until Ryder yelled at me.

“Save him, please,” Ryder begged me, with Loki at his side.

I wasn’t near Gray when he got hit, but I wasn’t expecting this level of damage. Gray’s body looked like it had been cut with large knives. Four deep cuts slashed his abdomen, showing bone and I think I could see an organ.

Panic clawed at me, but I tried to stay focused. I knelt beside him, panicking for a second before closing my eyes. My body immediately hummed with my magic, recognizing my mate. I didn’t have to direct my magic anywhere. I just had to be its conduit to heal my mate.

His body slowly stitched itself together as he barely hung on to his life. I pushed even more power onto him, needing to pull him out of the danger zone. Once I felt like he wasn’t on death's door, I pulled my power thinking, this was going to take longer than I expected, and I didn’t know if we were safe.

I panted from the exertion.

Ryder was kneeling right in front of me with a tired looking Soren. They looked at me with worried expressions.

“He’s fine for now, but we need to get him somewhere so I can heal him and not be disturbed or worried,” I said, feeling uneasy with their intense expressions.

“You truly are magnificent, Oria.” Ryder's deep voice brought me intense satisfaction.

“Blondie, I'm in awe of you,” Soren said. “I don’t deserve you and I am not worthy of a woman like you, but I know that every day you will feel my appreciation for saving my brother.”

“He’s my mate.” I looked down at Gray, pushing a strand of hair off his forehead. “I would do anything for you. I can’t lose you when I only just got you.”

Loki brushed up against me and I hugged him to my chest. I almost lost him too.

“Did anyone think it was weird that he didn’t want Loki to come with us?” Soren stared at Loki.

“I could hear fear in his voice.” Ryder added.

“I don’t understand why, unless Loki is some important cat that is set to bring the end of times,” I said, trying to lighten the mood.

“Maybe he’s a human trapped in a cat's body,” Soren chuckled. “I swear he has human qualities.”

“Are you some evil demon trapped in a cat's body?” I chuckled against his fur.

He batted my cheek like he disapproved of my statement.

“We need to get somewhere safe.” Ryder said, getting up.

“Where the hell are we?” Soren grumbled.

“We are by Dairy Godmother’s,” Ryder said, getting up.

“Dairy Godmother’s?” I was confused as Soren helped me up.

Why did that sound like something I wanted no part of?

“We should have gone to the Grumpy Cat,” Soren said, pulling me close. “I don’t think Dairy Godmother’s is the place we want to take her to, cause… you know.”

Soren’s cheeks turned pink, his embarrassment was amusing.

“That is too far away,” Ryder said, lifting Gray in his arms with ease. “She’s free now, might as well rip the Band-Aid off now. She’ll have to get used to scantily clad women.”

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