Page 60 of Bind Me

Heavy steps approach from downstairs.

“I… I think my mom is killing people on the ships,” I murmur.

Kaden takes my arm, tugging me in the opposite direction of the guard coming upstairs. He takes the book from my hand, setting it down, fiddling with it while I keep an eye on the man approaching. Then we slip quietly across the other end of the bookshelves, away from the guard. As the footsteps vanish into the back of the room, Kaden darts us to the steps and hurries down.

My head’s spinning, and even the scowl from the woman who spotted us, now standing near the front counter, doesn’t affect me… not as much as the reality that my mom might have been on a killing spree for years!

The realization crashes over me, making it hard to breathe.

I’ve spent years trying to forget her, yet it’s not just my life she’s destroyed. A part of me had hoped she’d disappeared forever, but this… this is something I can’t ignore.

Kaden keeps a firm grip on my arm, guiding me through the library’s exit. The moment we’re outside, I take a deep inhale, the crisp air doing little to calm my racing heart. We put distance between us and the bibliotheca.

I can’t work out why my mom’s been doing this for years. And why in Norway?

None of this makes any sense.

Chapter 17

Kaden

Iguide Sasha quickly out of the bibliotheca, noticing the blush creeping up her cheeks. Her shyness about being caught is sexy as fuck. For me, I don’t give a shit who sees us; my focus is solely on my little mermaid and bringing her pleasure.

We stroll away on fast steps, the sun beating down on my head and shoulders. I can’t get enough of it in my skin, its warmth chasing away darkness deep inside me, even if the breeze is cold.

“Okay, well, let’s not do that again,” she clarifies, staring up at me with a lopsided grin.

“It’s going to happen again,” I confirm. “We’re in the honeymoon stage of our fated-mate connection, where we’re going fuck each other’s brains out.”

I grin, already growing hard at the idea.

She rolls her eyes. “Well, I can’t exactly lose my privileges to the bibliotheca if I need to keep researching. Guess I can go in there with a disguise.”

“Don’t worry,” I confirm. “If we get kicked out, I’ll just build you your own library. A grand one with all the books you could ever want.”

She glances over at me, trying to hide her reaction but failing.

“You always surprise me with what strange thing you’re going to say next,” she murmurs, shaking her head with a small smile. “Anyway, I’m parked over there. I just want to get out of here.” She lifts her chin toward a parking area to my left, past a line of short shrubs and benches on the sidewalk.

“Good, you’ll give me a lift home.”

She nods.

My thoughts are back in the library, with me balls-deep in her pussy, in her mouth. I picked up that primal power inside of her again, raw and untamed. It’s a sensation that curls around my kraken, which tells me it’s definitely a fated-mate bonding, yet it’s so much more. Captivating and wild. Like she’s hiding a part of herself, and it’s leaving me fucking confused to make sense of why she’s coming across that way.

I turn to ask her as we enter the parking area when I catch a flash of movement. Something deliberate emerges from the rear of the car we’re passing. Call it paranoia, but unexpected movements set me off, and instinct takes over.

I push Sasha behind me and lunge at the barrel of a man charging our way, the glint of a blade in his grasp. He’s taken by surprise, not expecting my aggressive response. I slam into him, shoulder first, jamming him against the car, snatching his wrist, snapping it with a twist until the blade falls to the ground. He groans, the air rushing past his lips.

“Wrong move, asshole,” I growl in his face, holding him by the throat as he cries from his injuries.

Out of the corner of my eye, someone else moves toward Sasha from my left.

Fury blindsides me, and I slam a fist into the man’s gut in front of me. He tumbles over on the ground, moaning.

Effortlessly, I swivel with rage at the second man, sneaking up behind us, thinking he can take advantage of the distraction. I close the distance to Sasha and her would-be attacker in a heartbeat, but she’s ducking and throwing out her leg, slamming it across his shins.

The guy pinwheels forward, and I snatch him by a fistful of hair before he completely loses his balance, pulling hard.

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