Page 14 of Blood Bonds

“Alright, Tal, what is so important that…”

“I have found her!” he shouted, making me narrow my dark brown eyes at him.

“Found who?” I asked, unable to recall us looking for someone in particular other than the traitor, someone he clearly didn’t want to waste his time talking about.

He shook his head at my question, as if it were supposed to be obvious, before confessing the unbelievable.

“Our fated…our Moirai Theía,”he said, stunning my movements to a standstill. Had I fucking heard him right?

“Come again?”I asked in astonishment, for I swore I just heard him say the impossible. The grin on his face was the biggest I had ever seen.

“You heard me right, Brother,” he stated, and I swear it felt like my dark heart had stopped beating for long seconds.

“Yes, and just to be sure I am not fucking dreaming, did you just say that you found our Fated Goddess?”

Talon walked to me, clasped me on my shoulder, and told me,

“Even better than that, I have her behind a locked door at the Park Avenue.”

My eyes widened as the shock penetrated deep and stayed there for far longer than it ever had done before. For once, I was lost for words and it had nothing to do with my stern, cold countenance. I even found myself needing to sit down, for my soul felt utterly shaken.

“But how?” I finally forced my lips to work as well as my brain.

“Ah well, this is where it was less than ideal, for she happened to witness me murdering our traitor and trying to drain him dry.”

I gasped, a grated sound that felt like I would soon choke on my own tongue.

“She what?!” I shouted, making him shrug his shoulders. Shrug his fucking shoulders! Like some unforgiving teen found driving his father’s car. Hence why I gripped the top of my nose as the situation continued to come to light. He was on a roll, his excitement driving the night’s events forward.

“Of course, the little peach freaked out, being mortal and all, it is not surprising when witnessing our kind for the first time.”

“Little peach?” I asked, stupidly focusing on what should have been an insignificant detail I had plucked from the horror of her situation.

“Her scent, she smells of peaches… fuck me, Brother, but don’t even get me started on her blood!”

At this I soon found my feet and stormed toward my careless twin.

“You fucking fed from her?!” I shouted, causing his eyes to uncharacteristically widen in surprise.

“Yes, and it’s a good fucking job I did because I didn’t know who she was to us until I tasted her. Besides, she witnessed not only the existence of our kind but also me murdering someone, I didn’t exactly think it wise to let her simply skip fucking free.”

I calmed slightly when hearing this, knowing he was right. But still feeling the uneasiness clinging to me, for I was already feeling protective, and I hadn’t even met this ‘Little Peach’ yet. A sentiment I would admit to rarely ever feeling before.

“And she is at the penthouse, you say?” I asked after forcing my fists to unclench.

“Yes, I put her to bed myself.” Again, my muscles tensed, something he witnessed.

“For fuck sake, I didn’t sleep with her, Vic… I am not an animal.” All I had to do was raise a single brow before he argued. “Fine, what I mean to say is that I wouldn’t treat our queen like that, despite how hard it had been to leave her there without touching her...fucking goddess,”my brother added as the memory of this mystery woman clearly assaulted his mind. But the words he used caught my attention and I couldn’t help but question…would she be my Goddess?The one I had been obsessing over ever since the dreams began?

“I take it you had Andras put her to sleep?” I asked, gritting my teeth, already hating the idea of another hand touchingwhat was ours. But then a smug look I knew well overtook my brother’s features before he told me,

“Well, that was the curious thing, he tried but then he told me that her mind already belonged to another…”

Okay, now my teeth were about to shatter, and I forced my jaw to unlock long enough to snarl,“Who?!”

Of course, I should have known by my brother’s face what his answer would be.

“Us… or should I say mine at the time… but I imagine you will have the same effect on her as I do.”

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