Page 24 of Tamed By Her Vampire Protector

The blood oath was completed.

“We will need to hurry,” Cassandra said as she took charge.

Lizzy handed her some gauze and helped her bandage her wound.

“The spell requires blood from one who is alive and yet not living.This portal was opened by spilling of blood from unwilling victims.To close it will require the blood of the dead freely given through the living.”

I stepped forward.“I’ll do it.”There was nobody else in the room who fit the description except myself.

Cassandra nodded in approval.“You will need to bleed onto the portal when the time comes.”

“Wait a minute,” Meghan protested.“What will happen to Leo?”

The witch looked down on my mate with disdain on her face at being interrupted.“He will only need to give several drops.That will be enough to close the portal.”

I wanted to snap her neck for her disrespect towards Meghan, but for the fate of everybody on the planet, I held my temper in check.What happened after the portal was closed was another matter.

“It’s settled.”Alex took command of the room before the witch became overconfident.“My men will fight back the demons while Leo makes his way to the portal.When we give the signal, the coven will cast their spell and close the portal.”

“Very well.I will assemble the coven and wait for your signal.But first, the orb.”Cassandra held out her hand expectantly.Alex brought out the bag with the orb from its hiding place.After a moment of hesitation, he handed it to the witch.

“May the gods smile upon both of us.We will need it.”With those parting words, Cassandra exited the room with a dramatic swirl of her robes.

Alex immediately began briefing everybody on the strategy and where they were to be positioned.

Meghan grabbed my arm before I could head over to the group.I cupped her face in my hands and wiped the tears flowing down her cheeks.“Don’t cry.You heard the witch, it’s only a few drops of blood.”

“I don’t trust her.What if you fall into the portal and end up trapped in the hell dimension?”Her words came out choked as she sobbed.

I couldn’t stand by and do nothing, so I leaned down and kissed her lips as if I could sip away her pain.Again, and again, I kissed her gently until her tears stopped.

“I have to.For everybody on this forsaken planet.And for a future for both of us.”

“You have to promise to come back to me.I’ll have a plate of bad spaghetti waiting for you every night if you come home.”

“I promise.”With one last kiss on her lips, I prepared for battle.

The battle was less of a battle and more of a bloodbath.We started out strong, with guns blazing, but the hell creatures stomped through our forces like we were ants.Black puddles of what used to be my clan members stained the ground as they fought with the Aurelian vamps and the hell creatures their master released.

I paid the death and destruction no mind as I scrambled up the mountainside towards the cave entrance where the portal was hidden.As I scrambled over the loose rocks and boulders, the screams of Alex, Grant, and Dante from below urged me on.I had to get to that portal.

Finally, I made it to the cave.I approached the shimmering purple pool with caution.For an opening into a hell dimension, it was smaller and less impressive than I thought it would be.Roars came from within.Probably from some demon that was scrambling to get through.For now, though, nothing was coming through.This was my chance.

I reached into my back pocket and grabbed my knife.With a single decisive slash, I cut my palm open and squeezed until a steady stream of blood fell from my hand into the portal.

A thundering boom crashed through the sky.Beneath my feet, the ground shook.I almost fell over into the portal, but I caught myself on the stone lip surrounding it just in time.

Suddenly, a bright white light filled the cave.Searing pain ripped through me, like I was burning up from within.The pain shorted my senses until I was nothing.I was one with the light in the cave as I floated away into nothing.

Epilogue

Meghan

I grabbed Lizzy’s hand tightly with my left hand and Rose’s hand in my right as we formed a circle with the rest of the coven members.Even though I had never performed a spell in my life, the witches required every able body to join in on the spell as it was going to consume an incredible amount of power.

Amanda gave me a comforting smile from next to Rose as the witches began chanting.Despite not knowing any of the words to this spell, I felt the power rushing through me as they chanted.

Heat and flames licked at my skin, and every nerve inside of me jumped as their chants grew in intensity and speed.Finally, all that pent-up energy inside exploded out of us like a firecracker shooting up into the sky.A sharp, intense pain pierced my skull.The sound of their voices faded into a high-pitched ring, and the scene in front of my eyes became as white as snow.I wrenched my hands from Rose and Lizzy’s and clutched my head.My knees gave out, and I fell to the floor.Tugging on the bond connecting me to Leo, I tried to reach him, but received only silence in return.

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