Page 39 of Blood Moon
“You want to die, little human?”
“She can’t fucking sense it?” Logan smirked. “The wolf mateship on top of the bond that is forming is protecting Elle’s blood from any vamp or shifter that would want it. Fucking genius.”
“This is more than our created bond could have ever given us,” Cole said. “Why didn’t anyone else know that we could have bonded in this way?”
“It wouldn’t have worked,” a male’s voice called out. “I’m Caiden,” he reached out to shake my hand. “I trust you’re Elle?”
“I am,” I answered Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome.
“Most here don’t know about what went down with you and the Banners,” he said, looking back at Alexi, who seemed to be inwardly praying that losing Zac to me was all a nightmare.
“Back to the part where you said it wouldn’t have worked?” Cole questioned Caiden while more vamps and shifters surrounded us. “What the hell does that mean, and how would you know?”
“I knew the shaman who was willing to bond you.” He looked over at Cole, “He already said the wolves would have rejected the human Life Blood and that it would be hard enough to unite all your asses to begin with. The fact that Zane already had a bond with Elle is the only reason this reignited between all of you. Of course, we can sit here all day and talk about shit that’s already been discussed, or we can go talk to the Fae Queen of Emeraldean, who’s sitting up in that house and ready to reveal where your kid is.”
“Wait, what?” I said, breaking free of Logan’s support. “Are you sure we can trust her?”
“I don’t even trust her,” Caiden advised, looking at all of us, “and she doesn’t know you’re a Life Blood, so keep that shit on the down-low too.”
“What does she know about Aria?” Zane growled.
“She knows a human girl dyed her pitch-black hair blonde and is trying to get out of a supernatural school in her realm,” Caiden said. “She and I actually have had a thing. She thought I pranked her and kidnapped some human, forced powers on the teen, and sent her to one of her prestigious schools to get back at her for fucking some goddamn elf a while back.”
“God,” I sighed, “Another sexual revenge that spins our lives into another direction.”
“You were stupid enough to fuck a fairy?” Zane burst into laughter.
“I hold my own with her, and she’s amazing in bed. We made up about an hour ago when she got here.”
“Spare me,” I sighed. “Where’s my daughter?”
“Daughter?” Alexi walked directly to Zac and slapped his stone face.
“Zac get your ex—who obviously never got the memo that sheisyour ex—the fuck out of here,” Braden ordered.
I walked up, hand-in-hand with Zane, my eyes following Zac as hewalked it offwith the upset vampire. “Logan,” I started, “Do you—"
“She was never anything to Zac,” Val said to my left. “She’s actually one of my oldest friends. You know that Braden and I had an agreement with him only feeding off me, right?”
“Yes,” I answered, “But Braden let you go, and you obviously didn’t hate me when I came into their lives and took him from that relationship.”
Val grinned. “Oh, honey, I could have snapped your neck the minute I saw his eyes fall on you in a way I never thought a Banner could look at a woman.”
“She knew that her future would be very bleak if she acted on those emotions too,” Braden shot back from over his shoulder. “Val got over it, and Alexi will get over Zac.”
“How are you so sure?”
Logan stopped and turned back to me, “Zac and I have always been close, closer to each other than to our other cousins. Alexi was a wild card, and Zac knew that shit. She’s also a very old, and therefore, very mature vampire. She’ll get over him.”
“Then why does Zac seem like he’s not over her? Is this chick going to be a problem on top of all of our other problems?”
“How about this, I’ll let Zane torch her ass with his new and improved wolf bite if we get any idea that she’ll be a problem for us. Now, stop being a jealous little thing. It’s very unbecoming on you, and I’m going to kick Zac’s ass myself for not having half a damn heart in letting Alexi down gently. The fact is, you’re ours, and any vamps we fucked around with before will understand that, or we’ll use the wolf to fix the problem,” Logan said directly.
“Your bite is nuclear?” Caiden turned and walked toward us.
“Since the bond reignited, yes,” Zane replied.
Caiden’s eyes dropped to me, and before I could step back from being under his suddenly ravenous gaze, Cole snapped his neck, and Zane shifted and turned him to flames.
