Page 193 of The Lands Defying
I thought she would hesitate, I thought I would need to talk her into it, but my eyes fly open as she’s right in front of me, but then lunging at Drax.
I gasp, and Darius chuckles as snarls and barks come from them. I go to stand, worried, but Darius halts me.
“Let them work it out. Drax won’t hurt her in the slightest, but he will pin her down when he’s had enough.”
We watch them break apart and then she goes for him again.
“Did she do this with you?”
“You didn’t see?”
I shake my head. “I woke up to seeing you as a wolf, but I saw nothing before that, only sensed that something had happened.”
He kisses the side of my neck and then plays with a strand of my hair. “I just showed her that she can trust me.” I watch as he pulls his hand back and realize it is covered in blood. “It’s nothing, we just needed to work it out.”
I grab that hand and push my magic into it, feeling it run up his arm and to the bite on his shoulder. Closing my eyes to concentrate, I push the ruined muscle back together, feeling it stitch itself. When I open my eyes, Darius’s eyes are nearly black, the heat in them burning me alive.
I look at Runa as she goes for Draxton’s front legs as a distraction.
“She does trust you, just like I told her to.”
“You did?” He sounds so surprised at that and I turn my head to him.
“Of course I did. I trust you, so why shouldn’t she?”
His eyes flare and he groans into the side of my neck. “You would find it inappropriate to fuck you with our wolves right there, wouldn’t you?”
I squirm. “Yes,” I clear my throat. “Absolutely inappropriate.”
“Later” he growls into my neck, pulling me closer to make sure I feel all of him.
I guess he approves of my trust in him.
Suddenly Runa yelps, and we look at Drax who has her pinned down on her back, just like Darius said.
“Well that’s familiar,” I mutter. “That’s what you did to me.”
He chuckles. “We are like our wolves in many ways.”
We watch on as Drax moves backward off of Runa, and I can’t help the awe I feel at seeing them both.
Runa stands and looks to Drax, head lowered. Draxton walks over and nuzzles the side of her face, a purr coming from him as he licks her there before going to inhale her neck. Runa’s tail wags, and when Drax nudges her again they run off into the forest.
“They will be okay, won’t they?”
“He will look after her,” He assures me.
I look back to the fire. “What do we do now?”
Darius starts to peel the cloak off of me. “Well, there are no wolves near anymore, so let me warm you up.”
Fifty Seven
Rhea
I’m running.
Me, with my pack, running as a wolf and not on two legs.
