Page 95 of Nita's Redemption

Chapter Twenty Seven

LINK AND THE OTHERS raced through the woods, uncaring if they stumbled upon humans or animals. He and his wolf had one thought on their mind, and that was to find their female and kill whoever dared harm her. The scent of blood and death had him pulling up, leaves and dirt kicking up in a flurry as his paws worked to stop their momentum. Hell, he was pretty sure he’d beaten every speed he’d done in the past. Didn’t care either.

Heavy paws beating the dirt behind him was his first warning that the others were following closely. He didn’t move from his spot, figuring they’d pull up when they realized he’d quit running full tilt. His twin was the first to break through the woods, stopping a few inches behind him. The male wasn’t breathing hard, but Link could feel his breath on his back, and then there was Tank and his huge fucking Lycan skidding to a stop in front of him. The beast twitched his ears, his nose went upward as if he were catching every molecule of air and sifting through it.

‘I smell our female. Her blood appears to be painting the dirt not far from here. Why did you stop?’ Tank asked with a growl.

‘There’s evil up ahead. Our female is not alone since I also smell the demoness females with her. The evil is familiar, like I can almost picture who it is just out of reach in my mind. My wolf is snarling that we need to tread carefully like he is all knowing. While I am the first to want to race in and kill everyone and everything to get Nita, I think we should heed his advice.’ Link was still pissed at the beast, but he wasn’t going to dismiss what the being was saying. Not when the animal was persistent.

‘Titan agrees. We need more stealth and less beast mode. Although he’s straight up in monster mode and ready to rip shit apart.’ Tank showed them images of the huge Lycan snarling with bloody teeth.

Link moved to the right of the river instead of continuing straight like before when they’d been running hell for leather, letting his wolf take charge, which seemed to soothe them both. Voices floated on the wind, his female, and several females he didn’t recognize. He didn’t hear Bakra or the others, nor could he connect to them.

‘They are in stealth mode as well.’ His wolf Ludwig gave him the information, calming the human part of him. How the fuck they’d gone their entire lives without speaking to their other halves was truly mind boggling.

He and the others inched forward until they saw who was speaking. Two females seemed to be holding court over a black structure that gave him the creeps. He and the pack fanned out, circling around until they surrounded the females. There was no way the crazy bitches could take off with their female or her friends without encountering a shifter who’d lay down their life to stop them. How the demoness females had left Olympus without Zeus being the wiser was a mystery, since the God was very diligent in keeping them safe after Bakra was injured the last time. He looked upward toward the full moon, wondering if they were going to be struck by a Zeus bolt when the male caught wind the females were in danger again because of their pack. He sent up a prayer, sighing with contentment when he noticed there were no King children in the vicinity. As long as the little nuggets didn’t appear, he was seventy five percent sure they were fine. He hoped. Fuck they were probably screwed.

“You know, I’m gonna have to ask you to no. Just no.” Nita shook her head. Link loved her gorgeous tresses. He loved the way they felt in his hands when he fucked her or just held her. They were so silky smooth coiling around his fingers.

“Why is it that the females of your mother’s line are so fucking obstinate? It must be from their paternal sides. Our maman always did say we should take out the trash and be done with her. It’s clear that when your mama screwed that beast it made you not so bright, and she was already a few sandwiches short of a picnic.” Chloe let out a loud sigh. “We can salvage this mess though. Although we thought we were coming to rescue Mohini’s daughter, who should’ve been no older than a teenager. I was sure if we took you under our wing we could mold you into a female we could use. Unlike your mother who was a coo-yon. Goddess, she was so easy to fool. I blame Antoinette for this debacle with you though. She had a dream that led us to you, which we were aware of her precognitive abilities, however, we were unaware of the extent she could wield hypnotics. That put a snag in our plans.”

“That’s how you found me was through her dreams?” Nita asked in a slightly bored tone.

Link was definitely going to spank her sexy ass once they had her home, naked, and safe. Yep, she was in big trouble for getting the females angry with her words and for pretending she was unaffected by their revelations. Their Nita wasn’t bored. She was worried. He was too. Hearing someone dreamt about their female was disturbing to say the least.

“Wait. Is this, a stalling technique? You think someone is going to charge in here to save you? That cut on your hand has already done what we needed. Aren’t you feeling tired?” Cheryl asked, smiling like the Cheshire Cat.

Link hated fucking cats. He inhaled, trying to filter through the smells that were foreign to him and see if his female was sick, or worse, infected with something they’d done to her. He only scented her sweetness and her wolf.

His female hopped back on top the black thing that was large enough for her to sit on with room for maybe another person or two to sit next to her. She swung her legs back and forth like a child would if they were on a swing set.

“I think you got it wrong. My mama’s line, as you put it, wasn’t filled with fools, more like she followed her heart which led her to her doom. The truth is I don’t have many good memories of her or the sperm donor who impregnated her. What I do remember is she did her best to protect me from him until the day she couldn’t. He, her mate, who just so happened to have been my sperm donor was an evil bastard, the likes of which the three of you could never fathom. I’ve looked into the eyes of the devil, and I’ve lived to tell the tale. Whatever the fuck it is that you or your fucked up line of fuckery want with me, I want nothing to do with. These females, they’re my family. They chose me, and I choose them right back. I would’ve let you leave, and you know, live your pathetic lives. For all I could’ve cared, the two of you could’ve gone home and talked smack about me. Hell, you could’ve even claimed you took out that crusty beotch that I killed over there. Ps. You’re welcome by the way.”

“We didn’t need you to do anything, child. As a matter of fact, you are still underestimating us, which is going to be your downfall. You should’ve taken our offer when we gave it.” Cheryl began walking around the other side of the fire.

Nita let out a tired sigh. “Listen, I’m getting tired of this, blah blah you two have going on. I took out that female piece of garbage for you, which would’ve been a little difficult for either of you to actually do. But then again, the two of you had this backup plan, or was this the real plan?” Nita spread her hands out on either side of her rubbing the black surface.

“What the hell do you mean? You have no clue what we can do. We have powers far greater than hers. Once we drain you and offer you up as a sacrifice to Papa Legba, he’ll grant us the same power he has.”

“Ah, Chloe dear, you’re the delusional one. And you expect me to what, start shaking like I’m having a seizure. You think because your puny little blade cut my hand that I’m going to become your victim?” Nita lifted her hand to show the females her hand was healed. “See, I’m fine. Oh and if your plan is to use that thing to gut me or slice my throat, or if you’re waiting for me to faint first, you’re screwed.”

Link saw the pure hatred light both females’ faces. If they’d been shifters, they’d have attacked their female regardless of the fact she had backup.

“Nita, do you think those supermodels are going to be able to protect you? We don’t know who they are, but all they did was come to their own deaths.” The one Link thought was Chloe snarled and snapped her fingers.

There was a strange rustling behind the females. A loud grating rattle that was unmistakable to anyone who had been in gator-filled areas became louder. Link looked over to where Tank was hidden and saw he too had picked up on the danger coming at their female.

“Oh fuck off, bitches. That knife can’t cut my tough as steel skin if I won’t allow it, and you have no clue what you’re dealing with when it comes to my friends. Here, is this what you want?” Nita did a very bad impersonation of a person having a seizure.

Link shook his head, wondering why Nita and the others weren’t worried about the danger approaching them.

“Stop it right now, child. I’ve had enough of your antics. You want to know why we know how it is to be with males who are horrendous?” The other female yelled.

“Sure, give me your sob story.” At that, their female began to float up from where she sat, her legs going straight while she levitated several feet from the ground.

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