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If you want blood, Sweetness, I’ll give it to you. I’ll give you whatever you want.”
One second, he’s across the hallway and then the next, he’s pressing me back into the door, his hands clutching at my bare thighs like he’s still not sure he’s actually seeing the real thing. “You think you’re the only one fighting your bond? This is all mine. Know that before you walk out of here because Bonded or Unbonded, you’re mine.”
🥵🥵🥵🥵
because that kind of absolute loyalty will always mean the world to me. I’ve had it for them from the moment I’d heard their names in that stupid hospital room,
Kieran beats me to her.
“Is she okay? I can get a healer here pronto,” Kieran says, his eyes glued to Sage’s sobbing form, and I shake my head as I point to Felix’s glowing hands.
but there’s a hesitancy there.
I now know WHYYYY
A growling sort of gasp rips out of his throat as his eyes flash to white, his legs stumbling as I trigger his bond to take over, and when he looks at me again, there’s nothing of the surly and scowling man left. Only the bond. He takes a deep breath, looking around the room as though he’s not sure where he is anymore, and I get frustrated quickly, enraged that he’s not taking me and claiming me right now. “Mine.”
“What’s wrong? I know you don’t believe me, but I’ll find out who it was and deal with it. Whatever proof you want, I’ll get it for you.”
Burn them. There’s a small moment of quiet in my head and then his answer comes through, I’ll burn the whole manor down if you want me to. We can go back into your room for tonight, and I’ll move rooms in the morning.
“I will tear that girl apart with my bare hands for doing this to you, but I’m a selfish asshole. I’m glad it was me and not one of the others.”
when he lets my elbow go to catch my throat and bend me back against him again, a low moan spills out of my lips.
Same girl 😂
Your bond told me I belong to you. Well, baby, this is my fucking pussy to use and fill up whenever I want to as well. You want me, this is what you get.”
Nox walks over to where we’re both crouched down, running a hand over Brutus’ belly alongside mine.
“If that’s who you need to believe I am right now, Nox, then I won’t try to change your mind. If you need me to be the villain in your story to get through your day, then I’ll accept that. You’re not going to be the villain in mine though, no matter how hard you try. I have a much better view of you now and I won’t give you the satisfaction of being the big bad in my world.”
but my bond just… Oli, it felt like I Bonded with him.
I almost squeal with joy at the sight of August bounding up behind me.
“Bonds don’t nest, only Centrals do. Sage was definitely having some very strong reactions to this whole mess.
I think— I think maybe I want to keep them all, and that’s the most terrifying thing I’ve admitted to myself in a very long time.
letting his hand graze mine as he passes. It’s such a tiny movement, the smallest brush of our skin, but it feels like a promise. A promise we’ve made to each other
“You mean you miss North serving you? I can’t believe you hadn’t figured out what he was doing, old-school tricks to endear him to you.”
“You might hate it, but your bond? All it sees is that you’re having your needs taken care of by your Bond. I would’ve told you, I thought you knew. It’s a sign of respect… it was one of the reasons I backed off a bit about them all.”
“Giovanna’s gift is Telekinesis, right? What if she’s the one messing with your Bond? What if you’re the Central and she’s been fucking with Riley to hide the fact that he’s not?”
“You mean something like the signal from Oli’s GPS chip going to the East Coast?”
North will… fuck, North is going to tear the council apart over this. To find out that most of your anger and pushing back at us was over some bullshit that Noakes did? Fuck, North will let his nightmares devour the slimy fuck for this.”
I didn’t want you meeting her until I was sure about you. I swallow at the implication that he’s sure about me now, that something more than just our Bonding has swayed him to think that I’m worth meeting his sister.
At least they’re not named after poisonous flowers, an omen of what was to come for me. My mom once told me that she’d dreamt about me for years before I was born and my crib was always filled with oleander flowers.
“Blind. We’re all fucking blind, of course you were in the documents. Codename: IW.
