MarabellaRose starts rummaging through her bag when her phone pings in her pocket. She pulls it out, checks the notification and looks up at me.“Ten minutes and Maya will be waiting down at the entrance to your place,” Rose whispers, wiggling her eyebrows at me. Oh, great! Maya is trouble, but she is Rose’s best friend. I’m not so sure if I want her anywhere near me. That girl is an actual menace. If one might think Rose is bad, they have no idea what they would be getting themselves into when they meet Maya. “Whose party is it, anyway?” I ask, wondering what to wear. Most of my clothes are sweatpants and oversized shirts. I find a pair of jeans that look decent enough and slip them on. Then, I reach for a tank top and jacket. “Maya’s brother is in a band they are performing in the city. After the show, they are having a party for Henry’s birthday, which was yesterday,” she explains as her eyes scan my outfit. “You’re wearing that?” Rose points her finger at me, clearly surprise
Kyan “Kyan, I..I…I did something bad; I killed them,” Marabella says; I can feel how scared she is, feel her anguish. She is in the city, I know that. That is what woke me; she is so close to me that it alerted me through the bond that she is in trouble. The bond she is unaware we already share. “Marabella?” I call out to her, but all I can make out is that she is sobbing. My heart feels like it splits in two. “Ella, talk to me.” I urge her, but I get no answer.“Pull over, I will find her quicker,” Kaif says, but the thought of letting him out frightens me.“Just tell me where,” I tell him, cracking down the window. We are wasting time, pointlessly driving around in a circle.“Left,” Kaif says right when I nearly drive past the corner he wants me to take. Ripping on the wheel, the back end of my car hits the light pole, scraping across the trunk as we take a sharp turn. “Ella, are you there? Speak to me, please. Just keep talking to me,” I tell her, but she is rambling nonsense wh
MarabellaKyan places Rose in the spare bedroom on the main floor. The house is huge, and I understood the haunted vibes. Stepping into the dark, gloomy house made me shudder. The house itself feels like it is rippling with dark cold energy, or maybe I have spooked myself; I can’t be sure. Yet, I somehow knew Kyan spoke the truth. There is definitely something off about this place. It is tainted. Tainted in the same darkness that looms over me, it is a depressing, awfully lonely feeling.“I’m not lonely,” Kyan mutters coldly, and I glance at him. He’s frowning, and he looks as pissed as ever.“I never said you were,” I tell him, rubbing my arms. The icy temperature is cold and chills me to the bone; unease rolling over me, biting into my bones, and seeping through me like something foreign. I shudder and shake my head, trying to push that feeling away.“I know you didn’t, but I can feel your thoughts through the bond.” He retorts, casting me a scathing glare. I tilt my head, frowning
Kyan Kaif irritates me the entire time I am gone, wanting to go back to Marabella to check on her. I assure him Lucas will ring us if something is wrong; however, he didn’t calm down until we pulled in through the iron gates. The manor came into view, and he relaxes and stops pushing beneath my skin. My arms have been itching since I left the place. The vibration of him so close to the surface has been driving me insane.“Hurry up, hurry up. You humans with your short legs take forever to get places, move!” Kaif urges.I growl at him but climb out of my car, shut the door gently, and walk into the house. I notice the frigid chill instantly, colder than usual. Usually, it doesn’t bother me, yet something feels alive in the air. The whispers are louder, murmuring quietly, and they grow louder as I climb the stairs. So loud that I am having trouble drowning them out. The place is abuzz with excitement. Dad once explained the murmurings always grew louder with a female presence. It is s
JonahHours earlierI felt the moment Kaif woke within Kyan, the part of me that is connected to him tingles and burns with a ferocity that has me flying out of bed to get dressed, I stagger as I walk ripping my jeans up my legs as I move toward my door. Reaching for the door handle while stuffing my feet in my sneakers.Ripping the door open, my heart sputters as adrenaline courses through me, fear so pungent it covers my skin in goosebumps and sends a shiver down my spine. I have never felt Kaif in so much distress before, or ever, for that matter. But whatever is happening scares him, and that monster does not feel fear. Fury, yes, but fear? Never.My feet barely touch the stairs as I jump down the staircase. I know I will crash and burn hard after this encounter with Kaif. Something is severely off, something sinister burning through him that has me worried. I have spent all day training with my father and now I’m about to go ten rounds with this big hairy fucker and come out on t
Jonah“Yep, Kyan is a real Cuntahontas in the morning if he hasn’t had his morning brew, figured I would get milk before I have to put up with his morning head,” I tell him. Shit, I am digging a bigger hole to bury myself. Casen sighs. “I don’t know with you sometimes. You better not be lying to me?”“Ring Kyan. He is still at home, but hey, you wake him, you deal with him,” I tell him. “Fine, fine, I believe you. I will head to the city then.” I cut the call and continue driving when I feel a rush, and this time I know for certain Kaif has shifted. His anger smashes into me, and my heart jolts in my chest, knowing my sister and Marabella are both with him. “Kyan!” I try to feel anything from him, calling him through the bond, but nothing like he is nonexistent, and I know that couldn’t be a good thing. It made me wonder what changed. Kyan was letting him forward, but something angered him, and now I can only feel Kaif.It takes another twenty minutes of my heart palpitating in my
MarabellaI am overly warm and squashed as I wake up. I try stretching, and my eyes flutter open to sharp teeth and fur next to my face. My eyes widen at the sight before me, and a scream works its way up my throat, threatening to rip out of me when suddenly a hand goes over my mouth. “Shh, it’s just Kaif,” Jonah’s calm voice whispers behind me, next to my ear. I turn my head to look at him over my shoulder, staring straight into his eyes as he gently shakes his head. “How, where?” I sit up, glancing around. I rub my eyes and peer over at Kaif, then back at Jonah; I do remember coming to Kyan’s last night. But don’t remember Jonah being here. My movement seems to startle Kaif because the next second I feel hands and claws grab me, ripping me toward him and onto his furry chest. His quick movement nearly makes me shriek.A growl tears out of Kaif, and he sniffs my face, pushing his nose into my eyeball, and I push off his chest, not knowing where to put my hands without grabbing his
Marabella“He means Kyan,” Jonah tells me. I nod and look down, sadness enveloping me once again. Kaif growls while shaking, looking far too big to be in this room.“He will get over it; it will work out,” Jonah adds confidently from behind me. I glance at him over my shoulder to find him making the bed. He dusts his hands. “There, he shouldn’t notice,” Jonah announces, kicking a chunk of wood under the dresser, a satisfied look on his face. Oh, Jonah, he will definitely notice.The door suddenly bursts open, and Rose rushes into the room before halting and looking up at Kaif. Her eyes widen with shock, and she takes a step away from him, her mouth open wide. If she wanted to say something, the moment is gone. Her scream hurt my ears, and Kaif covers his with his hands.Rose’s eyes widen again, but this time it is like she is grasping what she is seeing. The noise cuts off, and her eyes roll into the back of her head before she faints.“I not usually eat people, but I may reconsider