134 – END OF AN ACCORDDAMON POVI darted out of the garrison with a sense of urgency that was not akin to me.What the fuck did Lady Cecile do?I had handed over Vane to her on a platter. She was supposed to do whatever the fuck she wanted to do with him except for send him the fuck back here!What was she thinking? This was what happened when you decided to let others join in on your cause, they just went about looking for ways to fuck it up.I kicked open my cabin door, almost yanking it off the hinges and rushed over to the desk drawer and ruffled around in it until my fingers circled around the stone dagger.I was so fucking charged that even as I cut into my skin, it did not hurt as badly as it normally did.This was a disaster.“We need to meet,” I cut into my skin and stared at the bloodied words with a burning intensity as I waited.“Did you like my gift?” Came the reply. By now, the pain was starting to build up, that plus my anger, I was incendiary… anything could set me
133 – COITUS INTERRUPTUSREBEKKA POVLord Stephan led me by the hand and pulled me along with him.I went willingly.We had just left Damon behind in the stables and I was feeling a sort of way about it.I had things I wanted to say to him, hell, I didn’t even get to tell him thank you for saving my life.But I was scared that if we started talking, I might say the wrong thing and Lord Stephan would pick up on the fact that something had gone on between us.It was a miracle already that Damon himself didn’t say anything in front of Lord Stephan, I was not going to risk anything by speaking.What happened with Damon was all in the past now, Lord Stephan was back, it was just him and I and I had to do everything I could to preserve that.“Where are we going?” I asked softly.“Back to my place,” he said.“Your place?” my surprise seeped into my voice.We were going to the alpha packhouse?“You sound surprised, don’t you want to come?” he paused to ask.“No, no, it’s not that… it’s just…”
132 – CHIEF OR NO CHIEFDAMON POV“Come this way, Rebekka,” Stephan said as he helped her down from the horse.We had just returned back to the pack after being away for like five days, all the silly celebration that was going on when I first returned from the witches’ lair had ended, thank Lunar.“Hey,” I called out to Stephan.He looked at me, “Thank you for your help Damon,” it looked as if it took him too much effort to say that.I scoffed, “Seeing as how I was the one that fought off the warlocks while you were busy playing lover, you are supposed to do more than thank me.”He stared at me, his glare hard, then he looked to Rebekka and I saw his gaze soften, “Come on,” he said to her and took her hand.“Where do you think you are going?” I stepped forward. Seeing him holding her, seeing her looking up at him like a love sick puppy made me sick. This was the same Rebekka that just lied to him about knowing why she was called a goddess.The same Rebekka that I had made love to und
131 – SWEET HOMEREBEKKA POVMy eye lids fluttered open and I looked around me.It was dark and all I could hear was the chirping of insects.I tried to move but it hurt all over, I winced and stayed put.Where was I? The last thing I remembered was… as the memory popped into my head, I yelled and sat up, “Lord Stephan!”Sharp pains cut across my entire ribs and stomach and I couldn’t help but moan out loud.“Wow, just wow,” Damon replied.I stiffened. Was I mistaken again? I blinked and looked behind me.There he was, Damon sitting by the fire and poking at it.I gasped, “Damon? But I thought–”“I save your life once more and you keep calling out to prince charming?”“I…” my mouth just hung open, the words refused to come out. What was going on? Did I not see Lord Stephan before I passed out?“I know that the man is handsome Rebekka, but c’mon, I expect some more class from you. You can’t just be like these groupies that keep calling out his name.”I stared at him in confusion, was h
130 - SAVIORSSTEPHAN POVDamon looked dead serious as he glared at me, his question hanging over my head.I was still trying to process what I had just seen. Rebekka was somewhere rocky, I thought I could see the layout of a mountain range, I thought I could guess which range it was but I needed more detail.I had never had any experience with the mating bond prior to Rebekka so I was flying blind here, it came and went as it pleased and I was at the mercy of whatever it decided to show me.There had to be a way for me to actively use it. To actively reach out to her, to find out more about where she was.“Don’t fucking leave me hanging, tell me where she is?” Damon yelled and held onto my shirt.I snapped out of my thoughts and squinted at him, “Get your hands off me!”“Tell me where Rebekka is,” he said.How did he know that I knew? “I am not telling you shit. This is of no concern to you.”“She is alive right? Is she well?” There seemed to be genuine concern in his voice.This pi
129 – BED OF ROCKS TO BED OF NAILSREBEKKA POVOnce again, I was running for my life.If someone would have told me that stepping foot outside the pack was going to be something like this, I would not have believed them.Since I ran away from Lady Vanessa, it had been from one trouble to another.I had almost died more than five different times in just the space of a few days.I didn’t know if I had escaped the hunters, I didn’t even know if I had escaped the thugs that Lady Vanessa sent after me.I didn’t know anything except for the fact that I was more lost now than I was a few days ago.The map in my possession was completely useless to me now, I didn’t know where I was, I hadn’t seen these mountains before in my life.I didn’t even know how to get back to the Shanti Tribe. I was tired, scared and hungry, this was not what I signed up for, this was not it at all.But I know that I could not stop, I could still hear the hunters behind me.“Lord Stephan, please!” I cried. Did he he