CHAD’S POVIt took a lot for Amber to finally fall asleep and I knew that she was very worried about the fact that she had ingested Marcus’ blood. I had never met the bastard but from what Amber told me it seemed that the guy was a piece of work and difficult to deal with. At first, I hadn’t really made a big deal of what she had told me because I just didn’t think that it was possible for her to suddenly develop cravings for blood simply because she had a taste of Marcus’s blood but the more I thought about it the more I saw that as a possibility. It was my job to protect Amber as my mate but I wouldnt even know how to protect her if she turned into a vampire and started tearing the royal city apart. I had to find a way to put a stop to that before it even happened. It was better to have a plan in place rather than just sitting and waiting for things to fall apart.When I woke up the following morning I left Amber sleeping because I imagined that she was exhausted from all the activi
AMBER’S POV I woke up feeling a lot better than I had been feeling the previous day, and I was relieved to see that Chad wasn’t in bed anymore. I was worried about what his state of mind would be after what I shared with him last night. I noticed that after I told him what was worrying me, he tossed and turned the whole night. That didn’t make me feel any better because I couldn’t stop wondering what he was dreaming about, as he dreaming about me fighting him? Or was he dreaming about me killing everyone in the royal city all because I was craving blood? I didn't want to wreak havoc in Chad's palace and I didn't want him to think that violence against his subjects was my choice of gratitude. but I feared that I would soon lose control because the cravings were going to take control of my body one way or the other.After I finished bathing I headed to the kitchen to see if I could get something to eat, I made sure to wait until the kitchen was empty and everyone had had their breakfas
CHAD’S POV“Don't get me wrong AMber, I want you to do this so that you can have peace but I just don’t think it's a good idea” I said why couldn’t she just understand that I couldn’t just stand by and let her walk right into a trap.“Why don’t you think it a good idea Chad?” she demanded“Because it might be a trap,” I said feeling silly right after I said that“Everyone who wanted me dead in that coven is dead and no one is asking that I go back there. I want to go there myself” she said and it, looked like she was close to tears”Come on Amber, you have to understand that I am only refusing because I am concerned about you, I don’t want anything to happen to you” I siad“I can take care of myself, I am not a baby” she snapped“Fine, you can go. But you can't go on your own”
AMBER’S POVI was relieved that Chad had finally agreed and allowed me to go and visit the coven, they were all that I could think of and I just worried about their safety. I couldn’t even wait to get to them and the driver that I was with seemed to be taking his time on the road. It was as if he had also been dying to get out of the palace and this was a perfect opportunity to get some fresh air he didn’t seem to realize or understand that this wasn’t a trip for leisure for me.After what felt like years, we finally arrived at the coven and the pace was in shambles. I didn’t even understand why anyone would want to attack these vampires because ninety percent of them were literally children. There was literally nothing that anyone could gain from attacking them and that was why I was I was so puzzled.“What the hell happened here?” I asked as I tried to navigate through the piles
CHAD’S POV I was getting very agitated by the fact that Amber still hadn’t returned from her trip to the vampire territory. My mind was going through the worst-case scenarios, and I was going crazy over all the horrible things that could have happened to her. I couldn’t bear the thought of losing my mate again. The worst part was that I couldn’t even get in touch with the guard that was supposed to be watching her. He was the only one who had any idea as to what was happening with her, he was supposed to be with her everywhere she went, and although that was supposed to keep me calm, at the present moment it was driving me crazy. If I couldn’t even reach him when I wanted to know where they were, then he was useless to me. “You look stressed,” Jeff said as he walked into my office, he was the one who suggested that I allow her to go and visit them and look at were taking advice from him had landed me. “I am stressed and it's all thanks to you” I snapped”Me?” he asked pointing at
AMBER’S POVI knew that Chad wouldn’t like my idea of how we could help the vampires that were left behind in the coven but I had to try to convince him to do something. Even if I decided to protect them myself there was little that I could do to stop the attacks from happening and as long as I stayed in the palace, I had no way of protecting them. I decided that I would ask him to stop the war and the fighting as soon as I got home because I knew there was no way that he would let me stay in the vampire coven, especially after I had told him about my blood cravings.However, the reaction that I had gotten from him after I asked him to end the war wasn’t what I had expected from him. He had acted like he couldn’t understand why I would ask this of him, as if I was asking him to do the impossible for me but I wasn't. I knew that if anyone could help the vampires it was him as long as he was willing to help.“So what do you say?” I asked him and he shrugged" It's not my war to end,” he
Although I was still bothered by what had happened the previous day, I decided that I wasn't going to dwell on it any longer. I decided to even ignore the fact that Amber came back looking and acting like she was high on something and I brushed it off as being caused by the fact that she was just happy and excited that she had finally seen the vampiresI decided that there were far much more important things to worry about rather than obsessing over what Amber had been up to at the vampire coven. However, what worried me the most was the fact that she was doing these ups and downs while our mating ritual was still not done. The vampires were not the only threat that I worried about, I was worried about the wolves that were looking to use her to get to me, and the fact that we had not done our mating ritual left her open to that. Amber and I hadn't been speaking about the mating ritual for a while and thought it was time for us to do that. We had put it off for too long and frankly I
AMBER’S POV I couldn’t believe what Chad was telling me right now, how could he think planning our mating ritual without telling me was okay? How could he think I would just agree to everything that he had just told me with no questions or objections? It wasn't that I didn’t want us to finish the mating ritual because I did, it was the fact that he had acted like I had no voice in this relationship. This made me wonder if this was the life he was preparing me for. Was he planning to think for me the minute we finished our mating ritual? Did being his mate mean that I would soon lose the right to use my own brain? Or did he simply think that I didn't know what was best for myself? What made me even angrier was the fact that he had walked in here and just announced that today was the day of our mating ritual as if it was nothing, as if it was just another event planned in his calendar. Did he really have no respect for my opinion on this matter? I wanted to understand what made him thi