Draco POV
There is only one person who can help Jayne. I hate to even go down that road. It is a risk I will have to take. Tatina needs her. I can keep her and Aurora safe for now but they cannot stay here forever.
I pull my phone out of my pocket and I scroll down to find the name Sin. I hit the contact name to send a text.
*Urgent. Jayne is missing*
It will be a long wait but if anyone can find her Sin can. She is good at her job. Her job is finding people who do not want to be found. I hope I am never on her bad side.
I pull out my laptop while I wait to for Sin to text me back. I check the underground auction sites to see if Lila is going to continue to operate under Craig’s name. I select the favorite tab and click on the site. The site is blacked out. Good. At least that is a comfort, another site taken down for now.
I will never kill all the sites or rescue all the fairies but I have done my part. Let them think I am evil. I do
Tatina POVI lay on the floor beside the tub watching Aurora suffer. I cannot believe what I am watching. For a brief moment I felt happiness. Now I lay here on the floor watching my new friend covered in ice and blankets trying to cool her fever.I don’t have a complete understanding of what has happened. Draco did not explain much only that she was pregnant by a wolf and very sick. His sister. How hard it must have been for him to watch his sister die like this?Aurora whimpers. I reach for her. She cannot die. I need something good in my life. That is selfish of me. I want her to live. I want to see her make a life beyond the horror she and I have experienced.“You to have to survive the night,” I say to her.I take her hand and hold it. I cannot lose her. What if I lose her and Jayne? I have to have faith in Draco. I am putting all my trust in him that he will save the two of them.Aurora continues to shift her bo
Two years laterDraco POVTatina has struggled so much over the last few years with everything that happened to her while she was with Craig. She has never went into much details about those nights she was with him before I could rescue her. She has consumed herself in her work.She works day and night trying to find auctions to shut the shit show down. I work by her side mostly. I did not go with her a few months ago. She went into a auctioneers house. What she found pushed her to work harder. She pulled three women out. Only one survived, and she was left permanently blind. After that day Tatina has worked harder than ever to stop the auctions.I think our greatest victory came when the vampire authority outlawed auctions. Underground auctions, which have always been illegal now carry the death penalty. Anyone found operating an underground auction will be burned to death.I sit this morning waiting for her to come back from her hunt last night. She want
Tatina POVBeing with Draco these last few years has done something wonderful for me. After surviving the hell Craig put me through, Draco has showed me nothing but love and compassion. I know he loves me, he shows me every single day we are together.He is patient and kind. He allows me time to decompress and be by myself. It is strange how we became a couple. First he was my rescuer then my best friend, somehow I worked myself into his bed as his lover, but ultimately he became to me the man I needed.He doesn’t feed on me ever. He knows it is something that scares me now. He has never tried but once. I think I almost lost my mind that night. Draco being Draco held me while I cried. He helped me through so much. Then he taught me how to fight for the rights of others. He taught me how to be me. I became a warrior to stop the auctions because of him and him alone.When I had my worst night rescuing women and men in the auction, he
Draco POVI spend the day getting ready for my date with Tatina tonight. I want everything to be perfect for us tonight. No auction business, no other vampires or anything intruding just Tatina and I. I want to cook for her and make love to her. I want more than anything for her to say yes she will marry me. I want her to be my partner forever.I have purchased all of her favorite things. This would be so much easier if I let the staff prepare our meal, but she wants me to cook for her. I have not cooked for her in a long time.I did cheat and have my cook make Tatina a cheesecake. I could not do that no matter how hard I try. The steaks and vegetables, I can grill no problem. She can have cheesecake for desert and I will have her.What is she says no? At least she will finally give me an answer. No matter what she says tonight, I will never stop loving her. She has no idea what she has done for me.I never thought in a mi
Tatina POVI look down at my sweet Draco kneeling before me. He has no idea how badly I want to say yes, but I am afraid. The only thing I know to do is be honest with him.I place my hand on top of his.“Draco, I want to be perfectly honest with you. I feel that we have always been honest with each other and there is no reason to stop that now,” I say to him.“That is all I want. I want an answer for a change. No matter what you say I will respect that,” Draco says.“There is no doubt in my mind that we love each other. Is that enough?” I ask him.“Of course, it is enough. I will love you until the end of time,” Draco says.“What is it that you want from me?” I ask him.“I want you to be my wife. I want you to be my partner in life. I want us to be together forever,” Draco says.“I am your partner and we will always be together. I just d
Draco POVI cannot believe she finally said yes to me. I have waited so long for this moment for us. I hate that the only priest I can find is in the city. I hope if I offer him enough money he will come to a hotel outside of the city and marry us there, if not I will protect her.There isn’t a threat to her anymore. Craig is dead. I made sure of that myself. He cannot come after her. She still fears him. I understand these feelings she has of fear. I cannot say that I would not be the same way if I was in her shoes.Tatina has developed into the strongest person I have ever known. She walks into auction houses and slave houses. She destroys the idiots that hurt women. She is fearless except for the one fear she is still trying to get passed.I pack us a small bag for the night. I let her relax while I grab us a few things. We can eat when we get there. She doesn’t really want to eat my horrible cooking, it was a test to see if I
Two years after THE AUCTION Renae Dufrene POV I have been looking forward to this trip all month. When Tara suggested we celebrate her divorce with a weekend in the French Quarter, I jumped on it. I have not been to New Orleans in a while. I need a few nights filled with music, booze, and dancing. Before she married Mr. Straight and fucking narrow, we would go down at least once a month. We would stay in this fabulous rental house and party like we were locals. I was so ecstatic to find out the house was available for rent this weekend. The same guy still owns it. That is a bonus. He will be something nice to look at while we are there. Tara really needs this weekend, and I fully plan to give her a good one. Maybe I can talk her into staying longer. Marrying Jake was such a mistake. I know she loved him, but damn, why him? I have every intention to make this a wild woman’s weekend. I have already sent out a massive text to everyone we know that
Renae POVJules takes off before Tara can close the door good or finish screaming. Jules wants the hell out of here and does not want any trouble from Tara's soon to be ex-husband. Jules does not need any trouble from anyone right and we both know it. One time I am glad he is a fast driver. Tara is sweating all over my back seat. She is panicked and I cannot say I blame her the soon to be ex-husband is a psychopath.“What the hell is going on with you?” I ask her.“That fucking bastard is driving me insane! He better leave while we are gone or I might kill him when we get back!” she yells. She throws her bag on the floorboard of the back seat and lays back in a huff.Jules keeps his eyes on the road trying to put distance between us and the house. If Jake starts a fight with him over Tara, it could get ugly fast. Jules is calm and non- confrontational. He knows his temper and tries to keep i