Eric-“Maybe she meant when we finish the mate bond?” I asked, just before I lowered my head to lightly nibble on her neck, where my mark will go.To my surprise, she responded by emitting a soft moan. Finally, I could have what my brother has with his mate. I knew it wouldn’t be the same exactly, but I was sure I would be happy regardless.“You mean by having sex?” She purred as I continued to nibble on her neck.I couldn’t help by wonder if it was her that was responding to me, or the mate pull. As mates, it shouldn’t matter, but it did slightly. I wanted her to be wanting this of her own volition.“Yes, but I mean by claiming you fully as mine.” I pulled back from her neck to look her in the eyes. “Only if you want to and are ready.” I added.I studied her, trying to get a read on what was going through her head. I didn’t want her to agree to it if she wasn’t on

Leilani-Waking up the next morning, I realized I had fallen asleep on Eric’s bed. I didn’t remember much after he marked me, in fact, I don’t even remember falling asleep. The last thing I remember was sitting on top of him still, just having come down from a sexual high.I remembered thinking I was feeling happy that I was no longer alone, then nothing after that. There had to be more that happened. I mean I was wearing a shirt that was probably ten times too big for me.I was also tucked up against Eric as he slept soundly. At least I was pretty sure he was still sleeping from the light snoring that was coming from him. When had I put on his shirt or even laid down?Remembering I felt my wolf last night, I searched my mind to try to see if I could reach her. I still wasn’t sure how it all worked if I had to reach out to her or if she was supposed to be there. Now that I knew I had a wolf, there had to be a way to reach her.

Eric- “You don’t understand, I need my coven with me.” Cordelia tried to reason. “Then bring them here, but unless you want another war on your hand, you will refrain from using your powers against my pack.” Tate’s Alpha voice came out, although it would hold no effect on Cordelia. Her eyes moved to Tate as she spoke but quickly returned to Brook. It was fleeting, but I recognized the fear in her eyes when Brook moved slightly. I knew Brook was special, because of who her father was, but why would a witch be afraid of her? It wasn’t like Brook was part witch or anything. Granted her bloodline was blessed by the Moon Goddess, granting her special abilities. Nothing magical as far as I knew though. Feeling like Brook was going to be a big use against the witches, I stepped closer to Brook. As if Cordelia knew something the rest of us didn’t, she stood down and lifted her hands in front of her. At first, I thought she was going to attack, but she

Eric-I felt defeated right now. Seeing Leilani’s limp body like this, I felt like I haven’t been protecting her as a mate should. If I had been, I would have been able to protect her before she ended up like this.Turning her hand in mine, I was just about to place my other hand on her palm, when I noticed something that hadn’t been there before. Across the center of her palm, there was a burn mark. Straightening my back, I moved to lift her other hand.She had the same mark on her other hand. I called the warriors back in, needing to find out if something happened to her in the time I was gone. When neither of them knew where the burn marks came from, I wondered if it was the witch that did this to her.Lifting her in my arms, I carried her downstairs, back to my office. I didn’t figure Tate nor Brook would be here, but I didn’t expect them to both come running in as soon as I placed Leilani on the couch.“What

Eric-Leilani visibly relaxed, but then her body began to feel hot. She was breathing hard, so I wondered what else was going on. I hated that I couldn’t see what she was doing, or where she was at.“Are you sure you want us to send you to her? I must warn you, I cannot guarantee that you will end up in the same place as her. We have never sent another species to that place. We will send you, but it might be for nothing. If we send you to a place we cannot reach you, we may not be able to bring you back.” I heard Cordelia say, but my attention remained on Leilani.It wasn’t even a question as far as I was concerned. It was a risk I was willing to take. If there was a way for me to help her, I was going to do everything I could.“How long will it take?” I asked.My hand reached over to brush Leilani’s hair from her face, which was matted to her skin from the blood. She looked like she has been beaten only minutes from her life, yet she seemed more at peace now than she had been. When t