Lahat ng Kabanata ng Taming the Big Bad Alpha: Kabanata 171 - Kabanata 180

Caitlin leaned against the bed and studied Raven. She was a beautiful woman, a little pale, with unusual blue-violet eyes. "Zendedari is still quite ill. He’s struggling to remember his life. It’s difficult." She paced restlessly. "I worry about him. He doesn’t believe he is always sane. There is such torment in him."Caitlin? you need me?Zendedari’s voice was clear in her mind, anxious, as if he had caught her thoughts.She realized that Zendedari was unable to release her completely. She should have felt resentful, cornered, but the truth was, she felt safe. Already she was becoming accustomed to their closeness.I’m fine,Zen. Just take care of yourself.It was an exhilarating feeling that she could talk across time and space, that she could touch him whenever she wanted or needed, that he would always know when she was troubled.Caitlin watched Raven and, noting her elevated breathing, automatically walked over to her to take her pulse. Raven laughed and pulled away. "My husband i

Zendedari narrowed his focus until he blocked out everything but the smell and taste of her, the touch of her fingers, her soft, sexy voice. She became his world, was his world, would always be. Nothing else was real. She was his heart and his very breath. Her breathing regulated his back to a steady in and out. Her heart brought the rhythm of his slowly back to a normal pattern. His skin was on fire, but with sensual hunger rather than the pain of torture.Her breath seemed to warm his ear, his mind.I love you, Zen. Do what you must, then hurry home to me.She released him with great reluctance, the warmth of her love lingering behind.Zendedari shook his head to bring himself back to the present situation. Almost at once the earth moved beneath his feet, and the pain tried to hammer at him. But the vampire would not snag him twice in the same trap. He wrenched himself forward, concentrating on the way Caitlin’s mouth tasted, the curve of her hip beneath his hand, the way her eyes

Zendedari bent low, caught the bloodstained shirt, and dragged the human closer, his need for death erupting. The call was wild and strong. Every word Caitlin had spoken concerning this man and his partner and what they had promised to do to her echoed in his mind. The need of the male to protect his mate and the hunger for retribution urged him to feel every moment of the taking of life.Enoch could see the war raging in Zendedari. It would be a difficult thing for him to live with, the taking of blood during a kill. Kendalf and he had both done it, but the rush was addicting and dangerous. In Zendedari’s state, it could be forever damaging. He approached cautiously. "Zendedari, do not do this thing. You have too much to lose."Zendedari whirled on him, baring teeth, a warning rumble bringing Kendalf to once again insert his body between them. "Leave him,Enoch . If he makes the kill and consumes the rest of the idiot’s blood, it is only what they owe him. He is no longer a child yo

Caitlin stared out the window of the cabin into the driving rain. The droplets looked like tiny silver threads streaming from the gray sky. She shivered for no reason and crossed her arms protectively across her breasts."What’s wrong, Caitlin?" Raven asked softly, not wanting to intrude."Zendedari just cut himself off completely from me." Caitlin swallowed hard. All this time she had been so certain she needed her freedom from the continuous bond between them, but now that He had withdrawn, she felt almost as if she couldn’t breathe. "I can’t reach him. He won’t let me."Raven sat up straighter, her face going very still.Enoch ? Leave me for now,Enoch ordered. Raven caught the impression of fear for Zendedari’s sanity, the swirling, violent rage that had welled up in the males just before Enoch broke the mind contact with her. She cleared her throat cautiously. "Sometimes they try to protect us from the harsher aspects of their lives."Caitlin whirled around to face her, eyebrow

Raven glanced up, startled. A soft smile curved her mouth. "You can’t leave your lifemate. One, he knows what you’re thinking, and two, he can find you wherever you are. Besides, you can’t be away from him for very long - it’s too uncomfortable, both physically and mentally. If you left Zen, what you’re feeling right now would not stop, it would only get worse. You can’t leave him,Caitlin. You have to learn how to live with him.""I know. I don’t really want to leave," Caitlin admitted. She was close to tears. The feeling of dark malevolence was becoming stronger, yet she still couldn’t explain it. She felt very mixed up. She wanted Zen close to her, but this world was so frightening and bizarre. She was completely out of her element.Raven immediately jumped to her feet and put an arm around Caitlin, misunderstanding her distress. "He doesn’t hurt you, does he?" She was examining the faded bruises and wounds on Caitlin’s neck. "He did this, didn’t he?"Self-consciously, Caitlin put a