Neaera-“Not so fast.” Dimitri said in a deep voice as he stopped my hand.His fingers were wrapped around my wrist, with the tips of my fingers barely touching his chest. I had thought I had him, but his movement had been so fast that I didn’t see it until he grabbed me. As quickly as he grabbed me, he stood up and twisted my arm behind my back.A loud popping noise resonated through the wind as my shoulder was dislocated. Pain shot through me so intensely that I nearly blacked out. Clenching my teeth, I did my best to remain conscious.“What is wrong Nea?” Stryker’s voice spoke inside my head.“I am fine.” I responded to him, doing my best to keep the pain out of the link.The last thing I needed was for him to fly off the wall and rush in when there was still a hint of wolfsbane in the air. It was mostly cleared out, but not enough for a werewolf not to be affected. Just a little longer and maybe we can get out of this.“The hell you are, I can feel your pain, but I don’t know what

Neaera-Stryker led me to his bedroom and all I could think about was tasting his blood. Since he mentioned it, I thought of nothing else as we walked to the house. I didn’t really need it, but I wanted it more than I wanted to breathe.“Before I give you any blood, you need to promise that no matter what is going on, you will not block me anymore. It was different when you couldn’t control it, but I don’t like the feeling of being disconnected from you.” Stryker said the moment we entered his room and he shut the door.It took a second for me to register what he was saying. My mind was so focused on the beat of his heart and the beating of the pulse just under the surface of his artery. When it clicked that he had spoken, I had to focus on him and not on my lust for his blood.I needed to learn to get control over this side of me, or I was going to become the very thing I hated. Snapping out of it, I looked him in the eyes while letting down my mental block. It was still strange that

Neaera-We managed to get away from the pack without anyone asking any questions. Zach and Stryker had a phone conference with the Alpha King, so we had time to get out. I simply told them that I was going to work with Natalia and Kalea.When I had mentioned to Kalea about Natalia taking me somewhere, even though I didn’t know where she jumped at the chance. I realized as we were on our way to where we were going, I haven’t gone out with Kalea for anything like this.In all reality, I have never experienced a girl’s night. The only times I have spent time together with someone was when I was with Stryker and his friends. I was both excited and scared. Mostly scared as I didn’t know what to expect.I have asked Natalia many times where we were going, but she just told me to keep my panties on and let her drive. We were all piled into a small car, that one of the vampires had brought. I hadn’t wanted to take my car because it would have been too obvious.I did feel a little bad that I l

Stryker-When Kalea had first sent me a text about where they were located, I jumped in Nea’s car and sped down the road. The moment I received a video about what was going on though, I had been in a full rage. Now that I saw firsthand what was happening, I was doing everything I could to keep myself from killing every guy in the bar.“She said don’t.” I growled, sounding more like a wolf than a human.The werewolf that had a hold of Nea I knew personally. He had been the Beta of a small pack nearby. I have had to deal with him a few times in the past before his pack disbanded.I always thought he was a stand-up guy, but seeing the way he was grabbing my mate, I wanted to rip his head off. With him not letting her go, it only irritated me more. I had a large man holding me back, but if I wanted to, I could break free of him and kill the man.The only thing stopping me is that I respected that this bar had zero tolerance for fighting. I knew the bar owner and he was a close friend of m

Stryker-“How did you know we were here?” I asked Kalea once she was standing over me.“Neaera linked with me, asking for help but she didn’t say anything else. I tracked her phone to this location.” Kalea answered as she bent over to look inside the car.“Members of a different pack took her. I wasn’t strong enough to stop them.” I grunted as I tried forcing myself to stand.As much as I tried, I couldn’t find the strength to stand. My legs buckled before I could put any weight on them. The guy from the bar came around the car just then and grabbed my arms. I didn’t care that he was with Kalea, but I was slightly curious.“From what I see, I am surprised you are even conscious.” Kalea said as she stood back up after helping Natalia from the car.The guy helped me to my feet, and I leaned against the car, taking my weight off my bad ankle. I was feeling stronger than I had been, but it was still a far cry from my normal self. I needed to heal quickly if I wanted any chance of saving N