Lahat ng Kabanata ng Shattered Bonds: Kabanata 291 - Kabanata 300

When I left Leana, not at all happy that she is planning to confront my father, I raced back to the last spot where I smelled my sister’s scent. Her scent is strange, cold, like a vampire’s but also with an earthy, herbal scent which must come from the witch side. Although the other witches’ scents don’t smell good to me, my sister’s does. I follow the scent to the next town, slowly making my way through, staying in the shadows. I find the remnants of humans that my sister has drained and left to rot. I quickly clean up the mess, disposing of the bodies. I realize that she was starving. I’m guessing the witches were trying to feed her human food, not feeding her human blood. I work my way through the town, stopping at the local bar, and ordering a whiskey so I can hear any rumors that are going around. There are several about Ennata, some about a beautiful girl who stopped briefly, and some about the wild animal that has been attacking people. They don’t seem to realize that they are

I follow Lady Mehira out of the hotel, much to the chagrin of the humans who see us. Mehira doesn’t hide her sex appeal and based on the conversations that I heard from the humans, they recognize that she’s from the castle on the hill. As she walks, people stop talking, standing to watch as she passes, and me as well. “You,” she says to a very attractive man whose blood smells sweet even from here. He falls in line behind us, pumping his fist to his friends. “You,” she says to a beautiful woman whose blood smells similarly to the man’s, sweet like honey, and she raises her chin and falls into line behind us. “Hey. Hey!” the guy behind me stage whispers. I turn and look at him as Mehira continues to call to the ones whose blood smells the sweetest. I’m not sure if that’s the draw, or if that’s just the draw tonight, but it’s obviously what she’s looking for. “We’re the elite man,” he says, putting his fist out toward me. I frown at him and turn back around. “Dude, don’t be a dick

“How did you know my grandfather?” I ask King Kazimir. “He and I fought many battles in our lifetime together. When you live as long as I have, you’ve been in many battles. In the beginning, we were on opposite sides. Your grandfather always believed that we were more than the monsters we are, that we could be better than what we’ve been made into. I didn’t start out that way. I loved the power and strength of being a vampire. I loved that I could take what I wanted without a care in the world. So, in the beginning, we fought. Then, one day, I was captured by humans that found out about vervain. They weakened me and were starving me, letting me die slowly. I found out later that I had killed their family members, some spouses, some children, some parents,” he says looking at me. “As I said, I didn’t care back then.” “You’re not the same person you used to be, father,” the Prince says, watching his father. His mate is now sitting on his lap, but not in a sexual way. She’s leaning agai

When King Kazimir mentioned my sister, I had once again gotten defensive, ready to fight. He had raised his hands in a placating gesture, watching me closely. “I only ask because I know your grandfather wanted to find her and because you’ll know that if he told me, he trusted me with that information,” Kazimir says. “And did he trust everyone in this room as well?” I ask, looking at the four others in the room. “Mehira and Jael are my most trusted warriors. My son would never go against me, unlike your father, and his mate would never go against him. Even if she started to say something she shouldn’t, Reyes would be able to deter her,” he says, smiling at Marlene to take the sting out of his words. “I know I’m only human, but I know how to keep a secret. I just don’t understand why she’s a secret,” Marlene says, shrugging. “She’s family, right?” I look around the room. “Why don’t you rest, think about it overnight. If you decide that you can trust us, then we can speak of your s

After getting Rich’s trial date moved up, I get a mind link from Xander asking me to join him and Maeve in the bedroom he put her in. ‘Maeve needs clothes. We didn’t have a chance to get any because we were attacked by some witchy goons at her shop,’ Xander says. ‘Is she hurt? Are you?’ I ask, moving faster down the hall. ‘No, we’re both fine,’ he says, and even in the mind link I can hear him sigh. ‘Xander?’ I ask as I knock on the door. ‘Later,’ he says and I walk into the bedroom. “Hi Maeve. Xander said you need some clothes and some toiletries. I wanted to get your sizes and see if there is anything in particular you want or need.” “You don’t need to get me anything. I’ll be fine,” she says, looking at Xander. “I won’t be here long, right?” Xander doesn’t answer her, he just walks out of the room. He’s struggling with their mate bond. That, I understand, so I’ll help him and her as much as I can. When I turn back to her, Maeve is watching me. “You were attacked?” I ask.