Semua Bab The Hybrid Mate : Bab 141 - Bab 150

Bella hesitated. “There are only two possibilities, the way I see it. Either the ritual worked in some way, or this is a mark.”“A mark?” she frowned. “Like when Darian stamped you?”Neither one of them was ever going to live that down. “Yes, and Victor,” Bella admitted.Her eyes widened. “Victor marked you?”“Yes. On two separate occasions, his mark appeared carved in blood on my hand,” she explained. “It wasn't nearly as violent as this, but it's possible that the same thing is happening to Hunter.”“Hunter doesn't have a mate,” she said, cutting down the center of his tank top with a pair of scissors. “Whose seal would it be?”“Clarence's,” Bella whispered, turning away while she removed his blood-soaked clothes. “He thinks Hunter is his mate. Hunter seems to disagree. I wouldn't have said anything, but it might help.”She hesitated. “I'm glad you did. If that is what's happening, we can rule out a more serious cause. Go get Clarence, would you?”“Of course,” Bella said, op

Bella went to Victor's side to show her support and gave Darian a worried look. “He's right, Darian. What we had is in the past. Nothing is going to change that, supernatural or otherwise.”He laughed. “You think that's where I've been? Learning love spells to win you back?” “It had crossed my mind.” He rolled his eyes. “I don't need magic to win you back, and I don't need some mark either,” he said, holding Bella's gaze intently. “I won your heart once the old-fashioned way, and I can do it again.” “By all means,” said Victor. “I should warn you that this isn't like all those times you 'won' against me when we were children. She's not a toy or a playmate, and I'm not just going to hand her over to make you happy. If you think you're really the one who can love, protect, and satisfy her best, then she deserves to be with you, but it will have to be by her choice,” he said coolly. “I'm not terribly concerned.”“You can't be serious,” Bella muttered. “This isn't

"They were pretty clear about sacrificing you and Victor," Bella reminded him."That's where the translation issues come in. She thought the ritual required the hybrid to sacrifice a vampire and a werewolf, one for each soul, but she was wrong.""And I'm sure she's just eager to apologize for her grievous error," Bella said dryly."That's all well and good, Darian, but this is Sarah we're talking about. She's nothing if not a liar and a damn good one at that," Ulric said, surprisingly calm."I know and I didn't believe her either at first, but she showed me proof.""You let her go inside your mind?" Victor asked dubiously."Hell, no. She let me in hers.""She showed you what she wanted you to see," Bella said, folding her arms. "She gave me her little psychic sob story, too, but it's all a lie." "She might have manipulated you, but she can't do that with me," he said, turning his attention to Bella. "I made sure I was in my beast form when she did it. I saw her thou

As usual, everyone was gone by the time Bella woke up. Darian was missing from his post at the door, and Victor was nowhere to be found in his office. She cinched her white bathrobe around her waist and wandered in the direction of Ulric's study. As she drew closer, the sound of feminine laughter became clearer. One voice was Clara's, but there was another unsettlingly familiar chuckle mingling with hers. When she knocked on the door, the other woman's voice called, “Come in!” Bella steeled herself before opening the door, displeased to find that the source of the laughter was exactly who she'd feared it was. Sarah was perched on one of Ulric's high-backed leather chairs wearing a red silk dress with a sky-high slit. Her red hair had been cropped to just below her chin, and her green eyes lit up like a traffic light when she saw Bella. She held a delicate rosebud teacup and saucer in her hands. “Hi, sweetie,” she called pleasantly. Clara was seated on th

Bella raised her hands, and, just like in the dream, both marks were bold and visible. She shoved them into the pockets of her robe and kept walking. “It's just some hybrid fluke, like I said.”“It's true that the hybrid has two souls, according to the legend, but you wouldn't have two marks if you weren't in love with them both,” the other person said.Her words made Bella cringe, and she stopped walking, turning to face the speaker. “You were gone my entire life. Don't show up now and try to start shit with the only people who've actually been there for me.”“I'm not,” the other person said so earnestly that Bella almost believed her. “I'm a selfish bitch, I can admit that. Hell, I own it. But there isn't a person in this world who wants to see you happy more than I do, if only because it would justify the one truly selfless decision I ever made.”“You mean abandoning me.”“It kept you off their radar, didn't it?” The other person reached out to touch Bella's cheek, and she