All Chapters of Bound by Fangs and Blood: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

The female doctor—Dr. Reyna, I learned her name was—stared at me like I'd just grown a second head."How did you do that?" She kept checking Marcus's vitals, her movements almost frantic. "The venom was in his bones. His organs were shutting down. We couldn't even slow it down, and you just... you just made it disappear?"I leaned against the wall, suddenly feeling every bit of energy I'd just used. My legs felt like jelly. "I don't know. I just... felt where the poison was and pushed it out.""You just felt it." Dr. Reyna repeated my words like they were in a foreign language. "You just felt it and pushed it out.""Yeah." I knew how crazy it sounded. Hell, I lived it and I still thought it was crazy.Marcus groaned from the bed, trying to sit up. "Easy," I said, moving to help him even though my own body was protesting. "You've been through a lot.""I was dying," he said, his voice rough. His hand grabbed mine, squeezing tight. "I felt it. I felt the poison eating me from the inside.

EVE By the time I finished healing the fourth patient, I couldn't feel my legs anymore. Dr. Reyna had been right. I should have rested. But every time I thought about stopping, I'd picture another family like Luna's, another mother crying over a dying child, and I'd push myself to the next bed. "That's it," Dr. Reyna said firmly as I swayed on my feet. "No more. You're done." "There's one more," I mumbled, squinting at her through blurry vision. "You said five patients." "The fifth one can wait. You look like a corpse, Eve. Your lips are blue." Were they? I touched my mouth, but my fingers were too numb to tell. "Just one more," I insisted, but my voice came out slurred. "Then I'll rest. Promise." "No." Dr. Reyna grabbed my arm as I started to pitch forward. "Dr. Morris! Help me!" The gray-haired doctor appeared, his face creased with concern. "Good lord. How many did she heal?" "Four critical venom cases in three hours." Dr. Reyna's voice sounded far away now. "She won't st

EVEAdam dragged me back to his chambers, his grip on my hand almost painful. The second the door slammed shut behind us, he had me pressed against it, his body caging mine."Do you have any idea what it did to me?" His voice was rough, nearly a growl. "Sitting there listening to them question you like you're some kind of threat?""Adam...""Watching you stand there, defending yourself, looking so fucking brave..." His mouth found my neck, teeth scraping. "I wanted to throw you on that table and show them exactly who you belong to."A whimper escaped me. "The council would have loved that.""I don't give a fuck about the council." His hands slid down to grip my ass, pulling me hard against him. I could feel how hard he was through his pants. "All I could think about was getting you alone. Getting you naked. Making you scream my name."Heat pooled between my legs. "Then stop talking and do it."Something wild flashed in his eyes. He spun me around roughly, pressing my cheek against the

EVE The training grounds were empty when Adam led me there at dawn, three days after the last vampire attack. "Why are we here?" I asked, stifling a yawn. We'd barely gotten any sleep, and not for the fun reasons. Adam had been up most of the night dealing with patrol reports and border security. "Because you need to learn how to defend yourself." He walked to the center of the grounds, gesturing for me to follow. "The summit is in eleven days. Mike will be there, probably other threats too. I need to know you can protect yourself if something goes wrong." "I can heal. Isn't that enough?" "No." His voice was firm. "Healing won't help you if someone grabs you before you can react. You need to know basic self defense at minimum." I crossed my arms. "I don't know how to fight, Adam. I've never thrown a punch in my life." "Which is exactly why we're starting now." He moved closer, his expression serious. "I won't always be able to protect you, Eve. And I need to sleep at night know

ADAM I watched Eve sleep, my mind refusing to shut down even though it was past midnight. She'd passed out from exhaustion after the encounter with Circe, and I'd carried her back to my chambers. Dr. Reyna had checked her over, declared her physically fine, and left with a worried look that matched how I felt. Physically fine. But mentally? Emotionally? My mate had just discovered she was twin sister to the vampire who'd destroyed my life seven hundred years ago. "Fuck," I muttered, running my hands through my hair. The resemblance had always been there. I'd noticed it the first time I saw Eve, thought she was Circe come back to torture me. But twins? Actually related by blood? That changed everything. A soft knock on the door interrupted my spiraling thoughts. I moved quietly, not wanting to wake Eve, and opened it to find Zara standing there. "We need to talk," she said grimly. "Now." I slipped out into the hallway, closing the door behind me. "What is it?" "I've been doi