Betrayed by Allison Teller

Author:Allison Teller [Teller, Allison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allison Teller

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Liam listened to her heart slow. It didn’t stop though so that was good. At least he hadn’t killed her. He didn’t know how much venom needed to be in her system, but for a while there it seemed like her body was going to win. He’d watched her eyes widen, the pupils dilating so much that her entire eye was black. Her fingernails had become claws again, digging into his arms as he held her down. She had been screaming, and then she was growling.

It was terrifying. But she finally settled down and passed out. Her body returned to normal. Liam eased himself off of her and checked her stomach and the bites. Although he could see her blood rushing through her veins, which were bright under her pale skin, the wound on her stomach looked better. The blackness around it was receding, the injection site closing, healing over. And the bites were already healed and fading.

It seemed to have worked. Whatever her shift was, she might be able to do it now, but it sure as hell wasn’t a wolf.

It was about an hour before she woke up. Liam had left her, running off as a wolf to get some food, and was finished cooking it over a small fire beside them, when she opened her eyes.

“You look better,” he said as she sat up. “How do you feel?”

Lyss lifted her shirt. Her stomach was almost completely healed. There was a bruise around the injection site, but it was yellow and brown now instead of black and purple. She met his gaze, a smile pulling at her mouth.

“I’ll have to thank your uncle,” she said. “What’s that smell?”

Liam held up the cooked fish; something he found swimming in a stream nearby. They ate in silence, Lyss devouring almost all of it.

“Jesus,” Liam watched her lick her fingers.

“I know right? Just wait until you see my get my hands on some chocolate cake.” She winked.

Liam looked away.

The fact that she would be able to shift, and that she wasn’t a wolf—it was safe to assume he wouldn’t be seeing her again once he handed her over to her uncles. If anything, she would probably end up sent to Ireland where the Days could look after her. They had a few different kinds of shifters in their pack.

“My pack’ll be here soon.” Liam stood. Lyss hopped up, her pain obviously gone.

They waited by the station, the old man gone, the place locked up, a “closed” sign in the door. Liam peeked in the window. It was almost five. Lyss turned on the hose on the side of the building and chugged.

Liam watched her throat work, watched droplets of water spray her shirt, soaking it, the fabric clinging to her chest beneath.

He heard a laugh and saw that she was watching him watch her. Face burning, Liam glared at the trees across the street.

As Lyss turned off the hose, Liam stood.

“What is it?” she asked.

In the woods across from them, several pairs of eyes watched them.

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