Bitten Beauty (Book 3 Of the Deadly Beauties Live On) by C.M. Owens

Author:C.M. Owens [Owens, C.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

ELLA

(Yes, that is supposed to say Ella.)

Zee’s hands are shoved in his hoodie pockets, and his hood is pulled low, as he stares through a familiar window. Leah is pacing back and forth, her eyes glued to the blade in her hand, and Zee’s glowing blue eyes shift with every step she takes as he watches from the shadows.

“It’s creepy to just watch people,” I tell him, noticing how his shoulders stiffen.

He blows out a breath before glancing over his shoulder at me, then his eyes go back to her again.

“I needed some air.”

“You mean you needed away from her, but you can’t stay too far away.”

“It’s just nature. It’s nothing deeper,” he says dismissively, playing down the way he feels… The draw he can’t deny.

“It is something deeper, Zee. You’re not an animal.”

He continues watching her, and she continues talking to herself, though neither of us can hear what she’s saying past the soundproof spell. The walls were once soundproof, but after so many beatings, they lost their effect.

“Have you talked to her?” I ask him when he grows quiet.

“It’s hard to talk to her about anything other than life or death right now. A lot of people want her dead. Including Morgana. Fucking nightmare.”

“People always want us dead, but we can’t stop living.”

I turn to walk away, but he grabs my hand. “Where are you going?”

“I need pie,” I lie, shrugging out of his hold and flashing him a convincing smile. He’s so distracted with his own problem that he buys the lie.

“Hurry back. Kane has to go back to your mother, and he’ll want to make sure you’re okay before he does.”

“I’ve been just fine for a week. Mom needs him a lot more than I do. She can’t come back until after she’s back at full strength. Not even for a little bit. It’s too risky.”

He nods in agreement, and all of his attention goes back toward his little ticking bomb of issues. I don’t envy him for that.

But I have my own issues to deal with right now.

As soon as I hit the woods, I dematerialize. My feet hit the ground hard when I drop, landing in another section of woods far away from our cabin. That’s the most distance I’ve ever covered while dematerialized.

The locator spell should work. I know he gave me his blood, and I know it’s still in my system. I could taste it the second I woke up a week ago, and it’s been lingering ever since, buzzing through my system like a drug. So has his scent and his touch…

No. That’s just sick. He’s truly a monster, and not just because of the scars. The scars actually don’t bother me at all. Perfection is all around us, so him being imperfect makes him….

Fuck! No. Not him. Anyone but him.

With absolute stealth, I head toward the barely-there sounds in the distance. Before I reach the sounds, I see soft, touchable, inky-black hair as a guy with his back turned stays propped up against a tree.

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