Dane--A Stone Society Novella by Faith Gibson

Author:Faith Gibson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: post-apocalyptic, shapeshifter romance, short story, police, family drama, gargoyles
Publisher: Faith Gibson
Published: 2017-12-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

After he kissed Grace on the forehead, Dane passed her back to Lynette. He retrieved a business card out of his wallet and pressed it into Chase’s hand. “Call me if you have any trouble at the hotel.” Marley’s brother-in-law gave him a chin lift, and Dane added, “And Chase? Thank you for taking care of Marley’s family. It means a lot to me.” Chase’s eyes widened as he came to understand what Dane meant.

“Let’s go,” Merrill said, punching the elevator button several times.

“Bye, Uncle Dane,” Grace said, waving from her mother’s arms.

“Bye, Princess.”

What a fucked up day. Dane wished more than once since he’d seen Marley lying on the concrete bleeding that he would have taken her to her bed and sealed the mate bond instead of taking her out to eat. He still would have received a call about the Unholy, but in that one instance, he would have told Frey to call someone else, and the large Goyle would have. Frey understood what it meant to claim a mate. He was three steps from Marley’s room when she screamed his name. Dane rushed to her bedside. “Marley?”

She whimpered, “No!” but her eyes were closed. The nurse was right behind him, checking Marley’s vitals.

“It isn’t uncommon for victims of head trauma to cry out in their sleep. She may be dreaming, but it’s also possible she’s reliving her abduction. I’m going to give her another dose of morphine.”

Jonas entered the room carrying supplies needed to draw Dane’s blood. If the nurse thought it odd the chief of staff was playing phlebotomist, she kept her opinion to herself. Dane rolled his shirt sleeve higher up his corded arm. It was a good thing Jasper was close to the same size as Dane and that he had a spare shirt in his car. All the Goyles kept spare clothes with them when they patrolled. That was easier than explaining why their clothes were covered in blood.

When the nurse left the room and the door closed behind her, Jonas said, “You could bite her,” before he secured the tourniquet around Dane’s arm.

“I’d like for her to be awake when we seal the deal.”

“This technically wouldn’t complete the bond. It would be the same as when Frey bit Abbi to save her life. Think of it as a booster shot.”

“Biting her won’t give her my blood.”

“No, but it will give her the venom that keeps her young and strengthens her system. Your blood is like a baby aspirin where as your venom is like a bottle of oxycodone.”

“Why didn’t you say that before?”

“I didn’t feel her unease before. She’s become much more agitated.”

“Her family... Fuck! I should never have let her father in. Her daughter – I mean her niece...” Fuck it. This was his father, so Dane explained the situation with Grace.

“I’m proud of Marley,” Jonas said, looking at the sleeping woman. “It takes a lot more strength to give your child to someone else to raise than it does to keep them.

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