Dawning of Light by Tami Lund

Author:Tami Lund [Lund, Tami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Published: 2014-06-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Tanner naturally had to be the voice of reason. It wasn’t his mate that had been drugged and kidnapped. Of course, Cecilia wasn’t Finn’s mate, either. He didn’t want a mate. Didn’t want the complications of falling in love, of caring for another person more than one cared about himself, his family, his pack.

And he sure as hell didn’t want a lightbearer mate. Cecilia? That was the biggest joke of all. They were constantly at odds. How could they ever make a go at a relationship?

Not gonna happen.

He sure as hell stormed into Samuel’s cottage as if the man had stolen his mate, though.

“Calm down,” Tanner admonished, as he grabbed Finn by the shirt collar to keep him from taking a flying leap across the room when he saw Samuel standing there, holding what appeared to be a cup of coffee in his hands.

Samuel promptly dropped the mug. It shattered against the wooden floor, splattering hot coffee up his pant leg. He danced in place for a moment before turning and bolting down the hall toward the bedchambers.

Finn was right behind him. When he saw Cecilia, lying in the middle of the bed, curled up under the bedcovers, sound asleep, his heart began beating erratically. He broke out into a cold sweat. His hands started shaking. His knees felt weak.

She’s alive. He could tell that much. Unharmed was a different matter.

Finn reached out, grabbed Samuel by the throat, and shoved him back against the nearest wall. The plaster crumbled under the impact, as magic flared around Finn’s hand. “What did you do to her?”

“N-nothing,” Samuel stuttered, eyes wide and fearful.

He should fear me. I could rip his throat out right now and have no regrets.

Finn wasn’t normally such a violent person, but he had killed before to save Cecilia. This would be no different.

“You drugged her,” Finn growled.

“N-no.”

“We have proof,” Tanner said coolly from behind Finn. “Finn, relax your hold. You’re going to strangle him.”

Finn didn’t really think that was such a bad thing, but it was his pack master’s command, so he loosened his grip.

Samuel gasped for breath and stuttered over his words as he tried to deny any wrongdoing. “S-she just wanted to take a nap,” he insisted.

“Never mind. Go ahead and strangle him,” Tanner said almost nonchalantly.

As Finn squeezed, Samuel cried out, “Okay, okay, I did. I did it.”

Tanner clamped his hand onto Finn’s arm to keep him from squeezing again.

Samuel’s eyes were wide as he said, “I just—I just—I just—”

“Spit it out already,” Finn snapped.

“I just wanted to mate with her,” Samuel blubbered. “And I thought if I got her alone, away from you, I could convince her to do it.” He actually glared at Finn, as if that shifter was at fault in this situation.

“So you drugged her?” His voice was incredulous.

Samuel affected a guilty look. “I—I couldn’t think of any other way to convince her to be alone with me.”

Finn’s hand tightened again. Samuel’s face turned purple. “What did you do to her?” He bit off each word as he said it.

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