Lamia's Blood: A Reverse Harem Romance (Monsters and Gargoyles Book 5) by Lacey Carter Andersen

Author:Lacey Carter Andersen [Andersen, Lacey Carter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Phoenix Press LLC
Published: 2019-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Vincent

Ryker and Darius took off on a flight to find the casino, leaving Lamia and I alone together. Because as much as we have to go and find the next item on the map, we also have to feed Lamia first.

And it’s my turn.

As much as I’d like to say I’m afraid of her bite, I’m not. I’m more afraid of enjoying it. Seeing her feed on Ryker and Darius was hot as hell. But it’s more than that.

I never thought it was possible, but I think I relate with this monster.

And it’s all because of my secret. The one I promised myself I’d never tell anyone else. And also the secret I almost spilled to her just now.

I tell everyone that my Brotherhood was killed by a monster. It’s not a complete lie, and yet, it leads them down the wrong path. How could I possibly tell them the monster that killed them was our own master? That he experimented on us. That he killed them. And we were helpless to stop it, bound by our honor and loyalty. Bound to obey an insane man.

But if I had the honor that all gargoyles should have, I would be dead now.

And yet, I somehow managed to make the worst mistakes imaginable. I watched my master kill my brothers, and did nothing. I felt bound to my word, my master, and my lands, just as they were. But the day my master brought those children into his torture chamber, something snapped inside of me. I’ve wanted a mate and children for as long as I’ve lived. Looking into their faces, knowing their mothers and fathers were suffering, not knowing where they were. Looking into their faces, and knowing the pain they’d soon experience.

It was too much.

I snapped.

I killed my own master.

If I was going to become a gargoyle without a master or lands, I should have done so before my brothers died. I should have snapped then, and let them throw me out as an outcast. Or had them kill me for my ultimate sin.

And yet, I didn’t.

I watched them die.

And then I snapped.

Yes, the children lived. To tell the tale of a monster that killed the man who kidnapped them. But I was lost after that. No Brotherhood. No master or lands.

And so, there is a part of me that understands Lamia on a level I never imagined. From the time I heard her story, how she came to be, and what she did, I felt a kinship with her that’s hard to explain.

Yet, I don’t want to feel it. I want to cut myself off from her, finish this mission, and find another life after this. One that doesn’t remember what I did.

With her, I remember everything. With her, I’m tempted to tell her the truth to help her heal. The last thing I need is to cross this physical boundary.

Even though we kissed already.

That night, injured and confused, feels like a dream. But I’ve never had a dream like that before.

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