Lilith: Vampire Queen Series, Book 1: VampireWarlockWolf Paranormal Romance by Eve Newton

Author:Eve Newton [Newton, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eve Newton
Published: 2021-02-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Lilith

“Lilith, wait!” Axl calls to me as I skid toward the front doors.

“What is it?” I ask impatiently.

“You can’t go out there,” he says.

“I have to.”

“It’s daylight out. I can’t follow you. I can’t protect you,” he says urgently.

“Don’t worry,” Mason says, coming up behind me. “I’ve got this.” He grabs my elbow and steers me out of the doors.

Axl makes a noise of frustration, but I have to go and see what it is. It could be another refugee.

Unfortunately, it’s not a supernatural creature seeking asylum, it’s Philip and a band of Hunters so large, my eyes ache taking them all in. I gag when I see the macabre sight hanging in front of the gates.

“About time you showed up, girlie,” he calls to me and points upwards at the dead Wolf hanging in midair. “I brought you a gift.”

“Fuck you!” I shriek, marching towards the gates, ready to stab this fucker until he bleeds out all over my shoes.

“Lilith,” Jacob says to me calmly, appearing by my side. “Think this through.”

“It’s past time for thinking,” I snarl, pulling out of Mason’s grip.

“That’s it,” Philip taunts me. “Come out here and show me that revolting beast inside you.”

“Lilith, stop,” Mason says. “You can’t open those gates. As much as I want to kill him myself, we are vastly outnumbered.”

“I don’t care,” I hiss.

“I told you I would speak up if I felt I needed to. You said you’d listen,” he points out.

“He has killed a Wolf and is flaunting it. What would you have me do? Walk away?” I ask him bitterly.

“No, we mourn the loss, regroup and come back stronger. You go out there now, we all die, do you hear me?”

“Fuck you,” I choke back the sob. “I can’t just stand here.”

“Yes, you can,” Lloyd says. “Mason is right. We have thirteen Coven members on site and you two. Even with your dad, we are outnumbered. They have fifty or more, half of which are mages. We break those wards, we all die. You have creatures downstairs that are too scared to fight. We need to protect them. We need to protect you.”

“Dammit,” I mutter, clenching my fists, knowing in my head he is right, but my heart is breaking for the poor Wolf strung up, dangling from a magick rope in front of my home.

“Aww,” Philip says, flicking his magickal silver daggers at the ward. “You not coming out to play, little girl? And here I thought this would get you to make a move.”

“Don’t worry about those daggers,” Jacob says. “He’d have used up all of their power breaking through the wards last time. He needs a full moon to recharge them, he can't do that for another two weeks.”

“And in the meantime, we just sit here?” I ask.

“No,” Mason says. “But you rushing out there without a plan is suicide.”

“Then we need a plan,” I state grimly.

“Here’s a plan,” Philip says, his blue eyes glinting. “I will bring you a gift every day from now until you meet me on this side of the gates…alone.

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