Mate Bound by Holly Hook

Author:Holly Hook [Hook, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Occult & Supernatural, Paranormal
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2019-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

"I don't want to see you naked!" Karina shouts right after Brett changes back. Her disgust fills the room as I pull on my clothes, shaking. There's blood around my mouth still. And even though I'm looking at the wall, I'm sure Brett looks like some kind of scary clown with the blood he must have on his face.

Thankfully, only my shirt has taken damage and my jacket covers the rip in the sleeve once I have it on. I don't watch Brett get his clothes on, but I say, "That's part of this, Karina. You'll care less about nakedness than you did before."

"I still don't want to see my brother naked," she says.

"I'm clothed now, sis," Brett says. "Believe me, I didn't want to give you...or Brie...that display. I'm just too hot for her."

Karina sighs in real disgust.

"I wasn't even looking," I say, checking the still-open door. No one's come to investigate despite the loud noise from this room. And I remember why. The dark magic in this place masks everything. It's how the cult's managed to work here, undetected.

Brett and I finally look at each other. We stand on either side of the body on the floor. His feet have turned back into that of a human. "We can't bury this guy," I say. "I was hoping we could ask him where Cayden is."

"The cult did a number on him. If he went against them, a curse would probably have killed him," Brett says. Yes, he has a bloody mouth like a horror movie zombie. As if realizing I'm staring at it, he reaches up and rubs his sleeve across the drying blood. "I can't believe I did that. But why did you tell us to stand aside when we should have been helping you fight? Do you have a death wish?"

"I don't want to see pack members die," I say. "And that's final." Had we lost Brett, the whole plan would have ended. But he's being such a jerk I don't want to admit that.

"I can't take this. I'm leaving," Karina says, diverting her gaze from the body and crossing the room.

I grab her arm, stopping her. "Your brother defended you," I say. "We don't like killing people. Trust me."

She slugs me on the arm, and it really does hurt. "That's not what I saw. Even you Nobles are no better than the cult or--" She coughs.

"Or what?" Brett asks, full of suspicion.

"Shut up," she tells him.

"Look, I wasn't going to let that monster touch you," Brett says. "That's all. And that's why I didn't listen to alpha's stupid command."

We don't have time for this. "We need to go up to the manager's apartment and shower," I say. "We'll smell the way there. Let's close the door behind us and hope we don't run into anybody." The decay in this room is getting to me. I hate to leave this guy lying here, but the cult can deal with cleaning this up. They deserve it.

So we

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.