My Guardian Gryphon (Sanctuary, Texas Book 5) by Krystal Shannan

Author:Krystal Shannan [Shannan, Krystal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KS Publishing
Published: 2016-10-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 15

ALEK

“Alek,” Miles shouted, sprinting to catch up with me.

Ignoring him, I barreled down the staircase in the foyer and out the giant oak door. I turned to the right, following the path to the left toward the street ahead.

“Alek, you can’t give up on her. Not if she’s your mate.”

I whirled on the Drakonae. Miles was only three or four inches taller than me, but I still had to look up, and in my state of unrest, everything pissed off me and my Gryphon, and not being taller than the alpha-asshole Drakonae calling me out was doing a bang-up job. A growl rumbled from my throat, and I felt my skin tighten and stretch. My beast pushed to come out and rip apart anything it could get its claws into.

“I don’t know if she is, Miles. I got thrown out of the Veil as a fucking fifteen-year-old. I don’t know my history, or my lore, or anything really about being a Gryphon. I’d barely gone through puberty. My family had just started teaching me. My father had taken me to our family temple once before the Incanti struck our city. There were dozens of us on Earth in ancient times—all teenagers mind you—but I haven’t seen a Gryphon in almost two thousand years. As far as I know…” I couldn’t say it. I couldn’t admit aloud that I was the only one left alive, even though I knew it was most likely the truth.

The big Drakonae fell into stride next to me, and we walked silently down the sidewalk, passing Calliope’s shop then the market. We halted in front of the small building Jared and I called the sheriff’s office and fire station.

“What do you feel when you are near her? When you touch her?”

I dragged in a ragged breath, staving off the burning rage building in the pit of my stomach. “I want her with a fury I can’t explain. My Gryphon wants her. I feel like I’m going to lose control and come out of my skin at the very thought of another man touching her. I want to rip Rose’s face off.”

Miles chuckled.

“What’s so fucking funny?” My voice carried a unique mix of beastly snarl and human annoyance. How could he possibly find humor in my situation?

“I think we’ve all wanted to rip Rose’s face off at one point in time.”

Now that I believe. “But you can’t. The fight would be over before you could lay a single claw on her.” Lamassu weren’t gods, but their magick could encompass everything around them with a mere thought or flick of their hand to direct the power. I’d seen Rose freeze rooms full of people. I’d felt the chokehold her magick could inflict. I could still feel it around my neck even now, and that small display of power had been just enough to remind me of my place—below her.

“Oh, I know. Believe me, I know.”

“At least her magick doesn’t work on you when you’re shifted.”

“It doesn’t help as much as you think.

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