Snowed in with the Vampire Prince: Blood Bonded Mates Book 1 by Jay Castle

Author:Jay Castle [Castle, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Pierce

If I had been a human being, the Alpha would have killed me by now.

Behind me, I heard James let out a cry of pain that sent me into a frenzy, grabbing at the Alpha’s throat and squeezing hard enough to grind bones. He released me at once but then ducked out of my grip, far stronger than a regular wolf should have been, and then darted back in to continue trying to tear my throat out.

However, we both froze when, a half-second later, the smell of burning flesh filled the room. There was a yelp from one of the wolves, followed by the sound of scrambling claws on my wooden floor. I heard rapid, barely controlled breathing, coming so fast it was nearly gasps, accompanied by the human footsteps that stopped right behind me.

“Get off him!” James grunted as a burning log connected with the Alpha’s head.

The Alpha leaped off me, letting out a high-pitched yelp.

I shot to my feet with murder in my heart. It must have been written all over my face too, because the Alpha backed away from me.

Or no, it wasn’t me he was afraid of. He backed away from James, the crazy human who had grabbed a burning log from the fireplace with both hands and swung it at his head.

James circled around me. Tears burned down his cheeks, and his teeth were clenched against the pain he very obviously felt. A lone human, holding the flaming log in front of him with both hands, trying to fend off a pack of wolves. One end of it was on fire, and the other end—which he was holding, like a goddamn lunatic—was red-hot glowing embers. Literal smoke rose from where he touched it. His face was set in a grim mask of determination that anyone could see, meaning that he was prepared to lay some serious hurt on the wolves, the consequences to himself be damned.

“Get. Out. Of. Here!” He bit off each word, staring directly at the Alpha. “I don’t want to be in your pack!”

The Alpha growled at that, but he gave James a look of grudging respect and backed away, stepping outside the cabin. The other wolves, one after the other, followed after their leader, forming into a semi-circle behind him, their pale inhuman eyes glinting in the firelight.

I knew that however badly the Alpha had thought he wanted James before, it was undoubtedly nothing compared to how he felt now. The sheer gravitas and physical courage it had taken James to grab onto a burning log and use it as a weapon were unlike anything I had ever imagined a human to be capable of. I’m sure the Alpha was having similar thoughts, and he was no doubt increasingly sure he’d made the right choice in selecting James.

But more to the point, every moment that passed was another moment James suffered. I needed to end this. Now.

“I am Pierce Bailey, the only progeny of Nathaniel Bailey, the Vampire King of

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