Splintered Nights by Veronica Del Rosa

Author:Veronica Del Rosa [Rosa, Veronica Del]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal & Urban Fantasy | Vampires | Werwolves
Published: 2018-05-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

The next several days passed in a blur. I’d wake up, eat, go to work, snarl at Doug, and spend my evenings training with Cole. Our sparring sessions gave me multiple bruises and turned my body into one massive ache. I’d thought I was in good shape. Turned out I was fooling myself.

“Pearle, wait up. I wanted to talk to you,” Jacy said as she hurried towards me. She could’ve overtaken me in a heartbeat if she’d wanted to, but unlike the other werewolves, she didn’t feel the urge to show off. Turned out, werewolves were jerks.

I gave her a sidelong glance. Well, not all werewolves. True to her nature, she went out of her way to make me feel comfortable in Cole’s absurd mansion.

Today she wore a colourful, sleeveless sundress, and her black hair flowed midway to her back. I felt a little drab in my dark blue jeans and grey tank top. “Yeah, what’s up?”

“Well, we need to make preparations for the mating ceremony. We only have two months to get everything perfect.” Her lips smiled, but her tone was off. “With it happening during the summer solstice, it’ll be a huge celebration that lasts for a week. And you need to practice your vows.”

I stopped and spun towards her, my eyebrows winging skyward. “I’m sorry, what? I have to give vows? Is this like a marriage?”

“Kinda, except you’ll rule the pack with Cole. Usually it’s an alpha female, but . . .”

Jacy’s voice trailed off and she shrugged.

Oh, I didn’t like this at all. I needed to find a way to escape and soon. I couldn’t be mistress over the werewolves. None of them would respect me or my authority, and I didn’t blame them, because I was physically weak compared to them.

And breaking Jacy’s heart by mating the man she loved? Yeah, not happening.

“Shit,” I muttered and started walking again, making my way to the front door. Fresh air and time away from Cole’s home sounded like a perfect idea. “They won’t listen to a human.”

“You won’t be human after the ceremony. Didn’t Cole tell you?” Her words hit me like bullets, churning acid in my stomach. He wanted to steal my humanity? That devious bastard. Oh hell to the no. He wasn’t making me into a werewolf.

I kept walking, my fists clenched at my side, and hoped my face remained calm. “No, he didn’t tell me that. We haven’t spent much time speaking. Too busy beating the shit out of each other.”

And he deserved another beatdown, one that kicked his regeneration into gear because I’d shattered all the bones in his body. How dare he keep this from me? Even with all the other lies he’d heaped on me, this one was a whopper. From the front foyer, I veered left towards Cole’s study. At this hour, he preferred to spend time there. It’d taken me three days, but I finally had a handle on the rooms in this monstrosity of a home.

Jacy fluttered silently next to me.

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