Forever Bound by Cynthia Eden

Author:Cynthia Eden [Eden, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Cynthia Eden
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

She could have fucking died.

Drake pulled Paige through the main house, making sure not to let her go, not even for an instant. The woman wasn’t getting away from him, hell, no.

When he’d looked up and seen her on that wall, with that vampire bastard attacking her…

He’d roared her name.

Then the vamp had shot him. The silver had burned, ripping and tearing through him as he fell to the ground. When Drake had looked up again, it had been to see Paige tumbling right over the edge of the wall.

Drake rounded the corner and shoved open the door that led to his quarters.

“Drake, look, I–”

In an instant, he spun on her. “You knew they were attacking.”

Did she look paler than before? It seemed so. Even the red of her lips had faded to a light pink. She stared up at him and gave a slow nod.

Shit. Why couldn’t she have lied? He didn’t want to know that she’d set him up.

Because then he’d have to punish her.

He headed to the left. He had blood on his hands, and he’d already smeared that blood on her. When he touched her again, he wanted his hands clean.

All he could smell was blood. His blood. The blood of the wolves who’d been attacked. The blood of the bastard she’d staked. And…

Her blood.

She’d seemed paler than before.

He whirled back to face her. As she stumbled, he picked her up and held her close against his chest. She’s a vampire, but she can still die. The scent of her blood was too strong. “Where’s the wound?”

She lifted her arm to her shoulder. Her hair had fallen forward, covering the injury, and he swept the mane back, then cursed at the sight of her flesh.

A bullet had torn through her shoulder.

Why the hell wasn’t she healing? Vampires usually healed fast enough when they were injured.

She wasn’t healing.

He took her into his bathroom. Put her down next to the shower that could easily hold three people, though he only preferred an intimate two. Then he tore open her shirt and tossed away the scraps of material so that he could see her wound.

But…it wasn’t the only wound that he found on her body. There were faint white lines on her flesh, snaking up her stomach. Sliding down her left arm. Scars. Old injuries.

Vampires didn’t scar. Those marks…she must have gotten them while she was still human.

He knelt on the marble tile so that his eyes were level with hers. “What happened to you?”

She bit her lip and glanced away. Then, voice whisper-soft, Paige said, “Nothing that matters now.”

Every single thing about her mattered.

He put his hand on her shoulder, being careful not to touch the bloody wound. She still flinched.

Because he’d hurt her…or because he’d touched her? She’d once begged for his touch. But that had been long ago.

Another damn life.

Locking his back teeth, Drake gritted, “Why aren’t you healing?”

She shrugged and still didn’t look him in the eyes.

He reached behind her and yanked on the water in the shower.

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