Redemptive Blood by Tamara Rose Blodgett

Author:Tamara Rose Blodgett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tamara Rose Blodgett
Published: 2018-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Adi

“Evil bitch,” Adi mutters, busy dressing the horrible wounds at Slash's wrists.

“Witch, you mean.”

Adi cleans the deep lacerations a second time, and they're healing, but slowly. “Whatever,” she says under her breath then looks up, meeting Slash's eyes. “How come these aren't healing up very well?”

“Silver,” Slash remarks casually.

Things were anything but casual a few hours ago. “Right. They're super bad.” Adi sits back on her heels, blowing a damp strand of hair out of her face.

“Super,” he says and winks at her.

Adi sits up straighter, blinks at Slash, and promptly bursts into tears.

“My mate,” Slash says, sudden worry saturating his voice as he draws her gently into his lap.

“I haven't finished!” she wails, hating the sniveling bullshittery she seems determined to be stuck in.

“I'll be fine.” Slash tucks his finger under her chin and lifts it. Kissing each salty tear away. “Why are you crying? The witch is dead. The wicked witch is dead...”

“This is not that old movie, The Wizard of Oz, Slash. It's so not a movie! It's our fucked-up lives.” Her lips tremble, and he lays a soft kiss on them then presses his forehead to hers.

“I am not making fun of you, heart of my heart.”

Adi stills at the ancient words. “What are you doing then?” Her voice is barely above a whisper.

He leans away, and she gets lost in his dark eyes. They hold nothing but his feelings for her. “I am offering levity.”

Adi cries harder.

Slash sighs and scrubs a hand over the sharp short hairs at his scalp. “I might be unsure about what's needed here.”

“Really?” she says, hand pressed to her chest. “No shit?”

Adi awkwardly climbs off his lap and stands. She looks down at Slash, her heart constricting at the sight of his wounds. “I don't even know what that word means!”

Slash stands, as well, towering over her. “I am too old for you.”

“Is this where we break up?” Adi asks, folding her arms. “Because I'm not good with that.”

Slash chuckles.

She rolls her eyes at him, dropping her arms. “Not funny.”

“There is no breaking up, Adrianna. I am your mate for life. But our age difference will rear its head on occasion.”

“We were just starting to make sense of us. We got back together, and I'd forgiven you for your bullshit—”

“Bullshit?” Slash's eyebrows rise.

Adrianna glares.

“Ya know. That whole ‘I gotta be the he-man and sacrifice my ass for my woman’ thing.”

Slash frowns. “I didn't think about us exactly in those terms.”

“Yeah—so get that. But I did. I do. And if we're keeping count, I killed the witch. I didn't need a man to do it, if ya noticed?” Adi arches her eyebrows.

Slash gathers her against him. “I noticed, and it killed me to watch you put yourself in harm's way. My pregnant mate.”

Adi stays silent, thinking about everything. “Probably because we have sex too much.”

Slash barks out a laugh, hugging her tighter. “I can't think of that being a problem. But you were in heat. And that's what can happen when mates breed.

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