Chapter 179-1
Kiana
It took nearly an hour for me to knit my spell back into place and darken my bonds to Troy. Finn had prowled nervously the whole time, waiting for something to attack us. By the time I was done, we were both exhausted, and there were only a few hours until dawn.
We shifted and ran, trying to cover as much ground as possible. Troy was coming for me, and we had to get to the coven before he did, but he’d be moving slower and tracking scent. Finn took us all over the mountain to disguise our path and cross as many bodies of water as possible. By the time we found another hunting shelter, I was starving and freezing.
“This was Dr. Ramirez’s cabin, but he’s moved on by now. Get some sleep. I’m going to hunt for
dinner,” Finn said.
“You need to sleep. I can hunt,” I said as I gathered strength. I’d slept more than Finn, and he looked like he might drop any minute. “Really, I’m fine. I can grab a couple of rabbits.”
The door suddenly opened, and a figure stepped in. “How about I feed you and you two idiots can tell me what you’re doing dripping water all over my floor,” a man rasped before he narrowed his eyes. “Finn? What are you doing back here?”
“What are you doing here?” Finn countered. “You’re supposed to be moving from place to place.
Claudine will be out for blood.”
Hector shrugged. “Let her find me. I’m too old to run now, and my lady is safely off this mountain.
I’ve done what I was supposed to do and given you a fighting chance.”
He turned to me and smiled softly. “Kiana Thane, is it? I’ve heard you don’t like it when people call
you Andrea. Or, I supposed it’s Kiana Ryker, now.”
“There was never a formal ceremony,” I said warily.
The doctor nodded. “You two both look exhausted. Kiana, you can take my bed, and Finn, you can
sleep out here. I’ll make some dinner, or I guess breakfast, and then the two of you can explain what you’re doing in my cabin.”
Finn didn’t seem to have any issues trusting this man, and he had given us all the information that we needed. Too exhausted to do anything else, I stumbled to the room where he pointed. It felt horribly wrong to sleep in another man’s bed. When I closed the door and smelled the doctor on the sheets, I couldn’t do it. Instead, I shifted back into my wolf form and curled up on the floor. On the other side of the door, I could smell Finn’s wolf. He was sleeping just on the other side.
20
12
|||
O
Г
Chapter 179-1
Protecting me.
Closing my eyes, I thought of Troy. His pain and panic and fury. I certainly never thought he’d let me just walk away, but he’d been the one to shut me out first. To leave me cold when I’d begged for
him to talk to me, to open himself up to me.
All I wanted to do was light a fire in the fireplace, curl up in his arms in front of it, and talk about our future. Put together a nursery. Read some baby books. Admit they probably weren’t going to help us raise anything and laugh. Believe that love would be enough to get us through.
Fucking prophecies. All witchcraft had done was fuck up my life. What I wouldn’t give to never let it
touch my life again.
Sleep claimed me, but it brought me no peace. I dreamt of Troy, of how he was always just out of
reach, and I cried.
The smell of roasted chicken, vegetables, and potatoes woke me up, and when I shifted and dragged myself out of the room, Finn was already at the table. He and the doctor were talking in low voices, but they both turned to me.
“You look like hell,” Finn commented.
Hector immediately smacked him on top of his head. “Show some respect. That is your alpha’s mate,” he snapped and smiled at me. “I know you’re on edge, but I hope you’ll join us for dinner
before you bolt.”
Comments
LUCK DRAW >
20
T
