Book 8 - Chapter 35 (1/2)
Murdoch fell upon her, pressing her into the wall as he sank his fangs deeper into the sweet flesh of her neck. The cold pained him, so badly he nearly released her, but soon blood wet his mouth. The taste... He growled against her, the pleasure was so intense.
Finally, she's in my arms. At last, I can hold her, taste her.
Couldn't believe he was doing this, needed to pull away. I'm taking too much.
He could feel her cries against him. When she screamed, he somehow released her, stumbling back. ”Oh, G.o.d, Daniela!” He stared in horror at her ravaged neck, her tender skin burned.
As she backed away from him, her silver eyes welled with tears. ”How could you, Murdoch?” Her pupils were huge with shock. ”You vowed to me.”
Between heaving breaths, he rasped, ”Daniela, I don't know what happened.”
”You lost control. And you'll do it again.”
He wanted to deny it. Christ help me, I can't. His expression must have betrayed his thoughts.
Her tears spilled, her face paler from blood loss. ”Now you're the second man who's touched me against my will.” Her words were growing weaker, indistinct.
He grated in confusion, ”The second?”
”I'm leaving, and I never want to see your face again as long as I live.”
Jadian rushed into the lodge then, his watchful gaze taking in the scene. ”You bit her?” He looked at Murdoch like he was sc.u.m, like he was a monster. ”I will slaughter you for harming my queen.”
”N-no,” Daniela said through her tears, tugging on his arm. ”I just want to go.”
Go, with that male, away from Murdoch. Forever. ”Don't you leave me!” he bellowed.
In answer, she put the back of her hand against her mouth and sobbed. Unsteady, crying freely, Daniela turned to the door without a glance back. When Murdoch charged after her, Jadian stood in his way. Murdoch tensed, about to attack him once more -
Daniela's legs gave way, her body crumpling. In a flash, Jadian swung around and caught her up against him. ”Queen Daniela?” Then his eyes narrowed. ”Blood loss.”
”Give her to me,” Murdoch grated with outstretched hands, ”or I'll kill you so slowly.”
”So you can drain more of her?” Jadian s.h.i.+fted Daniela into one arm; with his other, he hurled a handful of ice at Murdoch.
The hit connected with his chest like a freight train, sending Murdoch cras.h.i.+ng into a wall. His skin began to freeze, trapping him in place.
He thrashed to break free, but the ice was too strong. ”Don't you dare take her! She can't see that this is a trick - ”
With Daniela still in his arms, Jadian loomed over Murdoch. ”There is no trick. I've eliminated any threat against her. Her sister even told me how to find her, because she wants Daniela to be with her own kind.”
”Then where the f.u.c.k were you for the last two thousand years?”
Jadian didn't answer the question, just said, ”I will leave you alive, but only because that was her will.”
”Give her time to wake, so I can talk to her - ”
”You believe you can convince her to stay with you? You attacked her. Look at her neck. Remember this sight. This is what you are to her - pain.”
”No... no...”
”I'm taking her to where she can be content, vampire. Where she will be safe.”
”Like her mother?”