females seen to. Then we'll decide what to do about
all of our instincts flaring."
At Drake’s
voice, Phelan looked around and saw each woman had a family of brothers
surrounding them. Except for one. She only had one out
of two brothers, but Baxter would be in the clinic waiting for them. Were these
women the answers to all their prayers? Did five families now have their
Desired? He guessed only time would tell. He slung the woman's bag over his
shoulder and followed his brothers, and their Desired, up to the castle.
****
Carina awoke with
a scream lodged in her throat. She sat bolt upright as her hands flew to cover
her face. She focused on getting her breathing under control before lowering
her hands. It was only a nightmare, just like all the others, it wasn't real.
It. Wasn't. Real.
She lowered her
hands, opened her eyes and froze. Three huge half-naked men stood in front of
her, all frowning at her. She scooted back on the bed until she ran into
something warm, and she spun around to find Skye there.
" It's okay, Carina."
Carina just shook
her head. It was not okay. Her memories came rushing back to her, hiking
through the Kata Tjuta, smelling honey, the sudden powerful cyclone-like wind
tunnel, the lightning, then passing out. When Skye attempted to embrace her,
Carina wriggled her way around Skye’s body so she sat behind her. She wanted as
much distance as possible between her and those big men with their muscular
bare chests, honey golden hair, and sparkling emerald eyes.
"Sweetie,
can you drink this? It's just water."
Carina focused
on swallowing and trying to get her heart rate and breathing to calm down. She
emptied the cup and was feeling calmer—until she looked back up and saw all the
big men again. There were six surrounding her and Skye. The three with the
golden hair she'd noticed first, and three others, equally big but with blue
hair and magenta eyes. She tried to move further behind Skye as another large
man came into the mix, carrying Becky. He placed her on the bed and stepped
back, like he didn't want to spook her. She felt Becky's hand on her leg
moments before she began to speak.
"Carina? Honey, it's okay, these men
are big, but they will never hurt you … especially not like those assholes hurt
you."
Carina looked
her friend over, noticing the bright white bandages on her ankle and wrists.
"But you've
been hurt, Becky."
"Not by
them. They came and rescued me before I was really hurt."
Pain sliced
through her heart at the thought of her friend being raped like she was. She
sat frozen in her pain as Becky turned to the man who had carried her over.
"Drake, make them promise. Make the men promise Carina she will not be
harmed or forced to do anything she doesn't want to do."
Carina moved her
focus onto the man Becky had called Drake. He looked her straight in the eye
and vowed, "Carina, I can promise you that no male inside this castle's
walls will ever cause you or any of your friends harm or force you or them to
do anything you or they don't want."
She turned her
head as each of these big men held her gaze and vowed her protection and
safety. The last three men, who must be brothers as they all had the same emerald
green eyes and beautiful honey golden hair that hung around their shoulders,
looked to be in pain as they made their vows. Carina frowned in confusion.
She vaguely
heard Becky ask Drake to get all the men to leave. When they were alone she
loosened her grip on Skye and took some deep breaths.
"Where are
we? What's going on?"
"Well, what
do you remember?" Skye's gentle voice pulled her attention her way.
"I remember
the cyclone thing and being hit by lightning … then nothing."
"They call
that the Great Wind. It brought us through a portal from Earth to The Land of
Feury."
"Who are
they?"
"The men?" Skye sighed.
"You're not going to believe us, but they have proved it. We've all seen
it with our own eyes."
Carina frowned
at her friend. What on earth was she
all of our instincts flaring."
At Drake’s
voice, Phelan looked around and saw each woman had a family of brothers
surrounding them. Except for one. She only had one out
of two brothers, but Baxter would be in the clinic waiting for them. Were these
women the answers to all their prayers? Did five families now have their
Desired? He guessed only time would tell. He slung the woman's bag over his
shoulder and followed his brothers, and their Desired, up to the castle.
****
Carina awoke with
a scream lodged in her throat. She sat bolt upright as her hands flew to cover
her face. She focused on getting her breathing under control before lowering
her hands. It was only a nightmare, just like all the others, it wasn't real.
It. Wasn't. Real.
She lowered her
hands, opened her eyes and froze. Three huge half-naked men stood in front of
her, all frowning at her. She scooted back on the bed until she ran into
something warm, and she spun around to find Skye there.
" It's okay, Carina."
Carina just shook
her head. It was not okay. Her memories came rushing back to her, hiking
through the Kata Tjuta, smelling honey, the sudden powerful cyclone-like wind
tunnel, the lightning, then passing out. When Skye attempted to embrace her,
Carina wriggled her way around Skye’s body so she sat behind her. She wanted as
much distance as possible between her and those big men with their muscular
bare chests, honey golden hair, and sparkling emerald eyes.
"Sweetie,
can you drink this? It's just water."
Carina focused
on swallowing and trying to get her heart rate and breathing to calm down. She
emptied the cup and was feeling calmer—until she looked back up and saw all the
big men again. There were six surrounding her and Skye. The three with the
golden hair she'd noticed first, and three others, equally big but with blue
hair and magenta eyes. She tried to move further behind Skye as another large
man came into the mix, carrying Becky. He placed her on the bed and stepped
back, like he didn't want to spook her. She felt Becky's hand on her leg
moments before she began to speak.
"Carina? Honey, it's okay, these men
are big, but they will never hurt you … especially not like those assholes hurt
you."
Carina looked
her friend over, noticing the bright white bandages on her ankle and wrists.
"But you've
been hurt, Becky."
"Not by
them. They came and rescued me before I was really hurt."
Pain sliced
through her heart at the thought of her friend being raped like she was. She
sat frozen in her pain as Becky turned to the man who had carried her over.
"Drake, make them promise. Make the men promise Carina she will not be
harmed or forced to do anything she doesn't want to do."
Carina moved her
focus onto the man Becky had called Drake. He looked her straight in the eye
and vowed, "Carina, I can promise you that no male inside this castle's
walls will ever cause you or any of your friends harm or force you or them to
do anything you or they don't want."
She turned her
head as each of these big men held her gaze and vowed her protection and
safety. The last three men, who must be brothers as they all had the same emerald
green eyes and beautiful honey golden hair that hung around their shoulders,
looked to be in pain as they made their vows. Carina frowned in confusion.
She vaguely
heard Becky ask Drake to get all the men to leave. When they were alone she
loosened her grip on Skye and took some deep breaths.
"Where are
we? What's going on?"
"Well, what
do you remember?" Skye's gentle voice pulled her attention her way.
"I remember
the cyclone thing and being hit by lightning … then nothing."
"They call
that the Great Wind. It brought us through a portal from Earth to The Land of
Feury."
"Who are
they?"
"The men?" Skye sighed.
"You're not going to believe us, but they have proved it. We've all seen
it with our own eyes."
Carina frowned
at her friend. What on earth was she
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