condensation splattered down on the stone floor. “We have to go in there?” I whispered to Kyden. “There could be bats.”
“You’re afraid of bats?” he asked, intrigued.
“Just so happens that I am,” I lifted my chin a little, trying to save a little pride. Vampires, easy and crazy witches, easy. But rats with wings, not so easy.
“No better time than the present to face your fears,” Kyden pulled me toward the entrance.
Oh Jesus!
Good thing our vision is superior because the place was pitch-black. Even better, the cave was very shallow. The second we stepped through, the wolf appeared, his eyes glowing as he snarled at us.
“Oh there you are.” I shook my finger at him. “You are a very bad doggy.”
He growled lower and deeper. His eyes were wild as he flew toward us. Kyden pushed me out of the way and kicked out hard, sending the wolf flying out of the cave.
Moments ago, he may have irritated me, but I could never ignore just how sexy he looked when fighting. The man exudes power and I may have sighed a little as I watched his muscles flex.
The wolf growled again and broke my ogling. I could have used the Fire element to disintegrate him. However, I made it a rule that unless I was fighting witches, I kept to my Guardian roots. It kept me true to my both halves.
“Come on,” Kyden raised his hands, calling him forward.
The wolf lunged and Kyden reciprocated with a hard punch to the wolf’s snout, which sent him flying twenty feet away. The wolf roared, lunging back toward him. In the moment of his lunge, I shot forward and kicked his side, causing him to crumble to the ground.
The wolf didn’t really have a chance. One of us could kill him, both Kyden and I were strong fighters. With the both of us together, he was as good as dead.
He snarled, glancing up at me. I gasped out a breath upon seeing his eyes. They were so dark, so viciously cruel. Nothing of a good wolf rema ined here. Only one thing could cause eyes like that…Black Magic. But why were these wolves turning to such darkness? They had families, their pack¯what would the magic give them that they didn’t already have? None of which I had answers to. The only thing I did know was that this magic was making them crazed and dangerous. It meant they had to die.
Kyden drew his sword. When the wolf lunged toward me, he sliced sure and swift. The wolf’s head flew in the opposite direction of his body as blood arced through the air.
When the body dropped to the ground, I glanced at Kyden. “Nice teamwork.”
He winked at me.
I glanced back at Valor. He was sitting on a rock, looking thoughtful. “You okay?” I asked, as I approached him.
He raised his eyes to mine. “You think I am being harsh on Isla?”
That was unexpected. “Valor, I don’t think it is my place to…”
He interrupted. “I am making it your place.”
“Total honesty?” I asked.
“Nothing less.”
I quickly glanced at Kyden. He gave me an encouraging nod. I let the zipper open, sent my lips a flapping. “Well, she is grown and…” I hesitated, searching for the right words. “Now having Kyden, I couldn’t imagine life without him. He has made me so happy. If Isla has something this wonderful available to her and she can’t experience it because you are withholding her…” I put my hands on my hips. “Well, that just seems wrong in my books.”
He rubbed his face. “These are the times I miss Hanna the most.”
“Isla’s mother?”
“Yes. She died while giving birth to Isla.”
“I didn’t know about her death, I’m sorry.” Valor gave me a little nod. Suddenly, I realized why he was talking with me about this. He desperately needed a female’s input. I knelt beside him and got right to it. “Okay, what’s the problem?”
He got a little teary-eyed. “If she is not in my home, I cannot keep an eye out for
“You’re afraid of bats?” he asked, intrigued.
“Just so happens that I am,” I lifted my chin a little, trying to save a little pride. Vampires, easy and crazy witches, easy. But rats with wings, not so easy.
“No better time than the present to face your fears,” Kyden pulled me toward the entrance.
Oh Jesus!
Good thing our vision is superior because the place was pitch-black. Even better, the cave was very shallow. The second we stepped through, the wolf appeared, his eyes glowing as he snarled at us.
“Oh there you are.” I shook my finger at him. “You are a very bad doggy.”
He growled lower and deeper. His eyes were wild as he flew toward us. Kyden pushed me out of the way and kicked out hard, sending the wolf flying out of the cave.
Moments ago, he may have irritated me, but I could never ignore just how sexy he looked when fighting. The man exudes power and I may have sighed a little as I watched his muscles flex.
The wolf growled again and broke my ogling. I could have used the Fire element to disintegrate him. However, I made it a rule that unless I was fighting witches, I kept to my Guardian roots. It kept me true to my both halves.
“Come on,” Kyden raised his hands, calling him forward.
The wolf lunged and Kyden reciprocated with a hard punch to the wolf’s snout, which sent him flying twenty feet away. The wolf roared, lunging back toward him. In the moment of his lunge, I shot forward and kicked his side, causing him to crumble to the ground.
The wolf didn’t really have a chance. One of us could kill him, both Kyden and I were strong fighters. With the both of us together, he was as good as dead.
He snarled, glancing up at me. I gasped out a breath upon seeing his eyes. They were so dark, so viciously cruel. Nothing of a good wolf rema ined here. Only one thing could cause eyes like that…Black Magic. But why were these wolves turning to such darkness? They had families, their pack¯what would the magic give them that they didn’t already have? None of which I had answers to. The only thing I did know was that this magic was making them crazed and dangerous. It meant they had to die.
Kyden drew his sword. When the wolf lunged toward me, he sliced sure and swift. The wolf’s head flew in the opposite direction of his body as blood arced through the air.
When the body dropped to the ground, I glanced at Kyden. “Nice teamwork.”
He winked at me.
I glanced back at Valor. He was sitting on a rock, looking thoughtful. “You okay?” I asked, as I approached him.
He raised his eyes to mine. “You think I am being harsh on Isla?”
That was unexpected. “Valor, I don’t think it is my place to…”
He interrupted. “I am making it your place.”
“Total honesty?” I asked.
“Nothing less.”
I quickly glanced at Kyden. He gave me an encouraging nod. I let the zipper open, sent my lips a flapping. “Well, she is grown and…” I hesitated, searching for the right words. “Now having Kyden, I couldn’t imagine life without him. He has made me so happy. If Isla has something this wonderful available to her and she can’t experience it because you are withholding her…” I put my hands on my hips. “Well, that just seems wrong in my books.”
He rubbed his face. “These are the times I miss Hanna the most.”
“Isla’s mother?”
“Yes. She died while giving birth to Isla.”
“I didn’t know about her death, I’m sorry.” Valor gave me a little nod. Suddenly, I realized why he was talking with me about this. He desperately needed a female’s input. I knelt beside him and got right to it. “Okay, what’s the problem?”
He got a little teary-eyed. “If she is not in my home, I cannot keep an eye out for
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