The Blood Moon Twins – Chapter 122

REMY

“So Draven got away?” I reiterated after Blade finished telling me about how they found us and dealt with the wolfsbane.

“It seems like it.” Blade looked down at his hands, and his mood quickly fell.

Draven made Blade’s anger flare, so when he found out I agreed to kiss him, I was worried he would see me differently.

en going so well between us; however, the way Draven had been treating Harper was a harsh reminder of what could happen when mated to a vampire. I w

ngers with mine. “We’ll find Draven. He won’t stop coming after you. The good news is we seriously weakened his army, so he won’t have the strength to come after you any time soon. I’m hoping we can go after him before he is able to rebuild his army.”

erved to know the truth.

I felt completely ashamed, and the memory of kissing Draven made my stomach twist into knots. I felt nauseous again, but I tried to breathe through it, not wanting to get sick.

moil. What happened?” Blade tightened his grip, and his worry made me feel guilty.

of it.

fury.

’m sorry,” I repeated again. It felt

d studied my face.

re of what to say. I was just trying not to

urrowed his eyebrows together. “I’m not mad at you. Why on earth would I be m

confused me a little. “I kissed another man.” Tears spilled out of my eyes when I said the words out loud. “I kissed the man you despise.”

little.

the longer we talked about it.

ars from my eyes. “Then you didn’t do anything wrong. Draven

I said, still feeling guilty. Draven gave me a choice, and I picked the option that ended in his mouth on mine.

way your fault.” Blade shifted onto the bed so he was sitting more in the center of it. He grabbed my hands and stared at me. There was not a single drop of anger behind his eyes now. There was only worry.

e for kissing someone?” Blade asked. He was genuinely trying to make me understand how he felt, and it was working.

ssure in my chest lifted. “Oh.”

d. I can’t imagine how awful that situation was, and I wish I could go back in time and change it.” Blade paused to take a breath. “I’m sorry if you thought I was mad at you, and I’m sorry you had to go through that by yourself. I should have been there. Draven should’ve never been able to get his hands on you.”

eyes broke my heart. He blamed himself for everything, and his mind was

is prophecy working against us. We don’t need to beat ourselves up.”

the corner.

n’t know much at all about this stupid prophecy, and we are going to run out of time at this rate. I keep thinking that if I was stronger or smarter, then ma

n’t for you, there would have been more casualties in the fight. You trained our warriors how to fight vampires, and I know you saved several lives because of it, so no more negative self-talk, got it?”

to.”

closing the distance between us.

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HARPER

ht about what happened last night. Caulder was officially mine. There was no doubt that he would be mine forever now, and that thought was amazing. He was always surprising me in ways I hadn’t expected. Even the dinner last night was unexpected.

ities.

back against him. “Don’t go,” he whispered into my back. His voice was gravelly, and he sounded more asleep than awake.

,” I whispered back, trying to hold back my laughter.

ering to loosen his grip in the slightest.

go that badly, but I still wanted to wash my face and relieve

g. I already miss you.”

ing every second I was away from him.

flection that felt different now. My cheek bones were more defined, and my arms seemed more toned.

inked a few times, wondering if I was crazy, but it felt like I had a slight glow up. Was this the effect o

for me back in the bed, and that sounded nicer than worrying about whether my body had changed overnight.