The Blood Moon Twins – Chapter 155

LUNA ADIRA

The battle was over, but we were far from done. With our enemies gone, we rushed the injured to the medical tent. I stayed by Ginger’s side, unable to tear myself away. She had already lost too much blood, and her body shook, fighting to stay alive.

“I’ve got you,” I said as the sorcerer who shifted Ginger into the tent laid her on a bed. I pressed my hands on her torso, covering as many wounds as I possibly could, but there were too many injuries. I started sending healing magic to her, but I could tell it was working too slowly.

ears on an old lady like me,” but she wasn’t just an old lady. She was my family, and I saw her risk her life to protect Caulder.

ife was waning, I knew she didn’t have long. I knew I sho

uld feel her pain as her body writhed and guilt flushed over me. I was only prolonging her suffering by continuing to heal her.

he knew this was how she was going to die. She always had a mysterious way of knowing things befo

had refused to believe her, and now I was spending my time trying to heal her when others need

fused to come.

re her body went limp. I couldn’t breathe. I knew she was gone, but it still didn’t feel r

oice barely above a whisper.

rying, clinging to Blade for support, but Caulder stared at me with wide eyes. I shook my head slowly, not trusting myself to speak.

said, his voice cracking.

nage to choke out.

of us and the camp. We won the battle, but it wasn’t without cost. We couldn’t bring ourselves to celebrate, knowing we would be g

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REMY

Rido followed behind us. The air in the pack house felt stiff as we walked through it. We were the first ones to return from the battle, and most of the pack that had stayed be

ast thing they wanted to do was leave the pack open for someone to take advantage of us in our weakened state.

ido was the only one who seemed happy to be back at the pack house, while everyone else just seemed relieved. Rid

d after hearing that. He hadn’t wanted to be the reason his new family was hurt. He felt guilty for listening to the voice

pping through the hallway. He brought life into the house again, and I felt a smile tugging at my lips.

rs, I struggled with my new identity. I didn’t feel like myself anymore. There was a constant power coursing through my veins, even as I slept, and it made me feel clumsier in my own body.

him with Rido, since we had all been through hell.

future alpha, it didn’t dull the pain and guilt he felt.

ld help with that. This pack would be heali

s excited for a proper shower, since we had been camping for a week now.

ger than I originally planned. When my fingers started to prune, I forced myself to get out, wrapping a towel around my body.

d the stares I received reminded me I was different. I was too afraid to look at the differences, scared I wouldn’t like what I saw in the mirror, but it had been long enough.

wiped a

rstood exactly why he had said that.

, but there was something else I found myself craving. I was part vampire now, and no one understood what that meant exactly.

e a completely different person.

r him enter.

they turn yellow like yours?” I forced myself to s

t in your case, I have no idea what will happen.” Blade’s eyes lingered on my body, and I could feel a hunger stirring in him from our mate bond.

d my mind had been so preoccupied by everything that had happened that I tried not to think about being intimate with Blade. However, at night when we slept next to each other, my body burned for him in a way I never thought possible. The mark on my neck made my desires more intense, and it was like my body was protesting the fact that we hadn’t mated yet. Even now, j

efore. Now, there was nothing stopping us.

y towel, threatening to pull it free, while the other hand slid up my thigh, moving dangerously close to my core.

art of my body tingled.

way I had imagined. I reached up and wrapped my hand around the back of his neck, letting my head lean against him. “I’ve been imagining this for a long time,” I whispered.

ath hitched. “Me too. It’s given me time to think about exactly how I could treasure your body.”

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ht.

reasts with his fingers before following the lines w

ed down my torso, pausing to look up at me from my table. “And this is my promise to you that I will do whatever I can to make you continue smiling every

down my body, touching me in all of the

lips softly. “I love you.”

ade me happier than I ever could have imagined. He made the past few months bearable through the hell we had to wade through. “Y

h other’s bodies. It was better than I ever could have imagined. It felt like Blade and I belonged in th

ought, and we won, and a life with him felt like my gift for stopping a war from happening. There