Chapter 33
Jade
I was still trying to think of a plan when Damian slid into the seat across from me in the common room. Everyone went eerily quiet as he grinned at me and the obvious fear in the room.
“Good morning, Damian,” I said casually like I hadn’t been plotting his demise for the last few hours.
“Good morning, Jade, you seem to be in a good mood today.” He watched as the witches and wolves quickly filed out. The room had been lively and full of energy just a few minutes prior. He sucked the life out of it all.
“Making enemies and killing people will do that to you,” I grinned like I wasn’t bothered with what was haunting my sleep.
“And possibly some good sex?” He leaned forward on his elbows and smiled smugly.
I crossed my arms over my chest. “I’m not sure I know what you mean.”
“I didn’t have the privilege of sleeping with Lucas, but I have heard rumors he’s a very selfless lover.”
Blood rushed to my cheeks and as much as I wanted to pretend to be embarrassed I couldn’t be. It was all real. “You came here to talk about my sex life?”
He titled his head from side to side. “I find it interesting that you can stomach doing such a thing when you have a mate.”
I rolled my eyes. “I don’t know why you concern yourself with it. Maybe I’m polyamorous.”
“That would be fine, if you weren’t a wolf. They mate for life.”
I clenched my jaw. “I never agreed to any mating, so not yet I’m not.”
He chuckled. “Once you discover that mating bond, it’ll be painful to be with others.”
I leaned across the space between us. “Why are you so obsessed with me?”
He bopped me on the nose. “Oh little wolf, I’m not obsessed withyou. I’m obsessed with what you can give me.” His eyes twinkled with mischief as he stood up to walk away.
I looked up at him unimpressed. “And what if I’m obsessed with what you can give me?”
He grinned. “Then I think we have the perfect partnership, my pet.”
I could feel Nalia rising up to his challenge inside of me. I had to think soothing thoughts to get her calm. The last thing we needed was to start a fight with the man that could kill thousands with one word. Based on how many witches he had here under his thumb, there were thousands of kids that would be collateral damage if I wasn’t careful.
Except it didn’t matter if I was careful that night. Plans had been made without me, at least I became aware of that when we were eating dinner and Lucas refused to talk to me. No matter what I said or did, he just continued to eat his food like he couldn’t hear me.
I rolled my eyes at his dramatics. “You can call me baby doll if you’d like or any of the other ridiculous nicknames you came up with.”
Lucas smirked. “That’s your secret weapon to get me to talk?”
I raised my brows. “It worked, though.”
He sighed before he took a massive bite out of his hamburger. I could feel it in the air that something wasn’t right. It was like my wolf senses were tingling. I couldn’t put my finger on it.
“Lucas, what’s going on?”
Based on the way his eyes crinkled, he was about to lie to me. But before he could get the chance an explosion rocked the building. I watched in slow-motion as I was thrown from the table I sat at and Lucas was pinned beneath it. My head connected with the wall and a high pitch noise filled my ears. Dust fell from the…
I blinked. There was no ceiling above me, all that was there was was black sky above us. I tried to sit up but my body wouldn’t listen to my internal commands.
Nalia?I thought to my other half, but she was silent. Finally, after a few more attempts I was able to rise from the rubble around me. Everything hurt and none of my senses were functioning properly. All I could hear were muffled screams and that high pitch noise. I coughed into my elbow as I tried to get to Lucas but there was too much happening around me.
A massive piece of ceiling fell from the sky and I watched as it came down to crash into me. Except it didn’t. It was suspended in the air above my head.
