When she finished the swim and crawled onto the banks, I sat down in the boat, and I used the other dark gift from my creature heritage.
I pushed my consciousness into my protectors.
“Follow Alexis, watch her. Don’t leave her side,” I commanded them.
Hell and Hound stalked forward into the mountain entrance, invisible to everyone but me.
I sat down in the boat and focused on the connection with my protectors that pounded through my sternum.
Whatever they saw, I saw.
We were one.
Being in two places at once could be disconcerting, but it was easiest when I had nothing to do. Lucky for me—my schedule was free formonths.
Hell and Hound slunk into the back of the dark classroom—making creature noises that only I could hear—as they zeroed in on Alexis, who was hunched over, shivering.
She whipped her head around and squinted directly at where they were.
My breath caught.
Can she see them?
She slumped lower and looked away, shaking her head like she was imagining something.
She doesn’t know I’m watching her.
Chuckling, I lounged back in the boat and spread my arms wide as I enjoyed the view.
Alexis Hert didn’t know it yet, but she’d enthralled a monster.
Things were about to getverymessy.
I laughed harder.
The stalking had begun.
Chapter 35
The Plan
Augustus:Present day
Click. Click.Click.
My dress shoes echoed against Italian marble. I carried mynew bride against my chest, up the grand stairway of our villa.
Kharon walked beside me, and his expression was smug.
My face mirrored his.
We’d won.
Our plan had come to fruition.
We were married to Alexis—bonded for life with a Chthonic Spartan who was our equal. We were more powerful than ever. It was the most glorious feeling in the world. She was perfect for us.
Perfectlyours.
