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Newborn Vampir… Ancient.
ANDRÉ
What the fuck?!
What felt like the blast of a thousand winds pushed against me when our mate flashed past us—moving faster than human eyes could register. The force sent Dariah staggering backward, but I dashed to her side, catching her before she could hit the floor.
“What the fuck?” Dariah echoed my thoughts, eyes widening a split second before she recovered from the shock and raced after our mate.
“Timber…” Hannes murmured as our mate’s feet caught on the rug, and she began to face-plant the floor.
She was not fully in control of her new speed, but the fall didn’t happen. She bounced back to her feet before she could hit the floor, just as our Vampir Mother reached her. Unfaced and still very naked, our mate flashed past her again, her gaze devouring her surroundings while she went from one corner of the suite to the other.
Dante and I turned over and over, almost spinning in place because, apparently, our mate’s new pace was nearly too much for supernatural eyes too. Thankfully, my Vampiri nature allowed me to follow her more easily than Dante could, but she still blurred for me sometimes.
Even for the great,ancient, and all-powerful Countess Dariah Dracul, who now lagged a few seconds after our mate, trying to catch her.
Not for Hannes, though. His keen eyes were somehow perfectly trained on our mate’s every move—filled with intrigue, contemplation, and even a certain hunger. That was not a gift Wolf Shifters normally possessed, then again, Hannes ReinheitWölfe was far from normal. Maybe his otherworldly, lunar magic superseded that of any earthly Wolf Shifter.
“La naiba!”our Vampir Mother cursed under her breath, stopping her pointless pursuit. Crimson blood instantly swirled into her eyes, a sign that she’d had it, and was accessing one of her manyDeamhangifts. “Enough!”
Waves of power burst from her lips with the word, visibly curling in the air as herLimitless Compulsionrushed towards our mate.
Every inch of my body tensed, rejecting the use of compulsion against our mate, even if it came from our Dariah, and it was only for her good.
The emotions, thoughts, feelings, and desires we felt when we first awoke as Vampiri were overwhelming to say the least,especially for us born of Dariah’s blood, so I knew exactly what our mate was experiencing.
Right now, the world was new for her. Filled with electrifying energy, vibrant colors, sounds, and riveting scents she could have never conjured in her wildest dreams. Her need was all-consuming for everything this world contained… including blood.
The waves of power touched our mate just as she reached the balcony, fiery wings expanding from her back to take her away into the wonderful unknown. She halted once the compulsion swept over her and slowly turned around toward the origin of the force… viciously slow.
Bright red irises connected with Vampir Mother’s, and Dante gasped, taken aback by our mate’s gaze.
She had crimson-red eyes.
The moment I noticed her red irises a strange force crashed into me, its power almost overtaking me, and my entire body tensed.
“Natasha?” Dante murmured beside me, taking a step toward her, but I promptly grabbed his arm, stopping him.
“No,”I whispered into our shadow link.“Natalia…”
“I said, enough,” Dariah reiterated, squaring off to our mate’s defiance.
A sinful smirk lifted the corner of Natalia’s lips, and she walked back into the room.
“Stop,” Dariah ordered, the waves of her power sweeping over our mate yet again… and doing absolutely nothing.
Fuck.
Dante and I exchanged a stunned glance as icy vines wrapped around our bodies. That command should have rendered her immobile. It would have frozen any other being, including me.
“Natalia is immune to the Limitless Compulsion?”Dante asked, pride sneaking through the undertone of his shocked voice in our minds.
“No one is,” I muttered out loud, seeing Natalia purposely walk to Dariah, stopping only a few feet away.
“ReinheitWölfe Wolf Shifters are,” Hannes added, a brilliant smile that would make anyone on this planet melt—even in his Beast form—stretching his mouth.
