Chapter 183

Chapter 183

Raven

Who do you think it is?’ Midnight mutters as we follow Neah out of Mallory’s room. She was all hyped up after learning that one of the strategies to help Neah would be sex. She was desperate to know who Damien had been sleeping with while he was going through it and her jealousy was starting to rub off on me.

We should go back and demand the information!” She sulks

‘Neah is more important.’ I mutter, though I wanted to know the answer too. They were in the middle of nowhere. There was a female Rogue and Mallory. It couldn’t have been the Rogue. Did that mean he sleeping with his best friend?

No. No. That was all before me. I can’t be jealous of his past.

‘Raven.’ Danes voice interrupts my thoughts. ‘Keep Neah upstairs.’ What’s going on?’ I link him back.

‘I will explain later. For now, Neah doesn’t need to see this.’

Neah was already at the top of the stairs when I stopped her. “Hey, can you come and help me with something?”

“Raven, I’m starving.” She mutters with a groan. “And if I’m to get through this, I at least need to keep these two happy.” She rubs her stomach.

“Then you are in luck. I have some candy bars in my room and it won’t take long.”

Her shoulders drop as she sighs. Thankfully she turns back and follows me to my room. “What do you need help with?”

“…”. shit I hadn’t actually thought of anything.

‘Ask her to look at your wound to make sure it’s not infected. You can’t see the back of your leg.’ Midnight mutters in a hurry.

I repeat Midnight’s words to Neah, she nods her head and follows me to my room.

My eyes flicker to the window, half expecting to see another handprint, this time, there is nothing there. Being watched was something I had never really had to worry about until now. And it felt like no matter where I was, eyes were on me.

It takes Neah less than a minute to inspect my leg. “I don’t really know what I’m looking for, but it doesn’t look any worse.” She drops down onto the edge of my bed. “You are hiding something from me. You could have had Damien look at your leg and I know you could have seen your reflection in that massive mirror.”

My cheeks flame and I quickly turn away. That mirror had seen a lot the last couple of days.

“It’s because of this darkness in me, isn’t it?” She pauses. “Raven, just tell me, you know I hate secrets.*

“I don’t know what it is. I just know Dane asked me to keep you upstairs.”

She immediately gets to her feet. Puffing out her cheeks.

“Focus on what Mallory said. You need to keep busy.” I pull out a handful of candy bars from the drawers and hand them to her. “Let them deal with it. Everyone has your best interests at heart. None of them are doing this to intentionally keep secrets from you.”

Something hits the window, making both of us scream. Blood is smeared as though something had just slid down the glass.

“What was that?!” We both speak in unison and move to the window

I pause when I see him. He was just as I remembered him and our eyes met moments before men started

charging him. He disappears into the forest.

“Was… was that him?” Neah whispers to me as Damien crashes into the room.

“In human form.” I feel a knot in my stomach.

Damiens arms wrap around me. He pulls my back in firmly against his chest. A reminder that he was here. “They will get him. But I want to know why you are in just a tee and panties.”

“He was out in the middle of the grounds, in broad daylight. He threw something at the window. I’m his target.” I mutter, feeling a rush of panic.

“He won’t get to you.” Damien tells me. “I will kill him myself.”

“What did he throw at the window?” Neah asks. “I can’t quite see.”

Damien pauses. “I think it’s best you speak to Dane about that.” He reaches forward and pulls the curtain closed. “Tell me!” Neah demands

“Neah, he’s right, wait for Dane.”

I see the last thing I want to see. Her eyes slowly darkening, until there is only a very faint ring of blue. What if Damien was right? What if this is it? What if we had run out of time?

“Damien, don’t.” I mutter, at the same time, I knew the next words out of Neah’s mouth would be an order. An order he couldn’t refuse.

“Tell…”

“Dane’s coming.” Damien interrupts her. “He will give you all your answers, probably more than what I can give you right now.”

She stares at him and very, very slowly, the black in her eyes retreat. Thank the Goddess for that.

“Neah?” Dane’s softly spoken voice fills the room. He only ever spoke to her like that. Sometimes it seemed like he was almost afraid of breaking her or maybe he knew it would help reason with her more. I just knew he never spoke to the rest of us in that way.

Her eyes flash to him. And for a brief moment, I expected the darkness to return.

‘She’s scary when she is like that.’ Midnight murmurs. I agreed and sometimes, it almost felt like I barely knew

her.