Chapter 474
Chapter 474
Neah
It was so satisfying.
I roll the remainder of his heart in the palm of my hand as the deep red blood slowly drips from my fingers. No one could survive that. Not even him.
My eyes flicker up to Samara. She is still in Lycan form but sat on the ground, right next to the head she removed. The first kill is always overwhelming. Something takes over and it just kind of happens. For her, it might have been Dakota taking the lead.
Behind her, hiding behind a tree is Blair. The moment she realises that I could see her, she turns around and runs through the forest. At least she was heading back to the grounds.
Damien drops out of the tree, landing a few feet from me. He grabs my wrist and turns it over letting the crumpled up heart fall to the ground.
‘Go.’ He links me. ‘I will burn what’s left.’
There’s nothing else we can do here. Nyx murmurs
I turn around to find Dane waiting for me. His crimson eyes lock on mine and he smiles. He always did enjoy watching me kill.
“There’s something in there for Neah.” Brax calls out. I look to see him pointing out the backpack that was by Dane. Dane swipes it up and pulls out a shirt for me.
As I shift, Dane wraps the soft fabric around me, threading my arms through the sleeves. He slowly fastens the buttons, working from the top down. “We need to get you cleaned up.” He murmurs with a smile.
“Blair was here.” My words were barely as whisper but my head was buzzing
“I expect she wanted to watch.” He keeps his eyes on mine as he fastens the final button. “Wouldn’t you if the person in question had almost destroyed your life.”
He takes my hand and leads the way through the forest. “The people he killed?” I mutter, looking back over my shoulder. “We can’t just leave them.”
*They will be handled with respect.” Dane tells me as he pulls back a branch for me. “They put their lives on the line and as much as I hate that we lost them, it drove the others forward. They were all too happy to rip him apart for what he did. And they would do it again and again if they could.”
As we get to the edge of the forest, I could see Blair talking to Maddie and sitting a few metres from them is the new person, Eris.
*Did Maddie get her abilities back? Blair did and so did Eris.”
Dane nods, “She can smell Brax again. Heal and hear better, but just like before, she still can’t shift, but that wasn’t anything to do with Cooper. That is something else entirely.” He stops me moving any further. “Are you going to tell me about the new woman?”
I was half surprised she was still here. She could have left the moment we were no longer present. But I guess she was sticking around because of Damien. “She is Damien’s mate.”
His brows knit together. “His mate?”
I nod.
“Already? I didn’t think it would happen this fast.”
I shrug my shoulders because I don’t know how it worked. I was sort of still mated to Kyle when Dane came into my life. I didn’t think that was possible.
*And Cooper had her locked up in the house.” I mutter. There hadn’t been time to explain everything. As soon as I realised snapping his neck hadn’t worked. I linked Dane to set up the hunt.
“Why?”
“I don’t really know the ins and outs but Klaus said she was okay. The priority was Cooper.”
We walk over to her and she jumps up on her feet. She drops her head to Dane and sticks out her hand. “I’m Eris. Thank you for letting me be here. Do you know where Damien is?”
“He is just clearing up. He will be back soon.”
Her eyes flash up and she drops her hand as she stares at Dane, “Oh shit!” She takes a step back. “This was a trap for me, wasn’t it?”
“A trap?” Dane muses. “If you hadn’t noticed, we were too busy hunting the prick that held you hostage.”
Eris’s eyes move to me, scanning me from my feet up, taking in all the blood. “He’s really dead?”
“Yes.”
Her eyes move back to Dane. “Have you told him I’m here?”
“Have I told who?” He asks
She glances around, “I only came here because Klaus said it was safe, he lied to me.”
“About what?” I ask confused
*Is he coming?” She presses, taking another step back.
“I don’t know who you are talking about.”
*The man I’m running from, Alpha Silas.”
“Who?” Dane demands
Eris’s eyes are wide and she doesn’t blink as she stares back. “Alpha Silas. Please don’t. Please, I had to do it. I can’t be part of that! Please don’t make me go back. I will do anything. Give me time. I can look after myself. You don’t need to tell him I’m here. i can leave.”