From Rejected Luna To Lycan Queen (Eloise and Edward) novel Chapter 369

Chapter 369 Blood Island

Chapter 369 Blood Island

ZARA.

“I can’t leave my pack and go all the way to the blood island.” I said.

“You’re coming.” He said.

My fingers tightened around the phone. “Dorian-”

“Don’t be late.”

“Infuriating asshole,” I muttered under my breath.

He chuckled, low and dark.

I prayed he couldn’t tell just how much his laugh affected me.

“You can tell me all about how irritating I am in person. See you soon. Zara.”

The call ended, leaving the apartment eerily quiet.

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Silence pressed in, thick and heavy. I stood there for a second, phone still clutched in my hand, heart thudding hard but slow now. I hated that something in my chest had unclenched anyway. Like my brain, which had been sprinting in circles all morni finally ran into a wall solid enough to lean on.

I could not believe I was about to listen to his bossy ass and go to his house.

This was starting to sound less like therapy and more like walking straight into the lion’s den.

Shadow.

I hurried to the window and shoved it open, cold air biting at my face. The blanket I’d wrapped him in lay crumpled on the chair

where I’d left him.

“Shadow, baby?” My voice came out thin as I leaned over the railing, scanning the alley below.

Did he think I abandoned him?

A sick twist of guilt tightened in my chest. I’d shoved him out here in the cold and now-

“Great,” I muttered, throat tight. “Just…great”

I stared down at the empty alley, half-expecting to see a flash of white fur darting between the dumpsters.

Nothing.

He was just…gone.

DORIAN.

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ended the call and set my phone down next to my glasses. The loft was quiet except for the tow hum of Lucien’s equipment.

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Chapter 369 Blood Island

Lucien was half draped over me, warm skin, lazy and loose, but the moment I went still, he felt it.

“So you invited her to the island He leaned over and kissed my shoulder, his lips curving into a smile against my skin.

I grunted, but didn’t reply.

I couldn’t explain why I had impulsively invited her to my home without sounding like I wanted her for myself.

That was a lie. I did want her. But there was no way in hell I’d’admit that or actually entertain the idea of touching her. Myy ears flattened, lips curling in irritation. He hated the idea of us never getting a chance to taste her.

“It’s okay to want her, Dorian.”

I growled, my protest closing in my throat.

Hearing the fear in her voice had flipped something primal in me. A protectiveness. I hadn’t been able to stop from inserting into her life and telling that human blood bag to leave her alone. I smirked to myself at how terrified he was. It was too easy didn’t even need to compel him away from her, and getting him to replace her heater was as simple as demanding it.

Too bad my bond didn’t listen as easily.

I needed to get back soon. She wasn’t the only one who hadn’t been eating properly. None of my bondmates had, not with m gone all week.

Guilt settled heavy in my chest. I’d neglected my bond while digging up wounds that should have stayed buried. Instead of be the alpha they needed, I’d crawled into Lucien’s bed and never left it.

He pushed up onto one elbow, peering down at me. “Want me to check the cameras? See who dropped off the flowers before go?”

I nodded and rubbed a tired hand down my face.

“I can’t believe Cassian showed her his fox,” Lucien said with a chuckle as he slid into a pair of shorts.

I leaned over and nipped at his shoulder, a quiet warning more than play. He shot me a heated look, a smirk tugging at his mout revealing a dimple. “Don’t start something you can’t finish. You’re the one who made plans today, Sir.”

He arched a brow in challenge.

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I slapped his ass as he stood, which only made him laugh as he crossed the loft toward his bank of monitors. I watched the easy f of muscle in his back, the narrow line of his hips I was tempted to sink my teeth into.

I groaned and fell back into the mess of pillows with a long exhale. He’s been in my ear all week about my responsibility to my bond but never once included himself in it. I didn’t want to entertain a world where I said goodbye to the raven for real.

Taking on this girl wasn’t something I was willing to do lightly. Between hunting down the shadows in her past and keeping my bond from completely scaring her off, today was going to be a test of everyone’s control.

Cassian’s call still rang in the back of my mind. My brother had already been half-infatuated with the girl. He’d even adopted the name she’d given his beast.

I shook my head at the absurdity.

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