Take Me Once, I'll Bleed You Twice novel Chapter 34

BEATRICE

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Riaghaire continued to stare at Beatrice and she was beginning to feel uncomfortable. If he wasted any more time he wouldn’t be able to escape. Did he not realize she was using him to stop the ceremony? It was a short term solution, sure, but it was the best the could do with what was available.

“… hello?” She finally asked, waving a hand in front of his face,

“You… are only here to set me free…?” His voice was full of confusion, as though he couldn’t comprehend the situation he found –

1. in.

Beatrice placed her hands on her hips and frowned. “Well, I’m not here to show off my dress, that’s for sure. Now, knock me

the hell out of here. And, if you’re feeling up to it, feel free to crash the party on your way out.” If she kept adding things to the

might think she expected him to actually do all of it.

self

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As things stood, even if he didn’t knock her out to give her plausible deniability for his escape what were the werewolves going to do? Lock her in the dungeon? Oh, so scary. She preferred that over dealing with Alphass Hendricks any day. Lock her up and throw awa

the key, by all means.

The sound of the heavy dungeon door opening reached them, as did that of hurried footsteps as someone made their way down to the

dungeon.

“Dammit,” Beatrice swore under her breath as she stepped around Riaghaire, moving towards the gate at the bottom of the stairs.

A cold hand wrapped itself around her wrist, followed by a gentle, but firm, tug. This unbalancing her enough that she staggered backwards into the vampire’s chest. “Trust me,” he whispered, so low she barely heard him, even with his lips pressed against her eat He wrapped a bony arm around Beatrice, pinning her against his chest as he placed his free hand on her throat

Benedict the Tweedledick appeared at the bottom of the stairs where he stopped, eyes growing wide when he caught sight of Beatrice and Riaghaire. “You…!” he growled, his fingers beginning to shift into claws as his shoulders bunched.

“You move, she dies,” Riaghaire warned the werewolf, who somehow stopped mid shift upon hearing the vampire’s words. “Go back to human.” The hand on her throat tightened ever so slightly, causing Beatrice to grow concerned.

Sure, he’d asked her to trust him, but the truth was she barely knew the vampire. Could she trust him” As a human, she was his favourite food; would he keep her around just to use her as a blood bag? Did that thought even bother her?

If it got her away from Hendricks, Beatrice didn’t think she’d mind being a vampire’s source of food once or twice, provided he diún t drain her dry and set her free once they were far, far away from here

“Let her go,” the Beta growled, making the air itself vibrate as his eyes shone gold

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