Take Me Once, I'll Bleed You Twice novel Chapter 48

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Take Me Once, I’ll Bleed You Twice

Chapter 48

BEATRICE

Beatrice hung up the phone and swore loudly, Fucking Alphass Hendricks Goddamn Bluemoon was ruining her life. Not only had she lost her apartment and probably couldn’t even use the landlord as a reference for future rentals because they’d stolen all his things, the bastards – she was now unemployed.

Fingers gripping the edge of the counter, Beatrice hung her head as she worked through the anger that burned in her chest. Why did everything have to fall apart all at once? Things had been going so well before that asshole showed up. She’d had a stable, decent paying job – it wasn’t anything to brag about but it paid the bills – a nice apartment… life had been pretty great. Then Fuckface McGee appeared and now she had no apartment, no job, and no references

she could use to find new ones.

Fan–fucking–tastic.

She was also scared of falling asleep, in the event Fuckface broke through the bond again. There was also this empty feeling in her chest that hadn’t been there before. Beatrice placed a hand over it and pressed down as if to alleviate the ache. It did nothing. Clenching her hand, she bit her bottom lip and

continued to wrestle with her emotions.

“…are you unwell?”

Startled, Beatrice whipped her head around to see Riaghaire had joined her in the kitchen. He must have heard her swearing and come to investigate. “I’m

fine,” she lied, turning her face away so he wouldn’t notice her pain.

“You are a terrible liar.”

Beatrice let out a harsh laugh. “It’s not… a lie. I am fine. Will be fine. Compared to how things were at the pack house, I can’t complain.”

“Are you worried that the Alpha will return for you?”

“We both know he will,” she retorted, grimacing at the tone she’d used. “Sorry. it’s not your fault.”

“You do not wish to go to him, correct?”

“Of course not,” she told the vampire, turning back to glare at him for asking such a ridiculous question. “I want nothing to do with him.”

“The mate bond is not affecting you at all?”

Beatrice hesitated, and that was enough of a response for Riaghaire, who, slowly nodded

“I see. That is unsurprising. With the bond complete, it is only a matter of time before

“It’s not complete,” she interupted “It’s not ”

He cocked his head to one side, giving her a curious book And yet you are marked

“But he isn’t,” she replied “I never marked him, which is important for whatever reason. The dopezen koos of bay kun kan button but they al it sound like the bond wouldn’t be complete without it

The vampire’s eyes widened at this and it looked like a smile was tugging at the corners of his grouth Then there if stl 4. At the be

broken”

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Chapter 48

Hearthy those words brought so much relief to Beatrice the had to use the counter to hold herself up “These better be I refuse to be brueders to this amsterd for the test of my Life.

“Even though it benefits you?”

“Benefits me? How in hell is it benefitting me?”

Riaghaire pointed to his neck as he spoke. “You had a bruise your neck, from my hand, before you excused yourself to rest. It has already braind

Beatrice stared at him for long moment before pushing herself away from the counter and marching to the bathroom. There, in the

neck and found he’d spoken the truth. “Jesus fucking Christ…” she whispered, fists clenching as she gritted her teeth

Was healing super fast useful? Damn right it was. Did she want it? Not if it meant being tied to that fucker.

It did explain why her shoulder was no longer sore from when Tweedledum had smacked her in the car. She hadn’t even noticed it until brow

sucks.”

Riaghaire’s eyebrows rose. “It sucks? Am I misunderstanding the meaning of this phrase?”

“No, you’re not,” Beatrice assured him with a shake of her head. “Sure, fast healing is great and all, but I’d rather keep the bruise of it means Hendricks won’t just show up and kidnap me.”

Again, the vampire looked like he wanted to smile but held it back. “I see. Is the mate bond affecting you in other ways?”

Beatrice let out a sigh. “He showed up in my dreams,” she muttered, angry at the memory. “He seems to think you brainwashed me — eyes – and that I need protecting, or saving, or… I don’t even know. It’s all such a mess.”

something about

“He is able to communicate with you?”

“Well…” she hedged, tilting her head from one side to the other. “Sort of. When I’m not blocking him out.”

The vampire’s eyebrows rose in surprise. “You are able to block him from your mind?”

Beatrice shrugged. “For the most part. He’s always kind of there, but more like a dot at the back of my mind. He’s a literal beads the but the the bond shut, the less it hurts.” Should she tell him about that feeling in her chest? That had to be from the mate bond Or maybe it wa everything in her life was falling apart and she’d basically just lost everything. All her thing were back with the werewolves clothes off her back, as neither the silver dress nor her current attire were hers.

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Kiaghaire had moved closer to her and placed one of his hands at the base of her skull, and the other on har hoved Mas felt really, really good. “Does this help?” He asked.

“Mmhmm,” she mumbled, pressing a hand against the one on her forehead “The headlas he isn’t bad but that feels great

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