Take Me Once, I'll Bleed You Twice novel Chapter 55

BEATRICE

A vampire flunky. Beatrice couldn’t believe it. First, she had and still did vampire. Her life was all kinds of fucked up.

a werewolf mate, and now she found herself a puppy, better known as a

It made her rethink what had almost happened between her and Raghaire in the bathroom earlier that day. If the mark on her shoulder hadn’t flared up was possible things could have progressed into something… steamier. Beatrice pushed that thought aside, unwilling to deal with it at the moment.

The more Riaghaire bounced back to his normal appearance, the more attractive he became. He had a strong jaw with just the touch of a cleft dark eyes that held unknown secrets, and a smile that changed his usual broody expression into something bright and carefree.

Was his interest in her something worth exploring, or was it because of the debt? Did he have some kind of indebted complex towards Beatrinid sort of like Stockholm Syndrome? If that was the case, then whatever was going on should be avoided at all cost, right? Otherwise she’d just be taking advantage of his vulnerability.

Ha. A wampire being vulnerable because of a crush was laughable. He was basically going to live forever, while her lifespan was a blip in comparison. Why bother pursuing something with someone who was alive for only a fleeting moment? It had to be because he associated it with repaying his debt.

…would it hurt, though, if she let it happen? What harm could it cause? If he was going to spend the rest of her life hanging around, then why shouldn’t take advantage of that? He’d initiated the whole thing, so it wasn’t like she was the one making the first move. Did that make a difference?

“You’re thinking pretty hard, Bea,” Claire said, drawing her from the thought rabbit hole she’d fallen into.

“I’ve got a lot to process,” she muttered, resting her chin in her hand. “My life is completely fucked up right now.”

“Mmm, yeah, sounds about right,” the blond nodded. “But you still got me.”

Beatrice sighed, then smiled. “Yeah. As frustrating as you can be, I’d be lost without you.”

“I’m going to ignore the ‘frustrating‘ part of that and take it as a compliment. So, what’s the plan? Hide out here forever?”

“I don’t even know. I’ve been told there’s a way to break the mate bond by making another with someone stronger,” Beatrice explained with a sheng, “Bhut that’d be just another leash.”

“Well, maybe there’s a way to actually break it? You know, without trading it for something else.

This caught Beatrice’s attention. Sitting up straighter, she stared at her friend “What do you mean?”

“Well, why not ask a wolf about the imate bond? Not from your Alphass‘ pack

“He’s not my anything.”

“–yeah, yeah, I know. But there are other wolves around, and there’s always a chance they aren’t on good terms with the pack that kidnapped you ”

“Why wouldn’t they be on good terms? Do you know something I don’t?”

Claire shook her head. “They’re territorial as fuck, is what I’m saying The fact Hendricks came to the city, but couldn’t stay long enough to get a second chance to even learn your name, means the local pack probably gave him a strict timeline for how long he was allowed to be in their territory *

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7:06 pm G MO

Chapter 55-

“Wait Are you saying Hendricks shouldn’t be able to get to me while I’m in the city, without approval from some other Alpha?”

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