Take Me Once, I'll Bleed You Twice novel Chapter 64

BEATRICE

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Claire stiffened at the question, piquing Beatrice’s interest even more than before. There was no reason for the question to cause such a response there? “Well, I said I met a vampire a few years ago, didn’t I? It kind of snowballed from there.”

That didn’t add up. Claire had said she’d met a vampire at work as in here, this job. How was she able to get the job in the first place, if she on vampire while on the job?

“…riiight,” Beatrice trailed off before taking a slow sip of her drink. It was obvious her friend wasn’t being completely honest, but the re They’d always told each other everything. Having been friends since grade school and surviving the drama that was growing up had closer. Hadn’t it?

“Sorry, I need to get back to work,” Claire told them with a wave. She was gone in the blink of an eye.

“Is it just me, or does it feel like she was running from the question?” Beatrice muttered, watching her friend serve another patron.

Riaghaire looked from her to the blond and back again, sipping at his… drink. “Is that an issue for you?”

Taking a moment to think about it, Beatrice shook her head, then sighed. “I mean… it’s annoying as fuck but… we all have secrets. I thought Claire i didn’t, at least net between us, but it seems I was wrong.” She rested her elbow on the bar top, propping her chin up with her hand. “I’m more frust that I was naive enough to think otherwise. You’d think I’d know better by now.”

The vampire had nothing to say in response or, if he did, he kept it to himself.

The busier the bar became, the more Beatrice began to wonder if this had been a good idea. Like Claire had said, everyone who entered loosed human first glance. Closer inspection was needed to realize that man in the corner? His mouth was twice as wide as it should be. The woman two tables away skin wasn’t skin but something else – scales? Coarse fur? It was hard to tell with the bar’s the lighting.

There was a handful of some of the most beautiful men and women Beatrice had ever seen before, and she was caught openly staring, causing

to wink at her in response.

Turning back to face the bar, Beatrice let out a breath.

“Incubi and succubi,” Riaghaire informed her with an amused look on his face. “Beautul, are they not

“Aren’t those the ones that are all about sex or something?”

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“That is wise,” he nodded, looking aliust

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“Why the hell would you have him phrase it that way?‘ Beatrice hlased

Chapter 64

“That’s–dangerous line you’re walking,” the Alpha warned. “Once you choss it, there is no going back.”

She let out a laugh. “I basically said the same thing to him Hendricks, I foean freedom?”

and he ignored me. Do I really have a choice, if I want to keep

“The mate bond will change your mind, eventually,” he informed her as he crossed his arms. “Whether you want it to or not, it will happen. That’s works. It’s meant to keep you both together, no matter what. Soon enough, you won’t want to live without him.”

Riaghaire found himself standing in the Alpha’s personal space again, anger coursing through him. He had to consciously keep his hands at his side doing something he shouldn’t. Yet. This beast dare say such a thing to his gréine? There was no way he would allow this to happen if it meant kill Hendricks against the human’s wishes, that is what he would do. Saving her from herself was also well within the bounds of the promise he’d made

“Ryan, it’s fine,” he heard Beatrice say, drawing his attention to her, but he stayed unmoving. “Just because! don’t like the truth doesn pay for saying it.”

Riaghaire hesitated, then nodded. “Very well.” He took a few steps back, feeling dissatisfied about the entire affair. How was she so calm about us?

secretly want the bond to take over? Had it already altered her feelings towards Hendricks enough for her to accept its supposed inevitability)

The beast’s gaze moved between the two of them. “How do you get him to listen to you like that? I’ve never seen anything like it.”

She glanced over at Riaghaire and tilted her head to one side. “Because he seems to think he owes me a life debt.”

There was a long silence before the beast finally found his voice again. “…what…”

“What do you know about Hendricks‘ pack?,” she asked.

The Alpha looked annoyed that she’d changed the subject but went along with it. “The Bluemoon Pack is slightly larger than most, and has been aroun centuries. They aren’t exactly powerful, but they have deep connections. Actually, one of the Alpha’s… great–uncles, I believe, is an Elder.”

“And that means…?”

“A Council of Elders rules over the Alphas, enacting laws and that sort of thing – kind of like your human parliament or senate, I think. Thes are like power. The Bluemoon Pack has a voice on the Council and that makes them dangerous to cross.”

“I see,” she murmured, a thoughtful expression on her face as she drank a bit more of the blue liquid “That means you din 1 have the pones from entering your territory without permission.”

“I never said that,” he scoffed “No wolf may enter another pack’s territory without first sending a request

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“No wolf may be turned away without good reason”

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The beast hesitated again “You are not

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