Their Hidden Princess (Zora) novel Chapter 233

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Chapter 233

“Brilliant,” Maximus breathed.

“That was good, Wolfham,” Valentin said. “I want you to keep working on that over there. Try sending it into the grass with force. As if it were a weapon. Just don’t set the entire field on fire.”

Maximus nodded with a half laugh and a shrug. “I’ll try.”

He took off across the field, procuring the orb back in his hands again. It watched as he gently pushed it off of his palms and sent it towards the ground with more speed than he sent it to me. It looked more weapon–like in that moment than before.

“Moonraiser,” Valentin said. “Your turn.”

“Zora and I have bonded,” he said plainly. “But she feels like fire to me.”

“Fire?” Valentin raised an eyebrow. He looked at me. “I was under the impression-”

“No,” I shook my head. I looked at Kairos for help in an explanation. He gave me nothing, staring at me like I was the reason we hadn’t bonded, not his possessiveness. I blinked at him.

“Okay,” Valentin drew the word out long. “I don’t know how well this will work but try and materialize the fire in your palms as Wolfham did.”

Kairos nodded then brought his hand up. He pulled his eyebrows in together and I watched the veins in his forearm pulse as he strained. Sure enough, a small puff of a flame appeared in his extended hand. He huffed and it disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

“Fuck,” he hissed.

“That was good without having Zora’s bond,” Valentin crossed his arms over his chest. “It’ll become easier when you’ve completed the bond.”

Kairos nodded and brushed his hair off his face. He refused to look me in the eye. I rolled my eyes. Was he still angry about having to share me? I looked over his shoulder as I caught something across the field behind him. I gasped and staggered backwards when I realized what it was.

A hoard of ten vampires was surging across the field in broad daylight. They all had sickly pale skin and bright red eyes that were manic. Their arms flailed wildly as they ran, snarling and hissing like feral animals.

“Run!” I shouted. “Run!”

“Run?” Kairos said. “Zora, what-

“Look!” I jabbed a finger towards the hoard. I started to backpedal and stumbled, tripping over my own feet. The vampires were getting far to close. I scrambled back on my hands just as one vampire got to Valentin.

He grabbed my fated mate by the head and wrenched his neck to the side so he could sink his fangs into Valentin’s neck. All at once, my mate’s body went limp. I shrieked, fear coursing through me like an explosion. As the first vampire dropped Valentin’s limp body at his feet, a second grabbed Kairos and did the same to him.

“NO!” I screamed. “NO!”

A third vampire came close to me. He squatted down and grabbed my chin in his hand. He pulled me close enough to him that I could see the pulsing pupils on top of his ruby red eyes. He smiled at me, tongue coming out to lick the pointed canines he had. I tried to pull back but his grip was iron.

“Hello, Princess,” he drawled.

“Stop!” I shrieked, slamming my eyes shut. “Stop!”

“Zora!”

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