The beast and the blessed novel by Ashley Breanne novel Chapter 40

Forty: Killian

Killian’s P.O.V.

Her eyes were wide with wonder as she looked up at me, a smile pulling at the corner of her lips. Something about the way she was looking at me had heat rising in my cheeks and the tips of my ears, and I cleared my throat as I looked away.

It was that siren look she had, with her big green eyes and her long brown hair. Her red lips were parted just enough to show a small sliver of teeth, and her chest rose and fell faster and deeper than normal.

She was pulling me in, calling me to her.

'Boss!" My driver called out as he slammed on the brakes. My arms tightened around Natalie as she sat in my lap to prevent her from going flying at the sudden stop. My eyes burned as they flashed red, and my beast made himself known as I let out a loud growl.

My pack was surrounding the car quickly. All but the drivers were stepping out of the vehicles and shifting into their Lycan form as they roared, announcing they were prepared for battle. We were just outside the city, a mile, if not less. But the chance of us getting back into the city without an issue had gone.

I didn't need to ask what caused the chaos. Up ahead, I could see him very clearly. The smirk on his face, the black eyes, and the pale skin. He stood in the middle of the road, not bothering to hide. He was just a decoy, there to taunt us.

"It's an ambush," I whispered as I looked out the windows to the tree line on either side. No vampire would be so stupid as to stand against me and my guard on their own.

I gently moved Natalie off my lap and into the middle seat before pressing a kiss to her head and opening my car door. "Code Green!”

My voice carried through the trees, and several birds scattered from the treetops as my men took formation. Natalie reached for my arm, just barely brushing my skin with the tips of her fingers as I stepped out of the vehicle.

"Killian..." She called out with fear in her voice.

"It's going to be okay. I'll be home soon." As the words left my mouth, Tobias brushed by me in his Lycan form and shoved himself into the car. Natalie gasped as he shifted back into his skin. I watched her for only a moment longer as my men continued to surround the vehicle.

Tobias used one forearm and pushed it against Natalie's chest to keep her from fighting him as he reached over and clicked her seatbelt in place with his other hand. Another guard jumped into the other side of the car, and Natalie jumped, turning to look at him. I took advantage of her turning to look away from me to shift into my Lycan form.

The impenetrable wall around me began to sprint forward toward the vampire as the car containing my mate sped away. They knew their orders. They had to protect the Queen at all costs. She was their priority right now.

The other half of my men stayed with me as I ran into the tree line, not wanting to stay out in the open.

I looked back just in time to see one of Natalie's guards launch himself out of the tree line and through the apparition of the vampire, landing on the other side of the road just as the SUV sped past him. Black smoke filled the area where the vampire had just been standing but dissipated in the air quickly.