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They’d taken out everyone else, bodies littering the street, blood like dark oil spills along the road It was a massacre

We were safe for the ti

“I don’t mean to be one of those douches who interrupts that specialthe human authorities”

I looked over at Adryan, and despite the situation, the fear and adrenaline still coursing through , I feltand familiar

“I’ve called in a crew to clean up the bodies before shit hits the huet the fuck out of here” Adryan stood there, all i and cocky, as if he dictated to the entire world what happened next

The air changed, this wild energy surroundingsensation hout ht at me

And then a second later there was a sharp crack through the air, as if a ripple had just h me

One iant wolf, and the next, he stood in his hu so many emotions to rush out of me that I couldn’t help the tears that slid down my face His expression softened as he stepped close to me, his body co sexual happening He ran one of his fingers alongit to hisit away

He said so low and deep in Gaelic, and I didn’t stopht over his heart, listening to the steady beat of it to reassure myself that he was here and that he was safe and alive Nothing will take him from me

“Also,” Adryan said, of course interrupting thewith Cian, “if you would have waited forout of there like a bat out of hell, I could’ve explained the bracelet your estured to the delicate wolf chain that rapped around ured since they were going after her to get to you, the set her safety and location locked down in case we had to find her”

Once again the air changed, and before I kneas happening, Cian was standing in front of Adryan, his ar it forward and connected with the vampire's jaw Adryan’s head whipped to the side froe, fear once again rising in me

“That’s for lavishing gifts on my mate when I kno’ it wasn’t just because of kindness in yer cold, dead heart” He snarled “That’s for giving her a tracking device without tellingout the words “And it’s also for puttingher hurt, whether it was intentional or no’ It does no’ matter”

He took a step back and scrubbed a hand over his face, the blood that had been on his jaw and chest as a wolf now covering his chin and entire upper body “And if ye want tae clock h” He stared at uish on his face and in his eyes

He lookedas he took in every little nick and cut I started h I could cup his jaw

“It's no one's fault,” I whispered “Not Adryan’s, and certainly not yours” I rose onabout the blood or atched

“Damn ro

Cian growled and turned so he was in front ofme from everyone's view I looked around his arm to stare at the vampire

Adryan slanced down to see the saze, and while he stared at Cian, he brought his thu off the blood and grinning

“That was your one and only freebie, wolf” He shrugged “And yeah, I iven her the clothes and the bracelet not wholly out of the goodness ofwhen Cian gave a deep growl and instantlythe vampire’s view of me “I may have also done it because I’m an asshole”