“I see that
even though you’re wearing that piece of silver on your finger you’re not
immune either.” Gray turned back her way. “Katy you’re also running a
little…shall we say hot. The silver will only do so much,” he said the
word like it disgusted him.
“I’m a Chaser, it’s my duty to protect her even from the likes of
you,” pure aggression poured from Cole.
“That ring doesn’t change who you are. Nothing will ever take away
the demon in you. Instead of suppressing it you should embrace it. You’d be a
better Chaser.” Gray shook his head.
Cole seemed to think on this for a few seconds. “Forget the ring.
Every wolf within smelling distance will be looking to mate with her. They
won’t be able to help themselves.”
“Yeah, they’ll all be horny as all hell…but they won’t mate her,” Gray
responded.
This was all too much and again she had the almost overwhelming urge
to rush back to Boston. To pick up with her life and bury her head in the sand,
but she knew that it wouldn’t help. It wouldn’t change the facts. She was half demon
wolf. She’d always been a little different but there had always been a
reasonable explanation. Or had there? It all made sense now. The way
cats raised their hackles, spat and hissed at her. She loved her meat rare –
the bloodier the better. The claw marks on her ex-boyfriend’s back. The list
was long. Long enough to have had people call her a freak. To have had every
guy she ever dated dump her as soon as they got to know her a little. Truth
was, if she’d really been paying attention she would’ve noticed, she’d been
running away for too long. It was time to face up to the truth.
“Katy might smell like every wolf’s number one fantasy, but she’s
strictly off limits. Bain has put out the order that he’ll kill anyone Alpha,
Beta, Omega, anyone who lays even a single finger on her let alone mates
with her and believe me he’ll stick to it. He’s crazy on a regular day and
since he’s the one who inflicted that bite, he’ll be certifiable at the moment.
The pheromones will be affecting him ten times more than the rest of us.”
“Yeah, it explains things. Question is what do we do about it?” Cole
growled.
“There is only one thing we can do, we need to kill Bain. He won’t
stop until he has her.”
Cole shook his head slowly, “The last thing I want is to become an
Alpha and you Gray, you can’t tell me that you feel like leading the pack that
kicked you out.”
Gray turned to her, “Any wolf that somehow manages to kill Bain will
automatically become the new Alpha of his pack.”
This was turning from bad to worse. “Why wouldn’t your Demon Agency
be able to help me if he raped me and forced me to stay with him?”
Cole looked her straight on, his eyes softened. “Bain marked you. He
plans to mate with you, his seed together with a bite would bind you together.
The bond would be more powerful during a full moon. Think of it as an imaginary
rope that will bind you to him. Once you are bonded there will be nothing we
can do, the Demon Lores are clear, DCA will not be able to interfere once that
happens.”
“What the hell are Demon Lores? That’s ridiculous and unfair. I’ll
be bound to him even if I don’t love him…or…Oh God…will I somehow be
manipulated into loving him?” The thought appalled her more than being raped by
that monster.
“Demon Lores are the rules I was talking to you about. There are
general Lores and species specific Lores. It gets complicated. He can’t make
you love him Katy, not even demon magic can influence the heart. You would be
forced to stay with him. Your heart and soul are yours alone to give though.”
She felt tears prick her eyes. She wanted to be able to be given a
chance at love, more importantly to be able to choose her own mate.
“Let’s get moving. If you found us”—Cole gestured to Gray—“it won’t
be long before the rest are here to bash our doors down.