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Lucia entered then His plans for revenge immediately shifted to concern for his , and even after all she&039;d done to hiht
As Lucia descended the stairs, Garreth shot to his feet beside his brother, both standing so tall and proud She was struck by how similar they were in looks, with the saolden eyes
Absently, she wondered if Lachlain had told Garreth about the Valkyrie&039;s incursion yesterday at Kinevane - specifically Lucia&039;s own actions And she uilt that the brothers&039; reunion had to be as prisoners in her baseaze
Not wanting the Lykae to see she&039;d been crying, she tilted her head so her hair covered her face
"She&039;s no&039; better?" he asked
Lucia shook her head "Aunt Luce, aether, Lucia!
Lachlain clenched the bars, looking to be in agony over Emma "She heals whenever she drinks from me"
Garreth appeared stunned "You let her?" When Lachlain nodded, Garreth said to Lucia, "Then Lachlain o to her"
"Annika forbids it He&039;s not to go near her Es that aren&039;t there, one mad Annika puts the blame squarely on his shoulders"
Garreth asked, "What does she see?"
"Emma says that Demestriu was her father, and he put her in the fire, so she killed him"
Lachlain answered, "She - did"
Both of the their heads toward him
"She did She killed Demestriu"
Lucia shook her head "Sweet Emma? Kill the most powerful and deadly vampire ever to live?"
"Aye He hurt her Do none of you believe her?"
Garreth gave him an incredulous expression "De? I&039;ve seen her - she&039;s as fragile as an eggshell"
Lucia added, "Lachlain, when she finds a moth inside and tries to free it - well, if she accidentally dusts its wings, she&039;s distraught for an entire night I just don&039;t see her killing this fiend on his horound when our fiercest Valkyrie have failed to do so on a field of battle And Furie, the strongest of us? If Demestriu could be killed by a Valkyrie, then surely she&039;d have done it"
"You doona know Emma as I do No&039; anymore - "
"Then what does she mean when she says Furie is alive but shouldn&039;t be?" Lucia demanded, afraid to hope
"She&039;s been imprisoned by the Horde De"
Lucia swayed Imprisoned? Perhaps trapped at the bottom of the ocean? In a s Kristoff has her blood?"
"They&039;re first cousins"
Her lips parted in surprise "Furie lives"
"If you doona believe ht I left it with Bowen, aat Lachlain and turned to Lucia "Go get it For Annika to see"
She raised her eyebrows "You want o to the clan?" To the compound? The kennel?
Garreth said, "Tell them I sent you, and they will no&039; hurt you I vow it"
Please "I know they won&039;t succeed in hurtinga bow, a your people They will not thank you for it"
"I would do it myself," Garreth snapped "But I canna since I&039;ve been put in a cage after co to your rescue"
What if all he said was true? Then Emma desperately needed to drink from Lachlain But Annika would never alloithout proof "I&039;ll retrieve and review it," Lucia said, "then give it to Annika, if it&039;s as you say"
Lachlain growled low in his throat, straining against the bars "Da Can you no&039; just take my blood for her to drink?"
"Annika forbids it I&039;intoward the front door, about to haul ass to the kennel "Where are you going?"
"Apparently I&039; to the Lykae compound Lachlain swears there&039;s a fil De happens"
Once she was gone, Garreth continued to stare at the door, telling Lachlain, "Lousha will be quick about it"
"How long have you known she&039;s yours?"
That obvious? Garreth faced his brother "A while now"
"I wondered why you were so eager to re the cell for weaknesses "You&039;ve no&039; told her?"
"Lousha&039;s tricky And I suspect she&039;s a runner Tell her so she does no&039; want to hear and she&039;ll disappear And she feels no love for me She&039;s the reason I&039;m here in the first place," he ad pain when she ood Annika set a trap, baited it with LoushaI should have known there was no way she&039;d ain You&039;ve never seen a creature shoot as she - "
"I have a good idea" Lachlain drew his shirt aside, exposing a wound on his shoulder
I&039;ll bluidy kill her She went to Scotland and shot er toward her" Lachlain fisted two bars, struggling to stretch them apart "They&039;ve reinforced these?"
"Aye" Garreth joined hi the same bars Lachlain contended with "These creatures ally with the witches Annika toldphysical can bend these"
When they both failed toto punch one of the cement walls
"I canna believe she shot you" Garreth had known she&039;d been gone for an entire day before Eht she&039;d been to Scotland and back "When we get out of here, I&039;ll - "
"No, I doona care Especially since you seem to accept thatto hide his exasperation, Garreth grated, "I would no&039; give a da as you are content with her And it&039;s clear you are"
"Aye, but I have to get to her" Lachlain knelt down, clawing at the floor
"At least we&039;re no&039; chained When they open this door, we can attack"
"I&039;d prefer to be only chained," Lachlain said, his eyes wild "I&039;d take off er"
Garreth studied his brother&039;s expression Any Lykae would do the same for his mate But Lachlain had made that statement as if he spoke from experience What has happened to you out there, brother?
"Trust- "
When a whirowled in answer, pounding at the bars Then he deliberately raised his gaze to the ceiling "I can dig through"
"Lachlain, I doona think that&039;s wise This house is centuries old and gets battered as you would no&039; believe"
"Doona care"
"You roove construction One piece falls, it&039;ll be like a do have made it unsound I doona think Val Hall can take a Lykae biting through the first floor"
"Support it while I&039;one"
"Hold the floor? If I canna, you could be hurting both ourdown"
Lachlain slapped him on the shoulder "Be sure that you doona drop it"
Chapter 16
Princess freaking Lucia
Her trip to the Lykae compound had been like a bucket of ice water tossed in her face Because the denizens there had welcomed her - as Garreth&039;s "mate" She&039;d heard the whispers, the truth out loud: "That&039;s Princess Lucia, the Archer"
He lied! I aet what he wanted Typical male
Now as she hastened out the door with the tape, she called Regin "I&039;ht noith the video - it&039;s all true Get Annika to let Ein! Demestriu was the one who hurt Emma, and she did truly kill him"
"You&039;re a little late Take your ti to stop her heart "Eo! Just like you said, she drank froed with relief, sinking onto the front steps of the kennel E to live! Then Lucia frowned "Annika allowed this?"
"Hell no The wolves escaped And then Emma the Timid bitchslapped me when I went after Lachlain!" she added happily "I raph theher paid off"
"What are you talking about? Where&039;s Garreth?"
"Holding up, like, the entire floor of Val Hall while we get repairs done Lachlain tore and bit through the ceiling over the cage to get to E, about to fall down Just goes to show you, Lykae are outside pets," Regin said with a snort "And EIto be their queen, her first decree could be that all Lykae are the Valkyrie&039;s bitches She&039;s resistant to the idea, but I&039;ll wear her down"
Emma was safe - healthy And in love "How are the others reacting?"
"They&039;re kind of feeling that if E Demestriu, then felicitations to them both And Lachlain did just save her life Also, no Valkyrie were injured in theof their recent escape Still, doesn&039;t "
E between the Valkyrie and Lykae would be different
Didn&039;tto do with hi her
"So what&039;s the kennel like?" Regin asked
Lucia turned toward the building with narrowed eyes Before or after I get through with it?
"Do they have food bowls and chew toys all around?"
"The &039;coe" The whole vibe was so normal It&039;d rattled her all theout there Yes, there were some claw marks on the walls, but hell, Val Hall had its own "love stripes"
"And?" Regin asked
"What?"
"What else happened?" Regin said "I can hear so in your voice"
"I&039; sound "Dude Sorry"
"I&039;ve known, but I&039;ve been in denial He even denied it" Which proved that he was a cool custo mine as he demanded her eternity "But to hear the reality said out loud, and to see his clan treating me like one of their own, like their princess it was just tooas it hadn&039;t been acknowledged, she could pretend it wasn&039;t so
Now, the truth sunk in, her suspicions were confirmed, his lie revealed
"He won&039;t leave you alone Especially not until he&039;s claiin said
"I know" Lykae si embodiment of obsession Just like Lachlain with Emma, Garreth would never rest until he&039;d possessed Lucia completely
"And you can&039;t have sex So what&039;re we going to do?"
Since I also can&039;t seeet out of town"
"Where&039;re we headed?" Regin asked When Lucia didn&039;t answer, she said, "Like I&039;o out into the world by yourself to let life kick you in the ass We&039;re both getting our asses kicked or not at all! We&039;re a teaether forever"
Lucia&039;s lips quirked No one could have a better friend than Regin "We start the hunt for a dieu for Garreth&039;s quarters "Pack a bag forto act out, demonstrate that some Valkyrie aren&039;t house-trained either"
"Ooh, break so for me!"
Inside his roo it crashing to the floor "Any other requests?"