Total pages in book: 42
Estimated words: 39596 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 198(@200wpm)___ 158(@250wpm)___ 132(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 39596 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 198(@200wpm)___ 158(@250wpm)___ 132(@300wpm)
“That demon is my boyfriend.”
“That demon believes you’re his mate. His true soulmate. Has he been giving you gifts?”
Lonnie couldn’t stop the surprise from showing on his face. Not about the gifts but about what Callan believed. Was that true? Callan thought Lonnie was his soulmate? He knew the lore about them, but this still shocked him.
“Thought so. Demons are very traditional when it comes to courting a mate. But none of his gifts could be as good as the Sesshomaru I gifted you. The person who owned it didn’t even have it locked up. I was able to pop inside their house and grab it without them seeing a thing.”
“You stole it?”
“It belongs to you,” Roman gritted out between clenched teeth. He stood and looked down at Lonnie. “I have to get the wards in place. No doubt that filthy demon is on his way, and he’ll have Xavier with him. I’ve beat Xavier before and will again, so don’t you worry.”
Fuck, this guy had serious issues, obviously thinking Lonnie was willing to be there. “Callan is not filthy, and I hope he is coming to get me. If I am truly his mate, I couldn’t be more happy about that. I’m not Greg, so why don’t you just let me go?”
Roman chuckled. “Where are you going to go? The closest town is miles away.”
“Then take me back. It’s not too late for you. You could just say you’re sorry, that you got it wrong.”
“But I haven’t. There’s no doubt in my mind you are my Greg.” Roman positioned himself in the center of the room and lifted his hands into the air. His eyes were closed as he began muttering under his breath. Whatever kind of magic he was using sent that prickly awareness over Lonnie’s arms again, and he shivered.
He looked around for some kind of weapon. It was a small cabin with a kitchenette in one corner. There was nothing on the one counter, but there could possibly be a knife in one of the two drawers.
Could he actually stab someone?
Yes. Yes, he could. If it meant getting away from this crazy wizard, he would happily wound him. He watched Roman for several moments before he began to inch across the floor as silently as he could.
He was a few feet from those drawers when the front door suddenly splintered into pieces and Callan burst into the cabin. His normally fierce expression had amped up to pure wrath as he frantically scanned the area. His gaze landed on Lonnie, and relief briefly flashed in his dark eyes.
Lonnie didn’t wait, jumping up and running to Callan immediately. Callan gripped his arms tight, looked him over, then shoved him behind him. Lonnie clutched his shirt as several more preternaturals stormed into the cabin. He recognized Finn and Emory. The third was that huge one he’d seen inside Protective Solutions. They all moved to stand at Lonnie’s back and sides in a protective circle.
Roman slowly opened his eyes as if he didn’t have a care in the world. “You know I can pop over and disappear with him at any time, so this is the height of foolishness.”
“You took what’s mine,” Callan growled. “Won’t happen again.”
“But it will. You’re under the misunderstanding that he’s your mate when I can prove he belongs to me.”
Callan made another of those low, growling noises. “I can hear your thoughts. Know you really believe this. You’re wrong.”
Roman narrowed his eyes. “You should have never touched what’s mine.”
There was a crunch near where the door used to be, and Lonnie looked around his protectors to see Xavier stepping over the debris. “He’s not your Greg. I would know if he were, and you know that.” He stopped next to them, facing Roman. “You should not have taken him, and you definitely shouldn’t have been terrorizing him. Is stalker behavior your idea of…wooing?”
“You scared him,” Callan fairly hissed. “Took him. You made a huge mistake.”
“Then I’ll be making that mistake again and again until he realizes what we are to each other. I’ve waited seventy years to find him again, and I’m not letting some demon take what’s mine.” Roman disappeared only to appear on the other side of the room and laugh. “I can show you that move again if you need to see it, but since you have Lake and Liam, you know exactly what my kind are capable of. You can’t hide him from me, and I can take him from anywhere.”
He suddenly jerked and Lonnie saw that Xavier had raised his hands.
“I was afraid you’d feel that way,” Xavier said, voice low and full of power. Lonnie shivered and clutched Callan’s shirt harder. Electricity filled the air, and Lonnie sucked in a quick breath as the black hair around Xavier’s face swayed. “You were once my friend, Roman, so it pains me to do this, but you have gone too far.”