Dane. Neah can't take her eyes off of the dead Lycan. A small smile sits on her face. Day by day her darkness seems to be seeping out a little more. “Do you know him?” I ask.

“He was one of them.” Her eyes hover on the belt buckle around his waist. His trousers had started to split from the shift. but he had been killed before he could complete it. Though the belt buckle remained in place. She stared at it like she had seen it before.

“He used to hit me with that.” Her voice is low and she continues to fixate on the dead man. I couldn’t help wonder if she had stared at Devon in the same way when she killed him.

“Do you know his name?”

She shakes her head, her eyes barely leave him to look at me, but I see how dark they are. the blue is barely present. Nyx was right there, waiting to break free. “Just his face.” Neah mutters.

“Are there any more?” I ask Klaus

“No, he seems to have come alone.” Klaus mutters. “A stupid move.”

“Unless it is intentional. Maybe Trey thought one would be able to get through.” Devon had been alone when we had found him “He wandered in?” Neah mutters. She knew everyone available would be on guard, but it still didn't stop her being concerned.

Klaus points over to the trees that signal the boundary for this end of the pack. Less than two metres from where we are standing. “He didn’t make it far, Neah. That's our pack edge on this side.”

Her shoulders drop in relief at his answer.

But it made me question if the pack was being watched. Of all the forest, it was where the boundary was closest to the house. Not only that. something Neah had said about her interaction with Devon. That he would call Trey to come, meaning he must be close by. I was trying to keep my concerns to myself, but she was starting to notice.

“Get rid of the body." I mutter. “I don't care what you do with it. But get rid of it.”

The two men that are with Klaus drag the Lycan to the boundary line as I turn Neah away and take her back in the direction of the house “It's satisfying isn't it?” I murmurBelongs © to .

“What do you mean?” She asks, carefully stepping over a fallen tree. Her balance was certainly getting better.

“Seeing someone that has harmed you, dead.”

She doesn't answer me, pretending to focus on the uneven ground.

“You judge me when I kill someone, but I see the enjoyment on your face. You work hard to conceal it, but the curvature of your lips give you away.”

She still doesn't speak and I didn't need to read her mind to know that she was embarrassed. The pink tint of her-cheeks gave her away. And it justinade me want to fuck her, right here i in the open forest. Content bélongs ~

“They creep in.” She mutters, focussing on her feet. “I don't.... I don't always think like that.”

“I know. There is a piece in all of us that wants revenge for our past.”

‘I'm not.....” She tries to deny it.

‘I saw the look when I first met you. The glance atkyle. The flitter of rage that crosse¢ your face. Like I said, ~ you hideut well, only now, your Lycan is makifig it harder for you to oO conceal it. How deep does the- darkness go, Neah?” I pull her hips tewards me, I wanted her

She stares at me, her eyes are a complete pure blue as her lips part a little.

“Or is it that you have just needed someone to tell you it's okay?" I brush the back of my fingers down over her cheek.

Her lavender scent quickly mixes with the scent of her arousal. A small gasp escapes her as I run a- a finger al€ng her waist band. Her < > eyes darted around the forest. Hhis was.t60 open for her. The riskof too many eyes and ears catching her or US was intimidating.

I lean in close to her ear and drop my voice down until it is almost husky. “I want you more than I've ever wanted anything. I want you here and now.”

The air catches in her throat and she gasps just as I push my hand down the front of her jeans. Just as expected, she is already wet and dripping for me.