Blue Moon (10 page)

“Once you opened our connection again, I was able to pick up on your feelings and fears.” She tells me sadly.

“I didn’t want to push you out Dallah, I thought I could handle it all myself, but I was wrong, I do need you,” I tell her from the heart.

“I need you Zara, more than you know.
Come on, Richard will send out Kiss-ass if we don’t get back,” She says with a laugh, as I now have her calling Richard's man slave Kiss-ass too.

“What about Parrise?”

“Go speak with him and hurry back, ok sweetie. He will be hidden from others.”

“Yeah, thanks Dallah,” I tell her as I jog forward to Parrise.

He is standing with his back to me, frozen on his feet. His dirty blond hair stopping just before his shoulders, his strong large physic, he is perfection. The memory of our first meeting flashes in my mind, which was the night I fell in love with him, and have been all this time.

Running my hand down his back before I step up to him to speak, I can feel him fighting against Dallah’s power, but in vain.

“I’m sorry Parrise, he is too powerful for you to fight, and I can’t have you hurt, not for me. I can handle a lot more than you think I can, I know you want to look after me and keep me safe, which you do. You are here now, with me, because of me. Therefore, you need to understand that I have to do the same for Dallah. It’s just a kiss Parrise! A kiss that will save Dallah from a beating and you from losing your life.” I tell him as I tiptoe to place a tender kiss to his lips.

As I take a seat at the table, Angus puts his hand on my knee and smiles sadly at me.

“He will be ok.”

“How did you know?”

“Dallah spoke to
me just now, and I can feel how worried you are, just take a deep breath Zara, all will work out.” He tells me in a whisper. I can feel how angry this all makes him, but he also feels how desperate I am to get this over with.

With
him having faith in me, gives me the strength I need to get through this. I’m so proud of my Vampire Warrior for his restraint, with Richard’s grinning face taunting me with the shameful performance I have ahead of me. Angus stiffens beside me, witnessing the exchange between the Prince and myself, the feeling I get off him, is he wants to kill every man and woman within reach starting with Richard.

“Thank you Angus, for not flipping out, I think you need to take a deep breath too,” I tell him with a cheeky smile, making him snort a laugh. I know that Parrise will be angry as hell with Dallah and me, but I will cross that bridge when it comes to it. I want this night to hurry up and end, I’m not sure when Richard wants me to humiliate myself by kissing him, and I sure as hell am not going to ask. Then there is this surprise!

“Do you know what Richard is up to?” I ask Angus quietly.

“No, but I have a feeling that you won’t like it. Zara, he will not hurt you, not with me and Dallah with you now, so whatever it is we will take it on together.” He tells me, then kisses my cheek before getting up and speaking with Dallah’s cousins, as Richard has his eyes boring into us the whole time we sat whispering to each other. Richard gets up from his seat with a sneer on his face as he takes the seat Angus just vacated.

“Are you looking forward to your surprise Zara?” He mocks.

“No.” I say plainly and look away from him.

“You should, I’m thinking I will give it to you before you kiss me, oh and Zara, make this one count, Dallah’s life depends on it!”

“Are you really so desperate that you have to bribe
the girls into kissing you?” I ask with disgust.

“Oh little Zara don’t pretend you didn’t enjoy last night’s kiss, I could feel how aroused you were. That’s the real reason you were in my room, to beg me to take you, wasn’t it.” He tells me putting his hand up to touch my cheek. I knock his hand away from me, as I lean into him and speak with pure disgust.

“You’re pathetic, I would never look at you like I do Parrise, I would enjoy kissing your kiss ass servant more than I would you!”

“Zara, dance with me?” Theo asks from my side. Thankfully interrupting before things got heated, as I was close to losing it with him. Leaning back from Richard and standing with Theo, he puts his arm around my waist as he turns me away from Richard. As we get into the crowd of dancing people, Theo takes me in his arms as we dance. Tonight there is a woman who sings beautifully to songs I have never heard, but they are just as lovely, and there is a band behind her, not my kind of music, but then, this is not my kind of place.

“Thank you,” I tell him, knowing he will understand, that I’m thankful to him for getting me away from Richard before I head butted the bastard.

“Where is Parrise?” He asks looking around the room.

“He’s gone.” I tell him with a sigh, as I feel dreadful for having Dallah freeze him.

“Ok angel.” He says with a sweet smile.

I feel awful, with the lies I keep putting on Theo, after all he has done for me. I think that it is time I let him in; he has showed me that he is trustworthy, and I really do trust him.

              “Theo, I know Parrise and Angus, I have known them since I arrived from England. I’m sorry I have lied to you, after all you have done to protect me,” I tell him with shame.

             
“I know you do angel, I have always known that you were all friends. I wanted to wait for you to trust in me. I will be at your side Zara, and the Princess’s, as long as you need me,” He tells me sweetly, making my heart swell.

I believe him too, he is a Warrior in his own right.

Theo is an Alpha of his pack back at home, and is in an ongoing battle with ‘The Brothers’’ pack, who's Alpha is Sallack.

He is strong, wise and I have found out for myself, a selfless man, a loyal, trustworthy man.

We have been dancing and laughing
until Laura decides to walk up to us throwing a seductive smile at Theo.

“Hey, how about you drop the garbage and pick up a diamond?” She tells him with a laugh, trying to make out
she is joking, but we know she is deadly serious. Theo laughs aloud as he puts his face only inches from her with me still in his arms.

“Fuck of little Witch, Zara will fuck you up, then I will eat you if you come up to me and talk shit about her again,” He tells her with
the stern face.

“You are both dirty little dogs anyway, fuck you!” She tells us looking at me up and down, she then puts her hand out to pat my head as if I am a pet dog. This is when all the anger
is being built up this evening comes to the surface and I crack, and she finds herself on the receiving end of the hardest punch I’ve ever landed, straight to her chin. We watch her fly a few feet in the air and land into a group of Vampires. If she had been human I’m sure she’d be out for the count, but no! This nasty little witch manages to stumble to her feet, with one thought on her mind, to kill the human, she rushes at me snarling, her hands held to her side as if she is conjuring up a spell, just like that Witch Karen did when I was in Theo’s arms. Theo pounces on her in Wolf form, knocking her to the floor as he stands over her growling fiercely while snapping his jaw in her face, making her flinch and concede.

“That went well didn’t it Laura?” I say as I lean down to speak to her.

I’m sick to death with people thinking they can speak to me and treat me like shit, because I’m not one of them. I will show them all that I don’t have to be a Vampire, Werewolf, or Witch to handle myself. I have courage to stand up to these men and women.

Theo takes this time to change back to human form, he jumps off her and straightens his suit jacket before taking my hand in his and walking us away from a seething Laura. The funny thing about that, is that not one person batted an eyelid to the whole scene.

“We make a good team, let’s go find Richard?” I say jokingly. However, he doesn’t answer me; he pushes me behind him, while standing in fighting mode and growling at someone so loudly I feel like my ears are going to bleed.

“What? What is it?” I ask in a panicked tone.

“Stay there angel!” Theo shouts.

“TAKE YOUR FUCKING HANDS OF HER!”

“Sallack!!!”

What is he doing here? I push past Theo and run as fast as my legs will take me, as I land in Sallack’s large welcoming arms and hug him tightly as he picks me up.

“You ok beautiful?”

“What are you doing here?” I ask as I look him in the eye, confusion and worry clouding my vision.

“Richard invited us here for the Bonding.” He tells me before he places a kiss on my lips.

“Us?” I ask in shock.

“Yeah the Brothers’ are here with me, look.” He points to the Brothers’ that stand at the front of the open doors to the ballroom, looking dark, dangerous, and bloody gorgeous. I slip out of Sallack’s grip, and run to them and throw myself into Den’s arms, hugging him with all the love I have for him.

“Is this real?” I cry into the crook of Den’s neck.

“Yeah babe,” He tells me as he lifts my head and kisses my lips just like Sallack did. I hug all the Brothers’ tightly in turn, overwhelmed with joy to be seeing them well. Just as I go to speak, I hear an almightily crash. Whipping my head around, Theo and Sallack are in Wolf form fighting viciously. My head whips around to face the Brothers’, they stand watching them fight, making no move to stop them.

“Ruk! Stop them!” I scream at him, as he holds me in front of him
so that I cannot move and safe from harm’s way.

“No, you can’t get in the way of Alpha’s in a battle.”

I fight to get out off Ruk’s grip, when Den also holds me back. While fighting them for release, everyone goes quiet as Dallah voice booms through the room.

“WOLVES!”

Sallack and Theo fly in the air away from each other as they shift back into their Human forms, landing on their feet at separate ends of the room. Dallah and the Brothers’ rush to Sallack to calm him down, while I run to Theo, who sits covered in blood and a few Vampires closing in.

Falling to my knees, I take hold of him and move his hair from his eyes with shaky hands.

“Are you ok? What were you thinking? God, are you alright?” I ask him while holding his face in my hands. The Vampires move in closer, from the irresistible smell of Theo's fresh blood.

“Fuck off,” I spit at them angrily wanting them to take me seriously, which they do, as they all take a step back.

“I’m good angel,” He tells me whilst standing to his feet and looking straight at Sallack across the room with rage.

“You’re lucky today Sallack, but I will kill you!” Theo shouts at him fiercely.

“Never, you are no match for me pup!” Sallack shouts back.

“Theo, please stop. Sallack is a good man.” I tell him, needing him to believe me.

“How can you say that, he broke your heart, then comes here and fights with me?” Theo asks with a frown.

“ZARA GET HERE NOW!” Den shouts across the room making me jump.

Theo shifts into his Wolf again, and as he goes to leap across the room at Den, I jump in front of his Wolf and kneel on the floor holding him tightly with all the strength I can muster, looking at him in the eye and holding his face, I speak gently to him,

“Theo they are my friends, please don’t fight them, to
o much has already happened.” I plead with him, as he growls and snaps his jaw. I beg him to calm down and listen, trying to soothe his wolf. His sharp teeth so close to my face, snapping and snarling. I’m feeling terrified, but more so for Den if Theo attacks him, the Brothers are shouting at me to step away, fearful for me. Finally, he calms and loses the feral look, staring across the room with a final growl just before he shifts to human form. Standing up to see the Brothers’, I only just notice that everyone who was dancing and enjoying the evening are now circling around us all, with looks of excitement, hoping to see the two Alpha’s fight to the death.

“Come with me?” I ask Theo as I take
his hand. He walks over to the Brothers’ willingly and with no fear, as we stop in front of them, they growl in disgust.

“Theo is not the man you think he is.” Sallack snarls.

“Please for my sake, just stop this for one night Sallack. I know you don’t like each other, but I need you to put your differences aside for now. Sallack please for me?” I plead with him, and turn his face to look at me rather than Theo.

“What are you doing with him? Are you his?” He asks with rage.

“No, I am no ones.” I tell him sadly, making him sigh and hold his hand out to me, which I gladly place mine in.

“Anything for you beautiful.”

“Faithfulness?” Theo spits sarcastically.

“Please, this is hard enough,” I say to Theo as I spin to face him with tears brimming in my eyes.
He looks at me with sympathy, before he nods his head to the Brothers’.

“
Ah, you came, how wonderful!” Richard says with sarcasm as he walks to stand in between us all.

“Yeah
, brilliant,” Sallack tells him with annoyance.

“
Well, shall we have a drink now that we are all friends,” He says raising his eyebrow at me. Den comes behind me and laces his arm around my chest as he speaks to Richard,