Page 48 of Accidental Blood Lust
Lochlan pulls his head back. “How do you know that?”
“Because they’re hunting you. I had a vision since some of my energy still lingers in the fae realm.”
“Hunting me?” Lochlan squeaks. “What does that mean?”
“It means they won’t rest until they find you and kill you.”
I growl, dropping to my knees as fur breaks out across my flesh. Jareth frowns, hurrying over to kneel beside me and comfort me, and my chest feels like it might explode.
“They can’t get down here, can they?” Lochlan asks.
Rune shakes his head. “No, but do you want to be trapped down here for eternity?”
“You guys like it okay, right?”
“We’re not trapped,” Cassius says. “We can go to the mortal realm whenever we like. You chose one of the most dangerous fae in existence to murder.”
“He tricked me.”
“That’s what they do,” Drax says softly.
“It was self-defense.”
Rune scoffs. “And what judge and jury do you think will hear your argument?”
Lochlan slumps, falling back in the bed. “Maybe I should just let them. I fucked everything up and in trying to fix it I only made it worse.”
A howl pours out of me that shakes the room, and while Lochlan seems stunned by my outburst, no one else, including Jareth, even flinches.
“What’s happening to him right now?”
“Gods, he doesn’t know?” Atlas asks, glancing at Rune.
“Know what?”
Jareth shakes his head subtly at the others, but I see it. I can also hear the uptick of his heartbeat. His scent intensifies,and even from here, I can feel his body warming. Scrubbing my hands over my face, I try to push down the building desire inside me. I want to be between them both, holding them, bathing in their mixed scent.
Lochlan tries to crawl out of bed but crumples instead. I whimper and Jare rushes over to him. Jareth is the one wrapping his arms around my mate, but my wolf is soothed.
“I’m sorry,” Loch whispers.
“Shh. We’ll figure it out.” Jare kisses Loch’s forehead.
“Rome,” Lochlan calls for me.
I climb onto the bed, half-shifted. I rest my still-human hand on Loch’s leg, and when Jareth leans into me, I finally feel safe and complete.
I need them.
Both of them.
Now what?
JARETH
“What can we do?”I ask, looking at Rune. “There must be something.”
“I don’t know if you’ve ever battled the fae, but it isn’t easy. Plus, Loch is tied to their realm after eating their food and drinking fae blood.”
