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numbing pain shoot through both of her arms. She looked, crying out
when she saw both Boone and Cort holding one of her bleeding wrists
to their mouths.
"Cort?" she whispered. "Boone?" Dark brown eyes flickered up to
hers, then pale green. Both men continued to suck in the blood from
Nix's wrists. Nix willingly gave them whatever they wanted, whatever
they needed, offering no protest, not even when she felt herself start
to get dizzy.
Cort and Boone were alive.
As Nix started to fall to the floor, she was caught by two sets of
hands and gently laid down. When she looked up, Cort and Boone
hovered over her, deep frowns on their faces. Nix tried to lift her
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hands to caress their faces until she realized both men were busy tying
pieces of her skirt around her bleeding wrists.
Funny, she hadn't even heard the fabric tear.
"Geez, what the fuck did you do, Nix?" Cort said when he finally
looked at her.
"You were gone, both of you," Nix whispered. "I couldn't " Nix
pressed her lips as a new anguish hit her. The pain she felt when she
knew her mates had been taken from her was just too new to speak of.
"Well, apparently, we're not gone," Boone said sternly, "but you
might be if we don t get you to a doctor. I think you need stitches."
Nix let out a broken laugh and held her bound wrists up. "I'll be
okay."
Cort scooted over and sat down, grabbing Nix and pulling her into
his arms. Nix turned her face into Cort's neck and took a deep breath
of his musky scent, still reeling from the fact that her mates were
alive.
"I still think you need stitches, Princess," Boone murmured into
Nix's ear.
Nix turned her head to answer Boone when Cort suddenly
grabbed her by the arms and shook her. She looked up at him in
shock. His face was nearly white.
"If you ever do something so stupid again, so help me, Nix, I will
paddle your ass," Cort snapped as he shook her again. "Do you
understand me?"
Nix nodded, stunned by the anguish she could see in Cort's face.
She quickly reached up and pressed her cheek against Cort's,
wrapping her arms around his neck. "I can't live without you and
Boone. Don't you know that?"
"Well, this is no way to solve it, Nix," Cort whispered, his voice
sounding deep and shaky. "We can't live without you either."
"Hopefully, that won't be a problem again," Nix replied. A sudden
commotion at the side of the room drew her attention. She looked
over to see Dane, Chase, and Sal come running into the room,
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weapons drawn. They skidded to a stop and looked at the destruction
in the room with shock.
Dane's mouth hung open for a moment before he arched an
eyebrow and looked at them. "What'd we miss?"
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Chapter 15
Boone looked over at Cort and rolled his eyes as he listened to
Nix and Dane have yet another fight. In the two months since they
had killed Vasile, Nix and Dane seemed to fight almost every time
they were in the same room together. Personally, Boone thought the
two of them enjoyed it.
"I don't agree," Nix shouted as she pushed her finger into Dane's
chest. "Closing off the valley to outsiders will not solve any of our
problems. There are a lot of Others out there that need a safe place to
live, to raise their families. Some of those family members are
human."
"But we don't know if these humans will keep our secret, Nix."
"We don't know they won't either."
"We need a place where Others, like the ones we freed from
Vasile's laboratory, can live without fear of being turned over to any
insane monster that wants to experiment on them."
"Like everyone was safe here with Vasile in charge." Nix
snickered.
Boone raised his hand. "Can I say something?"
"No!" both Dane and Nix shouted at the same time.
Boone looked at Cort again and shook his head as Dane and Nix
went back to arguing. Nix had been crowned the reigning queen of
Dorthon with Boone and Cort as her royal consorts. It wasn't a job
any of them really wanted, but there wasn't anyone else to fill the
position.
Nix had asked Dane to be her advisor. He'd agreed until someone
else could be found to take over. Boone pretty much felt the same
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way. He didn't want any part of the royal life, but it was what it was,
and his mate was queen.
While they had plans to bring a lot of changes to Dorthon Valley,
including elections of a council instead of a single monarch, those
changes would take time. In the meantime, Boone was tired of
listening to Dane and Nix argue. He could think of several much more
pleasurable pursuits, most of them involving the three of them being
naked.
He motioned to Cort, and they both stood. Walking around the
side of the table, Boone reached over and grabbed Nix, lifting her up
over his shoulder. He started for the large double doors, stopping to
glance over his shoulder at Dane's stunned expression.
"Court adjourned."
THE END
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stormy believes the only thing sexier than a man in cowboy boots is
two or three men in cowboy boots. She also believes in love at first
sight, soul mates, true love, and happy endings.
Stormy lives in the great Northwest region of the USA, with her
gorgeous husband and soul mate, six very active teenagers, two
boxer-collie puppies, two old biddy cats, and three fish.
You can usually find her cuddled in bed with a book in her hand and a
puppy in her lap, or on her laptop, creating the next sexy man for one
of her stories. Stormy welcomes comments from readers. You can
find her website at www.stormyglenn.com.
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