chapter 109 Seven


    Orion leads me through the ce and past a lounge room into a kitchen before walking me to a


    sliding door. He slides it open, and I am sted by the cold crisp air of the night. Stepping onto the


    balcony, Orion points to some chairs. I sit on one, peering over the side. I see we are very high up, the


    lights below look like fairy lights against the snow covered rooftops.


    “Don’t ever run from him. Thaddeus is more predator than human,” Orion says, making my eyes


    snap from the view to him. I watch as he lights up a smoke, and my mouth falls open. He lectures me


    every time he follows me out for a smoke at work. He chuckles softly. “What?” I raise an eyebrow at


    him, and he passes the packet to me and I pull one out, Orion flicks the lighter cupping the me so I


    can light my smoke.


    “Such a bad habit, you really shouldn’t smoke,” he says, his lips turning up slightly.


    “You smoke,” I tell him.


    “I’m immortal, it can’t kill me,” he says, but the way he said it, he sounded sad.


    “What’s Thaddeus deal?”


    “He hasn’t got good control. Don’t run from him again like that. I know you’re scared but we really


    won’t hurt you. Not intentionally, anyway.”


    “Why am I here?” Orion looks at me, his eyes softening and twinkling in the light.


    “You know about shifters?” he asks. I nod. I kind of do, about as much as anyone else.


    “Well, all supernatural creatures have mates, you’re ours,” he says matter-of-factly.


    “What’s that mean?” How could I be theirs? I don’t want to belong to the dark ones.


    “You are ours and we are yours. We are bound together.” I shake my head when something rushes


    over me, making me gasp. Orion’s eyes watching my face, a seductive smile on his full lips.


    “You feel that?” he asks, and I nod, a moan escaping my lips and I mp my hand over my mouth.


    Arousal flooding into me.


    “The mark on your neck, it makes you feel his emotions. It will get stronger. Eventually you will go


    into what we call a heat.”


    “Heat?”


    “Means you will want to have sex with him.” I choke on my smoke, coughing at his words.


    He chuckles. “Don’t panic, not yet, but once we all mark you, you will still feel what he feels and he


    can feel us, so in return right now your picking up on both of them,” he says like this is a normal


    conversation.


    I just nod, not really understanding. I wasn’t sure how long I sat on the balcony for eventually


    falling asleep, only to be awoken by Orion as he ced me on the couch inside. My eyes fluttering


    open to him leaning over me.


    “Go back to sleep, I will be back soon.”


    “Don’t leave me here with them.” I sat up in panic, looking around. Orion, noticing my panic, stops


    before sighing.


    “I’m just going to have a shower. They’re asleep they won’t hurt you, Evelyn,” he says brushing my


    cheek with his hand. I nod and watch as he leaves walking into the bathroom. I sat there for a few


    minutes waiting for him to return when a thought hit me. If they were asleep and Orion distracted, this


    was my chance to escape. I look around for my shoes and found them next to the lounge.


    My heart was pounding, my body buzzing with adrenaline at the thought of escaping them. Getting


    up, I walk to the bathroom door and can hear the shower running still. Quietly walking up the hallway, I


    find the front door and open it. The door creaks and my breath hitches, getting caught in my throat. I


    look down the hall to see if anyone ising. I pull the door open more when suddenly a hand hits the


    door right beside my face, closing the door.


    “And where do you think you’re going?” His voice is next to my ear as he leans down, his chest


    pressing into my back. I gulp, my heart pounding in my chest. Turning around, Ie face to face with


    Thaddeus. His green eyes watch me as they sparkle brightly. Flickering oddly between green and


    ck.


    “Were you trying to leave me, Evelyn?” he asks, a cold shiver running up my spine as he presses


    me against the now closed door. I shake my head, words failing me. Thaddeus’s hand moves, brushing


    my cheek softly before he grips my face. “I would hate to see you get hurt because you disobeyed me,”


    he says, watching my face closely. He then straightens up before stepping aside, motioning with his


    hand to walk back down the hallway. He waits for me to move and follows close behind me. I can feel


    his eyes roaming over me and I fight the urge to run. When I see the bathroom door Orion went in, I


    quickly open it stepping inside, preferring to be in hispany then that of Thaddeus. I lock the door,


    stepping backwards into the bathroom, my eyes not leaving the door, wondering if he woulde in


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    after me. When he doesn’t, I turn around before quickly averting my gaze as I see Orion standing in the


    shower.


    “Looking for me, little one? Care to join me?” he asks, making me look at him. He has a smirk on


    his face as my eyes roam down his toned body. A blush creeps onto my face as my eyes catch a


    glimpse of what sits between his legs, making me look away. I shake my head before sitting on the sink


    basin.


    “So why have you invaded my shower if you don’t want to join me?”


    “Thaddeus,” I tell him.


    “Argh. Let me guess, you tried to leave.” I nod, when suddenly I hear the shower turn off. Orion


    opens the ss door before reaching out and grabbing the towel next to me on the sink. He wraps the


    towel around his waist. He stands there for a second before pushing my legs open and standing


    between them, making me look at him.


    “You’re safe here, Evelyn. You don’t need to run. Thaddeus isn’t so bad once you get to know


    him,” he says.


    “He destroyed the world. How can you say that? He has killed innocent people, Orion,” I ask him.


    Orion sighs before suddenly the door handle twists and snaps off,nding on the tiled floor with a


    loud clunking noise. Thaddeus steps in before leaning on the door. I hold my breath as his eyes watch


    us and the position, we are standing in.


    “We will be leaving in the morning; you should get some sleep before sunrise,” he says, watching


    me. He looks to Orion, his eyes roaming over his mate’s body, and I can see the lust in his eyes. Was


    he insatiable? He had spent all night in the room with Rnd. Orion steps back, grabbing my hand and


    pulling me off the sink. Thaddeus doesn’t move from the doorway, just turns so we can walk past. Orion


    tugged me toward their room, and I stopped, Thaddeus running into the back of me nearly knocking me


    over.


    “What’s wrong?” Orion asks when I refuse to go any further.


    “I’m not sleeping in there with them.” I hear Thaddeus growl. It was a guttural sound, primal. My


    hair stands on end, and I shivered.


    “You will be sleeping in the room, Evelyn. I won’t have you trying to run off again,” Thaddeus says


    pushing me toward the door.


    “No, no, please I won’t run” I tell him as he drags me in the room.


    Orion chucks a pair of pants on before walking over to Thaddeus and cing his hand on his


    shoulder. “Let her sleep in the lounge room, I will watch her,” he says, reassuring Thaddeus. Thaddeus


    eyes me before letting me go.


    “She escapes, I will hold you responsible,” he says his voice held warning and Orion nodded


    before pulling me out of the room. “What time is it anyway?”


    “A little after two. Go hop on the couch, I will get you a nket and pillow.”


    I walk over to the lounge before flopping down on it. Orion walks out, chucking a duvet over me


    and handing me a pillow. I feel a fog roll over me as Orion sits on the couch, flicking the TV on. He


    scrolls through the channels before settling on some movie in a foreignnguage.


    “Sleep, I won’t leave, I promise,” he says, cing my feet on hisp and covering them with the


    nket. My mind gets foggier and my eyelids heavy as I feel exhaustione over me. My eyes close


    and I am plunged into the darkness of sleep.


    Thaddeus Pov


    When the sun rises, I am awoken by Rnd moving in his sleep, his hand reaching out for me.


    Sitting up, I rub my eyes. I can hear Orion rustling around in the kitchen. Throwing the nket off, I


    open the bedroom door. Orion puts finger to his lips, making me look over at the couch. I can see


    Evelyn still fast asleep with the duvet wrapped around her. Moving to the lounge, I lift her head gently


    before sitting down and removing her pillow. Her scent is making my mouth water, and longing fills me.


    I just want to hold her, yet the idea of actually doing that scares me. Evelyn is so fragile, and


    sometimes I forget she merely human. I can practically smell her humanity. At first, I had my doubts


    that she was human, never in history has a human been mated to a supernatural being, yet here she


    was living proof that nothing is impossible.


    I listened to her breathing and heart rate, brushing her hair from her face she turned rolling in her


    sleep, her face rubbing my crotch. I tried to shift, but she continued to move trying to getfortable. I


    could feel my dick bing hard as it twitched under her. This delicate little thing does not know the


    effect she has on me, even while sleeping.


    Orion walks over, leaning over the back of the lounge to check on her. Looking up, he kisses me


    softly. “You won’t break her. She isn’t as fragile as she looks, Thaddeus,” he tells me, and I nod, looking


    back down at her. Leaning down I inhale her scent she shifts her eyes fluttering open and I find myself


    lost in her hazel eyes mesmerised by them. I hear her heart rate rise, hear the blood pulsing through


    her veins, and practically see the cogs turning in her head.


    She sits up, rm on her face, but yet she can’t pull her eyes from mine, like she is unsure if she


    should run or freeze. Rnd walks out snapping her attention to him. I knew he woke from feeling her


    fear. She would feel the bond they were forming slightly, while he feels herpletely and I can feel


    her hear through him. “I won’t hurt you, I just wanted to be near you,” I tell her. She looks at me


    curiously. I watch as she gets up, instantly missing her contact. She walks over to Orion and I feel


    jealousy surge through me.


    I understand she has been around him more, used to his presence in a way. Yet it doesn’t stop me


    from feeling anger at him. Orion hands me a te, raising an eyebrow, and I shake my head, shaking


    off the feeling thates over me. Getting up I sit at the table next to her and she goes to get up. It


    angers me how she doesn’t want to be near me. I grip her wrist, making Rnd and Orion stare before


    she sits back down. Orion watching her gives her nod and slides her te in front of her.


    “Eat,” I tell her, Evelyn picks up the fork, pushing her food around but not eating any of it. I can feel


    darkness clouding me, telling me to force her, feel it licking at skin urging me to make her submit to my


    demands.


    “If you’re not hungry, why don’t you have a shower,” he says, his eyes not leaving mine. I


    instinctually go to rip her back down when Rnd reaches over the table, grabbing my wrist. The rm


    in her eyes entices me, and I know she can feel my aura giving off a deadly vibe.


    Forcing the darkness down, I speak through clenched teeth. “Go,” I tell her, and she moves


    quickly, darting into the room. Rnd waits a few seconds before letting my wrist go. He sits down and


    I spear a piece of tomato with my fork, not realising how much force I used as the te splits in two. I


    shove the te away before getting up and tossing the broken pieces in the sink.


    “Here, I will make some more,” Orion says, about to hand me his te. I shake my head, walking


    toward the bedroom.


    Rnd stands, making me look at him. “Thaddeus, you will only scare her more,” he says.


    “I don’t care,” I tell him, walking off. I just want to touch her, feel her soft skin under my hands.


    “Thaddeus,” Orion warns me as I open the door.


    Walking over to the ensuite, I turn the knob but it is locked. Twisting the knob, it falls apart in my


    hands. The door opens slightly, her scent wafting to my nose. I can’t help the growl that escapes my


    lips, and I push it open before stepping in. Her scream resonates and echoes through the bathroom


    when she notices me standing there watching her. She turns her back to me, trying to shield herself


    from my eyes. I notice arge burn on her back that runs from her shoulder to her hip.


    “Orion,” she screams, her heart pounding in her chest so hard I worry she might give herself a


    heart attack. I just need to touch her, just touch her. In a trance, I open the shower screen.


    Orion steps into the bathroom and leans against the door. “Thaddeus,” he growls, and I growl back


    at him. I feel the darkness creeping in as rage bubbles in my veins. How dare he tell me I can’t have


    what’s mine.