Page 60 of Loup Garou
I flung power out madly, desperately trying to get it off him. I gave in and practically lay in the demon itself, doing my best to try to wake Exavier. He didn’t budge. “Please wake up, Xavs. I can’t get it off you. Honey, please. I can’t lose you now.” I hit him hard with my fists, repeatedly. His eyes shot open. They were filled completely with black. His mouth opened and a row of jagged teeth greeted me.
He’s a were-wolf.
“Xavs? It’s me. It’s Lindsay.” No part of him seemed to understand. I backed up fast, scurrying to get away from him.
He shot out of the bed with incredible speed and had hold of my neck before I knew what hit me. Lifting me high in the air, he stared at me with soulless eyes.
Tears ran down my cheeks as I clung to his arm to avoid suffocating. “It’s me. It’s me, Xavs. Fight back. Fight—”
He ripped at my neck and all went dark.
“Lindsay.”Something shook me.
My eyes shot open and I found myself staring up at Exavier. Screaming, I tried to crawl away from him as I clutched my neck. He reached for me and I screamed again.
“Lindsay, it’s just me. I won’t hurt you. You were dreaming, baby.”
“You tore my throat out!” Touching it and feeling that it was smooth made me rethink that a bit but I didn’t rescind the statement.
Exavier’s face wrinkled in confusion. “No, I would never hurt you.”
I motioned around my room still trying to make sense of it all. “They came, the shadows with the red eyes. They could crawl on walls and looked like demons but I couldn’t touch them without going through them. They came and they pulled your soul out of you. I tried to stop them and your eyes were pure black, not like they are when they swirl, but pure black, Xavs. You attacked me and ripped my throat out. I tried to make you understand it was me. You didn’t care. Your teeth were like Jay’s when he’s partially shifted. You weren’t you anymore.” I shook my head. “It was your body but it wasn’t you anymore.”
Something passed over his face as he backed away from me quickly. “Get away from me, Linds. Run to Myra, Gina, your dad even. Just go.”
Confused, I shook my head. “You said it was just a dream.”
“It was a warning.”
My eyes widened. “No. Xavs, you wouldn’t do that. Would you?”
“No, baby. I would never hurt you. The evil I carry in me would if it was set free.”
“Evil within you?” I let out a nervous laugh. “No part of you is evil.”
“Think about it, Linds. I’m powerful enough to control all breeds of evil. It takes evil to do that. I have just enough to make me more powerful than them and that’s it. If something is trying to remove the portion of me that you know, the human portion, then nothing stands in the way of the evil I carry. It’s part of being the prince of darkness, baby.”
“They can’t force you out.” Confusion consumed me. “You were a man, a normal man before you came into your powers.”
He nodded. “I know. I think that’s why I’m not sensing the attack. I have a good deal of control over my darkness. In fact, it’s never been an issue for me. So, I’m not expecting them to attack me that way. You’resensitive to evil. You felt the attack the second they launched it. Your screaming woke me from a sleep so deep, I actually staggered out of bed.”
“But why could I wake you here when in my dream, I couldn’t?”
“I don’t know. But I’ll be damned if I ever hurt you. I need to get away from you. I love you too much to let anything happen to you. Go to your father. He’ll be able to protect you from me. Tell him that I can be killed. It’s hard, so they tell me, but it can be done. Tiennot carries a darkness in him as well. If anyone could kill me, it would be him. He’ll protect you.”
“No. I’m not leaving you.” Everything I’d ever learned about the Fae, demons and supernatural creatures came flooding to me. I searched frantically for a spell, something that would protect him. My eyes widened as it hit me. “Exavier Wesley Kondrashchenko, or Kedmen if you prefer now, I claim thee. I offer my soul, my heart, my love and my body to you for all eternity. Take this gift and make it yours.”
Exavier tripped over nothing and hit the wall with his shoulder. “Lindsay, don’t do this. Don’t tie yourself to me because of this.”
Putting my hand out, I used my power to pluck him from his spot and bring him to me. He wore only his jeans, unbuttoned, showing off a thatch of dark black curls and his amazing obliques. I bit my lower lip as need slammed through me. Exavier clawed at the air in an attempt to keep his distance. “Please stop, Lindsay. If I counter your magik you’ll get hurt. I can’t do that to you.”
“And I can’t lose you, dumbass, so stop fighting me.”
His eyes widened. “You’re calling me a dumbass in the middle of a shadow demon attack? In the middle of what you’re trying to make our wedding night?”
I nodded. I suppose that was exactly what I was doing. “Well, you’re attacking like one in the middle of it. Two hours ago, you would have accepted my offer of marriage. Accept it now, Exavier. We’ll get to know each other still. I’ll be fine. I promise. The alternative—losing you—is not acceptable.”
He kept his hands up, shaking his head. “No, I’ll get a handle on this and keep my promise to you.”
