The Beast And The Blessed

Thirty-Two: Natalie

Natalie’s P.O.V.

Even when I had watched him murder one of my pack members, I had never heard him sound so angry. It put the fear of the Goddess right into me.

“No,” Killian growled out, and I turned to glare at him and his glowing red eyes. He had no right to tell me what to do or where I would sleep. I needed a break. I needed time to myself to get my thoughts together before I went back to being pushed around. “Things were better. I’ve been trying to make things better.”

The short animalistic way he spoke shocked me, and I stared at him blankly. It was as if his beast was speaking for him.

He looked more hurt than ever before, and I felt a pain in my chest as I realized that I was the one hurting him this time.

A push against my back forced me to take a step toward Killian, and I turned to smack Tobias’s giant hand away from me. Tobias dropped his arm back to his side quickly, but held his gaze on the wall in front of him, refusing to make eye contact with me as I glared at him.

The traitor.

“I really don’t want to fight anymore, Killian,” I said softly, my shoulders falling as I held my bundle of clothes closer to my chest.

eyes as I saw Joselin move behind him, and he caught me glancing over his shoulder at her. Why was he allowing her to still be in our room after I

out a growl of frustration before looping his arm around the small of my back and dragging me back into

Joselin. I hated having my back to her, especially when she was casting magic.

but I knew she had done what he asked when he relaxed a small

as my cheeks finished drying, and my anger came back tenfold. Did his father lock Killian’s mother in a room like this or was she locked in the

to sleep in another room.” He said, holding me tightly to his chest as

steps back until she was in my line of sight. The loss of his touch and his warmth helped me to think clearly

I had no choice. My body and mind responded before I had time to even consider resisting. “What will it take for me to convince you

three of us were in here under different circumstances, it would be

that when not only are you always together, but you abandon me to go be with her?” My hands were shaking as I tightened my hold on my clothes,

you to be with her!” He argued back before taking a calming breath and lowering his voice. “She is my advisor and my

be happening if you had marked her,” Joselin muttered with disdain and what I could only assume was jealousy.

guess. Would it do to me what it had done to his parents? Would it destroy me when he chose to *Joselin or any

tossed around my head for the past couple of days, wondering if the mark would trigger my shift and whether it was worth it. The more I considered it, the more I