The Beast And The Blessed

Chapter 76

Seventy-Six: Natalie

Natalie's P.O.V.

Not knowing who I could trust was hard, but being without Killian was even more challenging. I had tried to reach out to him several times, but there was no answer. Either our pack link was broken, or I wasn't doing it right.

Since I could talk to other people through the link, neither option seemed viable. But I had to trust that Killian was okay. I knew deep inside that he was okay and that I would feel it if he wasn’t.

Charlie had been pleasant around other people, but I hadn't gotten to talk to her one-on-one in the week that Killian had been gone. A week of worry and anger.

It made me lethal in my training, and I had improved more in the past week than in the few months I had been here. If Killian insisted on being in as many of the battles before the war, fighting with his men, then I wanted to be strong enough to fight beside him as his mate and queen.

Rona had been spending time 'tuning up’ Joselin's spells, as she had referred to it. After she walked in and saw me training in my fur, I had lost hope in keeping my secret, but she became a different person. While she was still openly a bitch, she was more respectful and willing to talk and help than I had imagined.

It was the other council members that should have been arriving any moment that had me biting my nails.

The worst of the best... that was how Joselin had described them, and it was a unanimous agreement between the Amery siblings and Joselin that there wasn't a single pleasant member of the council.

If I thought Rona was hard to deal with, I couldn't imagine what the others were like. I didn't even know how many more to expect, and I wasn't about to ask Rona and let her know how ignorant I was on the topic.

gesture. Yet, the petty woman in me was still angry that she had been treating me differently and was clearly talking about me to the women who hated me. I wanted to ask her what she said,

good lesson I learned in my old pack when they beat and bullied me. They only did it more if I let them know how

stared ahead at the sizeable grand entrance to the foyer. "He might have a few new scars, but

to fight back the tears that wanted to be free. The thought of him

wish I could

back on the steps, resting her upper body on her forearms. "He does this. Every time he goes to battle, he shuts himself off. I wasn't even sure he realized he was

rubbed it over my left eye and cheek. "He could at least tell

as if he were going to walk in any

different from who he is today. But the man he is during battle... that's someone else entirely. I have only ever seen him that way once, but it was something I will never forget." Charlie's voice wavered slightly, just enough for

terrified to be around was almost amusing. But he was closing himself down for a reason, and none of the possibilities I could think of to explain why

voice was low and steady, as if she had suppressed her emotions like Killian usually did. It seemed to be a requirement of the job. "You really love my brother,

I didn't know if he was still searching for our missing people, fighting our enemies, or being captured by them. "Are you sure it's safe to talk to me right now? The past week, anytime you were alone with me, you bolted. You've only talked to me if there were

there weren't people within earshot near the

me with her arms on her knees in a very manly position. For a woman with a royal upbringing, I assumed she picked

your head and the pity in your eyes. I know you know what Killian did, and I hope you agree it wasn't right."

it is a hard situation for

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