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“Sleep, iubirea mea.”
Her eyes closed easily on the command, as if she’d heard me, as if I whispered those words intimately against her ear.
I wanted to desperately go to her. I’d waited three hundred years for this female, and here she was, just feet from me, only that fragile rock and glass keeping me from the one who was meant to be mine.
But I’d only frighten her, the intensity in which I needed her so strong she’d be terrified. And that was the last thing I wanted to do. My sole goal, the only thing my instinct demanded of me, was that I protect her. Make her happy. Keep her safe. Above all else, I needed to make her happy and give her anything she wanted.
So I could wait. I had to. Just for a short time. I’d learn about her and pray that she came to me of her own free will before the full moon. And it was quickly approaching.
Because once it was full and high in the sky, my beast would take over, the need to mate and mark her so strong there would be no denying it.
Gods. She was here. I’d finally found her.
7
Mikalina
I had the strangest dream, although I couldn’t remember the details. But it stuck with me all morning. And no matter how hard I tried to recall it, it was fleeting like mist.
I scrubbed a hand over my eyes as I sat at the table, my breakfast of fruit and tea mainly unconsumed. I pushed the plate of fruit away and stood, walking out the front door because I was too anxious to sit still. I saw Mini working in the garden and lifted my hand in a wave, although she wasn’t even looking at me, too focused on her work.
From last night, I knew Andrei lived out of town in one of the larger cities. He worked as a computer analyst—whatever that entailed—and came once a week to see Mini. Although he’d given me his number in case I needed a translator or anything else, I knew I had to figure out what I was going to do.
What am I going to do now?
My mind was calculating how much money I still had saved versus when I expected to go home. I cringed internally. Going home. Why did that feel so… wrong?
I didn’t know what kind of job opportunities I could possibly have here, what with not speaking the language, not even being a citizen, and not having a vehicle.
God, was this all one huge mistake, even if it felt like the very best thing in the world?
I found myself walking toward the woods, but something had me looking over my shoulder. Mini was standing and staring at me, and then surprising the hell out of me as she lifted her hand and shooed me along. Was she telling me to keep going? Was she telling me to move away? I didn’t know, but my feet must have, because I kept walking forward.
There was a small footpath at the edge of the tree line, and I made my way along it, the sun streaming through the leaves, the sound of birds overhead almost a lullaby.
I didn’t know how long I walked, but the sun felt good through the breaks in the trees, the breeze felt nice on my skin, and the sounds and smells around me had me closing my eyes and just... feeling.
I felt this lightness, but then that easiness kind of dissipated as something tighter, harder, stronger settled within me. I slowed and then stopped, looking around, unsure what I was feeling, but knowing it was... intense.
Seconds passed. Maybe minutes. And then it hit me.
This feeling. The intensity. The thickness all around me.
Someone’s watching me.
I’m not alone.
My heart started to pound harder as I looked to my right. My left. In front of me. Behind me.
I spun around. Around and around. The hairs on the back of my neck stood on end. On my arms.
I panted.
God, someone’s watching me.
The flight instinct was running rampant inside me, so I turned and started heading back toward the village, telling myself not to run. And with every step I took, I continued to tell myself that maybe this weird feeling was just in my head.
I’d been thinking a lot about Mini’s story from last night, picturing what these Lycans looked like, what their fire felt like under my skin—you know, things a crazy person would ponder.
