Page 51 of Her Silent Knight

“Don’t let him touch her,” Rhen yelled.

His crew approached Kaede. Kaede snarled at them as he strode toward his mate who was passed out in the snow.

This cannot continue.

“Indeed.”

“What the fuck are you waiting on?” Rhen shouted from behind him.

The rage in Rhen’s voice sent his crew into action. They rushed Kaede. He fought them off easily.

Go to her before she freezes. She’s only wearing a fucking T-shirt.

A fucking T-Shirt! Kaede broke one vampire’s arm and threw him to the ground. If they’d fed recently, they would heal fast. Kaede stomped on the creature’s neck. Breaking it. That should keep his undead ass down for a minute.

Foot still on the vamp’s neck, he glared at the others who were surrounding him. He didn’t have time to fight them right now. The vamp he was standing on was okay. He would recover. However, if Kaede lit his ass up, he wouldn’t recover. Smoke curled from his nose. His dragon was ready to light that motherfucker up.

“Mine,” Kaede roared, willing them to understand that he wasn’t leaving without her.

Unsure of what to do, the remaining three vamps turned to Rhen for instructions. Kaede glanced over his shoulder. Rhen was rising to his feet. Remnants of his sleeve were melted against his flesh. That had to hurt.

He deserves it.

“Indeed”

“I’ll deal with you later,”Kaede thought, as he stared at the vamp he’d once had a truce with.

“I’m not letting you take the witch,” Rhen yelled.

A growl rumbled through Kaede’s chest. He whirled around when he caught movement from the corner of his eyes. A member of Rhen’s crew was moving toward his treasure.

“Mine,” Kaede roared.

The leech froze.

“She can’t stay on the ground,” Rhen shouted.

“I know,” Kaede thought, eyes still on his mate.

“What did you mean when you said, mine?”

Kaede removed his foot from the other creature’s neck. He was done waiting to see if they’d attack. He approached his mate. The crew stared nervously at Rhen. These guys must be new to the gang. Kaede had never seen them before.

“Fall back.” The vamps obeyed Rhen’s orders.

Kaede knelt down and scooped his witch up into his arms. His dragon sighed and offered up heat to keep their treasure warm.

“If you keep staring at her like that, I’m going to get jealous.”

Flames erupted from Kaede’s skin. He whirled around and growled at Rhen. “Fuck with her and die,” he shouted, finding his voice now that his mate was in his arms.

“That’s what I thought. You can talk now that you’re touching her. Fuck.” Rhen rubbed his hand through his long black hair. “She’s yours, isn’t she? Your mate?”

“She belongs to me and only me. If anyone else touches her, I will light their ass up.” Kaede looked to his left at the vampire who was trying to sneak closer to him.

“Fall back Lother. Don’t be a fool,” Rhen told his goon, before reaching into the sack on his bike and pulling out a vial of blood and downing it. He tossed the empty vial back into the compartment and then slammed it shut.

“Damn, Kaede, you actually did it. You actually found your mate. You once told me you were cursed to never speak again until you found your mate. Well,” Rhen chuckled. “You didn’t tell me. At the time, you couldn’t speak. You wrote it down on a piece of paper in drunk handwriting.”