A Fang in the Sass: BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance (Sassy Ever After Book 6) (12 page)
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Authors: Milly Taiden
Standing outside the SUV parked in front of her storage warehouse, Aria plucked the tranq dart from her arm, but poison still entered her bloodstream. She looked up to see John staring at her, another dart in his hand.
“What the fuck?” She slammed the door and ran toward the warehouse. She tried the front door, and as she expected, it was locked.
“Ms. Valderi, please calm down. I’d like to make this quick so I can get back. I hate this disgusting country.”
She’d love for him to leave, too. The poison, though not as much as when Trevan shot her, had its effects. Then it dawned on her, the longer she drew this out, the more out of it she’d be. If she attacked now, she’d be stronger. With that, she stopped and dashed back around the corner of the building.
She slammed into Juan, him not expecting her to be on the offensive. Her hand drove his chin up and back while her knee met his groin. She introduced her boot to his face, then her world wobbled, sending her to her knees.
“You bitch,” Juan breathed, curled in a ball next to her. “I can’t wait to watch you die. Just like I watched your fucking parents die.” She gasped.
“You? Why would you give a shit about a small clan on the other side of the ocean?” He reached out and snagged her hair and yanked. She yelled when he dragged her closer. Her head spun.
“Because that small clan leader had a fucking philosophy others were starting to pay attention to.”
“Not drinking from humans? The High Council…was considering making…that a rule?” Pride for her ancestors flowed through her. They were good people. She was starting to get tired. “What’s wrong with that?”
Juan smashed his fist into her face. “Stupid bitch. Do you know what the world would be like if thousands of elders existed?”
She tried to think of an answer, but felt too out of it to do much. “No.” Then it occurred to her. He liked being a big fish in a little pond. A boost of angry adrenalin provided strength. “You’re a fucking power greedy…son of a bitch.”
“Call me what you may, but I haven’t spent hundreds of years culling the clans for nothing.” He pulled out a knife and leaned over her. “Having too many Julians isn’t a good thing. They start getting too many ideas that mess with status quo.”
Aria struggled to keep the weapon from her neck, her strength waning fast. A vehicle screeched in front of the warehouse. “Aria!”
Trevan? She didn’t care how, just that he was there.
“Trevan,” she managed just above a whisper. He came around the corner. From behind, Wynther tackled her mate. Trevan could handle a normal vampire, but what about one trained to fight and kill? She had to fight to stay awake, to make sure her mate wasn’t hurt.
Juan swiped at her with the knife and sliced her hand. The sting added determination to her system, but he was back to full strength. The elder straddled her body, knife in both hands, pointed at her throat. Her hands wrapped around his neck, squeezing, holding him back.
“Just go to sleep, bitch, and you’ll feel nothing. I already have men ready to take your place and feed humans to every vampire.”
“Go to hell, asshole.” She fought to keep her eyes open, her locked elbows saving her skin at the moment. She needed Trevan. Sounds of hand to hand fighting reached her ears, telling her that her mate lived. Her eyelids were so heavy.
Another sting pierced her throat, shaking her out of an oncoming daze. She bucked, trying to dislodge Juan from her. His balance was set with his knees on both sides of her. Her shoulders pushed into the ground, dropping the blade through her skin. The strength in her hands squeezing him weakened.
This was it. The pull to sleep was thick on her brain. “Trevan,” she whispered, “I will always love you. Keep our clans safe.”
“Aria, fight for—” He grunted then more punches sounded. She wanted to fight, but she was so tired. So tired.
Above her, Juan smiled, knowing he was going to win. Bastard. Her eyes drooped, then hot wet drops splattered her face. That would her blood. But then why where her arms still locked and holding the shithead?
Her eyes fluttered to stare into his wide, unblinking gaze. The weight of his body slid to the side. When he moved, the light shined on a sharpened wooden stake driven through his chest, the tip stained red. The drops on her face were his blood, not hers.
The chancellor fell to the ground to reveal Claude standing with another stake in his hands. Behind him, a crimson car was parked sideways partially on the grass, driver’s door still open. Her heart jumped at seeing her favorite cousin, but crashed knowing he would now be her killer. But why waste Juan, if that was the case? She was too tired to think that hard. Her body relaxed and eyes closed, sending her into sleep.
She breathed deeply, taking in the delicious smell of her mate. Her body was comfy and snuggled against a warm body. A moan escaped her as she rolled over and kissed her mate. She loved being in bed with him. But she didn’t remember getting into bed.
Aria pushed back and looked around. She was in her bed in her house with the northern clan. She looked at Trevan. “What—I—Claude—big stake—”
Her mate kissed her, probably to calm her temporary craziness. Which worked. She slumped against him, her breasts against his hard chest. And that wasn’t the only hard body part right now. But she had too many dire questions, like what the fuck happened?
“Relax, love. Everything is fine. Everyone is safe.”
He seemed so happy and normal. “What happened after I passed out? I didn’t think I’d be alive.”
“You can thank your cousin Claude for that. He explained that Anton and Chantal were pressuring him to join in working with Filip or be killed. He couldn’t put you in more danger, so he escaped to Spain to go to the council. While there, he discovered that Juan guy and his plot to finally get rid of you using Filip’s killing as the ticket to your death.”
Aria sat up, keeping the sheet pulled up. “You mean that Juan ass caused all this mess with the High Council?”
“Yes, he told the council one thing and Penelope the other. He tricked the council into believing you purposely murdered Filip out of jealously.”
She snorted. “Obviously Juan wasn’t doing that good of a job if he felt he had to kill me instead of letting the council decide.”
“That’s what Claude thought, too. He flew back and arrived the same time you did after leaving the southern clan. He followed you to the warehouse. Fortunately, I didn’t run him over on my way to get you.
“We have some house cleaning, darling. Wynther was my contact when we setup to kidnap you. Apparently, he was in cahoots with Chancellor Juan. He’s locked up, and has agreed to testify against Juan for a lower sentence.”
“So, where is everybody?”
“They are downstairs. Penelope is working with Roen and Emma to gather all the evidence to present to the council to go with Wynther’s testimony. Just so there’s never any questions about anything in the future.
“And I told them to stay downstairs. I have to heal my mate from her injuries and we’d see them later. And to not knock on the bedroom door unless the place was on fire.”
With a smile, she slid back under the covers. “I like that idea, very much.” She brushed a hand over his wide, hard shoulders. “So how about you show me what your new and improved body can do?”
Trevan chuckled. “I like that idea very much.”
Aria knocked on the door of the first wolf she’d ever considered a friend and waited anxiously. She bit her lip. Would Emma be happy? Angry?
The door jerked opened and on the other side was Emma and the other Wolfe ladies in their bi-monthly man-bashing session. Though it had now turned to baby talk sessions with food and iced tea instead of wine. They couldn’t have the sessions as often with Nicole in Las Vegas, but bi-monthly worked for everyone.
“Aria!” Emma threw her very pregnant self on her, knowing she’d catch her.
It no longer felt awkward for Aria to have a woman hugging her. All the Wolfe women gave so much love.
“Let her in, Emma,” Barbara Wolfe shouted. “We all want to see her.”
Emma dragged her inside. Suddenly, the room grew silent and all eyes went from staring at Aria’s face, down to her belly.
“No way!” Emma gasped.
“Oh my god,” Jordan whispered.
“You’re pregnant,” Barbara grinned. “This is going to be so interesting.”
Then the squealing began full force. All the women surrounded her in hugs and congratulatory kisses, and the only one not pregnant being Karla, she shushed everyone.
“All right, you all. Clearly Barbara and I have to give a baby class since so many of you are expecting. We wouldn’t want the same thing to happen to your men that mine went through when I was pregnant.”
Aria blinked in confusion. “What happened?”
Jordan giggled. “Have a seat. I’ll get the snacks.” She waved Aria quiet when she opened her mouth to speak. “We have your bloody punch ready for you. Don’t worry. Now relax because your life will never be the same. Ever.”
Aria laughed. She already knew that. The moment she laid eyes on Trevan, she knew he’d change her world forever.
THE END
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