Forbidden Alliance: A Werewolf's Tale (Forbidden Alliance Trilogy) (43 page)

A small, sad smile pulled at the corners of her mouth. “Age, species,
mortality
…none of that matters when the heart is involved. Tanis’ heart was vacant for many, many centuries, and it is only been since you have ef
fortlessly found yourself in it
that he has truly started to live f
or the first time in centuries. You are both scared to take that leap, however, in order to save each other, you have
to. Both of your hearts depend
on it.”

“
But h
e doesn’t even know me,
”
I argued.

“Tanis knows enough about you to know that he wants only good things for you, and he wants you to be happy.
Being with you makes him happy
,
and you being with
Tanis
makes you happy.
The way you two are when
you are
together, even that little bit I saw when he brought you over to meet
me, which was a first mind you,
” she said with a chuckle. “You
two unconsciously move around each other.
When he smile
s,
you smile
.
When
you laugh
,
he laughs.
When you speak, he hangs on every word that leaves your lips…
It fills my heart with warmth to s
ee him happy, and I know that
only a
wonderful
woman
could be
the reason behind it.
Please, take
a bath and warm up
.
Tanis will be back soon and
I fear
that
only you will be
able to calm him down so he
does not
go on a murderous rampage
, thus
becoming an orphan
.”

“Thanks
, no pressure,” I mumbled.

Once I fully
submerged myself
clothed
,
I was much
too numb
and
embarrassed
to
strip
out of my clothes
in front of Sabirella
, and too tired to care
, I thought about what she had said.

It had felt like one of
the longest and most mentally exhaustive day
I
have
ever had
.

Why am I in the bath?
I don’t like baths, I always think better in the shower.
When I can feel my legs again, I will see if I can make it to
the
big shower in the corner.

Ugh! Why am I mentally rambling about a goddamn shower?
There are more pressing matters at the moment to d
eal with then where I am when I
’m
thinking
them.

The psychotic and unbelievable events of
the
day
were
overshadowed by one point of light, a shimmer of hope, that Tanis might love me.

Do I love him?
Could I love him knowing what he is?
It hasn’t stopped me from being with him so far and unequivocally trusting him.
Why would that suddenly change?
He was a vampire when I met him, he is a vampire still, and I think…I love him.

“Huh, happy birthday to me
,” I said with a smile.

In thirty minutes
I would
either get m
e
arse kicked by
an irate blonde with a new BMW
or snog with a very happy blonde with a new BMW.

It should
have
prove
d
to be interesting either way
.

I was
giddy as a
girl
.
I wasn’t
usually not such a
daft arsehole
when it
came
to giving gifts, but Jay Dee
was
worth the shot to my dignity.
I like
d
giving her things, even if
she was
going to fight me on it.

I
was more than confident that’d I
win in the end
;
I always
did
.

My mobile rang
and
I was surprised to see that is was Steffen.

“
Hey Steffen,” I cheerfully greeted. “Thank you again for helping Jarvis with the electronics. Those two are bloody ridiculous when it comes to gifts.”

“Tanis?”

“Do not get me wrong, I am more than confident that she is going to kick me arse from here to Canada and back, but it I am sure it will be more than worth it.”

“Tanis!”

“You will appreciate the fine German engineering,” I smugly informed him.

“Tanis!” he yelled.

“What?”

“How far away are you?”
Steffen whispered.

“Thirty minutes from Lummi
.
I just got done taking care of the insurance and registration
…
what is wrong? What happened?” I
demanded
.

He hesitated for a moment.

Something
bad
happened.

“There was an accident,
” he started. “O
r a misunderstanding
…honestly,
I’m not exactly sure what in the hell happened.
”

I struggled to s
wallow the lump in my throat. “M
e Duckie?” I choked, my eyes flooding with
moisture
.

“
d’Artagnan showed up with a
very pissed off
water logged blonde in his arms.
He pulled Jay Dee off of the bottom of the ocean when she jumped off of the cliffs trying to get away from your sister.”

“What?” I
snarled and
slamm
ed
on the gas.
“Tell me you are
joshing
.”

“No.
Mom
’
s upstairs with her now
. T, s
he wasn’t bitten or anything, and aside from the blue tinge to her, she seems fine.
Mom said
she’d call her
parents
to
let them know that Jay Dee
will
be escorting us so she might be late, you know, to prevent issues.”

I was shaking I was so irate.

“Where is
Georgiana
?”

“On her way back with Romeo and Abby,” he
said,
sound
ing
very apologetic.
“I guess it was a knock down
-
drag out fight, and from what Romeo said, Jay Dee held her own against that crazy redhead.
Few can boast that.
”

“Indeed.”

“
Hurry up and get home to your g
irl, I’m sure she needs
a hug and to talk
.”

“
That is putting it
mildly
,” I hissed and hung up the phone.

It made me feel
slightly
better to hear that Jay Dee held her own again my blood crazed sister, but it didn’t make the situation any better.

My sister
would forever be
dead to me
from that point forward
.

It only took twelve minutes to make the thirty minute drive; I blew through every red light and stop sign,
and used
the shoulder to pass slower vehicles.
I felt slightly
crazed
, however I
had
good reason to be.

My sister, my own
flesh and
blood, attacked the
woman
I love
d
.
Thinking
of Jay Dee
injured or harmed, especially because of me,
made
me burn with
a fury to the likes of nothing I had ever known
.
However, thinking her gone
broke
my heart.
That
was only possible
when you love
d
someone
.

So
yes, without
question
, I love
d
Jay Dee
Lightfoot
.

I was out of my
car
before
I remembered to put it in park
and it rolled across the driveway and nearly hit a tree before
Steffen
was able to get it
in park
.
d’Artagnan
was
sitting on the bottom step
inside waiting for me
.

“Where is that redheaded bitch
?
” I snarled.

d’Artagnan smiled wide
.
“Relax
,
little brother, your woman is fine.
Surprisingly better than fine considering she was attacked by a damn vampire and jumped off of a cliff, drowning herself in the process.
Mom and Abby are dealing with Georgiana now; she’ll be lucky to walk once
they
are
done with her.”

Deep, calming breaths.

“What in the hell happened?” I
whispered; I
need
ed
to calm down before I see the girl I love, the girl who
was
most likely going to tell me that it
wasn’t
worth it and that
me and my family
truly
are
as dangerous as all of those ridiculous books and movies made us out to be.

The irony
didn’t
fail
to amuse me on some dark level
. I had
been warning Jay Dee since
that Monday
about how
dangerous vampires
were
, and that she shouldn’t be complacent about my family’s
apparent
non-homicidal tendencies.

Romeo walked
out
from the kitchen with an ice pack on his swollen eye.
“That crazy redh
ead started running her mouth,
” he mumbled before carefully moving his sore jaw
back and forth
, popping it loudly
. “Finally
Abby said enough was enough and slammed on the brakes to make her walk home.
Somehow
,
Jay
’s
face smashed into Abby’s headrest, giving her a bloody nose.
After that it was pretty much every
god
damn
vampire movie you’ve ever seen
all rolled into one.
I told her to run, but before she could get out, Georgiana got away from Abby and knocked her and Jay across the road.
Then it was an epic fight.
Every time Jay got away
,
we were there stopping Georgiana, but you know how stubborn and hunger crazed that crazy bitch gets!
Seriously,
I can’t believe she didn’t sink her teeth into
her
.
I’m so sorry
,
T.”