No one is even… Where am I?
I try to sit up—
“Ouch!”
That was a mistake.
“Easy, princess.”
Rogan.Rogan is here.
“Where am I?”To my surprise, the words actually make it out of my mouth.
“No one will find us here,” he says.
“But…where are we?”
I’m in a bed.A pretty comfortable bed.But we’re not back at the casino.This isn’t my suite and it isn’t Rogan’s penthouse.
“I’ve had a security breach,” he says.“We can’t go back to the London.”
I nod.At least I think I do.I’m not quite sure I have full control over my body yet.
“What happened to me?”
“Don’t you remember?You got shot by an arrow while we were fighting the demons.”
Yes.The pain.The burning and scorching sensations.And then… Seeing myself.Seeing Rogan as a wolf, fighting off how many demons?
“How?”I ask.
“I’m not sure myself, princess.It seems when I’m with you, I have abilities I never knew I had.”
“What do you mean?”
“I seem to be able to protect you.I’m one man.One wolf.I shouldn’t have been able to fend off all those demons.But after you got shot…”
“What?”
“Something changed.Again.Like when we were escaping your stepfather the first time.I just knew.I knew you had to be protected at all costs.”
“Because I’m your mate?”
He rubs at his sweaty forehead, his hair sticking to his face.“That’s part of it.That’s the part I understand.But I’m not the first wolf to have a fated mate.I’ve never heard of another being able to do what I’ve done.”
Right.Moving through planes, if that’s indeed what happened.
“How did we get here?”
“I wish I could tell you.I stopped the bleeding and then I brought you back here.”
“You mean you don’t remember?”
“Oh, I remember every second of it.But if I had to do it again?I’m not sure I could.”
Too much.It’s all too much to think about.My eyes flutter closed again.
“That’s it, princess.Rest.You need your strength for what lies ahead.”