The Beast And The Blessed

The Beast And The Blessed Chapter 65

Sixty-Five: Natalie

Natalie’s P.O.V.

Killian shifted back to his Lycan, his joints popping loudly at the sudden change as he stood tall in front of me.

“Come out!” He demanded. The Alpha command was thick, and even I felt the need to step toward him at his order. His body shook with anger, and while I was excited to have shifted, I was in no way ready for a fight in this form. I had no training in my fur… I had barely learned how to walk.

My gaze moved to the mouth of the cave, wondering if our guards would come to assist, but there was only silence.

The magic in the air grew thicker.

I shifted, not worried about my lack of clothing. My training had all been in my human form, and I wanted to be ready to fight.

My fingertips touched Killian’s back, and his fur bristled as a female peaked her head around the corner of the cave above us before transporting down to stand only twenty feet away.

We both took a step back at the action. The only person that we had known who was strong enough to do that was Joselin. Even then, her ability wasn’t as clear. She flickered in and out, while the stranger before us popped from one place to the other.

The power she must have had to master that skill was terrifying.

She was breathtaking. Her long ebony hair was curly and wild. Her eyes were a pale, sea-green. I shivered when I met them and found them locked on me. “You have grown so beautiful, my dear.”

seemed to echo through the cavern, and the hair on Killian’s hackles rose. For me to have grown meant that she had seen

behind his words. The underlying threat made me anxious. While he had been doing better to control his anger and reactions, pissing off a witch with no backup, especially one as powerful as she appeared to

is not the first time.” She laughed as she

refused to pull in air. Beyond our height, we didn’t have very much in common. There was little to no resemblance in our coloring. While she had black

my eyes at her in disbelief as I failed to find a matching feature, anything that would confirm

of hurt to go over

a matter of fact.” She lifted her arms, palms up, to gesture toward her surroundings. But I refused to take my eyes off her as she spouted her lies. “I knew you would be beautiful and strong. I am glad to see that I was

fade. I felt desperate to know if she was a threat to our safety or just a threat to my mind and heart. Either way, I would come out damaged from whatever happened

died that they had found me and taken me in. If the wrong person learned that fact, they could use it against me. I wasn’t stupid enough to blindly trust a witch when I knew witches were working with

She smirked as she watched me step to Killian’s side, not bothered by my being nude. “We are connected by our blood. If you try, you can feel it. You may have shifted, but the other part of you

part of me?” I whispered, my hand staying on Killian’s side as he eyed her with distrust. He shifted to place his shoulder ahead of mine to shield me in case anything should happen, and I stood still as I tried

magic in the air with every ounce of my being. Having her here, someone to connect it to, was like

me that she was not lying. But knowing she had been here this whole time, only a few hours

me start over. My name is Aurora, direct descendant of Selene. Her gift runs through our blood, and nothing will ever be able to mute or turn that part

Killian growled as the woman took a step closer, and my head shot back up to glare at

eyes and hair, I figured that your wolf would be the same. I’m glad that you share at least that with me.” Aurora smiled warmly at me

front of my torso to protect me as Aurora walked

My voice cracked as she gestured for us to

sadly as she