The Beast And The Blessed

The Beast And The Blessed Chapter 81

Eighty-One: Killian

Killian’s P.O.V.

Natalie was looking down the hallway. Her green eyes, which I adored, had turned light blue. Her skin washed of its usual pink hue, leaving her the color of snow. The blue and purple shade of her lips made me want to pull her into my arms and hold her until she was warm again.

She was fighting. I could see the struggle as her arms tightened around her torso, but our mate bond was empty.

I had woken up with it empty, and none of the guards had seen her leave. She had just disappeared, and the entire castle and city had searched for her for hours. It was early afternoon when I felt a flicker of her presence in our bond.

As it disappeared again, the maid yelling for a healer caught my attention. Several guards immediately alerted me that my mate had appeared in the hallway outside the infirmary.

Only she wasn’t entirely there. Her image was solid but would periodically flicker like a poor-quality hologram.

Her ghostly complexion ripped at my heart. I wanted to save her, protect her. But I didn’t know how to save someone from something I couldn’t see. Was it possible?

“No!” She cried out, throwing her hands up as her figure solidified, sending everyone flying back against the wall. I growled, the drywall crumbling as I pulled myself out of the hole.

Something was attacking my mate, and I couldn’t do anything about it. I turned to her mother, my body morphing and shifting as I transformed into my Lycan. “She shares your magic! You save her! Bring her back!”

Her calm statement was met with my fury as I grabbed her

protect her from the world around us. I would take on every enemy and every threat I could to keep her safe. She

as she glared at me. My hands began to burn as my grip tightened on her arm until I had no choice but to release her. “If we touch her while she is in the other realm, we could be taken there with her and trapped

watching with horror as breath after breath resulted in a foggy puff of air leaving her lips in the warm corridor. “And if

fast.” Aurora shouted as I walked around her and crouched before my mate. “You have no idea what kind of magic is at

staring at Natalie, watching her form jump back and forth between solid and transparent. Her breath went from thick to misty clouds, leaving her lungs. As the witch said, it was a lot to

arms around her frozen

flailed as she fought me off, trying to put as much distance between us as possible, but I wasn’t going to let go. Not now, and

to me!” The louder I spoke, the more

to cry, releasing loud, racking sobs. The guards around

stepped forward. Natalie gripped me tighter to her, whimpering and shoving her body

away but

after what we had just seen of her. I couldn’t imagine what she had just gone through. As she calmed, I held her tight in my lap,

had begun to normalize, and her body felt warmer

head with a horrified look as silent tears ran down her cheeks.

remembered her mentioning she heard a voice talking to her while I was in the shower. I had sensed no one near us, and no new or dark magic had been in the air. It was only hers. But someone had been there, so close to her

took my mate, and I would torture them

“What voice?” Charlie asked.

talking last night, but I couldn’t hear what he was saying.” Natalie looked over my shoulder. I turned to see which guard she turned to, but they moved aside, and her