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

I was ready to beg and plead for my mate to be returned to me so I could hold her in my arms and protect her from the world around us. I would take on every enemy and every threat

on her arm until I had no choice but to release her. “If

puff of air leaving her lips in the warm corridor. “And if

as I

and forth between solid and transparent. Her breath went from thick to misty clouds, leaving her

as her form solidified, I reached out, wrapping my arms around

much distance between us as possible,

it’s okay! Come back to me!” The louder I spoke, the more

still, and I held on tighter as she shivered aggressively and began to cry, releasing loud, racking sobs. The guards around us shifted

of the healers stepped forward. Natalie gripped me tighter to her, whimpering and

submission before moving away but staying close enough that he

of her. I couldn’t imagine what she had just gone through. As she calmed, I held her tight in my lap, my muzzle laying over the

and her body felt warmer to the touch before I spoke. “Natalie, what happened? Who

look as silent tears ran down

I 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 while she was sleeping, vulnerable. She had let her guard down as she slept in my arms, and I had let her down. I had

find the son of a bitch who took my mate, and I would torture them every day

“What voice?” Charlie asked.

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