The Beast And The Blessed

The Beast And The Blessed Chapter 93

Ninety-Three: Killian

Killian’s P.O.V.

Camps were set up all around town. Anyone who could take someone in did. Houses were overflowing with creatures of all kinds.

Even humans started showing up, much to my surprise. They had been quiet until recently when they began reporting mass amounts of missing people and deaths. I knew the vampires had to be feeding from somewhere to gear up for the war, but there were no reports until the past few months.

Now, it seemed I was getting a new notice every hour of another collection of missing persons or bodies found void of blood. It wasn’t just humans, but they seemed to be the most accessible food source and therefore were the vampire’s primary target while they stocked up and prepared for battle.

Around a hundred of them had shown up, and as terrified as they were of the rest of us, they did their best to participate in training.

I watched as another one hit the ground, letting out a cry of pain before brushing her palms on her thighs and gesturing with her hand for the Lycan working with her to attack again.

“I’ve seen enough. This isn’t going to work.” I called out, and the humans stopped training to watch me with wide eyes. We could have taught them ways to dodge and fight had they shown up sooner. Still, with our limited time and their inability to move as quickly as our enemies, it was a waste of time. “We don’t have time to prepare them.”

fight!” The female shouted angrily, but I ignored her as I turned to my lead commander, Braxton. He had been attached to me every chance he could since I spared his children. I held no

humans to gather in the gardens. Have all available doctors come down. I want them all to get a crash course in first aid. They will be carrying the injured back to medics.” A flash of my mate’s green eyes caught my attention as

and knives!” The female human shouted again, and I growled at her disrespect. She moved to submit quickly, having realized her mistake. I didn’t

of good that did your people during

having heard or

the human’s waist to hold her up. The woman struggled against Natalie’s hold as my mate

Natalie purred, and I watched with amusement as the goosebumps rose along the human’s skin as Natalie’s lips brushed against it. Her teeth hovered over the

her this way. The human wasn’t unattractive, and seeing my mate wrapped around her, even when

arousing, but I was jealous.

quickly as I held my beast back. It was bad enough that the human had

this? You’re turned on right now!’ Natalie asked through our mind link, genuinely surprised and a little curious. I quickly put my wall up in our mate bond. I met her eyes,

but she never broke my gaze. “Your king has given you your assignment.

for orders. There were still several other groups that I wanted to check on before we left at sun up, but my mate had to come to visit me for a reason, and I

to take any critically injured back to safety,

at me with a smirk on her lips. “I came to see how I can