“Hey baby,” Lauren says with a sly, seductive grin.

“What do you want?” I ask her, and she stops, sighing heavily as she places her hand on her waist.

“What? No, I’ve missed you. How was death?” She asks in a snarky tone.

I lick my lips in annoyance, looking over my shoulder at Melody, who is clearly confused.

“If you are a vampire, then you are still dead.” I remind her and she makes a face while nodding her head.

“Well, only partially a vampire.” She corrects me.

“Leave.” I grit out.

“Or what? You will kill me again? Sorry sweetheart, you don’t scare me anymore.” She shrugs. “I am here for Giselle.

“Giselle is not here,” I scoff, and she chuckles, her laughter dark and lacking humor.

“I am here on her behalf,”

I look to the water, making sure my emotions are masked from Colette in order to keep her away and safe.

Is she out there? Your water mate?” Lauren asks, following my eyes.

“That’s none of your damn business,” Melody scowls and Lauren rolls her eyes.

“Shut up, you oversized punching bag!” she clips out. “The royals are discussing things.”

I snort a laugh and shake my head.

“You aren’t a royal.”

and I am mated

were a Luna, and you WERE mated to Johannes. Now you are

nose twitches as her lip curls, and she snarls at me. Her once brown eyes grow blood red and her fangs come out as

morph into darker muscles before she takes a step toward

a fucking dragon. A hairy vampire doesn’t inspire fear in me. Only the strong urge to end her

you allow me to take Colette.” She says, her voice

fucking

body as I grow larger, my muscles exploding from my skin and my snout growing from my face. Claws extend from my fingertips, razor sharp and ready to shred the bitch

so much from me. First my parents, then my attempt at revenge, and now she demands what I swear to protect. No, this vampire hybrid is

Melody says, stumbling back before falling

grins. “Best to run along before I

the water, trying to convey the message to get her ass

slow to move, my claws slipping through her soft abdomen like a heated knife through butter. Lauren hisses as she takes a step back, her legs bending and her fangs on full

as she circles

where I won’t be prepared. My back, though exposed, would be expected, and coming at me from the sides or front would make her an easier target. Lauren

So when she leaves my line of sight for a millisecond, I drop to my knees and spin, driving my claws up as she

herself from my impaling fingers and throws herself back away from me. Blood pours down her

my new shirt.” She

now, then she was when she was my mate.. Lauren never bothered to learn to carry her weight as

have killed a normal lycan or wolf. But she isn’t a normal anything, and it would serve me well to know that.

she jumps up and tries to grab hold of my head. My hands drive through her stomach and out her back as she slides down onto

with an unnatural speed, she whips it back and leans to the side, burying her teeth into my neck. I grunt, trying to force her off as she sinks her nails into my back, anchoring her to where she is. Her body vibrates as

out as my neck grows numb, the sick tingling feeling spreading through my skin like a spider placing their venom in my bloodstream. I know I am in trouble, the way my strike

the jolt and I slip my legs under her waist. I kick with every fiber of strength I can muster, and she flies from me

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