Page 30 of Knight’s Dominion

“After feeding like that? A couple days at least.”

They had some time. Not much, but it was something. “I want you to go after the fucker who did this, see if you can sense his power, he can’t have gone far.” Chaos turned to Gunner. “Try to find the beast. Don’t engage it. If you can, lead it away from downtown. We don’t want any humans stumbling across it. Whatever’s making it invisible might only be temporary.”

Gunner caught his gaze. “What will you be doing?”

Chaos cursed. They needed more eyes on the ground, more manpower to help find and contain the beast. They couldn’t do it alone. “Getting some help.”

CHAPTER 9

Laney poked her head around the door. "Vince wants you out front."

Grace looked up from lacing her boots. "I'm due on stage."

"We're swapping apparently. Oden’s here again.”

Great. He'd been here the night before as well, and he’d insisted on having her sit with him the entire evening. Despite her best efforts, she hadn’t been able to get him to talk, and the creep hadn't left the club until 3 a.m.

Worse, he'd brought her a bracelet that she'd refused, but Vince had all but begged her with his eyes from across the room to accept it. Vince was definitely in some kind of trouble, but he wasn’t talking. As much as she wanted to shake the shit out of him, he was family, and she owed him her life.

He'd provided her with protection and a place to stay when she had nowhere else to go. Had given her a way to make good money when she'd lost her family and had shown up with nothing but the clothes on her back.

Which was why she'd stayed at Oden’s side, why she’d laughed at his jokes and stroked his ego. Oden was a man used to getting what he wanted. She’d talked to a few of her people, and heard more sick and twisted rumors. Like what happened to business associates who didn’t let him have his way.

She needed to find out what Vince had gotten himself into.

He told her he had it under control, but she didn’t believe him. So unfortunately, for now, that meant cozying up to Oden.

She shuddered. Having his revolting hands on her was an exercise in restraint. Because the urge to bust the creep’s nose whenever he touched her was getting harder and harder to resist.

Ever since Chaos had come to her gym, since he’d kissed her, the idea of touching or being touched by anyone else had become almost unbearable.

She curled her fingers at her side and straightened. Every time she saw the knight, spent time with him, it grew stronger. She had to overcome this, work at strengthening her block, so she could resist the pull their bond was having on her.

The faces of her family—her parents, her brother—filled her head and guilt swamped her, along with an even stronger dose of self-loathing.

Christ, the fates had really screwed her over with this shit. First, the whole idea of mates, of being cosmically matched to some random guy, was supremely messed up. But making two random strangers meet and instantly want to fuck was totally twisted. And second, matching her with Chaos, of all males, was just plain evil.

The sheer power of the bond she was now fighting almost constantly, a bond she would happily fire a bolt at and smile while it twitched and bled to death at her feet, astonished her. Terrified her.

Since that kiss, she’d had to fight harder than she ever had before to keep her block up, to keep who she was to him, from him. She curled her fingers into a tight fist. After he’d swaggered out the door, a part of her, a large part, had actually wanted to go after him, to bring him back and finish what they’d started. God, since then she’d barely thought of anything else.

Goose bumps lifted all over her skin. Her body had no trouble remembering the way his weight had felt on top of her. His mouth on hers. The way he’d held her tight.

Stop it.

Pushing all thoughts of the pain-in-the-ass knight from her mind, she headed out into the club.

Oden wasn't alone this time; he had two other males with him. Vince was hovering beside them looking flustered. Oden glanced up as she approached, his dark gaze traveling over her in a way that made his feelings more than clear.

He wanted her.

And he wasn't a man used to hearing no.

This was a game for him right now, but she knew he wouldn't play nice when he decided he'd had enough of the chase.

“Oden, this is a nice surprise. Gentlemen." She smiled at his companions and rested her hip against his chair.

Vince smiled at her, his shoulders visibly relaxing. "See, here she is. I told you she wouldn't be long.” The males with him took her in, assessing, unnerving.