Frailty: The Darkshine(62)

She thought about how she really felt about everything. “I can’t remember everything. How did this happen?” They looked into each other’s eyes, anguish clear on his features. As she listened to him explain in great detail about Lucie killing her, Helina couldn’t help the horror that filled her. “What happened to her?” She thought about the petite servant that had let Ryce and her into the mansion. Lucie had seemed so small and innocent, so non-threatening. He didn’t speak for the longest time and she grew worried. “Gaijryc?”

He took a deep breath. “She’s dead.”

She let go of his hands and covered her mouth. “Did I kill her?” He shook his head. He pulled her close so that she sat on his lap, her head on his chest. All her emotions spun around inside of her and she couldn’t help the tears that came out. Gaijryc held her, held her so tightly and comfortingly that it made her cry harder. Helina couldn’t hate him, couldn’t hate the vampire that had saved her life or the man she loved.





Revelations

“I’m scared,” Helina said to Gaijryc as they stepped through the main doors of his home. It was eerily silent, the only sound being the grandfather clock ticking lightly off to the side.

“You have nothing to be frightened about. I won’t let anything or anyone harm you.”

She knew he spoke the truth, but it was hard to ease the fear inside of her. He took them into a sitting room. The room looked like something out of a hunting catalogue, with its distressed leather couches, ancient-looking rifles gracing the walls and deep greens, browns and reds splashing color throughout the room.

He pulled her into his arms and kissed her deeply. He pulled away a moment later and murmured against her lips. “Wait here. I will be back shortly.” He kissed her again before he pulled away and disappeared behind the door.

She stared at the doorway for a suspended moment before turning around and making her way toward the large picture window. She could see her reflection through the glass and opened her mouth as she leaned in. Lifting her hand, she ran one of her fingers across a pointed fang, gasping as the sharp point sliced the tip of the digit open.

“Well, well, well. Looks like Gaijryc wanted his pet here for the wedding.”

Helina spun around and pressed herself against the glass. The woman that smirked at her was the same redhead that Gaijryc was to wed, Iena. The redhead’s expression turned from haughty to furious has she took in her features. She must have realized that Helina was now like her, a DarkShine.

Her face became a bright shade of red and Helina felt her heart rate pick up. The fight or flight response screamed at her to prepare. She willed herself to be calm, though. She needed to remind herself that she was just as strong as Iena now. Iena wore a beautiful white wedding gown, the silk material forming to her body and showing off her voluptuous curves. Helina swallowed and spoke before she had fully thought about it. “White really isn’t your color.” Iena’s eyes narrowed and she took a step forward.

“Want to know a little secret?” She stared at Helina, a sinister smile covering her red painted lips. “Once I am mated to Gaijryc, I’m going to make sure you watch when he fucks me for the first time after our mating. That will be a wedding present to myself, seeing the look of horror cross your face as he slides all those long, hard inches into me.”

She smiled wildly, her bright white teeth flashing, her twin fangs sharp and deadly looking.

The next moment seemed to happen in slow motion. Iena charged forward, her hands outstretched and her nails like little daggers. Helina moved out of the way just as her claw-tipped hand slashed out. The tip of Iena’s nail slid down Helina’s cheek and she felt her skin peel open. The warmth of her blood and the pain from the new wound penetrated her shocked mind. Helina gasped and covered her face with her hand, anger and fear bursting inside of her. She felt her fangs lengthen and her nails grow until they pricked her palms.

“You’re a fast little bitch, aren’t you?”

Iena threw herself at her again but this time Helina was ready. Just as Iena would have landed on her, Helina slammed her fist out, hitting Iena right in chest and sending her flying backwards. She hit the opposite wall so hard plaster crumbled all around her. She picked herself off the ground and shook her head, her eyes narrowing into tiny slits.

“You’re going to wish you never did that.”

She was probably right, but if she was going to kill her, Helina was going to make her work for it. Iena charged after her, grabbing her by the throat and throwing her against the fireplace. Brick shattered away and hit the ground all around her. Iena grabbed her by the hair and hauled her up, her feet dangling off the ground as she stared into her eyes. She backhanded Helina hard enough to split her lip, blood filling her mouth and pain clouding her brain.