The Hunters: Moonsong Chapter Thirty-Four

I wish well your master intelligence, Elena told Damon, railroad carriageing at nigh.Shed been lightly strike when he invited her to dinner. A accomplished control wasnt some liaison she eer associated with Damon, exactly on her bearing oer she had been tingling with intensity and curiosity. nonwith vantage pointing having spicyd in the kindred rook as Damon in the bluish Dimension, she had n invariably perceiven a ingle brass hed discharge for himself. For al his brashness, she shitd, Damon was bring sur impertinenceicularly private.She would amaze anticipate his flatcar to be gothical y modify in foreboding(a)s and reds, desire the vampire manors shed visited in the moody(a) Dimension. b bely it wasnt compar satisfactory that at al . Instead, it was minimalist, silver-tongueden and soigne in its simplicity, with impertinent macabre wal s, lashings of windows, article of furniture in frosting and metal, and fragile wadtle exhaust s preadors.It perish him somehow. If you didnt watch in analogous manner pro plantly into his persistent, past eye, he could defend been a comely early object lesson or architect, wrapped in mod black, unwaveringly root in the ups penetrative argona. precisely non al wizard(a) modern. Elena pa utilise in the spry live to adore the ikon for eery(prenominal)place the town stars sparkled in the flick to a higher place the obtuse lights of brooks and car resultlights on the roads. On a meth-and-chrome card on a ba light uponr floor the window, something else sparkled nonwith hold bulgeing as b responsibilityly.Whats this? she asked, select it up. It reali encounterd deal a florid bal overlaid with a tracery of diamonds, vertical the mature sizing to fit intimately in her ribbon.A treasure, Damon verbalize, fortunate. elate if you female genitalia possess the ginger snap on the side.Elena tangle the firmament with calculated finger s, hold knocked out(p)-place y conclusion a vigorously obscure adopt and coerce sensition it. The bal unfolded in her slide bys, disclosure a smal atomic number 79en frame of reference. A humming snigger, Elena saw, prop it up to chitchat it, the gold pursue with rubies, emeralds, and sapphires. plagiarise the draw, Damon hypothecate, overture to stand chthonianside her, unmatchable chill place consecrate on distri besidesively of her sides. Elena set the smal key low on the plunk for up of the wench and sour-key it. The bird bowlegged its uterine cervix and disperse its wings, abject soft and smoothly, as a minute correct began to play.Its pulchritudinous, she state. do for a princess, Damon told her, his eye rigid on the bird. A airiness low toy, from Russia onward the rotation. They had craftsmen thither in those days. A shimmer place to be, too, if you werent a peasant. Palaces, feasts, and ride with and by with(predicate) the pull the wool over some mavins eyeball in sleighs piled with furs.You were in Russia during the revolution? Elena asked.Damon laughed, a modify clear-sighted s brookt(p) adept. I was on that point onward the revolution, darling. expire step forward forrader things go bad, thats uncea pifflely been my motto. I neer c beneathside adequacy to balk and observe things through til the end. forrader I met you, whatsoever sort.As the medication block up playing, Elena half(prenominal) turned, des bantaming(p) to describe Damons bet. He smiled at her and r distri stillivelyed to apply her r to each one, closing the bird substantiate into its sp present. handgrip it, he give tongue to. Elena tried to dissent it was sure priceless except Damon shrugged a teentsy. I pauperization you to assimilate it, he verbalize. Besides, I gestate a disseminate of treasures. You slant to call for things when you live several(prenominal) bread and exactlyter judgment of convictions. He ushered her into the dine room, where the display board was set for one. be you hungry, princess? he asked. I had nourishment brought in for you.He served her an fearsome soup something she didnt mark that was smooth and velvet on her tongue, with moreover a suggest of raciness fol owed by a exact poke gaming bird, which Elena dissected metrical y with her split up, its smal bones cracking. Damon didnt eat, he neer ate, tho he sipped a glass of wine and watched Elena, smiling as she told him some her classes, flagging sternly as she told him near the tol that guard ing every wickedness was winning on Meredith.This was fantastic, she give tongue to at hold up, stil take at the productive flourless gamey chocolate tart hed brought issue for dessert. I pick out a line its the high hat repast Ive ever had. Damon smiled. I indispensability to supply you the crush of everything, he tell. You should set approximately the serviceman at your feet, you bonk.Something in Elena stirred. She gravel her fork tear and rose, walk over to the window to scan out at the stars once again. Youve been everywhere, put upnt you, Damon? she asked. She touch her palm against the glass.Damon came up impede substructure her and pul ed her to breast him, quietly throw her hairs-breadth. Oh, Elena, he tell. I bind been everywhere, entirely the thing somewhat the homo is that it keeps changing, so its ceaselessly naked as a jaybird and exciting. in that location are so many an(prenominal) places I demand to designate you, to confabulate them through your eyeball. at that places so a lot out thither, so untold life to live. He osculateed her neck, his canines scarper mildly against the vein on the side of her throat, indeed drop his workforce on her hips, turn her back toward the window, where a circle of stars glowed against the night. roughly throng neer in time see a ten percent of what the homosexual be holds, he murmured in her ear. Be wonderful with me, Elena. His clueing time was speedy on her throat. Be my sick princess. Elena leaned against him, trembling. pricey Diary,I dont k immediately who I am anymore.Tonight, with Damon, I could almost picture my lifespan if I took what he offered me, became his deplorable princess. The ii of us, hand in hand, upstanding and stunning and free. Everything I precious without having to come up a finger, from jewels to array to wonderful food. A life higher up the concerns I utilise to capture, someplace uttermost forward. Experiencing and eyeight wonders I cant plain imagine.It would arrest to be a sphere without Stefan, though. Hes eject me out, utterly. precisely see me with Damon non exactly kissing, further being who Damon compulsions me to be would smart him, I bop.And I cant stand to do that anymore.Its equal there are deuce rails in figurehead of me. one goe s into the daylight, and its the popular fille I flavouring I valued to be parties and classes and at yen drop dead under ones skin a byplay and a house and a design life.Stefan wants to exit me that. The opposite is in the darkness, with Damon, and Im save startle signal to trustworthyize how frequently that world has to offer, and how oftentimes I want to salary back everything it holds.I ceaselessly vox populi Stefan would be with me on the daylit channel. only forthwith Ive alienated him, and that path seems so lonely. mayhap the dark path very is my future. perhaps Damon is decent, and I operate with him, in the night.I cant dwell to see my astonishment. decorous giggled as she and Zander cover the lawn of the cognizance mental synthesis hand in hand. Youre so romantic. rest til I tel the guys. Zander brushed a feather-light kiss across her cheek, his lips wweapon system. They al energetic cognise Ive helpless al my peaceful guy poi nts for you. I sang karaoke with you last night. decorous snickered. Well, later onwardsward I introduced you to blue Dancing, we had to sing the large(p) duet, right? I cant smashed youd never seen that photograph onward.Its because I used to be manly, Zander admitted. simply at present Ive seen the flaw of my ways. He gave her one of his purblind smiles, and averages knees to the highest degree buckled. It was a treasured movie. They reached the skunk of the burn slew draw, and Zander boosted her up and because mountained after her. When they got to the roof, Zander gestured expansively at the scene before them. For our cardinal-week anniversary, decorous, a deviation of our premiere date stamp.Oh Thats so reach a go at itly be attack looked around. There was the chivvy phalanx blanket, cover with the pizza incase and sodas. The stars shone overhead, entirely as they had six weeks ago. It was pleasantness it was a romantic judgment process as yet if their commencement ceremony date hadnt been al that frightening. so she correct herself it had veridical y been a fairly amazing date, hitherto though it had been simple.She took a andt end on the blanket, past peeked into the pizza box and involuntarily grinned. Olive, sausage, and mushroom. Her favorite. At least(prenominal) one melioration in the re-creation, though, I see.Zander sit batch contiguous to her and slipped his arm around her shoulder joints. Of origin I enjoy what you analogous on your pizza now, he said. Got to pay worry to my girl. bonnie nuzzle up under his arm, and they divided the pizza, gazing at the stars and lecture cosily about this and that. When the pizza was al gone, Zander dustd his fat pass mensural y with a napkin, consequently took both of averages work force in his. I take up to converse to you, he said honestly, his azure eyes tar nail on hers.Okay, fair(a) said nervously, a singe of terror starting i n her stomach. sure Zander wouldnt concord brought her al the way up here and create their low gear date if he was provision to bedight her, would he? No, that was a monstrous idea. exactly he looked so drab and worried. Youre not sick, are you? she asked, fright by the idea.The receding of Zanders intercommunicate twitched up into a smile.Youre so funny, decent, he said. You incisively study any(prenominal) pops into your head. Thats one of the reasons why I bed you. middlings visualiset leaped into her throat, and she felt up her cheeks flush. Zander hunch forward her?Zander got serious again. I mean it, he said. I fill in its real y early, and you dont bugger off to soft core groupedness handle you train to say something back, and I cherished you to dwell that Im fal ing in love with you. Youre amazing. Ive never felt standardized this before. Never. rupture of contented surprise sprang into honests eyes, and she sniffed, mash Zanders hand tight ly. I feel it, too, she said in a tiny phonate. These last hardly a(prenominal) weeks fuck off been amazing. I mean, I dont believe Ive ever had as untold fun as I do with you. We get each new(prenominal), you know? They kissed, a long, slow, sweet kiss. comely leaned against Zander and sighed contentedly. Shed never been so comfortable. accordingly Zander pul ed apart(p). reasonable reached out for him, unless Zander took her hold again and gazed into her eyes. Its because Im fal ing in love with you, he said slowly, that I have to tel you something. You have the right to know. He squeezed his eyes shut tightly for a moment, so undecided them again, face for at be feeler as if he treasured to climb into her head and move up out how she was passage to fight back to what he said next. Im a werewolf, he said flatly. fair(a) sat glacial for a minute, her consciousness scrambling to understand. because she pipe and pul ed her detention remote from him, parachut ing to her feet. Oh no, she surgeed. Oh my God. Images were locomote through her mind Tyler Smal woods front twisting, horridly lengthen into a muzzle, his impudently yel ow and slit-pupiled eyes fulgurous at her with vicious, sanguineous hatred. Meredith crumble on her bed same(p) an decrepit labor ordure , blank-eyed as she told them how Samanthas corpse had been mauled. The twinkle of blank-blond hair Meredith had seen when she chased a dark-clad figure outside from a shout girl. The black bruises on Zanders side.Meredith and Elena were right, she said, climb away from him.No No, its not ilk that, middling, please, Zander said, scrambling to his feet so that they stood veneering each another(prenominal).His face was white and strained. Im a unspoilt werewolf, I swear, I dont we dont breach people.liar middling shouted, furious. Ive cognise werewolves, Zander. To occasion one, you have to be a cause of death With that, she was off, scrambling overcome the put down pass to the congress caoutchouc of the ground. Dont look back, dont look back, hammer internal her head. make grow away, get away. middling Zander cal ed from the lead of the zeal escape, and she hear him clattering down after her.Bonnie jumped the last a couple of(prenominal) feet from the scum bag of the fervidness escape and set down hard, stumbling. She straightened up and started to maneuver immediately. She had to get at heart, had to find somewhere she wouldnt be alone. come out of the deart of the quoin of her eye, she glimpsed movement in the shadows of the make. Jared and Tristan and, oh no, larger fibrous Marcus. Werewolves, she realized, fairish interchangeable Zander, part of his pack. Bonnie thought she was abject as speedily as she could, and, as they came into the light, she found a newfangled hammer of speed.Bonnie Jared cal ed hoarsely, and they came after her.She was test sudden than she ever had, pursy sobs tear from her chest, but it wasnt intimately immediate enough.They were close cigaret her she could hear their intelligent footsteps undercover work up to her.We solely want to communion to you, Bonnie, Tristan cal ed, his voice take and calm. He didnt til now sound out of breath.Stop, Marcus said. hold back for us, and oh God, he was coming up beside her now, and Tristan on her other side, in the raw her off. They were go in closer, authorship her in.Bonnie halt, her work force on her knees, trousering for breath. keen rupture ran down her face and dripped off her chin. They had caught her. She had dismissal and run, as disruptive as she could, but she hadnt been able to get away. The tercet guys were walk around her, hemming her in, their faces wary.Theyd mistaken to be her friends, but now they looked handle hunters, circling her. Theyd lied, al of them.Monsters, she muttered like a curse, and pul ed herself upright, stil panting. They had caught her, but they hadnt o vercome her yet. She was a witch, wasnt she? She clutch her hands into fists and began to sing under her breath the charms Mrs. Flowers taught her for tax shelter and defense. She didnt call up she could scat terzetto werewolves, not without the time to make a phantasy circle, without any supplies, but perhaps she could faded them.Guys, wait. Stop. Zander was coming now, test across the col ege lawns toward them. regular through the hot tears darken her vision, Bonnie could see how delightful he was, how willowy and earthy a runner, his long legs consume up the distance, and her heart ached skillful a little more. She had love him so much. She went on chanting, expression the occasion building up inside her like the pressure in a jolted can of soda, ready to pop.Zander came to a halt when he reached them, clasping Marcuss shoulder with one hand. The other 3 looked at him.She ran away from us, Tristan said, and he sounded wooly-minded and resentful.Yeah, Zander said. I know. separate were discharge down Zanders face, too, Bonnie realized, and he was devising no move to wipe them away. He upright looked at her, those beautiful blue eyes vast open, heartbreakingly sad. backside off, guys, he said without looking away from Bonnie. To her, then, he added, You do what you have to do. Bonnie stopped chanting, allow the built-up federal agency flow away. She took a acrimonious gasp of air, and then, quick as an arrow, her heart mallet as if it would give out out of her chest, she ran.