You Wouldn't Dare (Khaos Trilogy Book 1), стр. 55

I had a feeling of who it would be.

Only a powerful Alpha like Khaos had the ability to communicate with someone outside his pack. The only reason I had managed it with him, was because he was my mate. The bond between our wolves made it easier. I would never have been able to do that with anyone else.

Which could only mean that it was someone from the Atlantis pack.

Here.

On enemy territory.

I didn’t have to wait long until I confirmed my worst fears.

“Violet. For fuck’s sake! Violet! Please tell me I’m close enough! That I’m not too late.”

Logan.

“What are you doing here?”

I heard his enormous sigh of relief, “thank the Moon Goddess! I was so worried I was too late! That the mating would be complete, and I wouldn’t be able to link with you. I should have known you wouldn’t do it, that you wouldn’t give up on us! I’ve missed you so much, Violet, I’ve been going out of my mind wondering what was happening to you, what he was doing to you! I...”

“Logan, slow down! You need to tell me what you’re doing here? You can’t just drop by for a chat to see if I’m okay! Khaos will kill you if he catches you here, you know he will!”

“He’s not here, Violet, I know that. I’ve been watching all morning. He’s gone on some murder mission as usual.”

I rolled my eyes, not bothering to correct him. “For the third time - What are you doing here, Logan?”

“Isn’t it obvious? I’ve come to rescue you. You don’t have to live this way; I will keep you safe. He’ll forget about you eventually, but I can’t, I won’t! Leave with me. We can be choice mates; you don’t have to accept what the Moon Goddess gave you! She must be insane to think this match would work!”  

He was going too fast for me, my mind spinning with every word he spoke.

Was he crazy?!

We always knew that our relationship was going to end, we had planned for the day my parents would mate me to someone else. He knew that it would never be him, so why was he acting this way now? Why would he risk his life like this?

A feeling of guilt nudged at me as I remembered his declaration of love. He knew as well as I did that I had met Khaos and immediately ran back to the pack, to the safety of his arm. I cringed as I remembered the force with which I had attacked him. I had made him think I was wild with passion, when instead I was wild with fear. I hadn’t wanted Khaos as my mate back then. In denying the call of the bond, I had unwittingly dragged Logan into a dangerous situation he didn’t fully understand. I owed it to him to set the record straight.

“Where are you, Logan? I’ll come to meet you.”

And hopefully, get him the fuck away from here before Khaos returned.

I agreed to meet Logan in the woods, near to the packhouse. As soon as he saw me, he scooped me into his arms, lifting me off my feet as he squeezed me into a tight hug.

“You look amazing, Violet. You’ve no idea how worried I’ve been! I’ve barely slept thinking of the barbaric things he’s done in the past, things he could be doing to you.” He thrust me away from him, patting down my body as he inspected for himself anything that would show someone had hurt me. Once he was satisfied that I was in one piece he grabbed me into another hug that almost broke my ribs.

“Logan!” I half-laughed, half choked, “I’m fine! I like it here. Khaos... He’s not what you’re thinking, I promise. He wouldn’t ever harm me.”

“That’s what he wants you to think because he wants to mate with you, everything will change once he’s got you under his thumb, I promise. Jeez, to think the guy killed his own parents, Violet. They took him in when he had nothing, raised him as their own, trained him to be the next Alpha and he murdered them in cold blood! I’ve heard the stories of what happened to his chosen mate and I’ll be damned if I’m going to let that happen to you! We have to get you out of here!”

“You don’t know the full story, Logan… He... Louisa… You just don’t get it! She wasn’t a good person! He was not to blame for what happened to her!” Logan pushed me away from him, staring down at me as though he didn’t even recognise me.

“Violet, he’s lying to you. He’s hardly going to admit that he killed her when you’re the next in line to be his mate! Talk about scaring you off!”

“Logan, please. You must get out of here; he’ll be back any minute.”

“I’m not leaving without you. He ripped her teeth out and bit her nipples off! That is not the act of a sane man!”

“For the last time, that’s not what happened! It’s not my story to tell, but you must trust me on this one! In fact, why am I even explaining this to you? This is my decision to make, not yours. You don’t know the full story about what happened and I’m not leaving him, end of!”

“Did he kill his parents?”

“Well, yes, technically--”

“Then I know the full story!”

“No, you don’t! There were reasons. He... Look, I can’t tell you. It’s up to Khaos what he lets the world believe, and I won’t betray him by revealing his past!”

“Violet! Come on! What has gotten into you? You never would have accepted this before! He’s brainwashed you!” He shook my shoulders as he