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to be seen. He reached out again with his senses and found her further away. She was probably still
running.
He cried again when Alistair scratched across his face, hissing as he flattened his ears against his head.
Blood was streaming from his torn ear, turning his fur red. Erik hit back, slashing along his back and then
leaping on him. He grappled Alistair to the ground, biting him repeatedly and not letting go when Alistair
kicked at him.
His brother was weakening.
Pressing his back feet into Alistair's stomach, Erik managed to bite the underside of his throat. He
locked his jaw tight as Alistair struggled, his claws slashing down Erik's chest and stomach. Erik clawed
at him, his teeth firmly gripping Alistair's throat and strangling him. He bit down again, trying to get a
better grip, and blood flooded his mouth. He choked on it but kept hold of Alistair, kicking at his
stomach until his brother had gone still.
He released him and shook his head, retching up all of the blood he'd swallowed.
Collapsing to the floor, he shifted out of this panther form and breathed deeply. Everywhere hurt. There
was so much pain and the taste of blood made him feel sick. He tried to sit up but found he didn't have
the strength.
Lying on his back, his head rolled to one side and he looked at his brother. Tears filled his eyes when he
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saw that he was still in his puma form, blood covering him and seeping into the gravel. Alistair had given
him no choice. He'd forced him to fight. He'd had to defend Kim and avenge his parents.
Unable to look at his dead brother any longer, he got to his knees and slowly stood. He wiped his mouth
on the back of his hand and looked down at his nude body and the cuts covering it. There was blood
everywhere, and his stomach and arm were killing him. He was going to take time to heal, longer than he
and Kim had before she was no longer in heat.
He couldn't change her if he wasn't at full strength. He wouldn't have enough energy for the mating or
enough power for her transformation.
Stumbling through the maze, he was surprised when Kim appeared around one of the corners. She was
carrying his clothes and apparently running blind since she nearly ran straight into him. She smiled when
she stopped, but it disappeared when she saw the wounds all over him. He smiled through the pain at
her, trying to reassure her that he was going to be fine.
"Alistair? she said.
He shook his head.
Kim didn't say anything. She handed him his trousers and waited for him to slowly slip into them before
she used his shirt to wipe away some of the blood on his arms, back and front. Tears spilt onto her
cheeks as she cleaned him up. He'd killed his brother and she knew that in a way he'd done it to protect
her.
When she had worked her way back around to his front, she used a clean patch of his shirt to tend to
the scratch across his cheek.
She frowned when the sun disappeared and then hunched her shoulders up when rain began to pour
down, warm against her skin. She looked at Erik, straight into his eyes.
"Erik? she said, leading him back towards the house at a slow pace.
"Yes?"
She stopped and looked at him again. They were standing at the entrance to the maze, rain soaking them
through. It was still warm out, but she heard thunder in the distance.
"I'll do it, she said.
He just stared at her, disbelief visible in his eyes.
"I think I'm ready. Today made me realise that I can't lose you."
"Kim, he said and cupped her cheek. I can't."
She frowned again. What do you mean?"
"You're not ready and I can't, not with the injuries. But I'm not going anywhere, Kim. I love you. He
smiled and her frown melted away.
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He was right. She wasn't ready really. The events of today had panicked her and forced her to make a
decision, but she still thought it was the right one.
"I love you. She held his gaze and stroked his cheek, hoping he could see down into her soul the way
she felt she could see into his.
She blinked through the rain as it trickled down her face. It was washing all the blood from Erik's body.
She slipped his shirt onto him, protecting his wounds until she could get him into the house.
His house.
She looked at it and then back at him.
She wanted to be his too, just like Alistair had said she was.
"When? she said.
He looked confused.
"When will I be in heat again? She stepped up to him, drawing the shirt closed over his chest.
"A year, maybe two. Who knows? Whenever the dreams begin again. Until then, you'll have to settle for
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