Unforgiven (The Forbidden Bond 2) (44 page)

BOOK: Unforgiven (The Forbidden Bond 2)

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The man entered her cell and she cowered in the corner. He was dressed in head to toe black and wore a ski mask that covered his face except for his hazel-green eyes.

“Whoa, it’s alright. We’re the good guys.” He laid his massive gun on the floor and pulled the mask from his head.

Lindsay didn’t know if she should believe the handsome stranger. She knew he was a vampire, though she wasn’t sure how she knew it. She thought it was possibly her acute sense of smell. The last time she trusted a vampire it had gotten her where she was today, but if he was telling the truth maybe he could help the dying man at her feet.

“I didn’t mean to do it,” she told him, her voice rough and gravelly. She pointed to the injured man.

“I know you didn’t. You wouldn’t do that. Do you remember me?” he asked.

Lindsay studied his face more closely. He was familiar but she couldn’t place him. For all she knew he could be one of the monsters who had tried to buy her the day she woke up to this hell.

“I’m Cayden Paris. We’ve run into each other before at Thirst,” he explained. “I’m a friend of Dani Deidrick. I guess she was Danielle Vaughn back then.”

Movement behind him caught her eyes and her breath caught in her throat. It was Derek. It wasn’t until then that Lindsay knew the drug hadn’t fully worn off because the sight of him through her into a rage. She rushed from the corner and tried to take off his head. She would kill him. This was entirely his fault. He had done this to her. Cayden tried to catch her but she was faster and she barreled into her ex-friend. They hit the ground and rolled, coming to rest with her on top and already swinging.

She would kill him.
Kill him. Kill him
. It was her only thought but somewhere in her subconscious Lindsay knew it wasn’t really her that wanted him dead. It was the creature those drugs had awaked inside of her. They had changed her forever. That little voice that told her to drink and destroy would never go away.

Cayden wrestled her off of Derek but she fought to continue her assault. He held her tightly to his chest and allowed her to pummel him until she ran out of steam and the tears began to flow.

“I trusted you!” she screamed. “I fell for you and you killed me! I’m a monster, a nightmare, because of you!”

Cayden made calming sounds and stroked her back while Derek looked on from his position on the floor. He rose and came to comfort her but she shrank away from his touch. She tried to retreat to her corner but Cayden wouldn’t her let go.

“I’m sorry, Lindsay. I didn’t mean to drag you down with me. I swear I didn’t,” Derek vowed before he quietly retreated from the room. When the sound of his footsteps faded, Lindsay collapsed into Cayden arms. She didn’t have any fight left in her, but the pain of betrayal and the sorrow for her lost humanity burned brightly. Cayden sank to the floor and held her tight while she fell apart.

“It’s alright now. I’ve got you. We can make this right. From now on, I’ve got you,” Cayden whispered into her hair.

She didn’t believe they could make things right again. But she believed he wanted to help her. Lindsay could feel his sincere and deep need to protect her rolling off of him in waves. It was weird to feel the emotions of others. Exhaustion and the after effects of the drugs pulled Lindsay under while she rested in the vampire’s huge arms. She felt safe for the first time since she was snatched from the night club. The warmth of his body seeped into her and Lindsay let herself go.

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