Bane of Tenebris (Wolfgods Book 2) by Blaise Ramsay (i love reading books txt) 📕

told him when his adopted brothers and sisters refused to play with him.

He blinked, gasping as he focused back into the bedroom. Tala was above him, her eyes full of concern.

“Now I know,” Kain gasped. “I know why the gods gave you to me.”

Tala waited for him to go on.

Kain sat up to pet her face. “We understand each other’s pain regarding our families. I have never found someone to relate to where my father was concerned. I think you do. I saw your father. Christian, I believe his name was.”

Tala nodded. “I related to him more than my mother for obvious reasons.”

“I take it Tobias is not your father’s son.”

Tala shook her head. “I hated my step-father. Not because he was bad but because I couldn’t make him understand.”

Kain pulled Tala to lie back down beside him. She conformed her body into his, her butt meeting his groin. “I love you, Alex.”

“And I you,” Kain whispered into Tala’s hair. “Tomorrow, I want you to move into my den. I want you beside me.”

Tala’s heart raced. She smiled a wide smile at the thought of being with the man she loved for the rest of their lives.

Kain woke the following morning to Damien calling to him in his mind. The younger lycan told him that Gabriel heard back from Ramona about the dinner. According to Damien, it would be held in two days.

Gives us time to celebrate the First Moon, Damien said.

Indeed. Have we given thought to dispatching a messenger to Galek to ask for his help? Kain replied.

Damien told him that Nathaniel and Vincent had been dispatched by Gabriel the day before. They were still waiting to hear back from them.

Good. Well done, Damien. I will meet you downstairs. Kain got up from the bed, careful not to wake Tala. She’d woken up a few times in the night because of nightmares and Kain didn’t want her to be tired.

Especially since he planned on asking her to attend the First Moon event with him that night.

Kain got up to catch a shower to wash off from their love making and relax his aching muscles. He let the hot water turn his skin a shade of red. The scratches on his shoulder blades and chest complained beneath the temperature but Kain didn’t care.

Thoughts of his own nightmare came to the forefront of his mind. He’d fallen into Barghast’s plane but the god wasn’t there.

The idea unnerved Kain. Barghast never gave up a chance to torture him.

Where are you? Kain thought, disturbed he even wanted to know. At least if the dark god was torturing Kain, he wasn’t hurting anyone else.

The sudden arrival of Tala’s hands on his back relaxed Kain.

“Good morning,” Tala said, her voice tired.

“Good morning. Did I wake you?”

Tala rubbed Kain’s back before wrapping her arms around his waist. “You could say that. Your body is like a furnace. Things got a bit drafty once you left.”

Kain chuckled. He turned and took his mate into his arms. “I have something I want to ask you.”

Tala’s brow raised.

“Have you ever been to a First Moon event?”

The confused look in her eyes answered his question.

He laughed, inviting her to go with him and explaining the intricacies of how it worked. Something he probably had to teach Damien since the young alpha likely hadn’t done one yet.

Intrigued, Tala agreed.

When he started to wash his hair, Tala took the shampoo bottle from him and began washing it for him. “Are you still going to the dinner?”

“We are,” Kain replied.

Tala bit her lower lip. The idea of Kain going to the vampire coven made her nervous despite how strong he was. “Alex, I know about your scars. I know what they mean and how you got them.”

Kain proceeded to rinse his hair. He didn’t respond but fought the frustration building inside of him.

Tala didn’t continue her thought. She knew the subject of his scars made Kain agitated.

“I have to meet Damien,” Kain said, petting Tala’s face to show he wasn’t mad at her. “I want you to get some more sleep if you can. You will need it for tonight.” He placed a soft kiss on Tala’s lips then got out of the shower.

Kain went downstairs to find Damien pacing the floor and muttering to himself. The alpha appeared frustrated, confused and pissed off all at once.

“Damien, what in Tenebris’ name has you so wound up?” Kain leaned against the door, trying not to laugh.

Damien didn’t stop pacing. “I’ve never done a First Moon event, Kain! Not sure if you’ve noticed but my pack’s grown. They’re all expecting me to welcome their pups like an alpha should. You never trained me on those customs.”

“The first step is to calm down. All you need to do is change into your wolf skin and greet and welcome the shifting pups into your pack. It’s not hard and you have seen it before.”

Kain’s words didn’t seem to help Damien calm down. He actually looked more wound up. “Come spar with me, Damien. It has been a while and you seem to need to vent some energy.”

The pacing stopped. Damien’s eyes almost appeared to light up at the idea of sparring with his old mentor. “Just make sure I don’t kick your ass, old man. I’ve been practicing since you’ve been gone.”

Kain grinned a coy, mischievous grin. If he remembered correctly, every time Damien said those words, he wound up on his back. He offered his friend to go outside first and followed him onto the front lawn.

Chapter Eleven

Later that afternoon, Jill arrived with Tala to find Damien holding an ice pack over his eye while Kain leaned against the marble counter enjoying a cup of coffee.

Tala glanced at Kain. In her mind, she heard him explain what happened.

“Damien, tell me you didn’t. Not the old man comments again,” Jill sighed, examining Damien’s eye.

Damien huffed, changing the subject. “How’s your hand, Kain? Didn’t get the chance