His Inescapable Mate novel Chapter 33

Then it hit me: Vincent's going to take me some place where Jason can't get me.

He's keeping me.

A million things were running through my mind as Vincent entered the forest, carrying me in his arms. The main thing was that once Jason finds out Vincent's intentions, he's going to be so pissed off. I just prayed that when he murdered Vincent, he wouldn't accidentally injure me in his blind fury.

Vincent still appeared like he was in his human form. The only differences I noticed visually were his much pointier ears, his sharper teeth, and his new permanent yellow eyes. When he talked, his voice sounded deeper and scratchy. Plus, he couldn't found sentences real well, instead choosing to communicate with grunts, growls, barks, yips, pretty much everything dog. I suppose this is what people mean when they say that the wolf's inner wolf takes over their body.

It's kind of weird.

I looked around. It seemed like Vincent knew where he was going. He stared on ahead, keeping me cradled to his bare chest as he ran faster than any human I know. We swished past trees, jumped over branches, and dodged giant rocks that lay in our path. He has a plan. I know it.

"Vincent," I said, "where are you taking me?"

"Keep Mate," he growled, and that was it. He didn't even glance down at me or anything. His inner wolf was only focused on keeping me at his side. He went down the checklist, passing the making sure I was nearby, then making sure I was protected, and now making sure he could keep me. I hope to

God that there's no more steps that he wants to do...unless there's a Free Mate part, but I highly doubt that.

My stomach growled and I felt it tighten. "Vincent, I'm hungry," I whined.

Immediately Vincent froze in his tracks, coming to an abrupt stop. He looked down at me, concern all over his creepy face. "Comfort Mate," he growled. Okay, I guess that's the third one on the checklist. At least that doesn't sound too bad.

I kept my arms wrapped around the tree and looked down at the ground, which must have been about thirty or forty feet away. Now Vincent did this for one of two reasons. The first being he wanted to make sure that I was in a position where I would end up needing him, just as I need him to get out of this stupid tree. The second, and most likely, is that he put me out of the reach of predators...or Jason.

I waited up in that idiotic tree for a good three minutes before I heard some rustling in the bushes on the ground. A part of me hoped that it was Jason so that he could save me from this predicament, but then I realize that he'll also be turned into a possessive animal due to the full moon as well. Another thing too, how in the world does a space rock turn men into animals?

Vincent jumped through the brush and looked at up at me, a huge smile on his face...so large that I could see it even from up here. However, there looked like there was something around his lips, but I couldn't tell what it was.

He started to climb the tree, reaching me in a matter of seconds. Once he was up close and personal, I saw that the substance around his mouth was blood. It was dark red and dripped from his lips. Oh my God. He ate somebody...wait, if he eats a human, then I think he can go to the prison on the territory. I know that werewolves are forbidden from killing a human who lives on the territory.

Vincent wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into him, having to tug a little because I didn't want to let go of the tree trunk. Soon I was once again trapped in his arms and he carried me back down onto stable ground. He set me on my feet, keeping a firm grip on my hand, leading me through the bushes.