Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games novel Chapter 160

Chapter 160

“Yes, but I still only have speculation as to why they took you

“Did you find me?”

He nodded, but seemed hesitant to tell me. I decided not to press him. The hamring lock in his eyes told me it was for the best. We’d talk later, for now I desperately just needed to feel his closeness and I didn’t care about the consequences.

“Can you at least tell me how long I was gone?”

He tensed and sighed. “It’s still the same day you were taken.”

The same day? How was that even possible? I thought.

“You were only gone a few hours before I found you, but I had to show restraint for fear of making things worse. Two Bulgarian captors were subdued by humans in the area. The Bulgati brothers, Toma and Valko. They had you.” He paused, taking a deep, cleansing breath. I could feel his muscles tighten as his body shook beneath my fingertips. “They had you drugged and chained to a bed. They should not have been allowed to live, but I had–I had to get you away from there.”

My head was still a little foggy and I couldn’t quite grasp all he was telling me. I yawned despite the fact I had been sleeping nearly the entire day.

“It’s late. You should sleep.”

I shook my head. “I was so scared and they kept drugging me with shots of this awful stuff that left a bitter taste in my mouth. I don’t want to close my eyes again. I’m afraid you’re just a dream and I’ll be back in that room, handcuffed to the bed, when I wake.”

He kissed the top of my head and growled. “I’m never going to let that happen again.”

A chill of excitement tainted with fear ran down my spine. I let him lead me to the bed and pull me down on top of him. He readjusted us and I snuggled into his side as he pulled the covers over us. With my head resting on his chest, I could hear the steady thump of his heartbeat trying to lull me to sleep.

From his words, I knew I hadn’t been gone long, and nothing seriously bad had happened, but knowing that, didn’t change the awful feeling of being violated. I knew they hadn’t touched me. My

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clothes were still intact and there was no indication they had done anything but drug me and handcuff me to that bed, but that was violation enough.

Why? Why? Why?That question was stuck on repeat in my head. Why would anyone want to do that

to me?

“Why would the Bulgarians want me? I just don’t understand, Patrick.”

He squeezed me closer. “To get back at Kelsey and Kyle? That’s the only reason I can think of. They are protected and unreachable without a serious proclamation of war, but you were alone and vulnerable, and it’s all my fault. I’m so sorry. I don’t think I can ever forgive myself for this.”

“What?” I sat up and stared into his eyes. I could see the pain and hurt there, and desire to erase both from them flared in me. I reached out and stroked his cheek softly with my hand before I could even stop myself. “This was not your fault. I was the coward who ran away. I was the one who left you, and then left myself vulnerable and not paying attention. This was not your fault, it was mine.”

His stare scorched my soul. “You are my mate, Elise. My one true mate. It is my job to protect you. I let my guard down and you were harmed because of my inadequacy. I do not deserve your forgiveness, but I will do everything in my power to see that something like this never happens to you again.”

His fierceness terrified and excited me. Before I could let his words sink in, his hand snaked around to the back of my head and pulled me roughly towards him. When his lips met mine, firm and determined, I was more shocked than anything. My eyes were still wide open, but as my body shuddered at his touch, I sighed and relaxed into him for the first time. His mouth softened against mine and after all that had happened, I couldn’t hold back from the connection to the one thing I had so stubbornly withheld from myself. The only thing, the only person, I truly wanted.

As I moaned into him and parted my lips to his, he growled against me and plunged his tongue into mine. I felt desired, needed, and devoured all at once. It was the most intense moment of my life. I kissed him back with a wild abandon, blurring anything and everything else from my mind. There was only Patrick, and my need for him was all–consuming. My lungs burned from the lack of oxygen, causing me to pull back, panting heavily, and sucking in air as I tried to regain some semblance of

composure.

Running my tongue across my lips I felt them plump and swollen from his kiss. Staring into his eyes, I was taken aback from the pure desire showing there, and I knew he had been holding back for me. That thought was the only thing that shook me from my lust–induced fog that only saw and wanted my mate. I had valid reasons for keeping my distance. They may have been more from fear than desire, but they were important.