Free Broken Promise (The Broken Ones Book 3) by Jen Wylie Page B

pack.
"Yes," she said finally.
    Neena looked away and sat quietly for
long moment, clearly lost in thought. Aro glanced at Kei, who just shrugged and
yawned. Not helpful.
    "The king will not be pleased.
Packs are only created by his leave. You are not Were. It is not done."
The Were frowned and shook her head. "Yet you are different. Having the
Fey fight by our side once more would work in your favor. I am curious though,
how far you would go?"
    "I don't understand," Aro
admitted.
    "To gain favor with the king. He
will not just let this pass. Even should he allow it, I wonder what it will
cost you."
    Holding in a wince, she shrugged.
"I guess we'll see." She didn't regret doing it. It had saved
Prince's life. "Good night, Neena," she said, ending the
conversation.
     
    ∞ ∞ ∞
     
    In the morning, Neena told them they
would reach Westport before noon the next day. Shortly after they started out,
Aro heard from Bo that they'd possibly found a suitable house. Though she
enjoyed running, the silence of the forest threatened to overwhelm her. The quiet
set her mind to spinning. Between Prince, the Were King, and Kei, her head
quickly began to ache.
    Kei darted ahead of her and she was too
slow to dodge the branch he'd pushed out of the way. Stumbling to a stop, she
raised her hand to her cheek. "Rot!"
    "Are you hurt? I…I'm sorry,"
Kei stuttered, his cheeks flushed as he appeared in front of her.
    Pulling her hand away, she found streaks
of blood. "It's just a scratch. I'll be fine." She grinned.
"I've gotten worse."
    He frowned and reached out to touch her
before pausing and letting out a low growl. Instead of dropping his hand, he
instead pressed his palm against her chest. The shock of power and fury
startled her.
    "Heal it," he said quietly.
    Staring at him, her lips formed words
that didn't come.
    "You know how," he insisted.
"You need to practice."
    He was right; she couldn't deny that.
Still, she frowned anyway as she closed her eyes and went within herself.
Pushing herself deep inside wasn't hard now that she knew how to do it. The
strange lack of sensation disorientated her for a moment, but eventually she
sorted herself out. Finding the wound took a little more time, but once she
did, pushing the power Kei had given her into it came easily enough.
    Slowly, then it won't hurt as much.
    If she could have glared at him she
would have, but she did as instructed. The wound closed, and she began to pull
away.
    Not yet. Give a little more and will it
to be as it was.
    Though vague, she understood what he
meant.
    Good. Now you're done.
    Opening her eyes, she blinked at the
shock of the real world again.
    This time Kei did touch her cheek. His
fingers swiped the blood away, and he smiled. "Well done."
    "Thanks," she said quietly.
    "We should practice this. And giving
you power. That startled you."
    She shook her head. "I don't want
to…get like that. Not out here."
    Making an annoyed face, he looked away,
thinking. "I'll just give you a little, and you can let it go." He
shook his head. "But if you can learn to hold some, that would be
better."
    "Can I do that?"
    He shrugged. "I don't know."
    They started walking, both trying to
think of ideas. "Maybe I can just let the fury go and keep the power. That
would work."
    "You can do that?"
    "You can't?"
    He laughed at her counter, but shook his
head. "It is one within us."
    "I'll try that."
    "If it goes well, then try to hold
some fury, too. It also is power."
    "And has its uses?" She
remembered him saying how it increased his senses. It had done that for her too
in the past.
    After noon, Bo let them know they now
owned a house. She told him they'd be there the next day and made plans to
contact him when they were closer so he could meet them at the city gates.
    For the rest of the day, when Neena
wasn't close, she practiced. Though she didn't make a lot of progress, she did
get better at letting the fury go and was able to hold a little power without
it driving her