Page 97 of Cruelly Bitten

But if I could get a message to Damien…I trailed off.What would I even say? What would I expect him to do?

The alliance meeting was tomorrow. Maybe they already had a plan in place. Jace and Ryder would be there.

Will they be able to save Cam?

I set the dishes to the side, my heart skipping a beat.

What if they can’t save him?

Surely he would listen to them. He’d known them for thousands of years. Unless he thought they were brainwashed by the enemy.

Lilith had royally fucked with Cam’s mind. Who knew what she’d written and recorded about her opposition?

Did she paint Cane and Cronus in a similar light?I wondered, frowning.Or would they have been exempt because they were sleeping?

What if Jace and Ryder aren’t even invited to the meeting?

I paced the kitchen and dining area while my mind spiraled with questions.

If Jace and Ryder weren’t allowed to attend the meeting, they wouldn’t be able to even try to reason with Cam. Which meant I couldn’t rely on that possibility at all.

I had to do something myself. Somethinghere.

But what?

All this version of Cam wanted to do was fuck me. And that had proved to be unhelpful in terms of breaking down the walls between us.

So what else can I do?

I glanced at his laptop on the table. I’d already tried that avenue, and that was before Michael had done whatever he’d done to it.

My gaze ventured to the door.Escaping would be counterproductive.Cam’s passion might be cruel, but he didn’t exactly scare me. And leaving wouldn’t save him.

No. I needed some way to fix him here.

Or maybe someone,I thought, my steps slowing.Someone Cam will listen to that’s already here.

Someone like Cane.

I rolled my shoulders back and headed toward the bathroom where Cam had left the vials.Could it be enough blood to wake Cane? Would it even work?

I knew the ritual from when Cam had taught it to me, and he’d suggested at the time that my ties to him as his mate would likely allow me to perform the ceremony, too. But he hadn’t been sure. And we hadn’t exactly tested it. However, he’d shown it to me just in case I ever needed to know how to do it.

In an emergency situation,I thought.A situation like this.

Why hadn’t I considered this earlier?

Probably because I’d been certain of my ability to bring Cam back on my own.

Well, I wasn’t so certain now. Not after these last few days. Or however long it’d been.

Cam’s memories were either gone forever or locked deeply within his mind, and I needed to do something drastic to yank him out of this.

If it’s even possible.

I swallowed and pushed that pessimistic idea to the back of my mind. No time to fret. I had a plan to form.

Cam had told me to relax today. But he hadn’t told me I couldn’t go for a walk. He’d only told me to wait for him hereif a blackout were to happen again, which I supposed implied he didn’t want me to leave his rooms. However, I could use an excuse similar to the one I’d given him about his laptop—he’d never put me on a leash before. Why would he start now?