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I roared at the intended challenge before stepping forward into his space, staring him down.
He didn’t flinch, and I snarled, my teeth snapping. Maybe there was more Kai in me than I had thought because one wrong move and I was going to kill this human.
“Stop challenging me. Your dominance is irrelevant when it comes to us. You may be the alpha of your humans, but in these lands, you are nothing but a servant,” I spat at him, my voice deep, dominant, alpha-like.
I could feel my pack bowing to me, offering up their surrender to my power. Even Kai was letting me channel him. That was rare, especially since I was connected to the pack.
But it was Brax that broke me. He coughed, falling to his knees, his eyes drooping, breathing hard.
“I couldn’t hold on to it. She passed out again,” Brax breathed, and Kai roared, rushing forward, shoving past me, slamming Valarian into the door.
It broke in half, and Kai stepped over him, pressing his boot onto his chest. Valarian went for his sword and held it up to Kai, narrowing his eyes.
Kai laughed, and I stepped back. Fine, psycho could win. They weren’t going to give her back, and if she was that weak then we had run out of time to do this the nice way.
I stepped forward and slammed my boot on Valarian’s arm, pinning it down and grabbing the sword from him.
I held it at his throat as Kai grinned, a malicious, threatening grin that intimidated the hell out of most people–even me sometimes.
He ran a long black talon down Valarian’s cheek as he smirked.
“I have wolfsbane everywhere. I have arrowheads made of it, I have spears made of it. I have an arsenal that you couldn’t imagine. If you kill me now, I promise you, I will be avenged,” the man promised, and Kai laughed maniacally.
He hauled Valarian up and threw him toward Brax, who yanked him up from the ground and held him there.
I sauntered forward, looking directly into his stubborn gaze. “We know she’s here.
We are linked magically, which is something your stupid human brain could never comprehend.
“Going against us will make that a very steep learning curve for your kind though,”
I warned, knowing they had no idea just how much magic controlled the realm they lived in.
Making the witches angry, upsetting the balance, turning on the wolves, it was all going to lead to the culling of a lot of humans, and I’d bet it wouldn’t even be done by the wolves. It would be forces much bigger than us.
But they could figure that one out on their own. I only wanted Lorelai back.
“We are not your slaves, and we are sick of bowing to you. We will not do it any longer,” Valarian spat back, and I shrugged, not interested in the words of a dead man.
“Taking her signs over your position in our realm. Keeping her from us against her will signs your death warrant. Your choice,” I offered, but I knew what his answer was going to be.
Which is why I was really going to enjoy tearing him apart with my brothers.
4. The Escape
LORELAI
I was shaken awake from another moment of weakness by the gentle rousing of the nice guard who had been feeding me.
Vaughn smiled down at me as I sat up, groggy with nausea and weakness that I had to fight to get my connection back with my wolves.
But I couldn’t feel it. I was too spent, the connection too far away, and yet they felt closer, closer than they had been.
“Vaughn?” I asked, and he helped me to my feet.
“C’mon. We have to go,” he said, and I frowned, planting my feet so he couldn’t move me, eyeing the open door to my cell warily.
I had no idea if this was a trap or not, and I was too tired to walk into any more of those.
“Why? Where are we going?” I demanded, pulling my arm back.
He looked over his shoulder at the open tunnel, then back at me with wide eyes.
“Because your wolves are here, and I’m pretty sure they’re about to go on a killing spree to find you, so I’m taking you to them instead,” he said, and my heart leapt into my throat.
My wolves were here? Then he was right, they were definitely about to murder their way to me. Good.
Maybe the humans deserved it. But whether they did or not, I wanted my alphas more than the humans’ demise, so I moved fast from the cell.
Vaughn helped me get through the tunnel, practically lifting me up the stairs so I didn’t collapse.
We stepped into a hut that used to be my father’s but now was filled with chairs, with a war table at the front.
That didn’t look good. I tried to peer over it, getting a quick glimpse as my strength returned.
It was fresher, less suffocating in my veins the longer I was out from underground.
Something was definitely going on here, and I was going to help my alphas figure it out, but for now, I just wanted to see them.
The link connected then, strong and sure, like whatever had suffocated it was gone, and I sucked in a breath, smiling as their essence filled me.
They were outside.
I took off toward the door, Vaughn following behind as I threw the door to the hut open, tears springing to my eyes as through the misting rain I saw my three alphas.
Kai. Derik. Brax.
All with thundering glares and huge, intimidating bodies. Kai’s claws were out, all of them had red eyes, and I knew I had only just made it in time.
I met their eyes, ignoring the presence of my father, who I would deal with in a minute.
And then Kai was there in front of me, scooping me up in his arms, inhaling my scent, which was probably so foul by now, but I didn’t care.
I wanted his too. I buried my face in his neck as he hauled me off the ground, wrapping his arms around my waist, his hand pinning my head against him.
I clutched him so hard, gripping his skin as tight as I could before he pulled my head back and covered my mouth with his.
I kissed him back, the feeling filling my body so fast, like we’d never had any time apart.
I sighed against him, cupping the back of his neck as my body sparked with the dormant pleasure that had hidden so deep while I had been captive.
He growled against me before letting me go, and then Derik was pulling me into him, holding me just as tight as Kai had. He kissed me softly, not as desperate as Kai, but just as deep.
His eyes met mine as I rubbed my thumb down his face, needing to feel it, to savor it. I hadn’t been sure if I’d see him again, and that pain was still so raw. As it was in his eyes.
“Did they hurt you? Are you and our child okay?”
I nodded, hugging him again. “We’re alive.”
I gave him the general overview because the details of how I was treated might push him over the edge. But I forgot about the link. His body shook, and he pulled me back, pinching my chin between his fingers.
“How bad was it?” he demanded, and I shook my head.
“It doesn’t matter. I’m out now,” I breathed, then hugged him again before turning to Brax.
He smirked and came forward, pulling me in for a searing kiss that brought our shadows fully together again.
It was so intense and beautiful, the way his entwined with mine, inside me, curling around our child, inspecting every part of my pregnancy before he deepened the kiss.
I melted into it, his taste driving me wild like it always did, our connection making everything clearer.
I pulled away, breathing deeply, then turned to my father, who was scowling, rigid, but still a coward, refusing to move and interrupt something he detested because he knew it would get him killed.
“Beautiful,” Derik said, and I glanced his way.
He held up a bottle of potion, which I took and swallowed quickly, the instantaneous relief in my body making my eyes flutter closed.
When I opened them, I met my father’s gaze and handed the bottle back to Derik.
“You kidnapped me. Held me hostage. And treated me worse than the wolves ever have. Why? I’m your daughter,” I snapped, and he paled at the word.
His lips pursed. “You are no daughter of mine. You are a traitor to your own kind.”
“Then why keep me?” I demanded, stepping forward.
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