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“Years ago, we’d been hunting the blood witches who were up to no good as only those evil bitches can be. A few of us were out in the woods, and Big Daddy and I went in a different direction from the others. We came up on a handful of them. They were attempting some type of spell on another witch. An earth witch. We intervened, and when I got a good look at the earth witch, our eyes connected, and I knew she was my mate.”
“I didn’t think that was possible,” Zavier utters, eyes sharp.
“None of us knew it was a possibility. But she was. She was my mate. I hid her in a cabin in the woods so she could heal. We got to know each other. I learned about the differences between the different types of witches. She told me what those witches were attempting to do. See if they control an earth witch, they have access to the earth itself. Meaning they can control those of us who wouldn’t be without nature.”
“Fucking hell.” I blow out a harsh breath.
“Anyway, Karoline, she was lucky that day. We were together, and I wanted to bond with her. We agreed, but then she disappeared on me. Left me alone in that cabin. Though she left behind a letter and a charm. When Dane came to me earlier today about some witch you all have sensed but couldn’t find . . . I knew. I went to my closet and pulled the charm out of the box I sealed it in. It was glowing, and I took off without explaining to Dane.”
I watch the way Daniel’s features drop and feel for the other man. For the beast within him.
“I ran after Dad, and we found the cabin. It’s about two miles north of here.”
“We checked the area,” Justice remarks, speaking up for the first time since I closed the door.
“Yeah, I know.” Dane grunts.
“The area holds an enchantment. No one could find the cabin unless they shared my blood. Karsyn was in that cabin. She told us that Karoline was killed by blood witches when they captured her.”
I stiffen, not liking this one bit. “If she was captured, how did she get away? How do you know it wasn’t a trap?”
“Because the blood witches are looking for her. That’s what they’re doing back in the area,” Dane answers.
“Did she explain about her glow?” Justice growls.
“She passed the fuck out ‘cause I shifted and scared the fuck out of her,” Dane sneers. “Dad shifted, and she freaked. The glow started, but it was fainter. But utter fear could be smelled off as she ran from me. Like her life depended on it.”
A feminine moan fills the room, and I look in the direction just as Karsyn’s eyes open. She blinks, shoots upright, and stares around the room. Horror filling her eyes.
But when she looks in my direction, our eyes lock. Fuck me, I realize what the fuck was going on with my wolf, and I don’t like it one bit. Still, the one word I hate most leaves my lips on a snarl. “Mate.”
Chapter Five
Karsyn
“Mate.”
Those words vibrate around me. Confusion overwhelms me. Fear threatens to choke me as I hold the gaze of the shifter who spoke. He’s a man, all man, but his eyes give away to the shifter part of him. The way they lock on me with such intensity, the sclera of his eyes vanishes, no longer is there any white left in his extremely dark eyes, and the aura surrounding him . . . the intensity of it is nearly too much. Being in his presence scares me. Just as that one word does.
I don’t know why it does, yet at the same time, a part of me is excited at the thought of this very man being my mate. I don’t understand it. Not one bit.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” another man sneers. “You’re mated to a witch.”
“VP,” Dane growls.
“Remember, she’s still half-wolf,” Daniel remarks.
“Wh-what happened?” I whisper, swallowing down my fear.
“You don’t remember?” Daniel asks, eyes full of concern.
I shake my head, furrowing my brow as I try to remember what happened.
Closing my eyes, I recall the last thing to come to mind. Daniel telling me about a charm. Me telling them that I escaped the blood witches. Dane . . .
I suck in harsh breath, open my eyes, and whip my gaze to Dane. “You’re scary. You looked ready to kill me,” I whisper.
“Wasn’t going to kill you, Karsyn,” Dane mutters. “Pissed me off learning what you said.”
