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Kade
Frustrated beyond belief, Kade flees Elara’s house like his tail is on fire. His fingertips where he touched her are sizzling with energy, sending jolts of electricity straight to his broken heart. It took everything in him not to just grab her and sweep her into his arms and kiss her. All he can think about when he’s that close is claiming her.
Except she’s not for him. She’s destined for Laith, who will die for her.
Fucking prophecy…
Kade stalks through the woods like a malevolent shadow. His emotions are out of control, every fiber of his body is telling him to crawl up the trellis to her window and watch her. Being this far away from Elara is unbearable.
He pauses, one hand on his chest and one arm braced against a tree.
Go back…
Go back!
I can’t go back!
With a savage growl, Kade clenches his fist and punches the tree as hard as he can. His knuckles split, splashing blood on the bark, and the whole tree quakes at his sheer power.
“What was that?”
Kade stills, his breathing halted. Someone’s nearby and they heard him.
“We’re in the middle of the woods, you idiot. There are bound to be animals living here and making noises.”
“That was no animal…”
“Shut up and focus! I don’t have time for you to go chasing shadows and jumping at crickets!”
Kade lowers himself, stalking through the trees silently. He can see the glow of a fire in the distance, but more than that, he can smell fear. A lot of it.
“If we don’t get this finished before Chad gets here, he’ll kill us along with these humans! Focus, idiot!”
“Maybe we deserve to die…”
One of them has a conscious? Kade almost laughs. He comes to the last line of trees and presses his back to a large oak. There are two men around a fire, pacing back and forth and moving large bundles to seemingly random places. Headlights appear, bathing the small clearing in blinding light. Kade takes the moment to get a good look at what’s happening around the bonfire.
Humans are gagged and tied like mummies, their bodies forming what appears to be a pentagram around the fire. Twelve bodies, twelve candles burning on their chests. Twelve lives hanging in the balance. Kade sucks in a breath when he realizes each person is lying on a bed of dried wood and straw.
They’re going to burn them alive!
Horrified, Kade slips back behind the tree and hurriedly pulls his phone out. He needs to call someone, anyone, but will he have time? Can anyone get here to help him before these innocents are killed in some ritualistic sacrifice?
“I see you prepared the humans to my specifications,” a cold voice says.
Kade risks peering around the tree, just one eye, to see who’s arrived. His blood goes cold even as his hackles rise. He can feel his fur pushing through his human skin, just begging for him to shift and attack.
“Master Chad, we’re your obedient servants,” one of the men says as they both fall to their knees and bow.
“Obedience will always be rewarded. Our mistress will bless you for your service on this night.”
The two servants seem to glow with pride before their master, clearly next in command to the witch who runs the shifters. The witch that cursed Kade. Before he sensed her return, it was Chad pulling the strings. If Kade can kill him here and now…
“Let's begin. She needs this ritual finished so she can harness the power. The moon is in the right position. We must do it now,” Chad orders, removing leather gloves and throwing his coat on the hood of his car.
There's no time to call anyone, no time to wait and hope these murderers fail. Kade has to act now. He pinches his eyes shut, forcing the shift. It is always harder without the full moon, but not impossible.
