“Fine, you got me as you wanted. Where’s my daughter?” I asked.
He ignored me and stood up, striding towards me. He was tall, and his aura surrounded him like a sickening plague. The closer he got, the stronger it seemed to grow. He tilted his head, his leering gaze falling to my lips.
“The Lycan’s mate is indeed beautiful. No wonder he treats you ever so highly. It’s either that or he is just far more pathetic than I’d heard.”
There were five of us in this room… should I risk it? I wasn’t sure I’d be able to if that other entity returned…
“He’s a man you can only ever wish to be,” I replied, smirking coldly. His gaze snapped up, leering at me.
“Don’t think that pretty moonfire aura will protect you.” He suddenly grabbed my neck. My eyes widened in shock as he didn’t seem to have any issue penetrating my aura. The darkness I felt earlier was wrapped around him as he squeezed my neck. “No one is more powerful than I. Not you, and not your Lycan.”
I grabbed his hand, trying to loosen his hold, but the force behind it was suffocating me. The same pain erupted through me, and it felt as if my entire body was on fire.
“What would you give to have your useless pup back in your arms?” I would have her back in my arms soon.I promise you, my angel, I am coming.He was grinning sadistically as if seeing me in pain was entertaining.
I guess for him, it was, but if he thought I’d go down without a fight, he sure had another thing coming. Summoning all the energy I had, I grabbed his hand again, gritting my teeth as my hand burned from the touch, and lifted my leg, kneeing him straight in the crotch. His grip loosened. He had not been expecting that.
“Alpha!”
“What’s the matter? Need your men to help you fight against a woman?” I hissed, aiming another swing at him.
He blocked, spinning around, and in a flash, twisted my arm behind my back. There was a sickening crunch as he broke my arm and dislocated my shoulder, sending another searing spasm of pain through me.
“I don’t need anyone to help me to defeat the likes of you,” his venomous voice answered, his men hesitating from helping. This was about his ego, and I knew he wouldn’t allow them to help, just as I wanted.
“But you use your Djinn, though, despite thinking you’re all-powerful without it?” I taunted as I made use of my already broken shoulder to rip free from his hold and aimed a kick to his flank, putting all my force into it, followed by a blast of my aura.
Despite the fact I was managing, everywhere that his hand had touched me burned as if hot oil had been poured onto me, searing my skin almost as if it was peeling the top layer off. I continued attacking him, throwing kicks and punches as I tried to get the opening that I needed to rip his head right off, but he was guarded and I saw no weak points.
“I am no fool to fall for your words in rage. I have power, but I paid a price for that power! I gained that power! No one can do as I did! I attained what I wanted!” He hissed. “You disrespected me, and so you shall pay!”
This was not how I wanted this to go. I needed to find Kataleya!
“Alpha! The Lycan is approaching with a powerful witch and an army!”
I felt him tense, but it was not fear that was in him, it was just as if he was simply calculating the best course of action to take. My heart was pounding at the thought that Alejandro was close. Kataleya would be saved.
“We won’t face them now!” I heard him thunder just as that ominous aura filled the room. My head felt like it was being split open as if claws were being dug into my head.
Alejandro… I knew he couldn’t hear me, but would he feel this pain? Would he know that something was wrong? My aura was depleting fast. I was barely managing to hold him at bay as I stared blurrily at the man before me. I fell to my knees as blood dripped down my face. I didn’t know how long I could hold on… I did my best to stop him from ripping my head open…
“Leave…” he growled to his men.
The claws sank deeper into my skull, and a scream ripped from my lips as that dark, ominous aura grew. For a second, I felt as if there was something else before me, something made of pure fire, the body doubling around the Alpha before me. Burning red… crimson…
He looked like he was on fire... the power and darkness oozing from him…
I felt something inside my head. Something was wrong.
“She has been touched...” This time when he spoke, the voice wasn’t his own. This voice alone made me feel worse, dark, sickening, and evil. Something that was not for the mortal ear to hear.
Just when I felt like I wouldn’t be able to hold on any longer, he stepped away, smirking as if he had gained a victory. Glancing towards the window, he left the room swiftly, leaving me in the middle of the office, bleeding onto the woven rug on the ground.
I kept my aura up just in case he came back and tried to kill me completely, knowing I needed to find Kataleya before they took her. I couldn’t get up, but I crawled to the door. Using all my strength, I snapped my shoulder back into place, groaning due to the pain. My head was burning with agony. Blood coated my light brown locks.
I needed to find my baby girl.
The smell of fire filled my nose, and I froze. The vision that I had after I had found the first letter returned to me in full force. Had that been a premonition?
