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“Okay, good.” Then his gaze shot to Seff. A big smile crossed both their faces. “Oh...Breeder?”
“Yeah,” Seff replied with a grin.
I rubbed at my wrists and smiled as I imagined the silent communication between the two males beside me—
“Seff, dude!”
“I know, right?”
Suddenly, the tightening around my throat came back, but it didn’t feel the same.
“Seff, help—me!” I clawed at my neck, knowing that whatever choked me was only around Deck’s neck, not mine. But I couldn’t stop. “Seff—”
“Holy fuck!” He grasped my wrists and yanked my hands from my throat. “Des, stop!”
I fought his hold as I stared into his dark eyes, full of fear. “Help me.” The words were a wisp of air.
“What the hell is going on, Seff?” Brenin reached out in my direction.
Seff had already been in protection mode, so his automatic response was a nasty snarl and a flash of deadly fangs.
Brenin’s hands flew up as he backed away. “Seff, yoursakanais bleedin’.” He kept his voice low. “We need to get her to the car and figure out what we can do to stop whatever the hell is going on with her.”
“I know what’s going on with her,” Seff growled as he wrapped my wrists in one of his big hands to keep me from clawing at my throat. He lifted me into his arms. “Decker is feeding his fucking pain addiction, and she’s feelin’ every damn thing he’s going through.”
“How?” Brenin followed behind as Seff ran toward the SUV.
“They’re twins. They have a bond.”
My vision had gone dark. I tried to speak, but nothing came out.
“Darlin’, I’m right here with you. I won’t leave you for a second. We’ll figure this out.”
In the background, I heard Brenin’s panicked voice. “Dad, how do you break a bond—a twin bond?”
A deep, rich male voice filled the air, but I only caught a few of his words—
“Exchange of blood—”
Whatever had been around my neck released, and I sucked in my first natural breath just as pain exploded inside the crease of my right thigh. All the air I’d breathed in burst out in an ear-piercing scream. I broke free of Seff’s hold and grabbed my leg, sure it was splitting in two. Another scream tore from my throat. Something sliced through my flesh, straight down to the inside of my knee. There was no injury, no blood. Still, the sensation of flesh peeling away from muscle was so real.
“Des!” Seff’s arms locked around me. His fear for me blotted out some of my brother’s pain.
“Seff,” I cried. “He’s not...oh gods!” My fangs shot out. My claws lengthened and shredded my pant leg. “Deck... This isn’t pleasure...it’s torture.”
“Bite me, Des.” Seff shifted my mouth to his neck. “We need to break your twin bond, or mute it, or—”
“No.” I broke Seff’s hold and shoved him away. “I need to feel him.”
“I feel that pain, too. Feel it right through our bond.” Seff shook his head. His hands reached out for me. “Let me help.”
“No. I can’t. I’m sorry.” I wiped tears from my face. The echoed pain of peeling flesh subsided. “I need to know he’s still alive.”
“And I can’t stand that you’re in pain because ofhim. Des, he didn’t do a damn thing to get you away from a male heknewwas abusing you. He knew, and he did nothing. Then, he had the balls to blame you for what happened. He doesn’t deserve—”
“Yes, I know. He deserves nothing from me, but...” I reached out and ran my fingers gently through Seff’s long hair. “I’m not Decker. I won’t stand by while another male tortures him.”
I held his gaze without blinking. I could be stubborn, too.
