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She paled, and I gave her a watery, cruel smile. “Isn’t that nice? You’ll be bowing to Cyndella soon.”
Mirielle balked and shook her head. “Aren’t you listening?” she whispered, looking over her shoulder desperately. “I don’t want that!”
I scoffed again, once more attempting to shift. “What the hell did he do to me? Why can’t I shift?”
She hung her head and mumbled something.
“What?” I demanded. “What did you say?”
“He took away your power to shift.”
Blood drained out of my face, and I whirled back around to face her fully. “What?!”
“I’m sorry, Zen—”
“Don’t call me that!” I growled, advancing on her. “You’ve lost all rights to call me anything but Alpha! I am your king!”
“Okay, Alpha,” she agreed sadly, her lower lip trembling.
I refused to be swayed by her charms again.
“Remove the spell!”
“I can’t!” she insisted, looking back. “And you need to keep your voice down, Ze—Alpha. Lysandra is right outside, keeping watch. That’s why I had to sneak in here like I did.”
“What do you mean, you can’t remove the spell?” I spat. “I can’t shift?”
She shook her head miserably, pursing her full lips. “No…” she mumbled sadly. “I’m sorry.”
“You’re sorry?” I roared. She held out her hands and lowered them as if telling me to turn down the volume, but I was far too incensed to listen. “You’re sorry?!”
“I’m going to help you get out of here,” she promised. “Just give me some time.”
“You think I believe anything that comes out of your mouth?” I laughed sardonically.
“Zen—”
“ALPHA!”
“Alpha,” she whimpered, tears filling her eyes. “I-I didn’t remember who I was until a few hours ago—”
“I don’t want to hear it, Grendel.”
She shook her head vehemently. “I’m not Grendel,” she insisted. “That’s who I used to be—”
“I don’t give a fuck who you are. Get out of here. Leave me alone.”
Visibly stunned by my harshness, she stared at me, her chin quivering. “I want to help you—”
“I don’t want your help,” I repeated. “I want you and your disgusting cult to rot. I can’t believe I fell for all of this. My sister was right about you.”
She nodded and backed away, shifting into her mouse form again as I flopped heavily back onto the metal slat that was supposed to be my bed.
Endora had found the location and would worry when I didn’t immediately return. She would send reinforcements. I just had to wait for backup. It would come eventually, even with Agnan’s invisibility spell making matters more difficult.
* * *
It didn’t takeme long to realize that backup wasn’t coming. Agnan, who had the power to remove my shifting abilities somehow, had also managed to keep my guards and enchantress from locating me. The house must have disappeared from street view entirely.
