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He shivers before I move his head, yanking and twisting until his spine is severed.
When I let go, he slips to the ground, his body an empty sack of flesh and bone.
Sinking to my knees, I crouch over his limp body and tear his chest open with my claws.
Blood spatters over me, like hot rain burning through my fur and staining my skin.
I break his ribcage, cracking sounds loud in my ears as I stare into his body.
My rage is subsiding, but the instinct remains to rip out his heart.
It no longer beats, but I tear it out of its home and crush it in my hand, piercing it with my claws.
Once that has been done, I am able to think more clearly.
The anger that fuelled me when I got out here is gone.
I have ended the lives of two of the men who threatened my mate.
They tried to hurt Lita, and I stopped them.
We stopped them.
My brothers will be back soon, bringing the corpses of the others back to me.
I let Orion’s heart drop back into his ruined body, and I wipe my hand on a clean patch of grass.
There is blood all over the ground, all over my body.
It’s everywhere. I can taste it in my mouth.
I get to my feet slowly.
Crimson drops drip to the ground, spilling from my blood-soaked fur.
As I stand and observe the carnage I’ve created, I do not feel good.
It is a monstrous, inhuman thing I have done. A violent, feral act.
Given the circumstances, I do not regret it, but I am afraid of how our mate will respond.
She did not see a monster when she looked at me before, and I do not wish for her to see one now.
It pains me to think I may have disappointed her.
Moving to her side, I can see that she is still unconscious on the ground, looking as if she is sleeping peacefully in the grass. Careful not to get close enough to drip anything onto her, I crouch down and inspect her pale body.
She is breathing normally, and her heartbeat sounds steady. There are no visible injuries until I find a spot of skin on her upper leg that looks like it is just starting to bruise.
When I find the tranquilizer dart on the ground a moment later, it is easy to piece together what must have happened.
Our mate was chased, likely while she was in her wolf form.
They were only able to make her stop because they sedated her from a distance.
It is a cowardly act that stirs up my anger.
I do not like that our mate was out here alone with those vicious men.
