Page 41 of Tortured Beasts


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Opening one of them, I breathed a sigh of relief that it was still in there. Just seeing the book made my heart pound loudly in my ears. I walked out of the closet, setting it down before I closed the door.

The need for answers was overwhelming, but my fear was engulfing. What if this entire curse was my fault? I didn’t give Vivienne a chance, she was a job, my duty, and it never occurred to me that she would want love or to be an actual family. Just thinking about it now sounded stupid. I should have been nicer, given her more attention, treated her like my mate.

Regret left a bad taste in my mouth, making the burger I had just eaten threaten to come up. I walked to the bathroom to get my emotions together. Leaning over the tub, I hated that I was feeling like this over a book... a book that might hold all the answers I had been waiting for.

Get it together, Zev.

I went back into the room to see the book was gone. Looking out the door, I saw Katarina running down the stairs.

“Give it back,” I growled, running after her.

“No,” she said, running towards the library. “It’s mine!” she yelled.

“I need it.” I was catching up to her.

“Then wait your fucking turn,” she snapped, entering the library.

She turned to run through the bookshelves, weaving in and out of them trying to lose me, but I wasn’t going to lose her. I needed that book. My wolf pushed me to move faster when she clipped her shoulder on a bookshelf knocking her to the side. I grabbed her waist, slamming her against a wall of books.

She cried out while I tried to get the book from her hands.

“Just give it to me.” I tried to rip it out of her hands, but she held on tighter than I would have thought she would have been able to.

“No, I fucking need it,” she snarled at me.

“Let me read it, and you can have it back.”

“No,” she said, trying to push me away with her feet.

I pushed my body in between her legs to minimize the chance of me getting kicked in the nuts. Grabbing one of her hands, I tried to grab the book but she threw it before I could get it.

“You’re such a fucking brat.” I tried to push away from her, when she wrapped her legs around me, disarming me for a moment when I thought of how it felt to be in her tight cunt thrusting into her.

She pushed me back so we fell over, punching me in the ribs twice in quick succession. She ran off of me while I got up, the stinging in my ribs made me wince. Her laugh echoed in the library, while she ran away with the book towards the exit.

The smirk I had been trying to keep off my face surfaced.

“Hide Katarina, run fast because I’m going to tie you up and leave you for the wolves,” I growled, running after her.

The chase made my cock harder.

“You talk a big game Zev, but we both know you’re just a big pussy,” she screamed when I tried to grab her as she went into the trees.

Her taunts pushed me to run faster as she weaved in and out of the trees. Her scent grew tart with her arousal fueling my wolf to go faster so we could catch her. I was right behind her within reach to grab her, but I wanted it to last just a little longer.

Katarina looked over her shoulder and screamed when she saw how close I was. I couldn’t help the laugh that escaped my lips when I reached for her. She stopped so abruptly I missed her, watching her as she ran in a different direction.

“Katarina!” I yelled, as she laughed at me.

“Shit,” she yelled, as she went flying through the air, falling into a tumble in front of me. Slowing down, I waited until she tried to get up. I yanked her by her upper arm, grabbing the book before her other arm slammed out onto my forearm making me let go of the book. Her next hit was towards my neck, as the book fell to the ground. I used my free hand to catch her hand before it hit me, winding it behind her back.

I pushed her into the nearest tree, yanking her arm up. She yelped at the pain, the noise going straight to my cock that was bobbing between us.

“You think you can run away from me, hellcat?” I questioned in her ear, pressing my body against her.

“It’s not like I haven’t won before,” she said breathlessly.

“We took it easy on you,” I retorted, knowing that I didn’t take it easy but arguing with her was becoming my favorite thing to do.

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