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“I just let her in on a secret both of you failed to tell her.” He smiled. “I was just being helpful. She had a right to know.”
“What the hell did you tell her?” The look on his face was making me nervous.
“That she dies if she doesn’t break the spell.”
“You fucking—” I launched myself at him, pulling back to punch him in the face, making contact with my target. Watching his head snap back gave me satisfaction.
I tackled him to the ground, hitting him twice before he fought back as each of us tried to get the upper hand. Mating with Katarina had given me an edge I knew he lacked and Zev needed to be taught a lesson. He needed to get his shit together.
“Are you jealous?” I asked, trying to get another hit in while I sat on top of him.
“She was an awful lover,” he said, dodging my hit, throwing me off guard.
My small lapse was enough for him to hit me twice, push me off of him before he hit me over and over again.
I shifted before he had the chance to land any more punches, he quickly shifted too. We were so evenly matched that it didn’t take long before we slowed down. Both of us had multiple bite wounds, a trickle of blood was running down my hind leg, each breath made my ribs hurt.
We were circling each other waiting for the other to move first and I was tired of this. I sat down, even though it hurt like hell. We had to stop fighting. My wolf was not happy with my decision, but we couldn’t keep doing this.
Zev’s wolf cocked his head, still waiting for me to attack. This was going to hurt like hell but I transformed back into a man. I gritted my teeth as my body came back into place, the pain more intense in my human form. My body was left vulnerable to show him that I was done fighting.
My lungs felt like they were on fire as I was hunched over on the floor trying to catch my breath.
“We have to stop this, Zev. The cycle needs to be broken. She’s different,” I said, looking towards him.
His wolf was looking at me but didn’t move.
“I don’t know what happened between you two, but I think she is meant for all of us.”
Jealousy burned through me that they had been together, but I knew deep down that she was for all of us. I was mad he had been against us at every corner, messing with my relationship with her, just to be difficult.
“Just help us break the curse, Zev.” I winced when I stood up. “We are a pack, don’t you want what’s best for us? I think she is exactly what we need.”
Zev’s wolf growled, shaking his head. His whole body was vibrating like he was trying to hinder the shift. He had always been at war with his wolf, but what did his wolf want now?
The sound of bones breaking and re-breaking echoed until his wolf was left panting looking exhausted. He didn’t want to go back to his human form, and his wolf howled like he was in pain.
I didn’t know what was going on, but my heart hurt for him, I felt his inner turmoil. Zev was suffering because he was too stubborn. His wolf shook again before he took off running leaving me worried about what Zev was doing to himself. I always knew he was more in tune with his wolf, but now it seemed they were at war.
* * *
My consciousness was slippinginto my wolf earlier, to shift into my body was another hurdle. I had done it a few times but the curse was too strong and it left me weak. I was stuck roaming around, but tonight I roamed inside the castle outside of Katarina’s room. I should have done this from the beginning.
I wanted to give her space, she asked for us to go slow and—that felt like a lifetime ago. My heart ached with longing so strong I couldn’t help the whine that escaped my snout. I needed her. Katarina thought this was all the bond. In a sense it was but the bond amplified our feelings, our connection, and we hadn’t had a good start to our mating, leaving us with these intense urges to be close to one another.
It was pushing us closer, but only because we needed one another. She was the purpose in life that I had searched so long for, and I had been so lost without. Katarina was my everything.
Her pain was my own, and I wasn’t being a good mate.
I forced myself to shift earlier, wanting to catch her before she left her room. I ran up to my room for a pair of pants, running back down quickly. I knocked on her door, hearing a commotion and what sounded like the doors to the balcony opening.
“Kit Kat?” I listened more intently.
“Shit, shit, shit.” I heard her faintly before something fell.
“Please, just talk to me,” I pleaded, leaning my forehead on the door. “Let me explain.”
Her anguish was sharp in my chest while her anxiety felt like my own.
