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“Fuck!” I curse, knowing Temperance is only a few stairwells away from me.
“Hold on! I'm almost to you!” I mindlink Temperance, but I get no response from her. Am I too late? Panic rises in me as I shift, barreling into them. I plunge forward until I see Andrei come down the stairs followed by my father.
“What's going on upstairs?!” I yell through the mindlink.
“Kyan and Dominic are handling it. The were-bears will take over the moment they're close enough!” my father yells as he tosses another into the wall. Suddenly, screams come through the mindlink. It’s Temperance. I hear screams coming from the door blocked by the other wolves.Shit,I think as desperation fills me.
As we breach the chaotic scene, my gaze immediately falls on Sage, collapsed in her chair. Andrei, bloodied and determined, rushes to her side, starting CPR in a frantic bid to revive her.
My father barrels into the room and immediately starts attacking. My eyes scan looking for Temperance only for my father, Mateo, to shove past me, his face a mask of concern, scoops up Lucas, but it's Temperance who draws my focus, her body convulsing under the relentless assault of electricity. She writhes against the floor, her naked body writhing from the electrical charge.
Her body arches and jerks as she screams and the skin on her arms split open. Thick, dark smoke drifts from her skin where the electricity has done its damage. Her hair is a frazzled mess, white and charred, her eyes a clouded milky white as they roll in her head.
My chest tightens with a combination of fear and rage when I shift causing wolves to scatter. “Where is Casey?!” Andrei screams through the mindlink.
“Does anyone see Casey?!” he urges as he pumps Sage's chest, her body limp on the cold hard ground as we fight to push the Reaper Wolves back for him. I try desperately to reach Temperance, who is still convulsing in the chair. Temperance's body stops and the lights flicker oddly, glancing over her body arches like a bow. I can see the jolt of the electricity course through her body as it leaves her limp in the chair.
The room erupts into a maelstrom of violence. Reaper Wolves launch themselves at us, fangs bared and claws extended. But nothing prepares me for the transformation of Satish and my scream echoes throughout the room, feeling the agony of his bite when he sinks his teeth into her.
ChapterOne Hundred Five
Eziah
Satish is on top of her, his body covering hers, his eyes are glowing red, his jaw distorts as his fangs grow, and his fingers lengthen into claws. He morphs into a monstrous, hairless wolf, his skin etched with black and blue veins and eyes glowing blood-red. A creature that nightmares are truly made of, he towers over us, muscles rippling with unnatural strength.
In my shock at our shattered mate bond, I clutch my chest, gasping for breath as I feel the bond severing, and I'm frozen momentarily in agony. Maddox leaps at Satish, but he's swatted away like a mere nuisance. I blast Satish with light, and he recoils, screaming and clutching at his eyes, blinded by the intensity. But it's a temporary setback for him.
Andrei is still at Sage’s side, working tirelessly. His determination echoes my growing desperation. But as I try to reach Temperance, another wolf barrels into me, knocking me off course. Maddox reengages Satish, but it's a losing battle. An explosion rocks the building, my mother's scream piercing the air from above, where she's aiding the were-bears against the Reaper Wolves.
Then, the unthinkable happens. Satish sinks his teeth into Maddox, who stumbles back, black poison snakes under his skin. My mother's wail is a sound of pure agony above, and I struggle to breathe as he collapses to the ground.
My father, Mateo, rushes back in, clutching his chest, collapsing before my eyes. My father is gone. Rage and grief battle within me as I give control to Malachi. We throw ourselves at Satish, but he's a force of nature, unstoppable in his fury.
I growl, giving Malachi control, and they battle with teeth and claws, just as Satish is getting the better of me Casen tears into the place, his wolf Zyan tackling Satish, but he too is overpowered. Dominic, entering the chaos, yells, “Get your mate out!” But I'm rooted to the spot, watching Temperance, still slumped, lifeless.
I glance over my shoulder to see Dominic shoving my mother toward my fathers. Temperance lays slumped unconscious in the chair next to Lorelei, who is hiding behind Satish's huge monstrous form.
Zyan stalks around the side of Satish but is kicked. Shadows suddenly erupt from Dominic. “Your shadows are no good against me!” Satish laughs.
“They aren't for you. They're for her!” Dominic snarls before muttering something in a foreign tongue and tossing them at Lorelei. She screams, barely getting out of the way.
Satish lunges at me. Casen and I get rag-dolled as we try to avoid his bite. As we are thrown to the right, I see part of the roof caving in out of the corner of my eye. My heart nearly stops.
“Zyan, get out of here! Take Temperance with you!” I tell him just as the roof next to Casen crashes to the ground. Zyan whimpers, his back legs being crushed and I try to race to get to him and Temperance when a hand locks around Malachi's tail, flinging us against the wall.
Satish stalks toward us, and my breath lodges in my throat as his claws reach toward my face. A loud clap rings out, the remaining lights flicker, and a body narrowly misses Satish as it is tossed over the side of the staircase. Satish looks at the stairs and I follow his gaze to the stairs where Kaif, in his immense Lycan form, descends. Satish's smile is chilling, a sign of the battle yet to come.
Kaif descends the staircase, his presence is godlike, exuding raw, untamed power. His eyes lock onto Satish, the monstrous, hairless wolf with veins of black and blue pulsing under his skin. A sinister smile creeps across Satish's face, but I notice something else. Something off; a flicker of uncertainty in his blood-red eyes.
“Ah, Satish,” Kaif's voice booms, echoing through the shattered halls, filled with a dark promise. “I was hoping you'd be more… impressive.”
Satish snarls, his muscles coiling in preparation for the inevitable clash. The air around us crackles with impending violence, a storm about to break.
“You think you can take me on? Let's see if you live up to your legend,” Satish spits, his voice a guttural growl.
Kaif chuckles, a sound that sends shivers down my spine. “A legend? Perhaps. But legends have a way of becoming nightmares. And I'm about to become yours!”
Their collision is cataclysmic, a clash of titans from another world. Satish lunges with unnatural speed, but Kaif counters with a grace that belies his size. They're evenly matched, two monsters battling in a windstorm of fury, claws, and fangs.
