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Around us, the battle rages on. The room is a vortex of violence, but all eyes are drawn to the epic confrontation at its center. Satish's strikes are lethal, but Kaif parries each attack with a predator's precision. His laughter rings out amidst the chaos, a sound both terrifying and exhilarating.
“You're strong, Satish, I'll give you that. But strength isn't everything. It's how you use it,” Kaif taunts, his voice dripping with contempt.
With each exchange, Kaif's dominance becomes more apparent. He's toying with Satish, drawing out the fight, savoring the challenge. Satish, for all his monstrous power, begins to falter under the relentless assault.
“Is this all you have? I expected more from a creature of your…making!” Kaif sneers, his fangs bared in a wicked grin.
Satish roars in frustration, his attacks becoming more desperate. But Kaif's movements are like ghosts, his every move meticulous and calculated. The sound of their fight is the sound of destruction.
Blood spills, painting the ground in a gruesome tapestry. Satish's form is marred with wounds, his once intimidating presence now diminished. Kaif, unscathed and unfazed, stands over him, the embodiment of a vengeful God, making me wonder what he'd have been like in his prime.
Turning from the destruction, I move toward Temperance. I finally reach her, pulling her from the chair just as the roof caves in. The compound turns black with the dust and debris, obscuring my vision entirely. I choke, coughing and spluttering as I drag her limp body toward the stairs.
ChapterOne Hundred Six
Eziah
The dust settles a bit, helping me sift through the carnage before me. Kaif is nowhere in sight. Lorelei is half buried beneath the rubble, her skull crushed by fallen debris, her body mangled. Dominic is getting to his feet while Casen lies motionless on the floor. I move toward him, and Dominic helps me, rushing toward him and pulling away the debris. Casen groans, and I let out a breath of relief.
“Where is Kaif?” I murmur, peering around.
“No idea,” Dominic says, moving toward the rubble. “Kaif?!” he calls out, and I hear the tremor in his voice. Grabbing Casen he stands, his bones snapping and realigning as Zyan heals him.
“Where is Casey?” he asks, his eyes wide with fear.
“I haven't seen her down here,” I tell him, my voice shuddering.
“You two get out! Get Temperance out and find Casey. Eziah, find your mother for me,” Dominic says as he starts pulling rubble away. I swallow, knowing that means he is not expecting to find Kaif in a good way.
I climb the stairs with Casen, Temperance in my arms. “Kaif!” Dominic calls, and I hear a muffled cough. Stopping, I glance over my shoulder to see Dominic ripping through the rock, his shadows escaping him as he tosses rock and concrete aside, revealing Kaif. I suck in a breath.
“I can't leave him like that!” I scream, setting Temperance on the ground. Casen moves to help me unbury Kaif with Dominic.
“Casen, get my mother!” I call out to him and he rushes off. Kaif is bleeding profusely, a thin steel rod piercing through his chest from the concrete. I gasp at the sight, and Dominic's hands clamp down on his chest. I move more concrete and rock, trying to find his legs.
“He's not dea…d” Kaif rasps out, causing me to stop in horror. I look at Dominic, who is instantly grabbed from the ground and flung against the wall. The roar that leaves Satish charges the air with electricity. Kaif grunts trying to pull himself free while I pivot and duck. Satish's claws rake down my face, my blood sprays the ground and steals my vision as I hit the ground.
“Time to see what you Gods are made of!” Satish snarls, kicking me in the face. My head whips back, and I hear Kaif's roar, just at the same time I see Satish stalk toward me.
“Malachi shift!” I urge my wolf as I get to my hands and knees to see Temperance stir. I gasp, only to have the air forced from my lungs when he kicks me into the wall of rock and rubble. Satish is almost completely healed, blood coats him but doesn't pour as he snarls, grabbing a piece of rebar, snapping it out of the concrete as he moves toward me. Yet, I am stunned, frozen in place when I see Temperance's eyes, purple like two amethysts. The growl that leaves her makes Satish pause and he turns slowly.
“Sis, I'm so glad you survived just in time to watch me kill your mate!” he spits, turning back to me. Yet the moment he turns, I lift my hands, blinding him temporarily with light. He clutches his face at the same time I see Temperance shift, only she doesn't look like Nova or Shadow.
Her fur glows an intense violet, and her eyes shine like the sparkling gems they resemble. I’m in awe. She's magnificent, terrifying and beautiful all at once. Satish hesitates, but Temperance doesn’t. She launches herself at him with a ferocity that leaves me breathless.
Satish lunges at Temperance, now in her stunning ultraviolet wolf form, she deftly evades him. Her claws, glowing in the same color as her eyes, rake across his skin, leaving glowing purple wounds. Her teeth sink into him, injecting a glowing poison that writhes through his veins. Satish, clawing at his chest, turns to attack, but Kaif intervenes, tackling him with such force that they both get pinned to the wall by a rebar jutting from Kaif's chest. Kaif, undeterred by his own pain, faces Satish with an unyielding gaze.
“You think you can play God?!” Kaif sneers, pulling himself off the rebar, blood oozing from his wound. “Gods don't die!” he adds, staggering back.
Temperance, unfazed by her brother's monstrous form, steps closer before lunging at his throat. The sound of his neck snapping under her powerful jaws fills the air, blood gushing out as Satish's lifeless body slumps to the ground, the cruel grin still frozen into his wolf form.
As Temperance shifts back into her human form, I rush to her, wrapping my arms around her. Kaif groans nearby, struggling with his injuries. I turn to see Dominic, who's as shocked as I am at Temperance's transformation.
“Well, that was a surprise! An ultraviolet wolf,” Dominic muses.
“No. She said she’s a Liora,” I correct him, confused.
Dominic laughs lightly. “I know what an ultraviolet wolf is. Celeste was rumored to be trying to turn herself into one,” he explains.
