Page 104 of Wolf's Endgame

He looked undecided for a moment, and then his face was grim once more. “This is for your own good.”

I didn’t get the chance to ask what; the howl of rage had me shrinking into the ground, wishing it would open and swallow me.

It was moments, seconds really, but it felt like an eternity, fear filling me with dread before I felt him looming over me.

The black wolf was furious. It rolled off of him in waves, and I was too chickenshit to look up at him.

Kezia!

Wincing, I forced myself to lift my head.

Are you out of your mind?

I didn’t have an answer. I was beginning to think I was. His eyes were burning an electric blue, and I felt so incredibly small and foolish as I crouched at his feet.

I’m sorry.

Sorry isn’t good enough. Cannon turned from me, surveying the scene behind him. He turned back and looked at Leo, who nodded once.

“Come on, you two, let’s get you back.”

“No!” Cass was on her feet, bolting for the main building, not caring who saw her. I heard a howl I knew, and I knew my brother had spotted his mate, along with every other shifter in the vicinity.

“Fuck!” I went to run after her, but the black wolf knocked me off my feet.

Do not even think about it.

Cannon shifted to his human form, blending into the shadows between Leo and me, and he crouched low. ”Leo, get her out of here. I don’t care what she says. Gag her if you have to.”

“Alpha,” he said with a nod.

“Cannon!”

He turned to me, his eyes turquoise. “I will deal with you later.”

I was crying and I didn’t care. “I shouldn’t have left, I know. I realized the moment I got here. I’m so sorry.”

“Sorry from you means nothing.” He looked at Leo. “Can you scent her?”

Leo looked surprised and then shook his head. “No…I can’t sense her at all. I found them because I just killed some fucker and was checking he was dead. I saw two shadows that didn’t look right and closed in on them, thinking they were the enemy.”

Cannon looked at me, and I answered quickly. “The shaman left a potion.”

“Take her.”

I reached for him, but he pulled away from me. “What about Cass?”

He looked at me with such coldness it was as if he was a stranger. “She has a mate. She’s his problem.”

My throat closed with fear. He wasn’t going to help them?

Cannon shifted. Leave now.

I watched as he bounded back to the fight, his attack more brutal, more savage. The pain in my chest was throbbing.

“Come on,” Leo murmured. “We stay here much longer, we’ll be exposed.”

“My chest,” I told him, clutching it.

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