Page 81 of Tangled Fates

“Stop or they die!” Tay bellowed.

One of the twins stopped and Ryder ripped one of the men’s throats out. Only four men were remaining..

I shivered, worried about my mates, thinking if Tay wanted to, he would kill us all. He was strong like Mother, but unlike mother who needed to recharge, Tay was an endless supply of power.

“It's ok, Sunshine,” Gray said, holding me close.

“You won’t kill her,” Soren clipped.

The shield around us shrunk, making the space tight.

“Try me.” Tay tightened the shield again.

Gray and I were crushed together. He grunted while I cried out. He tried to push his hands out, but Tay was too strong.

“I still don’t think you’d kill her.” Soren stepped up to Tay.

I tried to take a breath in when the air grew thin. Panic settled over me as I hit the shield pleading for Soren to stop.

My lungs were screaming for air as I gasped, feeling woozy and just as I felt myself about to faint, the shield disappeared.

My body took a deep breath when I landed on the ground. Gray landed over me snarling at Tay.

“She leaves with me and that's the end of it.” Tay walked over to me.

“Like hell she is.” Gray stood in front of me. “She’s ours and your stupid fantasy that she is somehow yours, is all in your fucking head.”

Tay’s jaw ticked as he glared at Gray.

“Fine, we will do this the hard way.” Tay snarled.

He lifted my mates up with his power and I did the only thing I could. I grabbed the vial I just made and threw it on Tay, hoping that it worked.

29

GRAY

When Ryder said someone was coming through the barrier, I knew our day was going to shit and I was scared this was our last day with Oria. My own well-being wasn’t of any concern. I worried about hers, and if she'd be ok with possibly losing her mother.

My heart ached at the thought that it might come down to defending ourselves and in turn, killing or hurting her mother. Would she forgive us? She had to know that was a possibility and if she didn't, maybe she was as naive as I first thought she was. It also worried me that she might choose her mother over us.

When we saw the men, we put a quick plan together. When we had to get her away, I thought it was going to be easy until Tay—the douche canoe who had used our mate—froze us and no matter how hard we tried to get out of his hold, it wasn’t going to happen.

I didn’t know what kind of magic he had, but one thing for sure was, Tay was fucking strong and unfortunately good looking. It would have been easier to say Oria took interest in him because she had slim pickings, but this asshole was Fabio, pretty with his long Viking hair and bulging muscles.

Goddammit, I was ogling a man who was trying to kill us. I was hoping he wasn’t such a threat, but now I didn’t know how we were going to break free. It was silent when we were all trapped with his magic, but I could see the strain it put on him.

I didn’t expect to see Sunshine yelling as she threw a vial of something at Tay. It hit him square on the chest. The smell told me it was that potion that stripped us of our magic. We immediately were let go, not letting these precious moments of surprise go. I ran to one of the men in the back snapping his neck before a shock of electricity zapped me, slowing me down but it wasn’t enough to stop me from grappling with the man. I yanked his arm out of his socket, smacking him with his arm before snapping his neck too.

Ryder's wolf ran past me as the wind blew me back. One of the men threw a fireball at Soren, catching his shirt on fire. I ran in the opposite direction, keeping an eye on Sunshine, seeing her punch a guy in the face while Ryder bit the guy, and she kneed him in the balls.

I was so engrossed in my mate when a punch landed on my face, they grabbed my shirt and hit me again. I shook off the surprise, grabbing his wrist when he procured a scythe out of thin air. This man was a reaper and if he stabbed me with it, my soul would be his, only adding to his strength.

My body went limp, throwing his balance off which gave me a chance to pull his arm out of his socket, barely moving out of the way of his scythe. He rounded his arm, coming straight down on me when I stopped it with my hand. We struggled until I punched him in the face. Grabbing the scythe, I sliced off his other arm and then his head.

Shit, this was fucking cool.

I twisted the blade in my hand, getting a feel for it, when another man came towards me and I cut him in half.

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