Malum took a step closer, embers flew through the air, and the black rocks around him caught fire.

He was a storm.

Of fire.

Red flames expanded until he was an inferno.

There was only one thing left to do.

I swore.

And stepped forward into his path.

Chapter 37

Corvus Malum

INFERNO

Metamorphosis—Day 50, hour 14

I was going to kill the bitch Sadie.

She had my mates under her control. They were helpless. Defenseless.

My Revered and Protector were kneeling on the ground in an incoherent state.

Sadie dared to mess with an Ignis.

The bitch dared to attack what was mine.

She would learn.

I’d graciously let her live after she’d fucked Arabella, and now she did this? She was dead.

I also didn’t like that Arabella was standing so close to her. She reached out and put a hand on Sadie’s arm.

They were touching.

It was the final straw. There was no reasoning left.

Just retribution.

An inferno swallowed me whole, and the pressure under my skin mounted.

Sweat poured off my skin as I burned with a fever.

I couldn’t see, couldn’t think, couldn’t feel. If I didn’t release my flames, I was going to explode.

Control fell through my fingers like sand.

Disappeared.

There was no mind to calm down, because my mates were in danger. DANGER.

I would not fail them. I would not fail my Revered again. The bond sickness would not return, because he would not suffer. I wouldn’t allow it.

She would never touch Arabella. Never again.