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This was what the moon goddess brought me back for, it had to be.

Firmly grabbing the wolf by his head and crushing his skull beneath my palms. Blood oozed out, covering my skin and the cry for help quickly died down. I tossed the lifeless wolf back, letting his friends catch him. They stumbled, but quickly regained their balance.

The large trees around the path gave me an advantage. They couldn’t attack full force, the path wasn’t wide enough. Not more than three could try, all I had to do was make sure they couldn’t come behind me. I was the wall between them and my mate.

A wall that wouldn’t move for anyone.

Ice crawled toward my enemies, reaching for them, harming them enough to make them scamper back, but I wouldn’t let them escape.

Whimpers followed when their paws were frozen to the ground, and I laughed, stepping closer. The icy smoke was flowing between my fingers, waiting to kill them.

I was so close when another grey wolf jumped over the two that were captured by my ice. I caught the grey wolf, my hands moving through his fur, and he fought in my grip. His skin froze beneath my touch until he was nothing more than an icy statue.

I slammed the wolf on the ground, his body scattering to pieces, and I watched with amusement in my gaze how the other tried to run.

I ran toward them, killing the two that were still held on the spot by the ice that layered around their paws. Their kill was swift and painless and then I slaughtered all who dared to come for us, as I should have done the day the Alpha Board came for me. I should have shown them the monster I was, the man that enjoyed this. I would never hide again, because this was me.

Chapter fourteen

Loss

Joanne

StrugglingagainstConner’sstronggrip, desperate to run after Isaac and then silenced when I watched him fight.

I gulped, the fight in my body slowly dimmed, and I couldn’t peel my gaze away. Mesmerized how he controlled the white-blue mist, the ice to destroy his opponents.

He kept this part from me, and I couldn’t blame him for it. He was vicious, toying with those who dared to come for him. He enjoyed this, he enjoyed their pain and suffering.

I could see it in the way he moved, the grin on his face. Taunting his opponents, daring them to attack. All so he could rip them apart. He gave them hope, hope they would win, but they didn’t stand a chance.

It should have made me feel fear, but it never came. All I could do was stand there, wide eyed as a smile curved on my lips.

I wanted to fight like that, I wanted to be that powerful. Maybe he could teach me?

Pulling myself from my stare, I glanced down at my hands, waiting for the heat to return. To see something other than my boring skin.

Could I make fire dance around me like Finlay did?

Finlay…

What did it mean? Where we related in some way. Was that why he wanted to tell me everything only to be stopped by Shaffer? Or was there something else?

Maybe I was reading too much into it, maybe it was only a fluke. Maybe it was a part of Isaac’s and my joined imagination. I scoffed and shook my head; no, we weren’t insane. Okay, we were, but not about this.

I felt it. I sensed the warmth, and I knew I had experienced it before. This wasn’t the first time, but it was the first time that I saw something.

This wasn’t something we could have made up and it all made sense. The fairytale that my parents told me. It was about me and my future mate.

I feared Isaac had another waiting for him, that we were never truly destined to be together, because how could such a powerful Alpha have me as a mate—a human.

However, I wasn’t human. I was a half-breed. And somehow something more. If Isaac turned me, what would I become? Would it mean I wouldn’t be in danger if he did it? That it was always meant to happen. Was this why the moon goddess was on our side?

She might have fucked me over with Liam, but she did grant me the rejection without the full moon. Yes, she was helping us. She brought Isaac back, telling him it would be easier if he remembered.

So, did that mean we both had hidden memories?

Maybe this power inside was always there, waiting to be set free. Maybe I was keeping everything back, hiding for myself or they had done something to me. Whoever they were.

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