Page 56 of Mated in Darkness

“We have to make sure that there’s no more serum. That we destroy it all. Before we kill him,” I reminded everybody.

The Beta, Brendan’s gaze snapped towards me, but the other wolf just nodded tightly. “We’ll get the answers, and then we’ll get that mother fucker’s throat.”

Riaz took one step outside of the wards, the strength of the Alpha so dominating I had to suck in a breath. “Let my wolf go.”

“Fight my wolf first, and then we have a deal.”

Things happened quickly after Elijah screamed, went to the ground, and everybody moved.

It was as if it had been a coordinated effort even though I knew it wasn’t, just instinct. My own wolf pushed at me, and we made our way through the wolves. I slammed my blade into the nearest soldier as he came for me, his gun raised towards Kaylee.

Kaylee growled, took the gun in hand, and bent it in half, her strength sexy as hell. The man was still screaming, so she reached out and snapped his neck before we went to the other one.

The rogue was in front of us though, the mutant that wasn’t wolf, wasn’t rogue, wasn’t human. He was something other.

He scented like something I couldn’t tell, but he was circling Kaylee and me while the others fought Kyle and the others at his side.

“Kill it, but don’t let it bite you,” Kaylee growled, and then we were off.

The mutant clawed at Kaylee, but she shoved out of the way, raking her claws down its side.

Parker was there by her side then, the two of them fighting as if they’d been doing this their whole lives.

I pulled my blade out of the dead soldier and aimed at the rogue’s spine. If I could get him to stop moving, then maybe we could stop this wolf completely.

I aimed true, the blade sliding into the mutant’s back, and when it howled, it went to his knees, and the other wolves went to work.

The fight was quick, bloody, and the soldiers were far outnumbered. I didn’t know what they thought they would get out of this.

This wasn’t a battle. It wasn’t a war. This was suicide.

And the soldiers seemed to have known it going in.

I found myself standing over a dead mutant, its eyes glazed over, and I had to wonder who it had been. What it had been before it had either volunteered or been forced to take a serum that clearly didn’t work.

I looked over at Riaz, who had his claws around Kyle’s neck.

“Are there any others?” Riaz asked his voice low, demanding.

“Like I would tell you,” Kyle growled out. His legs were broken, his arms pinned back. He wasn’t getting out of this alive. Not only had he killed people, but he had also threatened a pup. That alone would be a death sentence in the world of wolves, but he had killed witches and humans and wolves. He deserved what was going to happen next. And for someone who had grown up human, I didn’t feel a lick of pity.

I couldn’t.

“Why?” Kaylee asked, her voice a growl beside the other man.

Kyle just grinned, and I stood over him, recognizing the man’s face. “I know you. You came into the lab once.”

Riaz gave me a sharp look, but then focused back on Kyle.

“I thought maybe you could help. Help us to find the serum that the general had used. But you were worthless. A friend of the Pack. I wanted the Redwoods to pay. I wanted them to know what they had done, just like the Talons. So I lured Spencer out here. And he’s dead. And I’m glad for it. All of you deserve to die. Deserve to end where you are because you are abominations. Jene sacrificed himself for us, tried to become the wolf that he is, but he was as worthless as all of you.”

“Is there any more serum?” I asked, tilting my head as I studied his face.

“Of course there is.”

I tasted the lie, wondering how I could know it, and Riaz shook his head.

“He’s lying.”

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