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“It doesn’t matter. I have taken everything I need from you already. So now you can join your friends,” the Commander said, throwing what looked like the CB radio he’d used to taunt her over the speakers.

The Commander stepped back, and only then did she see what was behind him.

Faith was on her knees and gagged with weapons pointed at her, and on either side of her were the two young girls. The second girl wasn’t crying anymore. Her eyes were just as dead as the others.

Nia raised her head and met the Commander’s gaze. A deep growl filled the warehouse just before a red haze covered her vision.

If her fate was death, then so be it. She would drag the Commander to the fiery pits of hell piece by bloody piece.

Chapter 60

The air shifted without her giving it a thought. It was as if Nia really became the master of the darkness.

Stuck in the whirlwind of fury in the wolf’s head, Layla didn’t think of anything else. Instead, she felt the surge of power surrounding her. It coursed through her veins, through every cell in her body and supercharged her.

Jax must have felt it all because he shifted back to his wolf form without a word.

The Commander stepped back, his eyes wide as he faced the Alpha King and his Queen.

The energy in the room changed. Instead of the wolves showing their fear, a wave of hope came from them.

But Nia saw nothing else except the monster in front of her.

“What the hell are you doing? I said I’d kill you all,” the Commander hissed as he grabbed a gas mask from one of the Hunters. “Kill them!”

The Hunter nearest to Faith raised his sword.

Everything happened in slow motion. The shadows surrounded Nia as she lunged forward and snapped her teeth into the Hunter’s torso. A second. It happened in a second like magic. By the time the Commander noticed what she had done, three Hunters lay dead at his feet, and Jax was already barrelling through the Hunters in one aisle.

“Kill them!” the Commander repeated.

And then the Hunters moved in unison, rushing forward with their weapons. But Nia moved again, blending into the shadows. One second she was there, and the next, the Hunters stopped dead in their tracks, looking around the room for her.

“You think that will scare me?” the Commander called out as he backed away.

His voice was still calm, but his emotions... Nia took a deep breath and sucked it all in. The Commander’s terror was like an appetiser, triggering her hunger for the man’s life.

‘Faith, take the girls to safety. You’re too exposed,’ Nia commanded.

Faith lifted her head as if she had been in a trance the whole time, accepting her death as a given. When she saw what was happening, her hope returned. She jumped to her feet and pulled the girls to a spot near the wall, away from immediate danger.

And then, one by one, she hunted them. Hidden in the shadows, they didn’t see her coming. Like a ghost. A vengeful spirit. She didn’t care if she got them from behind or if some hadalready dropped to their knees in surrender. They all fell lifeless to the cold concrete floor as she slowly followed the cowardly Commander.

And he was a coward. He sent countless Hunters to their deaths and experimented on some of them while he just watched from the sidelines.

“Gas them! Follow your orders,” the Commander screamed.

A little panic rang through her, but Nia was still in control. She lifted her head and growled again. It was a different type of growl. It rumbled through the warehouse, and all the wolves in the cages lowered their gazes. The air shifted again, and the shadows moved away.

And all around her, Hunters stood frozen in their spot.

It took her a moment to realise what happened.

The bigger Hunters. The stronger ones. The ones who followed orders without a thought.

They were just like the hounds.

“What are you doing? Follow the plan and get me out of here,” the Commander screamed. This time he didn’t hide his fear.

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