Page 184 of Wanted

Yes!my inner bitch insists.

I bury my fangs deeper into the Prophet’s neck and ignore the flames that are licking at my thighs.How about Fredricka?

You’re the bitch!Fredricka screams.

EIGHTEEN

RAPHAEL

Fucking Asher and the damn war council he’s trying to call us into.

This shit isn’t fucking going to work. We don’t have time to plan or strategize.

We need to fuckingmove.

“I don’t give a fuck!” I roar. “There’s no plan that’s going to work on this short notice.”

“I agree,” Matthias says and rests his hand on my shoulder. “Even if Alena wasn’t in danger, we need to move against the Order and the witch now.”

“It’s a fucking witch,” Andrei spits out. “We can’t go traipsing into the den of the lion without a plan.”

Looking around the room, I say, “I don’t give two fucks what the rest of you want to do. But they have my bonded, and I can’t… I can’t wait.”

The bond I share with Alena closed off a few minutes ago, and it’s like the world has collapsed around me.

There’s no light in my heart.

No happiness.

Nothing.

Just a giant fucking void.

I remember this void. I lived with it every day before finding her.

But it’s fucking worse now.

I now know the joy of finally being whole.

I know the meaning of happiness and love.

Ambrose lost his soulmarked and it drove him insane.

How will losing my Alena affect me?

Death.

I can’t live without her. The pain alone will kill me.

“We need to ensure our survival,” Asher says. “I agree we need to move, and move quickly, but we need to be smart about it. This so-called prophet is a witch and a vampire. How the fuck that came about is beyond me. But witches are not something to be trifled with. It’s powers… We know what they can do.”

“We do,” Matthias says, then points at his own chest. “Firsthand knowledge right here. But what some of you are failing to understand is that little show of force he just did took a lot of energy. Animating that many gargoyles was no simple task. He’ll be weaker now. We need to strike and strike fast.”

“How certain are you?” Kian asks.

“Deadly certain,” Matthias says. “I’ll stake my life on it if I have to. We cannot give him time to rest. If he rests, we all die.”

“Guys,” Chloe says quietly. “We have to get Alena back. There is no other choice.”

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