Page 26 of Reign of the Beast

He did it again and Mia screamed and fell to her knees.

“Fear has made youweak!”he bellowed at her.

“Mia!” I dropped to my knees beside her.

Her left hand was still up keeping the wall in place. But she was shuddering and wincing in pain.

Wrapping my arms around her, I helped her back to her feet.

“I am immensely disappointed, sorceress,” Draco told her.

Ignoring him, she turned to me. “Pull your wolves back.” She thrust her palm at the wall, a ball of blue fire hitting Draco square in the chest, knocking him back. “Get them out of here,” she told me on a shaky breath.

I gave the order to my wolves and they sprinted away.

“You too,” she urged me.

I shook my head. “No. I’m not leaving you.”

“You won’t survive him,” she warned.

“Then I won’t.”

There was no fucking way I was letting her out of my sight again. I wasn’t going to be separated from my mate again. Three months was more than long enough.

She reached out and stroked my cheek. Heat flared between us. “Jax,” she breathed, shaking her head. “No.”

“Sorceress!” Draco roared. “Drop the shield! You know you cannot hold it much longer. If you heed my warning, I will spare you. For now.”

“Never,” she seethed.

“Then you will suffer greatly. I will take my timebreaking you. I’ve found it extremely satisfying doing so with my old friend.”

Mia blanched. “Old friend?”

“The holier-than-thou Cornelius Martel.”

The winged bastard who’d attacked me?

“Oh my God,” Mia whispered.

I watched her clench her fist, tears filling her eyes.

Draco went on, “Information hereluctantlyrevealed to me led me here today.” He jerked his head my way with a creepy smile. “Toyou, Alpha.”

“What the hell does that mean?” I demanded. “Why are you doing this? Attacking my pack, my home?”

“I intended to decimate your pack lands and eliminate all members, to ensure nothing was left for you here in this life as Alpha you mistakenly believe to be your calling.”

What. The. Fuck?

“Stay away from him!” Mia yelled.

Draco laughed nastily, then thrust his fist right through the wall, tearing a hole in it.

Mia screamed and cursed, stumbling.

“Stop!” I roared. “Stop fucking hurting her!”

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