Page 39 of Owned By Four Alphas

The ceiling had come down.

All around him was chaos.

The air was a thick miasma of magic, clashing and angry, grating against him.

His own.

Selena’s.

Elian’s, Kaelen’s, the Fae, the dragons, the wolves—

Vaguely he was aware of his mate, shining and resplendent, tears falling down her cheeks.

She had done this. Lost control. Brought the very rock down around them.

And now she was in danger from him.

No. No, he couldn’t hurt her, couldn’t lose control as well, he wouldn’t be able to stop himself—

Pain, rage, fire, blood, pain, chaos, blood, blood, BLOOD…

Selena was running away now, fleeing from the hall, tripping over herself, her magic still pulsing and crackling out of control.

He couldn’t stop himself from lunging after her to consume her, to protect her, todevour her to love her to ravage her to take take taketaketakeTAKE—

“NO!” he roared, slamming himself back into the stone, back away from her, his skin shredding, legs extending, claws sharpening—

Ronan staggered to his feet with a groan, his scent spiking, angry, scared, desperate.

“Ronan!” Malek managed to howl, his human form almost completely shed away, “Ronan, please!”

The other alphas, the ones that smelled bad, wicked, hunting, were getting to their feet, their teeth sharp with the need for vengeance.

Some of them were dead.

Selena had killed them.

And now they wanted to hunt her.

He roared, his paws striking the ground as he got to his feet, his tail lashing as he took in the enemy.

They want to hurt her. They want to kill her. Must protect. Must stop them. Must kill, kill, KILL—

“Fuck!” Ronan yelled, dropping low and shifting.

“Can you subdue him?” Kaelen’s voice was far away, but Malek’s gaze snapped to him.

Packmate. No, alpha. Alpha that hurt Selena. Danger. Must protect—

“Not with so much of Selena’s latent magic still in the air,” Elian yelled. “I’m trying, but her power over him eclipses my own!”

He could feel it. The Fae Lord. His shadows battering against Malek’s mind. Feeble and weak. He couldn’t control him. Not again.

He wants to stop you, wants to hurt you, wants to hurt Selena, must kill, must kill—

With a roar of pure fury, he leapt towards the Fae, teeth ready to rip and maul and destroy—

A huge weight rammed into him, pinning him to the floor. Heavy jaws closed around his neck.

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