Page 61 of Moon Kissed

“Whoo! Yay!”

Pain, anger, and mortification flooded me as the alphas and epsilons hooted, hollered, and carried on. Through it all, my fates laughed... and kept on filming.

With my body no longer a target, they pummeled my feet. I screamed unreservedly when one of my toes crunched and broke.

“Tell us where the girl is,” Badr demanded, “and the pain stops.”

“Why don’t you ask your buddy Edric!” Ava threw the whole bat at me. It sailed through my body but I still flinched. “He’ll tell you all about it!”

Badr slid a confused look to Edric, who shrugged.

“I have no idea what she’s talking about,” Edric said, as breezy as his power. “I’m starting to think she really is crazy.”

“Well, if she’s crazy, she’ll have to take her medicine.” Gesturing to Orion, Badr stepped back. “Do it.”

Smirking, Orion came forward and stared at me hard.

I didn’t have a damn clue what he was doing... until my feet got hot.

“Stop!”

The wood around my ankles smoked and charred—the flames hungrily eating through and seeking flesh.

The whole of me leaked agony. It was impossible to believe I had any pain left to feel, until the bottom of my feet caught on fire.

“Ahhh!”

“Where is she!”

“Fuck you!” Tears leaked down my cheeks. As fast as my feet were healing, that’s as fast as Orion was burning them away. “Fuck—!”

“...stop... help...”

My wolf burst out of me. I crashed to the floor, landing awkwardly on my side. Bleeding and burning, I scrabbled up on my haunches and took off—scattering my attackers like bowling pins.

“After her!”

Crunching bones and thudding pawfalls. My fates were after me—minus one.

I healed much faster in my wolf form. Bones knit themselves back together. Cuts sewn into a spotless, blemish-free skin. Scorched flesh flaked away and new, healthy brown skin claimed its place.

I was healing, but not fast enough for my burnt feet. Every step was a lance through my heel. I wanted to run far, fast, and away to a dark corner to lick my wounds in peace, but something was spurring my wolf on, and she wouldn’t be stopped.

I burst through double doors, exploding them to splinters. Snapping, snarls, and hot breath were inches from my tail. My fates were coming after me, and they weren’t messing around anymore. They were beings of pure instinct now, and as much as their wolves wanted me, they wanted a lot of other things too—like my complete and total surrender.

Sensitive ears picked up another noise, sending me racing off faster. A mass of snow-white fur, muscles, and claws tumbledinto the mess hall, and kept tumbling. Fur and snout rolled across the floor and became legs, teeth, and flesh.

I skidded to a hard stop at the foot of the dais, and held still—listening.

Thud.

My head snapped up, fixing on the kitchen entrance as Orion, Badr, Edric, and Nyx burst in after me. I was off and running before the threats and shouts poured from their throats.

I threw open the kitchen door, locking eyes with her immediately.

“Hmmph!”

“Get—!”

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