Page 112 of Wolf Touched

I turned my attention to him and focused on the ground. The earth split open underneath him, and he vanished.

A lump formed in my throat, and the horrible taste in my mouth got worse. I’d killed two people in under a minute. My heart ached, but at least it distracted me from my injuries.

Babe, what’s wrong?Raffe linked as he hunkered down, readying to attack a woman shooting flames at Lucy.It doesn’t feel like you got hurt.

I’ll be okay.The last thing I needed him to worry about was the fallout of the fight. He needed to focus on the threat in front of us.I'm still not used to all the blood and violence.

Once we’ve saved your parents, we’ll get away from all this shit,he vowed and lunged at the witch just as the flames burnedLucy’s paws.

Lucy whimpered. A warlock three feet over spun in her direction and smirked. He raised his hands, and the earth shook harder underneath her.

The prick wanted to use my power to help kill one of my own. Oh, fuck no.

I imagined the earth shooting from the ground and tilting toward him so Lucy could rip out his neck. My power inched stronger, obeying my command. I yanked my power back in, not wanting the earth to shake as hard with us fighting the enemy coven members, and I especially didn’t want to allow them to leverage it against my pack.

Just as I wanted, as the man stumbled back, Lucy jumped from the ledge and ripped out his throat.

Something slammed into me.

I spun around to find Gavyn. His hands were raised toward me, and the static of his magic swirled around me, but the wind merely blew my hair. His normally warm forest-green eyes were darker, and his expression hardened so much that he didn’t even resemble the man I’d known on campus.

Good. Maybe that would make this easier.

He turned his hand, the tornado following the direction and lifting Raffe off the woman he’d attacked. Gavyn lifted him higher and higher.

My stomach clenched, and my body went numb.

Yet another person who wanted to hurt my mate and had to die.

Screams, cries, and the stench of blood intensified around me, but there was one clear thing I had to do. We hadn’t even gotten to the house, and there was already so much death and destruction around us. This had to endnow.

Lowering my head, I kept my gaze locked on him andpushed my power straight at him. It hit him in the chest. His eyes widened, and he lowered his hand, reaching for his heart. His ash-blond hair hung in his eyes as he clutched his chest and dropped.

Shit.

Had I imploded his heart?

Cold tendrils of fear clenched my chest as I jerked toward Raffe and saw his body slam down from fifteen feet off the ground.

“No!” I shouted, my emotions and power heightening like never before, and I rushed to him. Everyone who wanted to hurt us needed to die. We hadn’t done a damn thing wrong.

Pain sliced through our bond, and I ran to him and dropped beside him. “Raffe,” I croaked, and my power gushed from me, blowing up like a bomb. I could hear the vibrations as it hit the ground, trees, and even the air around me, crackling like lightning.

Then there was silence.

What the fuck just happened?Keith linked.All the people we were fighting just dropped dead.

I suspected it was because of me, and my heart clenched. What if I’d killed those on our side too? But as I glanced around, it looked like everyone on our side was okay. I touched Raffe’s face, hanging on to the warm bond in my chest. That was the only thing keeping me from losing my damn mind.

People gasped, but none of that mattered.

Raffe? I linked, desperate for him to answer me.

His eyes cracked open.You fucking saved me.

My body sagged against his.Dammit, are you okay?

Yeah.He whimpered, getting his legs underneath him.I’ll be fine.

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