Page 90 of Witches Be Damned

By the plans provided by Castor, four branches of tunnels met up in a grid, verging off in a twenty-feet square storage room, formerly used to house spare telecommunications equipment for repairs. Talon appointed Tollens to every branch to prevent the escape of any traitor we encountered.

“This will be over soon big guy, and we’ll get your mate back.” Luna’s whisper sharpened my hunger to eliminate my enemy with both the warrior spirit of my former tribe and my Lycan heritage.

Little Wolf’s spirit brushed against the edges of my mind in longing for our reunion and unifying our pack.

Talon lifted his arm and crunched his hand into a fist, communicating to us for silence from here in out. Fine by me. I directed all my attention on the upcoming room we were about to pounce on. Our leader raised pronged fingers, ordering Cole to take a closer look and report back.

Luna’s man crept closer to our target, staying within sight range, absorbing all the details he could. He hurried back and typed out a message of his observations.

They’re packingup all their belongings. Watch out for the sleeping bags across the floor, cartons of water bottles and boxes of non-perishable food. They’re armed with Guild stun weapons, gin and tonic grenades. The ruby portal device is by the far wall, and we have to cross them all to get it.

Excellent intel.

Talon nodded, clutched his weapon in his fight hand, and uncurled his other fist, motioning for Gable to do his thing.

The warlock removed a stick and wound a white ribbon around a crystal and sprig of herbs, preventing the prisoners from unleashing any spells to vanish. Veil light blinked and crackled around it, locking anyone within a fifty-feet radius into place. He gave a nod to Talon.

Our leader flicked two left fingers, motioning for us to move out. Another signal initiated the countdown in feet until we reached our destination, thirty-feet all the way down to one. He motioned for the first half of the team to enter and surprise our enemies.

Talon took the lead with Blaze, me, and Jes, one of his most trusted Tollens. Guns pointed, we inched into the tight space, letting off rounds at anything standing. Three men went down, cigarettes in their mouths, the equipment they crated up tumbling over.

I recognized five inmates from the prison, but not the other two. Guild uniforms gave the officials away. Dumb of them to wear identifying clothing in an operation like this. They went for their weapons first. Rule number-one in Academy training: protect yourself first before you fight. These clowns should never have graduated.

Our team was faster. We picked them off, and they dropped to floor in puffs of dust, weapons clattering along stone. Blasts of magick lit up the space as my companions dealt with Eduardo and two others, rounds deflecting off his shield and hitting the wall.

Only I remained still, one man on my fucking radar. My beast fully emerged, my bones cracking, claws spiking, fangs elongating, muscles flexing with ultimate power.

“Well, well, look what the cat…” He cracked up at his inside joke. “I mean,the wolfdragged in.”

The coward smirked at me and traced a spell to escape the inevitable. Pale light fizzed but went out. He tried again and nada.

Gable laughed at his spell binding them from running. “You’re not getting out of here, asshole.”

My beast roared and charged him, slamming him into the wall. His shield flickered out. I didn’t give up until I rammed the fucker, until his body sagged and he groaned. I patted him down for any weapons stashed on his body, removing another gun strapped to his leg and knives hidden in a pocket and underneath his hoodie.

“Got you now, you dickless asshole!” My thunder reverberated off the wall.

“I’ll feed ya’ your balls for that,” Eduardo grunted from beneath the paw I crushed his face into the brick with. “Watch ya’ choke on them.”

“Big talk from someone with no dick.” I pressed his face harder into the brick until a satisfying crack sounded.

“Don’t kill him, Big Guy,” Luna warned me from behind, stopping me from taking it too far.

Munyara.

I let my wolf’s aggression take me beyond the point of reason. These prisoners had to be taken in for questioning, not brutalized, no matter how much I sought vengeance for my mate. Once my team got these fuckers to turn on their allies, then all bets were off, and revenge was mine.

Lowering my aggression a few bars, I clamped my claws around Eduardo’s neck, drawing blood on purpose, and he struggled against me but wasn’t strong enough to move me.

“My aunt will lock you up in cage for this,” Eduardo spat at me. “How do you like that, doggy doggy?”

I laughed in his face. Clown didn’t know his aunt was locked up safe with allies where the Guild couldn’t touch them. That a trial was pending for her arraignment for charges of treason. That we werethiscloseto our end goal. Castor jammed their communication channels after the alert went out about their aunt failing to show at a meeting. No one was coming to this dickhead or his aunt’s rescue.

Talon came up beside me, clocked my captive in the temple with a stun gun, and released a laser blast. “No one wants to listen to this idiot.”

Eduardo sagged in my grip.

Jes sidled up beside us, locking cuffs on him. “Let me at this one. I want to question him.”

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