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Malakai walks up to them, and yanks them forward, whispering something vicious to both that make their eyes widen in fear.

Malakai steps back and before I realize what he’s doing, he slams his fists straight into their chests.

A gasp and gurgle hit my ears as the two men drop to the ground with a thump.

Malakai turns and walks straight over to me with nothing but rage and violence in his eyes and blood on his hands.

He places the two males’ hearts in my hands and steps back. “We’re the only ones that get to piss you off.”

CHAPTER 16

Chaos is apparently my new norm as I wake to the sound of shouting and screams.

There’s no one other than me and a male in the tent.

My eyes find the male Shadow three beds down from me. The one that Arabella tried to take advantage of.

He sees me staring and dips his head to me. “I’m Seth. Nice to officially meet you, Sena. I’m here to keep an eye on you. But also keep my distance.” He smiles. It’s one full of humor but also a hint of fear.

I don’t have to take a wild guess to wonder who put it there.

“Where are they?” I ask him, sitting up.

“Out destroying the entire camp,” he tells me with a straight face making me blanch.

He chuckles at me. “Do you even know who your mates are?”

I really don’t, and it must show by the expression on my face.

He shakes his head with a small smile. “Many fear them because of their unusual and powerful abilities. No other Shadow can do what they can.”

“None?” I ask, and he shakes his head.

“Most can wield shadows and create weapons based on their sectors. The rare few have some extra abilities. But nothing like your four.”

They’renotmine. But I don’t correct him when I’m finally getting some information about them.

“Do you know what Cyrus can do?” he asks.

I nod, having actually seen it first-hand. “He can dream-walk.”

Seth chuckles. “That’s the PG version. They call him the Nightmare because he can literally slip into your dreams and make you believe you are in the worst imaginable place you can think of. Then he makes it ten times worse.” He leans his head back and glances up at the top of the tent looking all too relaxed by this conversation. While I feel like freaking out.

“Malakai is a literal beast. An alpha in every form he takes.”

I guess that makes sense. Heisone of the biggest assholes.

“And Theon…” He glances over at me. “One touch from the shadows he creates, and you will feel nothing but excruciating pain.”

I wince. That’s why that male Shadow was screaming and begging for it to stop once Theon’s shadows touched him.

“And you’ve just set them lose,” Seth says.

An icy chill slides down my spine. “I thought they knew… about the test for the females.”

Seth’s expression quickly morphs from playful to angry. “It’s something most of us were not aware of. But I doubt you or any other female will have to worry about it again.”

I frown. “Why?”

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