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“He’s called Derek,” Eamon replies. “Yes, we’re more than happy to take them in until this is sorted.”

“Are you sure that you got all of the ones that are loyal to Derek?” Calia asks Ransom.

She looks surprised when Ransom immediately looks at me.

“Neith?” he asks.

My men smile proudly. I scan the remaining wolves, and this time I call on my magic to help me, and not just my intuition. Asking it to reveal to me any wolves loyal to Derek.

I’m about to say that all of the ones that are left unbound aren’t loyal to Derek, but then my magic sends this little warning buzz, and I glance back at one who is studiously trying to avoid my gaze.

“He’s loyal to Derek,” I say, as I point at him.

“Bitch!” he growls as he launches himself at me.

Before anyone can react, Griff shoves his hand through the chest of the wolf while he’s mid-jump and rips out the wolf's heart. The wolf falls to the floor in a heap, and Griff lets the heart fall from his hand, kicking it away from the wolf.

It all happens so quickly that if I had blinked at the wrong moment, I would have missed it.

I grin, “That was hot.”

Griff chuckles while everyone, apart from my men, looks at me like I’m fucking crazy.

I know it’s not normal to find violence so sexy, but that’s just who I am, thank fuck the guys don’t seem to mind.

Everyone is staring at Griff with shock, fear, and a healthy amount of respect. Van grins and points at Griff’s hand, wrapping water around it and then pulling the blood away so that it’s clean again.

“Thanks, man,” Griff grins.

“No problem,” Van replies while everyone is still silent. He looks at me and carries on as if nothing happened. “Is that the only one, Nene?”

I nod, “Yep, all the rest are good.”

“Great. We’ll get them sorted and get another team out here to clean up and dispose of the bodies,” Calia says.

Evander nods and looks at the others, “All of you stay here, we’ll get this sorted out.”

“You will?” Logan asks incredulously.

“Of course we will,” Van replies.

“I’m coming with you,” Logan says as he stands up and stretches. The wounds in his leg nearly healed.

“Me too,” another one says.

Chapter Twenty-Two

Neith

It doesn’t take long for all of the wolves that are left unbound to say that they’re coming with us. Van runs his gaze over them, making sure that they’re all physically able to go with us.

He nods, “Alright, but you follow River’s lead.”

“Done,” Logan replies with a smile.

Van looks at his parents, and Calia waves him off.

“Don’t worry about us. We’ve got this handled. It’s definitely not our first rodeo when it comes to stuff like this,” she says with a reassuring smile.

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