Page 69 of My Bad Boy Alpha

While I could’ve used more of my power, my wolf urged me to shift.Fur sprouted from my body, my nails extending into sharp claws, and a ferocious roar erupted from my throat, one that my body had never once made before.

The power of the moon flowed through me, making me faster, stronger, and even more agile than I had been in my entire life.I had trained nonstop in my old pack, all by myself, in order to feel accepted.

Who knew that I had been stronger than them all along?

“Go!”I screamed through the mind link to the pack.“Take cover.”

“We live together.We fight together.We die together,”Stone said through the mind link.

And then, like a symphony, the pack repeated it back to him.Back to me.

My heart raced in exhilaration, as I’d never felt so much … togetherness, and I bared my teeth at Derrit, readying to attack with Stone and an entire pack behind me who had vowed to fight by my side.

I honestly didn’t know the power Derrit was about to unlock or how strong he truly was.But I refused to back down from him now.I had a pack, a mate, and possibly a family to protect.Derrit would not take that away from me.I had hoped for this for decades before meeting Stone.

He unleashed a wave of dark energy toward me, the sound nearly busting my eardrums, but I swiftly dodged it.The magic grazed against my fur, searing it right off.I regained my balance and countered with a burst of my own lunar energy, the magic bright white.

Instead of dodging mine, he used his magic as a shield.When the forces collided, a shock wave rocked the entire forest.The trees around us shook violently, their leaves rustling, their branches cracking, and some even falling.

Derrit easily advanced toward me, using his magic to push me back.His dark magic grew stronger with every step he took, and I … I feared that I didn’t have any more to give.If he reached me, this would all be over.

I had to act before it was too late.Before we lost for good.

After a deep breath, I closed my eyes and focused my energy on the moon coursing through my veins.I had never had the strength, the courage, or the mere need to survive as I had right now.A bubble formed around me, like a protective shield that Derrit couldn’t penetrate, even his strongest dark magic.

Yet he snarled and continued to advance toward me, his face contorted into one of anger and his lips curled into the ugliest of snarls.The closer he approached, the harder it was for me to hold up the pieces of the shield, the strain beginning to take its toll on me.My magic weakened.

How much longer can I keep this up?

Once I scanned the forest, I caught a glimpse of Stone behind Derrit, killing Derrit’s second strongest wolf, which must’ve been his beta.Stone spit his throat out of his mouth, blood covering his fur, then turned toward Derrit.

Hopefully, I had enough left in me until Stone could save me.

Suddenly, a ring of fire blazed around the forest, engulfing the trees and locking all of us inside it.Beads of sweat dripped off my fur, the heat from the flames almost making standing in it unbearable.But it only seemed to make Stone stronger.

It had been days, maybe weeks, since he had told me, but Stone had mentioned that he had contracted with a demon so he could walk through fire, so he couldsurvivethrough fire, and maybe even so his power was strengthened through fire.

This fight was far from over.It was just getting started now.

My mate was at his strongest, and he was ready to kill.

CHAPTERFORTY-FIVE

STONE

A ringof orange fire burned around the battlefield.The flames ate up the trees and turned them to ashes within minutes.Walls of almost unbearable heat hit me one after another after another as the green grass blackened.

My pain consumed me, growing hotter and stronger by the moment.Flames crackled around me.I inhaled the smoke and glared at my brother through stinging eyes.

Dead.

By the end of today, Derrit would be a dead man.I’d make sure of it.

Surrounded by dark, swirling mist that almost shielded his entire body, Derrit stood as smug as ever.He would never let his face be covered, as that was what he used to taunt me with.That smirk, those devilish eyes.

After growling, I transformed into my wolf form and leaped toward my brother.If he wanted a war, then I would give him a war.I didn’t care what kind of magic-wielding wolf he could transform into.I had made a pact with a demon of fire, and I planned to use my abilities as much as I needed in order to defeat him and protect my pack.

My canines sliced into one of the dark mist appendages he wielded, and I ripped it right off him.As if it were alive, the darkness screeched under my teeth and disintegrated into thousands of brittle ashes, drifting away in the fire’s wind.

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