Page 62 of Chosen
“Never.”
Just then a message can be heard through the communicator pin I have affixed to my collar. The communication jammer’s strength usually covers the ground of the office. But somehow it doesn’t now by some miracle. Whatever the reason, I’m thankful.
“Voice activation required for guests to enter.”
Relief fills me. My backup has arrived. And though Braeden may have thought he’d covered everything, he didn’t think to change the authorization on the front of the fortress gates.
“Permission granted,” the automated voice replies.
Now that I knew Magnus and his team were here, I felt comfortable releasing Jamie. I put her on her feet. “I want you to run, and don’t look back. I’ll hold them off.”
She shakes her head. “I can’t leave you like this.”
“You will. I don’t know what I would do if something happens to you. Go!”
She looks like she wants to argue but maybe she sees something in my eyes that tells her I won’t back down. Jamie stands on the tips of her toes and gives me a quick peck on the lips
“Be careful,” she cautions before taking off.
Just then I’m surrounded by Enforcers and I’m forced to fight for my life.
My clothing rips when I morph the upper half of my body to give me the added strength as I claw and punch, my way through those who dare to charge toward me.
I disembowel one Enforcer and pluck the eyes out of another. The more I take down however, the more keep coming. Some of them manage to land kicks and punches on my body but I continue to fight making sure none of them get past me to go after Jamie.
Just when I’m on the brink of being overwhelmed, someone plucks an Enforcer off his feet and tosses him in the air.
Magnus is here along with a large group of his own team. I notice his second in command is with him.
The three of us fight alongside each other until the number of enemies dwindle. Blood and limbs fly everywhere.
One of Braeden’s loyalists attempts to run away when he realizes the tide has turned. But I pounce on him and bite into his neck, and rip his throat out before spitting his flesh into his face.
I then rip his arms out of their socket.
With that group of Enforcers weeded out, I head back to the garage and head toward Braeden.
He’s standing in the spot I left him in. His face twists with anger disbelief.
“Surprised?”
“Fuck you!” He screams as he pulls out a laser gun.
Before I can charge, Ayla comes out of nowhere and shoves him behind with enough force to make him lose his balance.
He lands on his face. I ran toward him and immediately jump on his back. I grab him by the hair and slam his face into the ground over and over again. He screams each time his face connects to the concrete floor until those screams are halted when his skull cracks.
But I keep pounding his face into the ground, painting the concrete red with blood. I don’t stop even when I know he’s dead. I keep going until most of the bones in his face has been pulverized to dust and I’m only holding a handful of hair.
A hand falls on my shoulder. “He’s gone.” It’s Magnus.
Despite everything he’d done to me, he was still the cousin I’d once cared for like a brother.
I released a primal roar.
It was finally over but I knew after today, things in this sector would never be the same.
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