Page 153 of Savage Blood
And I took advantage of my new form and shoved the spikes running along my spine into his abdomen.
A vicious snarl, full of anger and pain, tore through the room as his hot blood dripped over my back. The satisfaction swirling through my chest had me cheering inside.
I finally shoved Barric off me, his heavy form crashing against the marble, splattering blood over the white tiles. My hind legs bent, and then I pounced, sinking my teeth into his shoulder.
Barric released another howl, and this time, the anguish curling around it was unmistakable.
And then hot, intense pain tore through my leg.
Amelia had clamped her jaws around my leg, her teeth digging in. She ripped through skin and muscle, and my blood spurted across her muzzle.
Shit!
I released Barric’s shoulder as Amelia dragged me back, but the growl vibrating the room halted her in her tracks.
If the surge of fear wafting from the female shifter was any indication, she sensed her approaching demise.
A black mass streaked through the room like lightning. One moment, Amelia was biting my leg, and the next, Fane had her neck in his powerful jaws. With one violent shake of his head, he tore her throat out and spat chunks of gore across the floor.
Barric scrambled up, panting as he surveyed the scene.Fane had already killed Jax. The beta’s naked human form lay in a puddle of his own blood. Amelia was dead. And now Barric was all alone.
“Go ahead, fiera mika,”Fane said, licking crimson from his snout with a long tongue.
As I stalked toward my father—the pain in my leg barely noticeable—my mouth watered at the fear pumping from him. The blood-red sheen faded from his eyes, as if he couldn’t hold on to his fury with the heavy dread choking him.
He had no escape. Death finally arrived for him.
I licked my chops, enjoying his terror as my claws clicked on the floor with each step closer. Killing Barric wouldn’t bring back the dead, but it would be retribution for all the horrible things he’d done.
My muscles coiled, poised for a killing blow, and then I leaped through the air.
Barric didn’t have time to fight back, or maybe he just gave up, and I sank my teeth into his throat. Salty, briny blood exploded in my mouth as his flesh shredded.
I gave two powerful shakes and ripped his head off, blood spraying across the white marble.
As I dropped the mutated wolf head, like his body, it transformed into his human shape.
Holy. Shit.
I just killed my father—an alpha.
My head tilted back as I let out a savage roar. The chandelier above shook, raining dust, and the walls vibrated. Seconds later, howls erupted through the manor, answering the alpha call.
Fane lowered to the ground and dipped his head, submitting.
“Since when do you submit to anyone, Maverick?”
He gave a sexy chuckle.“I’ve always submitted to you, my little rebel. You just didn’t know it.”
My heart clenched, and the urge to throw my arms around him and kiss him inundated my veins. Sensing my need, Fane shifted into his human form, standing on his legs and displaying his impressive, blood-covered physique.
The seductive power within me practically purred.
My beautiful beast.
I also shifted and stood upright. And then my head jerked back.
What the ever-loving hell?
