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Corbin rolled her over beneath him, but he had no hope against this threat.
Vlad and four heavily armed men stood above them.
Chapter 26
Eirene forced bile back down her throat to avoid drawing that horrible Romanian’s attention. He carried his bulky body around on two short tree-trunk legs. Black hair slicked back over his blob-like head looked unwashed. His narrow eyes looked black above a bulbous nose. Garlic odor oozed from his skin. She was thankful that for a moment, he ignored her and Corbin while talking with his men.
Being naked didn’t bother her as a shifter.
No, it was fear for Corbin. After Vlad, the Romanian Corbin had told her about, had announced his presence, he’d opened his fisted hand to reveal a small red device.
Corbin had leaped off her the second he saw what that evil man held. One quick press of the button and Corbin arched into a hideous shape. His body contorted with pain. He yelled in agony.
She screamed, “Stop hurting him!”
Her words meant nothing to that pig.
It was all over quickly, leaving Corbin sucking in air.
Something must have been put in his body that could be activated by a remote device. What kind of horrors had he and Ares suffered at that man’s hand?
Pixie shouted in Eirene’s head,He hurt Ares too.
Sighing in despair, Eirene said,I know. I wish I had a way to stop that monster.
Ares had a rough day in the water,Pixie fretted. He proved he could do it, but this man will destroy the nice Ares who does not scare me.
Eirene hoped that would not be the case.We can’t shift and save them, but we will find some way to help Corbin and Ares,Eirene told Pixie.I hate this too. Try not to panic. I can think better when you’re calm.
Not calm, but I will be quiet.
Thank you.
One of the armed men held out what appeared to be a satellite phone to Vlad. “The call you have been expecting.”
Vlad took the phone and stepped away from everyone, deeper into the forest. His men followed him, arrogantly sure she and Corbin would not move. Corbin struggled to sit up next to her. She moved her hand slowly to cover his fingers, which felt like ice.
He barely spoke, his words only loud enough for her to hear. “Can you swim as well as Pixie?”
“Yes. I’m good.”
“Please listen to me and do what I ask. I don’t have much time. Vlad rarely talks long on the phone.”
She squeezed his hand. “Go ahead.”
“Be ready to scurry to the water when I distract them.”
“No!”
“Please, babe. We’re running out of time. You’re my only hope.”
She heard truth, but he held back something.
He continued, “I will always love you, and Ares wants Pixie to know he’d be thrilled to have her as his mate too. For my wolf to make that admission is amazing for me.”
“Pixie wants Ares, too, and is upset that he is hurting. We want both of you.”
Turning his hand to hold hers, he squeezed her fingers to give her comfort as his world crashed down on his head. “I will only get one chance at this. You must leave, or our misery will be ten times worse if we can’t save you both.”
