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But these three men wouldn’t do a damn thing to hurt me, not even try to contain me in a small box to keep me out of harm’s way, even if they wanted to sometimes. They let me fight Lupe without taking away the glory of ending the person who was stopping me from living this happy life. Now, not only did I have three amazing mates who brought balance to my chaotic life, but I was being given a title that meant I would change the lives of every Shadowborn out there.
The Monarch nodded at my statement. “Yes. We want you to help us create the bridges needed for the Shadowborns not to have to live in the shadows anymore. Would you do me the honor of being the Ambassador of Shadowborns?”
My wolf howled joyfully as the tears spilled down my face.
“Hell yes! When do I start?”
Chapter Thirty-Three: Sera
I stared out the window as the battle raged, hating my confinement inside to protect the women and children hiding in the lower level of the pack house. The tugging in my chest felt like it would snap my ribcage in two. The sight of the huge man with a buzz cut staring at me spiked my heart rate before someone ordered him to fight alongside the alpha. Those gray eyes locked onto mine, sending a shiver down my spine. He looked as though he wanted to throttle Alpha Valko for giving him that command, but he walked out that door.
And I’ve gone insane sitting inside, running to every window to catch a glimpse of him. To know he was okay. To know he was alive and that he would walk back through this door.
When he shifted into his wolf, it took my breath away. His coat was a range of colors; black down his back, white on his stomach, and a mixture of grays along his side. I watched as his head swiveled back to look at me. His gray eyes, still in wolf form, looked silver from afar, but glowed white as the rage of his wolf in battle peered back at me. I could feel his stare even with the small distance between us, and I wanted to go out there and fight by his side.
I didn’t know his name, but I knew he was about to throw my entire world upside down.
This feeling wasn’t unfamiliar to me, and it sent my entire system haywire, knowing it was happening again. My wolf was pushing on the edges of my mind, fighting for control. It’s been months since I’ve felt this way. I thought this was over, and I didn’t want to go back to the time before I understood it was okay to not have a mate.
But my wolf was not having any of it.
Mate. Our mate is out there.
We need to stay in here. Dylan needs us in here.
Mate needs us out there.
It took more energy than normal to keep her down. After what happened... I hoped I would have more time than this before I found more mates.
There was a power shift outside. I felt the power swell even inside the house. There was no visibility of the battle from the house. Even checking every window on the first floor, I couldn’t see a way outside. My heart felt like it was in my throat knowing that Dylan, Hunter, Jackson and Silas were fighting out there. And now this Shadowborn man who had me and my wolf losing our minds as we tried to find him through that black cloud.
No. Not a cloud. Shadows.
This was not like any other battle I’ve ever seen. My pack has gotten into some tussles with rogues and other packs, and they were always bloody. That was the way of werewolves. Fights were never something that could be fought without spilling blood and some death. It was a part of our history and life we all had to accept.
But I didn’t want to accept it right now.
He was out there and I wanted to see him again. The way he looked at me wasn’t like the one who tossed me aside. He was ready to fight his alpha to stay with me. Even during the battle, I noticed he fought close by to the house. Every so often, he would look toward the house as if he knew I was watching him. It made me smile during this dark fight, knowing he was looking for me as much as I looked for him.
Another surge of power swept through, driving me to my knees. The shadows were gone, but Dylan was on the ground. “DYLAN!” I howled, seeing my best friend on the ground. Her mates losing control didn’t bode well. With no kind of pack bond to Dylan, I didn’t know whether that meant she died.Hunter, Jackson, and Silas looked like men on a warpath. They were taking on the Monarch of all people, fighting in tandem like they had fought like this since they were young.
I couldn’t sit here any longer.
When my feet landed on the porch, the large, multicolored wolf came into view. He snapped his jaws as if he protested my presence out of the house. I growled at him, but there was a snarl returned from him before a wolf jumped on his back. I ran onto the grass only for the multicolored wolf to get out of the wolf’s hold and push me back toward the house.
“Excuse you! I am combat proficient, you know!”
That didn’t stop him. He pushed me with his muzzle all the way to the door before turning back onto the wolf and re-engaging in the battle.
Another surge of power released, sending me to my knees again. I knew this power. The blackberry and current carried with it, and it took me a moment to remember who it belonged to, as my mind was swirling with too many directions to look from the battling raging around me. The power belonged to ... to Dylan! I looked out the window again, and I watched Dylan stand up again.
The wolf I had been watching had stopped just to stare at Dylan, and I snarled seeing him look at her. But even I looked away from him to look at my best friend. There was visible power swirling around her, and my jaw dropped. Every part of the surrounding shadows in the night’s landscape looked as if Dylan was calling onto it. The wolf wasn’t looking at her with any type of intimacy. He was looking at her because of her power, calling on him to do so.
It was calling to me the same way.
My wolf wanted me to get on my knees and bear my neck to her, even from a distance. Whatever just happened, it unlockedsomething in my friend to make her scary as her damn mates with just her presence alone.
There were shadows everywhere and I lost sight of that wolf along with my best friend. My body trembled, knowing I couldn’t see anything going on out there. I hugged myself as I waited for it to dissipate. My heart felt like it was in my throat again, pounding as I tried to see through the thick shadows covering everywhere I could see.
