Page 83 of Untamed Fate (Magic Side: Wolf Bound 2)

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laden with warning. “You tell no one—not Regina, not Tony, not the guards.

No one can know. We’ll find a way to reverse this, to change her back.”

My wolf tore at my chest, but I growled to rein him in.

Sam glanced over at Savannah and avoided my eyes. “Is that even

possible? And if you could reverse the lycanthropy, do you think that would

solve the mate problem?”

I scrubbed a hand through my hair. “I don’t know, but I didn’t feel the

bond with her until she started shifting. From everything I know, the mated

bond doesn’t just develop. It’s always there, and I would have sensed it the

first time we met. This has to be lycanthropy. Or some kind of curse.”

Could this have been a perverse trick by the sorcerer? The thought was

too much to even contemplate.

Sam searched my eyes. “You’ve always been drawn to her, Jax. In the

bar, in the woods…”

“No,” I growled. “Not like this. Yes, she’s gorgeous, but I don’t want her.

She is not my mate.”

My wolf began to struggle, demanding to be let loose.

Sam rested her hand on my arm. “This could be a good thing for you.”

I pulled away. “A good thing? This is a fucking disaster! The worst

possible thing at the worst possible moment.”

She crossed her arms and cocked her head. “Maybe, maybe not. This

could be a bridge to the LaSalles.”

I wrapped my hand around the doorframe and let my claws sink into the

wall. It took all my restraint not to rip the molding off.

I tried to steady my breathing, but I was on the verge of shifting. “Are

you insane? Do you have any idea what Laurel will do when she finds out

that Savannah was infected with lycanthropy? On our watch? And potentially

by my brother-in-law, who was also plotting to murder her entire family? It’ll

be a war like we haven’t seen in generations.”

Her eyes dilated as the gruesome reality sunk in.

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