Page 120 of Twinning and Sinning

“Oh, I think you will,” he whispered in my ear. His lips grazed my ear. “Because if you don’t, the rest of this pack will be destroyed in an instant. Your mother lies asleep just upstairs. One command from me and her little throat will be slit. Now, do you want to kill both your parents for your defiance?” My eyes glanced at my father. I didn’t blame him for what he did. My mates and my new family were holding off just the same, to help keep my family together. This was a tough decision: lose my family to save me or lose me to save my family.

Either way, there could be blood. Letting out a breath, I stopped struggling. Tears welled in my eyes. “Fine,” I whispered, “but I want to make a deal.” Yutaka squinted his eyes, his yellow eyes looking me up and down.

“What kind of deal? I have everything I need. What could you possibly give me?”

“You said you needed to remove my marks. What does that entail?” Dax growled loudly, his paw causing a large tuft into the dirt. The Yutaka grinned. “What a clever little doll you are.” He petted my hair, leading me to a large chair. “I knew you were clever, just didn’t know how much.” Yutaka almost giggled.

“I was going to give you a ‘forget me’ potion by taking some of your mates’ hair and mixing it together. Your mind would forget them and then I could use an ancient spell used with a hint of dragon’s blood to permanently remove your marks. Then have you fall in love with me to take my mark, but I have thought of something much more, interesting,” he rubbed his chin with his fingers, staring down at the beasts before him like they were the pebble in his expensive Italian leather shoes.

“To take the marks away, I will put my hands on your shoulders and whisper just a tiny spell and drip the blood on your head. It will take away your marks, put your mates in a serious amount of pain, but…” he paused with a gleam in his eye, “they will live. However, you must be willing, to have those marks removed, a willing participant.”

“And if I agree to this spell,” a tear dropped down my cheek. “You will let everyone live. You and your men will retreat like nothing took place. Every single person on this pack territory at this moment will go free.” The Kitsune smiled, finger pulling my chin up to meet his gaze.

“Yes.” I couldn’t hear my mates. There was no link. I couldn’t hear Eva clawing at my head, but my feet felt hot beneath the soil that should be cool. Calmness radiated from the soil, climbing up my legs and into my chest. From my chest, whispers invaded my soul. The calmness had me dare say the few words that will rip my life to pieces if this didn’t work.

“I accept.”

My mates roared in anger. Kane, holding Clara, barked commands at the Wolves to jump into action while my father pleaded for my mother’s life. Holding my hand up, they silenced. I would have no one die for me; I wasn’t that righteous.

“Get it over with.” Whimpers and cries left Wolves I had never met, whining for their princes and the loss of their mate.

“Just stay still, my willing mate. I promise it will be quick.” My blood-shot eyes looked to the large oak tree. Cyrene laid at the base, holding onto her heart. Her eyes blinked, nodding her head slowly. Cyrene’s fingers dug into the dirt.

The damn fox put his hands on my mates’ marks. A fire burned as he touched them. “Do you come willingly, my mate?”

“Yes,” I hissed. Anything to save my family, my mate’s family, I would do for them. I loved my mates from the Celestial Kingdoms of gods down to the depths of Tartarus. By the gods, I would save them.

Breathing deeply, he changed back into his half fox form. This must be where his magic stayed. My mates clutched their hearts, feeling sadness. “I love you,” I mouthed as they stared into my eyes.

A now darkened courtyard, only lit by the pile of burning bodies, lit instantly around me. The wind picked up, howling, pulling my hair into a bright red flame. The ashes of the dead, instead of flying into the air, rushed around the chair where I sat. The Kitsune had thought he won, but the bond that my mates and I share only grew. I felt it grow brighter inside.

Lightning hit the nearby oak tree, a large limb falling to the ground. Cyrene didn’t flinch, watching the scene from the ground, groaning.

Claws came from my fingertips, deep, dark fur with a hint of blue and red highlights decorated my covered arm. Looking to the sky above me, the Kitsune’s eyes continued to stay shut with hands on my shoulders. Bones cracking, I let out a tremendous howl. My back broke and stretched while I heaved a breath inward.

“Eva’s back, bitch,”the snarky Wolf spoke lightly in my head compared to the terror in everyone’s eyes. “Eva!”I yelled back inside me.

“Sorry, I was getting all dolled up for my reappearance. Didn’t realize you could get yourself in so much shit in a few hours.” Rolling my eyes internally, my body grew taller, the Kitsune’s claws digging down my back. My clothes ripped from my body until I stood at full height. My mates stared on in awe while others stood back in confusion.

Turning to the animal shifter that had caused me the most pain, I gripped his furry little neck. Feeling the radiating power beneath my paws, I dug them deeper into the soil. The rage fueled into my arms, crushing his neck. “Im…possib…le,” he choked. “You… were willing.”

“My body was willing, but my heart wasn’t. It’s pretty stubborn,” Eva sang, sniffing the mint brandy smell on his fur.“Pretty sure love conquers all anyway,” she retorted.

Hearing a scream, my eyes shot to the fourth floor. Dad had retrieved mom who stared down in disbelief. Looking at my mates, they crept forward, venom leaking from their fangs.

“I do have one question,” Eva whispered into the over-grown Q-Tip. “Where is the one I called ‘daddy’ all these years? I would like to take a stroll down memory lane.” The Kitsune tried to laugh, but the lack of oxygen made him groan. Letting go of his throat, he gritted his pointed teeth.

“Dead. Pissed himself and keeled over from a heart attack.” Eva, utterly disappointed, ticked.

“Such a shame. Guess I’ll have fun with you,” she drawled. Our clawed hand reached forward, scratching the suit off his body. Claws quickly tore into his torso, fur flying into the air as blood dripped down, staining his white fur. Flaps of skin quivered while hunks of meat fell to the ground. Our free hand continued to rip into him, his cries deafening. One hand waved, causing my body to feel heavy. I fell to the ground with a bang. Roots of the old oak tree next to Cyrene slithered towards the Fox, gripping him by the ankles. My now large maw bit into his calf, ripping the muscles and tendons.

“Now!’ he screeched.

Before our other hand could claw right down his back, a needle shot straight into my arm. Pushing the silver poison forward in my biceps, a sharp burn penetrated my veins. The liquid silver shot through my body more quickly as my heart raced.

Letting go, he scurried away, shifting into a small fox with just an ordinary tail. “Get him!” Kane roared out, Clara now shifting into her own red wolf began chasing him down along with other warriors.

An insane howl came from the top of the pack house. A tanned Wolf, with static electricity popping around its body, jumped from the roof, landing next to Cyrene. Showing fangs, he circled her, sniffing, making sure she was alright. Beard came towards the firework Wolf. With a stiff bark, lightning radiated from its body, electrifying the Bear.

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