ey Oliv
roused, was screaming at me to turn around
lking into the crushing depths of an ocean trench. The air was thick with
lf, my human nervous sys
Demonte
who had personally slaughtered an entire rebel pack at the n
y paralyzed by the violent reco
easured steps, stopping three feet in front of
r of the suite. Dark crimson veins pulsed under his neck, snaking upward toward hi
into the mocking rasp of a street urchin. "Look
eathing betrayed that he could hear me. His soul was locked i
confidence surged
ger and poked him squarely in th
ng flesh, an intense shock of st
't a me
r. A sharp gasp caught in my throat as a wave of heat rippled down my spine, leaving gooseb
k, frowning down at
e hell
blood surge could cause backlashes of raw energy, but this fe
rre sensation, narro
hest beneath a layer of pure malice. "Too bad muscles don't
is chiseled ear, letting my cool breath w
urred, "I'm going to take them off your hands. Think of it as a st
roat t
und like two stones scraping against each other. For a supreme warrior who ruled the kingdom
turned my back on him and walk
r the ruby-h
sh the cold gold of the sheath
AAA
alyptic, earth-shattering bellow of an an
it me like a so
y, sending shards of multi-colored crystal raining down onto the streets below. The
d across the splintered floorboards, and popped up into a defe
amber, Demonte had collapsed fo
d blood poured from his lips, spla
tered the fragile mental barrier he was using to contain the beast. His Lycan blood
ted hi
onto mine were no l
g with an unholy, primordial fury that promised
rasp, scraping through blood and broken
upward, his massive shoul
left arm
the floorboards, another choke of
he wood, but his lower body remained completely limp. The backlash
mirk spread a
the cold, opportunistic thrill
nd stood up straight, brushing th
, taking slow, cocky strides back toward the fallen titan. "Loo
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