Spencer stood over me, glaring at me. The smile on his face was all but forgotten. He was furious with me and he tried to stomp his foot down right where my head was, but luckily I managed to roll out of the way just in time.
I managed to get to my feet but I slipped in the mud as rain was still falling on us, but it wasn’t as hard as it was earlier.
Spencer’s eyes were changing color. He was trying to keep control of his wolf. No doubt he was trying to kill me himself. He didn’t want his wolf to do it.
He lunged at me and again, I managed to get out of the way just in time but he managed to grab my arm and he threw me up against the side of the mountain that the mine ran through.
“I knew I should have killed you the second you got here.” He growled in my face.
“Why didn’t you? Did you think I would be just as easy to handle as last time?” I asked.
“You’re going to pay for ruining my life. Again.” He said.
He went to punch me in the face but I moved my head out of the way and he hit the earth behind me as I kneed him in the stomach. As he crouched forward I pushed him by the
shoulders so he fell backwards and I started running in the other direction.
I passed the entrance to the mine when suddenly something struck me hard on the back of my head, and I crumpled to the ground with a sharp pain shooting through me. I didn’t lose consciousness, but every movement sent jolts of agony through my body, and I knew I was badly hurt. Slowly, I managed to roll onto my back, wincing as I tried to catch my breath. That’s when I saw Lila standing over me, gripping a long, heavy metal pole in her hands, her eyes glinting with a mix of anger and determination I hadn’t expected.
“What the f**k?” I muttered.
“Sorry sweetie. I really wish I could say that we could be friends. But that was never going to happen.” She said.
Spencer then walked up to her and put his arm around her. She leaned over and kissed him while he was looking at her.
I managed to get to my feet and I felt the back of my head which was bleeding and I stood there staring at him.
“How did you get out? The guards couldn’t let you out.” I said.
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“No. But I had a key in my pocket. It was easy after that.” She said. And then I looked at her wrists. They weren’t burnt. They weren’t injured at all.
“They weren’t silver shackles.” I said.
“Of course not. Spencer wouldn’t do that to me.” She said.
“I gotta say, you played the part well.” I said.
“Thanks. Spencer told me that you were going to be easy to break. That wasn’t true.” She said, looking at Spencer.
“That Alpha family has given her more guts than I thought.” Spencer said.
“Rule number one of any fight asshole. Don’t underestimate your opponent.” I said.
“That is a good point.” He said, starting to stalk towards me.
I was weak from the beating, the almost drowning, fighting to get my chains free, the silver. I had so many reasons to just give up right now. But then I saw Asher’s face flash through my mind again. He was the one that told me to keep going. Even if it was just a dream. I couldn’t give up. Not without a fight.
I knew that I couldn’t shift. But I knew that I was smarter than this i***t in front of me.
Adrenaline surged, sharpening my senses to every movement around me. I grabbed a fallen branch, feeling its rough bark bite deep into my palms. I swung at him, and I ducked, the branch shuddering violently under the force of his strike, sparks of pain shooting up my
arms.
As soon as Spencer fell to the ground, Lila lunged at me with a scream, and I instinctively used the silver chain that was still attached to my wrist, whipping it across her face with brutal precision.
She started screaming and fell back, holding her face as it sizzled from the burning.
Spencer got up and started yelling at Lila to get up. But she was closer to me than he was so I grabbed a hold of her and I pulled her in front of me, wrapping the chain around her neck.
“Let her go.” Spencer growled as Lila started gagging and making all sorts of noises.
I looked down at Lila and then back at Spencer.
I kept my eyes fixed on him as I yanked both sides of the chain that was wrapped around her neck until her neck snapped.
I let go of her and the chain came away from her neck, letting her lifeless body fall to the
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ground.
“You’re right Spencer. You really should have f*****g killed me.” I said.
“I’m going to now.” He said, his wolf finally taking over.
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He shifted right in front of me. He let out a guttural growl, low and trembling with menace. But we both knew that I couldn’t. So I took a couple of steps back and I looked at my surroundings to see what I could find.
The forest seemed to close in, roots twisting underfoot, roots that threatened to trip me with
every step.
Pain lanced through my side as he caught me with a glancing blow, but I refused to fall.
He didn’t hit me with his claws. He kept them away. He wanted to hurt me, not kill me. Not yet anyway. He was going to drag this out as much as he could. He wanted me to suffer.
I stumbled over a root, barely catching myself. He lunged, and the ground shook beneath his weight. His claws raked the air where I had been standing a heartbeat ago, splintering the trees around me. I swung a branch in desperation, but it snapped under the force of his swipe. Every instinct screamed at me to run, but there was nowhere to hide. He’d catch me in
a second.
He cornered me against a gnarled oak, teeth bared, saliva dripping from his muzzle. I felt the heat of his body, he wanted to savor this moment, to break me before the end. I barely dodged a clawed strike that tore a chunk of bark from the tree behind me. Pain seared my shoulder as I tried to block another blow.
I looked around frantically but there were only branches and leaves littering around us.
I reached over and broke a branch that was right next to me, making sure it had a sharp edge
to it.
Spencer tried to take another swipe at me, and just as he did that I stabbed the sharp end of the branch into his ribs and directly into his heart.
He collapsed, the forest falling silent around me, save for the shallow, ragged rhythm of my own breathing. His glowing eyes dimmed, fur rippling one last time before slackening. I sank to my knees, bloodied, bruised, trembling–but alive. For the first time since my escape, the forest felt like freedom, not a cage.
“And here I thought you needed rescuing.” Someone behind me said.
I quickly turned around and saw Asher standing there. Asher. Asher who’s dead.
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I got to my feet as he was looking at me and in my disbelief I ran over to him and jumped into his arms, hugging him as close to my body as I possibly could.
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
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