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Fuck.

“Hurry!” another rebel yelled from the trees. “They’re running now! We don’t have much time!”

Of course they were running away. My father was always a fucking coward.

“Let’s kill that evil bastard.”

Chapter 41

Huntyr

“Where is he?” I screamed at Jessiah, who was now ushering Rummy and me into the trees and away from the chaos. “Why didn’t you bring him back with you?” I fought against him, not wanting to leave that damn riverbank.

Not without Wolf.

“Don’t worry about him,” Jessiah ushered. “He can take care of himself. They’re not after him.”

“What the fuck are they after, then?”

Hells. It all snapped into place so quickly, the pieces finally fitting together in my mind.

The attack at the wedding. This. It was all part of Wolf’s plan.

He was working with the attackers and they were here to follow through.

Jessiah watched me as I realized all of this. “Exactly,” he hissed. “So we need to get you two as far away from here as possible.”

Asmodeus, Luseyar, and Lord stumbled forward ahead of us. They yelled something about the arrows being harmful to angels,but I could only hear half of what they rambled about as chaos spread through the group.

“Get her!” someone yelled. “Get Huntyr!”

Fuck.I looked at Jessiah, then at Rummy.

Wolf was on the other side of that fucking river, trying to figure out how they were going to kill Asmodeus, and Asmodeus wantedmemore than anything.

The decision was already made in my mind. “Take care of her,” I said to Jessiah. I kissed Rummy’s cheek before running as fast as I could toward the water.

I launched myself into the air before my wings fully expanded.

Someone screamed behind me. Maybe it was Rummy.

But as my toes began to skim the cold water beneath me, my wings caught against the wind, launching me up a foot, then another.

Thank the fucking goddess.

I could see the outline of Wolf’s body in the trees as I crossed the center of the river. He turned from whoever he spoke with to face me.

Then he ran.

He was only a few paces from me when I landed. My wings grazed the tall grass as I caught myself on solid ground.

“What the fuck are you doing?” he yelled.

“You think I’m going to let you do this alone? You’ve lost your fucking mind if you thought I was going to leave you!”

I felt Wolf’s emotions through the bond, as raw and unfiltered as they came. Anger. Relief.Love.

“There’s no time to fight about this,” Wolf’s friend—Nathan—said.

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