Page 106 of Locke

“And, that is?” My mate walked closer. Her fur bristled on her back, her claws lengthened.

Idris remained motionless, as vibrant sparks of electricity crackled and danced along his fingertips. “Easy there, now thatyou are away from your pack, you are weaker. I’m sure you have learned little from your mate now, have you?”

“I’m here, near you,” I told her. “As long as your mate is near you can absorb that small charge, but it’s going to fucking hurt.”

“I’ll take my chances,” Emm snapped. “What is the arrangement?”

Idris grinned. “I like your spunk. The arrangement is that you come with me. I will leave your sister and her son alone. You will leave your mate and his pack here. What happens to the pack is no longer your concern. You will be given to the cartel to pay off your father’s debts only this time instead of marrying into the cartel, you will be their weapon.”

“And if I refuse?” My mate raised an eyebrow.

Idris threw his head back. “Then, everyone you know and love will perish. Brutally, slowly, and I’ll leave your mate for last so you feel every bit of pain he does.” Idris’ smile grew wide enough to reach his pointed ears.

“How do I know you will keep your word?” Emm tilted her head.

I crossed my arms and leaned against the tree.

“A binding contract. Just a handshake, the magic will weave itself.” Idris held out his hand, his nails long and creepy as shit.

Emm stared at it a long moment and I read the thoughts swirling in her head. She would not shake it and I almost chuckled about what she was going to do next.

Emm reached out her hand, pretending to take it. Idris was fucking giddy, watching her reach closer until Emm instead balled up her fists and punched Idris right in the nose.

Idris sent over a ball of light so strong it pushed my mate back onto her ass. I leaped forward and used my arms to run a four-legged sprint and jumped on the bastard.

My claws dug into Idris’ back, and I could feel his electrifying charge flow through me. I growled in rage and pain as I clungto him. Emm charged at us, her fur standing on end, her teeth bared in a vicious snarl.

Her fangs bit into his shoulder and Idris let out a blood-curdling scream like the fucking bitch he was. He threw out his arm, and his electricity seemed to multiply, zapping my mate and me both. It was like being shocked by the entire power grid. I could feel my muscles spasming, my bones rattling, and my consciousness slipping away.

He blasted both of us from his body. I shook my head and jumped back onto my feet, ready to tackle him again.

Idris held onto his shoulder, as black tar oozed from his skin where Emm had latched on from earlier. The venom was working. It looked just as it did when Journey had bitten him the first time. It would weaken him just enough to deliver some final blows.

“You fat cunt, you’ll pay for that.”

Idris’ hands swirled in the air and I charged. His one hand came down and a red glow blasted from his fingertips and enveloped my body. It felt like every muscle and nerve was being pulled and twisted at the same time, I let out a piercing roar as it held me in the air.

Emm lay in the dirt, still getting over the previous blast. She may have force-shifted into Lycan, and she thinks she is fucking unstoppable, but she is still weak. She can’t fight for long.

With a sudden jolt, her eyes snapped wide open as Idris released a bolt from his other hand. The deafening crack fills the air, causing her to startle. The bolt missed and hurtled towards the ground. She jumped away just in time as the bolt met the dirt, and a cloud of dust and debris erupts.

“Hold fucking still,” he growled. Idris lowers his hand. I was still unable to move with a red glow around me.

“You can’t fight forever, Emm, you’re going to become weak. Run back to the pack.”

Emm snorted and circled Idris, who was pulling shit from his pockets.

“Nope, not leaving you here,” she snapped. “I’ve already lost one person, I can’t lose anyone else,”her voice cracked in the link.

Idris’ gaze flickered to his pocket and Emm took the shot. She darted one way and then another using her lycan speed. Her claws ripped into his other arm and she pulled, causing his right arm to be pulled out of its socket. She sank her teeth into the limp arm and, again, his body became an electrical charge and knocked her off.

Emm, again, was thrown, this time at my feet.

When I tried to move, the inside of my body pulled and tugged, straining the sinews of my muscles. I couldn’t even lean down to pick her up.

Idris narrowed his eyes and smirked. “Well, if it’s a game you want, little wolf, then let’s play.”

Shit.

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