Page 71 of My Bad Boy Alpha

When I released my hold on Stone, he collapsed back down, clutching the woman and the acorn, unable to even hear me, unable to process anything other than his grief.My teeth lengthened into canines as Derrit’s eyes shone with malice.

“You’re going to pay for what you’ve done,” I growled, my voice low.

Derrit’s smirk faded slightly.“And I supposeyou’llbe the one to do that?I don’t?—”

Before he could finish his sentence, my body seemed to move on its own.I leaped up, my toes floating off the ground and I ascended into the sky.Power built inside me with every foot I rose in the air until the force was so strong that my bones could barely contain it.

With every passing moment, the once-bright battlefield darkened, as if my body had created an eclipse over Durnbone.

When my gaze landed on Stone, who sat helpless at Derrit’s feet, I detonated like a bomb, moonlight exploding out from my skin.The light itself ate up any of the dark magic that Derrit wielded, completely disintegrating his mist and any tattoos that had been inked onto his skin.

Pain from a thousand wolves in battle scattered through me, stabbing me like a sharp knife repeatedly.Another wave of energy passed through me, hitting Derrit right in the chest and sending him miles across the forest, away from the battle.

I moved through the air with ease.I immediately locked on to him, focusing all of my energy on the center of Derrit’s chest as he stood up on shaky legs and held his hands up, as if attempting to shoot his magic back out at me.

But his magic had disappeared.

For the first time, he was helpless.And if I had learned anything from him, then I should prey on helpless men like him.Because helpless men likehimdeserved every last bit of pain that they gave to others.

Another beam of power zapped out of my body.I hit one of his arms and blew it off.

He howled in pain.

I lifted my finger and shot off his remaining three limbs in one go, and then I landed on the ground before him, still raging with fury.Derrit deserved this more than anyone I had ever met.

“S-stop!”Derrit shouted, just a head and torso.“Please, stop!I surren?—”

Before he could say another word, I placed my hand on the center of his chest.“Shh, shh, shh.You’ve done very well, Derrit.Much better than you did last time.Don’t worry.It’ll all be over very soon.”

“Please, Zuri!I’ll do anything to?—”

A shock wave of pressure burst through my palm, and Derrit’s chest exploded.

“You evil, pathetic bastard,” I growled at his corpse.“Stone and I are unstoppable together.It was weak of you to think that either one of us would ever let you get in the middle of what we have.Not even life or death will stop us.”

CHAPTERFORTY-SEVEN

ZURI

Once we defeatedthe remaining wolves, who had either submitted to us or died, I hurried over to Stone, who still sat in tears on the ground beside hundreds of werewolf corpses.My chest tightened at the sight of how broken he looked right now.

I had always thought he was undefeatable, but I knew now that if I was gone, then he’d be too.At least his mind wouldn’t survive in this world any longer.He’d be completely and utterly broken and blank.

“Stone,” I whispered, gently separating him from the woman’s body.“Stone, it’s me.”

“Zuri!”he cried, attempting to reach for the woman again.

Pain shot through my body—both his pain and mine because he didn’t recognize me.We had spent so much time together, and Derrit’s magic had ruined it all!He was dead, yet his power continued to exist in the real world.

Had he cursed Stone to a life of … heartbreak?

And in turn, cursed me as well?

“I’ll bring him home,” James said.“Get him out of here, and maybe he’ll think clearly.”

While I wished that he’d recognize me, Derrit’s dark magic still had a hold on him, and he needed to rest.I had a pack to take care of, especially now that my mate couldn’t think straight.I would get them back to our property and have their wounds healed.

James picked up Stone in a fireman’s carry and headed back toward the property.

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