Page 89 of Feral Mates
Chains.
They’d shackled our bodies. They’d controlled our shifting abilities. They’d attempted to break our will.
They were the true monsters.
Taunting our mate by testing to see if she was fertile was the icing on the cake, as humans would say. The man she called Thanatos was pushing every button, hoping we’d react violently. That was exactly what was on our minds, yet we were cautious, trying to maintain what little control we had.
Savannah’s scent permeated the glass, her fragrance calling to us even though she was begging us through her thoughts, her eyes, and her words not to take the bait.
It was becoming impossible as the scientist she’d once respected had one of his faithful minions defile her.
We’d also smelled the change in the man. He was no longer only human, but something evil. He reeked of power and control and I had to wonder whether it was more the wishes of the lifeform nestled inside of him, molecules churning in his blood, or if he’d always had malicious intent.
Her slight whimper drew my attention and my wolf struggled to breach the surface, able to do what our human forms prevented.
I jerked at the chains, issuing a low growl since I knew there were other beasts in the building. They were as angry as we were, eager to exact revenge by sinking their teeth into the men who’d altered our future.
And our DNA.
There was another stench.
One of death.
The human monsters had destroyed several beasts after deciding their tests had failed.
My muscles ached, every tendon tense, but I was unable to budge. I could only watch as our little mate was probed and touched. She was fighting valiantly, but right now, there was no escape.
We’d need to bide our time, but the scientists had no understanding of our abilities. They only thought they knew.
Apollo was beside himself, straining at the confining manacles, refusing to obey their terms. Kai’s mind was filled with thoughts of violence and bloodshed, his wolf eager to sink teeth into a half dozen of the soldiers who’d taunted us since we had been forced to awaken from the injected slumber.
Yet the three of us knew that doing anything could result in harming our mate.
And Savannah was all that mattered.
They were torturing her, forcing us to watch as they displayed her beautiful body. What she was enduring was painful to watch, yet she was calm.
Her eyes never left ours.
In her way, she was pleading with us to remain silent.
It was the most difficult thing I’d done as man or wolf.
“We cannot allow her to endure this,”Kai said. We could still communicate without words. That would provide some level of security.
“We have no other choice,”I shot back. And we didn’t. In this form, we weren’t strong enough. Whatever drug we’d been given had made us weak.
“We need to break free of this place.”Apollo’s voice rang loud in my eardrums.
I snorted and thought about exactly what I craved doing to the timid bastard who’d been left to guard us. He was jittery, pacing the floor while sweat poured down the back of his neck. I could smell the stench of his terror.
Good.
He should be very afraid.
His life would end soon enough.
“We need to be careful.”My recommendation was met with a sharp glare from Apollo.“They could kill us.”
