Page 90 of Feral Mates
“Let them try,”Apollo sneered. He was becoming enraged to the point of being uncontrollable. He was the most unstable of the three of us. What fascinated me was that as more time went by, the more human we could become. Thoughts. Ideas. Needs. They were entirely different than the first moment we’d become these… monsters.
Now I was no longer only craving fulfillment of my primal needs. I wanted more. Perhaps that meant I was growing a conscience. Whatever the case, having the memory bank of the human was helpful. More so than Thanatos understood.
When Savannah cried out, all three of us lunged forward again. My mind was skittering from human thoughts to those of a wolf. My needs were more primitive today because she was in danger.
“Don’t!” she called as she’d done before. I didn’t need to be able to read her mind, although I could sense her thoughts clearly. She was frightened but determined.
Always the rebellious little mate.
There was comfort in the thought. They were doing this to try to get a reaction.
Doing so would bring her harm.
“If their intention is for us to breed her, we’ll gain strength.”Even though I’d uttered the words, I didn’t believe them. While I could feel my wolf, his presence was as shackled as my human body. A slight hum danced deep inside, the vibrations not only coming from the electricity the four of us shared, but from something mechanical.
There was tremendous power being used within the building. There was also a wave of energy unlike anything I’d ever felt before. It wasn’t manmade. From everything our little mate had taught us, we knew about the existence of the parallel world our mate had mentioned.
That knowledge also came from the scientist who’d briefly been connected.
I was seeing the laboratory though his eyes.
“Do you feel the force?”I asked as I scanned the room.
Roman slowly turned his head.“Yes. A central hub.”
We’d felt the lifeforms next to us in another cage. We’d sensed their anger as well and their agitation had been all about Savannah. They’d cared for her as she’d done with them. I had no sense of understanding who or how, but it didn’t matter. When it came time, we would use that affection against the scientists.
“Our little mate is right. We need to destroy the source and close this goddamn portal.”Apollo puffed up, issuing another deep howl that reverberated throughout the room, terrifying the two soldiers.
I could feel their pulse quicken, could see the wild thumping in their necks. My mouth watered from the thought of sinking my canines into their throats.
“We wait to strike,” I cautioned. “Until we know we can take her to safety.”
While the other two were angry at my thought, they knew I was right. We could do nothing while remaining in this form.
However, as a set of schematics formed in my mind, I realized whoever the scientist had been knew the building well.
We’d use that to our advantage.
The door swung open and the bastard she called Thanatos returned to the room. He surveyed the situation, the smirk on his face the same as when he’d walked out.
“Look at the chains, Roman,”Apollo said.“They are meant for her.”
The set of shackles was positioned several feet away, not close enough for any of us to reach.
Kai snarled audibly, catching Thanatos’ attention. He walked closer, studying the arctic wolf as if he was more fascinated by him than by Apollo or me.
“We need to shift first,”I repeated.
Apollo darted his eyes back and forth and for a split second, they glowed in a warm hue of amber. That gave me hope.
“What are you looking at?” Kai growled. “Are you afraid, Thanatos? Are you worried that when we return to our natural state, we will hunt you, capture you, and enjoy every second of ripping you apart?”
The man wasn’t frightened. What limited knowledge I had of a vampire explained little other than that in his current form, it was likely he could live forever. And he would be considered an apex predator.
The humans had no understanding of what we were capable of.
“Not of you,” he said, laughing as he’d done before. “You’re not as strong as you believe yourselves to be. Plus, I have methods ofkeeping you under control. Remember the electric fields, wolves. If you dare try and escape, the amps used will fry your fur.”
