Page 14 of Moon Cursed
That’s what Kane seemed to believe.
It didn’t matter. All I knew was that my wolf and I agreed on this.
We were not going to be caged.
“Let.”
“Us.”
“Go!”
I roared my command as magic backed every word, building and crashing through my body as I surged my retaliation against the restraints.
Althea had imbued them with magic of her own. She backed away and held up her hands as her fingertips turned silver with power.
She whispered a few words, although it was pointless, because she’d just said a prayer to the Moon Goddess.
To me.
“Prayers denied,” I growled and yanked against the chains, breaking the one holding my right arm captive with the motion.
“Nina,” Althea snapped. She turned to the petite female who hadn’t moved. She also didn’t seem very concerned that I was about to rip both their heads off for doing this to me.
Perhaps I’d been wrong about Kane.
He was fighting the other alphas right now. My wolf and I both felt his possessiveness and violence.
Perhaps… he intended to keep me all to himself like a prize. Now that he had tricked me into giving him my blessing, he was going to lock me away so that he could use me whenever he wanted.
“Not.”
“Fucking.”
“Happening!”
I ripped through the other chain, leaving only the one around my shoulders and my neck keeping me in place.
Althea’s eyes went wide. Her silvery irises held a gold band around them with magic that the Moon Goddess had given her.
If she drew her power from the Moon Goddess—from me—perhaps I could take it away.
Lurching forward, the ground cracked and echoed throughout the caves.
I could have sworn a howl returned the echo, but everything was muddled here. It could have just been a strange clash of sound against the stones.
Uninterested in the cave phenomena, I reached for Althea, drawing closer to her.
She backed against the wall. If she was smart, she’d run, but the order Kane had given her kept her in place.
Right—an alpha controlled his pack.
But fuck it all if he thought he could control me.
“Nina!” Althea shrieked.
“Almost there,” she said.
Her soft voice barely registered as I continued to thrash against the restraints. I wrapped the chains around one arm and yanked, feeling them give under my increased strength.
