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Jonas snarled, lunging toward us, only to be yanked back by the other wolf’s teeth in his flank.
Shit. This was why he’d told me to run. Jonas’s beast couldn’t concentrate with me in another Alpha’s arms. He needed me to be free. He needed me unharmed. He needed to know I wasn’t—
Something sharp touched my throat, the vampire’s palm having manifested the blade. “Ah, ah, ah,” he tutted. “None of that.”
I didn’t understand at first.
But then I realized Jonas had his jaws wrapped around the other wolf’s throat.
There was blood trickling down his chin.
He was winning, I thought.
He’d been about to win, something the vampire had clearly detected, and now…
Now he’s using me to further distract Jonas.
CHAPTERSEVENTEEN
RILEY
Somewhere in North Carolina
These beings were definitelynotferal. Which I’d already ascertained, but this just proved how cunning and cruel they were.
I flinched as the dagger bit into my skin, the sting eliciting a startled yelp from my lips.
Jonas immediately released the other wolf and took a step back.
And then he was suddenly on his back, the other Alpha having wasted no time in pinning him with his claws and teeth.
No. No. No!
This was not happening.
Jonas struggled, but the vampire just cut me again, this time humming as he brought the blade to his mouth to lick it clean.
While his opposite hand clamped down on my sex.
He hadn’t touched me there yet, only rested his hand right below my belly button with the clear intention of doing more—just to provoke Jonas.
However, now the vampire was claiming me intimately.
He was licking my blood off his blade and touching me in a way only Jonas ever should.
And it was driving my mate’s beast insane.
The sounds coming from him reminded me of the feral wolf, but he was pinned, wounded, and no longer in touch with his strategic senses.
“Jonas,” I whispered.
I didn’t mean for it to come out like a plea, but the vampire’s lips caressed my neck right at the moment I’d spoken.
My mate released a howl of fury that had the male chuckling at my back.
“So defenseless,” he mused, his tongue tracing my throat. “Such an Omega.”
My eyes narrowed at that, some part of my brain reigniting after having shut down through the shock of the last few minutes.
