Page 274 of Cruelly Bitten
Yet the door opened and closed, confirming he’d obeyed his master’s orders.
I hope a lycan finds you and shreds you,I thought at him.
“The technical issues were fake?” Cam pressed, not dropping that part of the exchange. “All of it was a lie?”
“We’ll discuss it later,” Cane returned.
“Yes, preferably after we come up with a plan,” Robyn interjected. “Such asbarricading the door.” Her tone turned to a screech as she uttered the words.
“Jesus Christ,” one of the men muttered.
A scream followed.
Then another.
Furniture shifted.
Wind stirred through the air, causing my hair to tickle my ears.
Vampires phasing,I thought.
All of it was happening too quickly for my mind to process.
Seconds flew by, the room being rearranged at rapid speed. I could feel it, not see it, the sensation leaving me dizzy and nearly tumbling me to the floor.
Only for my arm to be caught in a vise, a hand ensnaring my neck.
My world froze.
Then Ididfall.
Down… down…
My knees crashed into the ground, sending a harsh shock up my spine.
“Fuck,” I wheezed, my throat aching from being squeezed. Fortunately, though, I could still breathe.
A furious growl reverberated around me, the sound almost as feral as the lycans approaching. Yet it came from a different sort of beast.
It came from Cam.
“Do not touch her,” he snarled at whoever had attempted to choke me.
“She’s human,” someone replied.
Jenkins, maybe?
No,Helias, according to Cam’s thoughts.
“She’s mine,” he bit out.
“Calm down, brother,” Cane said, his tone underlined with a hint of demand. “We need her body. She’ll wake up like the others. It’ll be?—”
A deafening howl pierced the air, the sound forcing me to cover my ears.
Because it wasloud.
So loud that I swore it came from beside me.
