Page 28 of Rejected Mate

My fingers finally closed around the cup and I pulled it out from under the bed. I smiled, a weak expression, but one that was full of victory. Mine! I'd done it!

I held the cup in my hand and looked around the room. Then I set the cup on the bedside table.

The anger and rage filled me and fired through my veins like lava. I wanted to kill, to tear, to run. The wolf wanted this. And I wanted to give it to him.

I don't know how long I laid there. An hour? Two hours? It might've been longer, but the medicine was working and I felt better. Stronger than before. There was a sharp banging on the wall.

"This had better be fucking good, Doc," I growled.

A whine sounded in the hallway followed by a snarl, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. Shit! I threw open the door.

Doc and a nurse lay dead with their throats ripped out.

"Shit!" Doc didn't deserve this. Rage boiled in my veins and my skin felt hot and tight.

I bent down, closing the nurse's eyes, then the Doc's. Crimson wolf prints lead down the hallway. Didn't have to ask what the hell these monsters were doing here; they were going to die regardless.

I stalked down the hallway, following the prints. They ended in a room with the door halfway open.

I pushed inside and three wolves snapped their heads in my direction. The dirty laundry from my bedding and hospital gown I wore this morning lay on the floor from an overturned laundry bin.

The cleaning woman trembled in the corner.

"Get out," I said to her, clenching my fists and blocking the wolves' path to her.

Their mouths curled up, showing their fangs. Blood coated their muzzles. The woman let out a squeak and ran out of the room, sobbing.

My wolf howled in my chest, but I couldn't shift. Son of a bitch.

I punched the first wolf that leaped at me and kicked aside another.

Cursing, I swung at the third wolf and kicked it in the side, knocking it against the wall. "Hey, dickheads."

One of the wolves howled, then lunged forward.

I ducked to the side and swung my leg as hard as I could. My foot connected with his stomach and the wolf fell to the floor.

Another wolf pounced, aiming for my arm, but I was able to twist and land a kick to the wolf's head. My heel crashed into his jaw, making him hiss.

He raised his head and lowered his paws.

His eyes fell on me and he snarled, his eyes shining yellow.

I could smell the wolf's excitement and rage. He wanted blood, and I was going to give it to him.

The wolf leapt forward, hitting me in the face. My head snapped back, striking the wall behind me, then bounced forward. The wolf slashed at me and I rolled out of the way.

Kill them quickly. I chanted in my head, even as the room spun.

With my jagged teeth bared, I pushed to my feet with a grunt. "What the fuck are you doing in here, assholes?"

The wolf in front of me bent down to spring at me and I punched it in the jaw. It howled in pain, then rushed me. I blocked it and pulled it in closer. It snarled and I twisted its front leg, making it howl. Then it snapped at my face and I shoved it away.

The wolves circled me. "Come on, suckers."

I grabbed one of the wolves, tearing it to pieces. Then I grabbed the other and twisted its head, snapping its neck.

"Are you fucking crazy?!" A second nurse's voice rang in my ears like a siren as she entered the room.

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