Lost_Mate of the Cave Bear by Harmony Raines

Author:Harmony Raines [Raines, Harmony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silver Moon
Published: 2015-05-06T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine - Haran

A blood rage took over him. The sight of his mate sprawled on the ground in front of this Masu took away his sense of fear. It was replaced by the need to kill. For Haran, this was a new experience. He had never before killed for anything other than for food, and he had never killed a Masu. But his bear wanted to. So very, very much.

His claws swiped the man away from Jenna, causing red streaks to appear on his arms that matched the red stains these Masu daubed on their faces. It ran down to his hand, crimson, the smell filling his nostrils and fuelling his need to kill and avenge his mate. The Masu was not finished yet, though; in his hand was a knife. A short handle attached to a piece of flint that had been honed to a deadly blade.

Circling his adversary, Haran drew him further away from Jenna. His first thought was to always protect her and he knew the Masu could easily turn and stab his knife into her if her thought he was about to lose to the bear. Masu were cruel, they showed no mercy, and they lived to give the greatest pain and grief to others. A thing this Masu would never do again.

Far enough away now, he attacked the Masu, knocking him down with his bulky body. He went to bite his neck, but the Masu waved the knife dangerously close to his side. One slip and the knife would go into his heart, so he pulled back and circled again.

Each time the Masu tried to get to his feet he charged. Over and over, he slipped back to the ground. But Haran knew he didn’t have time on his side. He needed to finish this and get Jenna away from here before reinforcements arrived. It would not take long for the Masu tribe to drive the great beasts away.

He had been so lucky to come across them grazing peacefully in the shade, further up the forest track. If the Masu had come upon them, they would have skirted around them quietly, leaving them undisturbed. But Haran saw his opportunity and drove them in a frenzy down the path, hoping his actions would not lead to Jenna being trampled.

It seemed the Spirits had smiled on him for once. Would they continue to now, or were they playing with him, offering him hope before taking it away from him? The Masu in front of him was getting weary and Haran took his opportunity to strike. He feigned a swipe to the right and then drove his head into the Masu’s chest to knock him down. His teeth closed in on the hand that the knife was in and he bit down hard. The man screamed and Haran released him; it was now time to go for the kill.

“No, Haran,” Jenna gasped behind him.

He turned his wild eyes on her, at once relieved to see she was sat up and yet confused that she would prevent him killing this Masu who would do her harm.

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