Shadow Wolf: A Rejected Mates Shifter Romance (Shadow Pack Book 1) by K. Easton & Amanda Richardson

Author:K. Easton & Amanda Richardson [Easton, K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Finding My Prey

Phoenix

My jaw ticks as she runs, and the internal struggle, the turmoil, the frenzy to dominate nearly pierces through my skin. I can feel the heat flashing through my veins. The smell of her is so tantalizing I know instantly that I won’t be able to resist it—especially since she’s running.

From me.

Something feral and deep-seated overtakes all rational thinking, and all I can focus on is finding my prey. I shouldn’t want it—I know it’s wrong—but all I want is her beneath me, submitting to me, letting me overpower her. A low growl escapes my lips, and I ready myself to find and chase my prey. The further away Adrienne gets, the harder the pull is between us, beckoning me. I’m just about to take a step forward when Kaz grabs my arm, pulling me back.

“Phoenix,” he warns. “You can’t go after her.”

But I can, I think.

“Let her go,” Nora urges, placing a cool hand on my arm.

I’m trembling, shaking with the effort to keep my cool, fighting everything inside of me to run after her. I’m grinding my jaw so hard, I swear my teeth are going to crack in half. But a small, niggling feeling inside of me knows they’re right. I close my eyes and take a few deep breaths, clearing the air of her scent. Gods, I would not have stayed here if I’d known the lure of her scent would be like this. My nails dig into my palms deep enough to cause them to bleed, and my animal barks, growls, howls inside of me, demanding I go after her.

Valen tugs me back into the ring, and I tear my eyes away from the dark forest she ran into. I feel my fangs retract, and my eyesight goes back to normal as I twist around, rubbing my face.

“Come on,” Valen says, pulling his shirt off and shoving me. “Fight me,” he challenges. “Let me distract you with my bare chest and good looks,” he jokes, but the joke goes right over my head, and I don’t smile.

I bare my teeth at him. Possessiveness courses through me, and right now, I am half-animal, half-human.

And he just got between me and my mate.

I know they’re helping me. In a few days, I will be eternally grateful that they pulled me away from what could’ve been a dangerous situation. But right now? The alpha wolf inside of me wants to make Valen pay for getting between me and my mate.

Because despite the rejection I so gravely uttered a few weeks ago, she is my mate whether I accept the bond or not.

And I was not prepared for the way her scent, the look on her face, the smell of her slick, would turn me into a brutal monster.

Her wolf wants to play? Fine.

I can’t say I didn’t warn her.

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