Circus of Death by Candace Wondrak

Author:Candace Wondrak [Wondrak, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

I waited until nightfall to make my move, to go to her, to tell her that I… I could not fight the feeling inside of me any longer. Not being with her, fighting my inner tiger, it wasn’t working. It wasn’t right. It was as if nature itself dictated that I go to her, that nature had told me she was mine. My girl, my mate, mine.

Even if, beyond that, she belonged to Nigel.

Right now, I had a one-track mind. Right now, I had to go to her.

Thana was already tucked safely away from the craziness outside, nestled in her sliver of the tent we called home. I stalked toward her tent, nothing but the moon above me as I walked, an invisible weight on my shoulders. I avoided everyone and everything, though I did cross paths with Greg, whose turn it was to be the crazy one.

Looked like he’d already taken care of Gina, his hands dripping in red and coating the grass below. He had on nothing but pants, his bare chest heaving with a growl, as if his growl could ever sound more impressive than mine. He looked like he wanted to tumble with me, but tonight I wasn’t having any of it.

“Fuck off,” I told him, baring my teeth, feeling myself start to shift. I knew if I fully shifted, my tiger would tear him apart, and it would take longer to make it to Thana’s tent. That wasn’t something I wanted, but if this fool didn’t step out of my way, I wouldn’t have a choice.

The night air rang with howls of laughter minced with screams, the air tinged with the metallic scent of blood, so thick you could almost taste it. My chest rumbled with a real growl, putting the act Greg gave me to shame. He looked deranged, but me? I could shift within seconds and tear him apart.

Though it was probably the last thing Greg wanted to do, he frowned at me, gave me his back, and stalked away.

Good. Didn’t want to deal with him, anyway.

I waited until he was gone, until my inner tiger settled himself down somewhat. I did not want to storm into Thana’s tent and immediately lose it; I wanted to talk to her first, explain to her how things felt for me, how badly I needed her. It was like torture, painful beyond belief, not claiming her.

But she was human. She wasn’t like me, fighting an inner animal. I didn’t know how she’d respond to me, but I was almost certain I could sway her, convince her to see the light, or at the very least weaken her resolve so that, soon enough, she would give in to me, give herself to me fully so I could have her.

It’s all I wanted, you know, to have her. To claim her. The word claim felt so odd, but at the same time, it felt right. What else would I do to her? If it was instinctual for me to call her my mate, it was also instinctual to think about the claiming.

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