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"What do you want, warlock? I'll do it!" Dread squeezed his heart, a great icy fist around it His re!" His beast claht it
Jelssound "If only you had cooperated, then ouldn't have had to steal her fro? Munro couldn't worry about that right now! "Bluidy tell me what to do to save her!"
"You have little tiht douses sun" Jels snapped his fingers for the others to depart "I'ure out what needs to be done But if notest death by bite over the stone blood spell? Much less excruciating"
Rage Haze No, fight it! Think! Before the cell door clanged shut, Munro had lunged for her once htened of me, Kereny My name is Munro MacRieve, and I ine what his mutilated face looked like When he looped his bound ar body, she stared blankly Shock "Just stay withtae help you"
As another wave of pain hit her, she shuddered Her bro daet her out of here! She was so delicate and young, her skin clammy Am I to lose another mortal? His eyes darted wildly They perish so readily
No "I will no' let you die!" There was no tieon with her, to take her off plane for aid Histo die inher-as the warlocks well knew He drew her in closer, desperately trying to warm her
To prepare her And hi deep of her scent It helped to tee and panic he felt
She finally spoke in a hushed voice "Do n-not do this to lish, accented With difficulty, she turned her head toward hi to her "Defy this evil" Once they faced each other, she gave a cry at his injuries
"I will do anything tae save you" Even become a slave myself "You're my mate, little one"
"Mate?" Even so weak, she still sounded aghast "Then how can you even think of abusing an to relinquish control to his beast Save her, beast, bite her fiercely
"I knohat you are," she whispered between ragged breaths "Please don't infectinside you"
Une her curling hair off her shoulder She tried to resist hith left "I will take care of you, teach you tae control it"
"My kind revere freedo "You would turn your mateinto a warlock's slave?"
"You will no' be a slave! I will free you"
"Leave me to an honorable death"
He rasped, "I canna, Kereny You will resurrect-do you understand me? You must return tae ; it will roar to life inside her
Sofeure that out later
"If you do thisI will hate you My family will curse youyou'll still have no iveness" And punishing those who'd done this to Kereny His Kereny
"It will go unearned You would transforiveness"
Munro's claws and fangs began lengthening, his body ainst hers "Close your eyes forno" Instead of closing her eyes, she trained the beast
Voice gone guttural, Munro choked out, "And I'in' you tae return tae me, little one"
With a primal roar, his beast took over co his head whipping forward, fangs sinking into the sweet skin of her neck Perceiving her writhe and sob with anguish
Perceiving her heartbeat slowing Beat-beatbeat-beat
The beast snarled against her cooling flesh, frantically injecting its essence, a part of itself, through a vicious bite
As Kereny shuddered with death throes, the beast pawed her closer to his body, rocking her, spilling tears and blood over her wedding gown
The beast drew back, but only to sink its fangs into her again And again Howling between each furious bite
Dihter outside the cell, of the warlocks' power coiling around hi him
How can I protect Kereny as a mindless slave? And he wouldn't be the only one under their sway What would they do to a beauty like her when they controlled her utterly?
Thinking of the hell he ht have condemned her to, Munro prayed his twin could sense his tur to this place Now I fucking deer
Free me, so I can free my mate
Kereny's body fell limp Beatbeatsilence When his mate's heart went still in her chest, Munro threw back his head and roared until the entire godda only when her lips parted
Her final breath escaped her, carrying her last words: "Ihateyou"
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