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"Jennifer," he murmured as close to her as he dared "Come back to me baby Hear my voice Know that what you feel isn’t real We are real, and I am real Remember us, remember our love, and remember my touch and no one else’s I know it’s hard I knohat you see and feel seerowl out of his voice, but it was so hard because he was beyond frustrated at being so helpless "This must have been how you felt when I lost my memory," he told her, "to know that the one person you would do absolutely anything for, is the one person that you can’t do anything for Sometimes life truly sucks," he chuckled, "that sounds like so you would say"

Decebel knelt on the floor beside the bed and laid his head down He breathed in her scent and tried to keep fro his control, which was about as likely as Mona beco a nun

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Jacque was still, too still for Fane’s peace of mind, but he supposed that it was better than the uncontrollable shaking and screas he had seen while in the in-between He didn’t think it was ever possible to be as scared for her as he hen she had been taken by Lucas, but at that moht briefly about going to check on hishimself to leave his mate He knehat Jacquelyn would want hi to do exactly what he needed to do, and that was be as close to her as the stupid binding words would let hi that he hadn’t really thought of SinceJacque, he couldn’t really remember a time when he was truly mad at her, but he was now He was so mad that she would keep his touch from her, that she would take away that comfort for hiht eventuallyof touch betolves It hurt deeply that she knehat touchto take it away frory, but sometimes that was a much easier emotion to process than fear or pain So, he latched onto that anger, clinging to it like a life raft to keep frouish

"Why would you do this Jacquelyn? I know you were angry atto protect you froes of such brutality and hurt?" Fane closed his eyes briefly as he tried to calm himself He knelt down close to her ear "This is not acceptable ain, will I allow such foolishness I told you that I would protect you, even if it was froht now, and because of your rash, e but sit here, useless and frustrated I’ry with you love" For some reason he needed her to know that, not because he wanted to hurt her, but because he needed her to understand just how much he loved her and needed her "Don’t you see? Haven’t I shown you since the day I took you as hts have I simply reached for you, for no other reason than to feel your skin on mine? How many times have you found comfort in my arms, skin on skin?" Fane wanted to snarl, wanted to throw so He had so et the out a ry howl It welled up froh his lungs and out of his throat He knew his eyes were glowing and his canines had lengthened His as as angry with theirand tear it apart Soon he would feel the blood of a witch, warm in his mouth as he tore her flesh froainst his ht on their race and her death would not be quick and certainly wouldn’t be painless

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The howls shook the mansion as one by one the wolves joined in the somber cry The packs that had been moved to the furthest side of the mansion from Vasile and Alina and the other mated pairs were restless as they heard the utter hopelessness in their brother’s call They stood outside on the grounds, so in their human flesh, but all of them answered his call

Drayden, the Alpha of the Canadian pack, walked over to where Dillon stood, a silent sentry watching over the wolves

"What would cause a man to sound like that?" He asked Dillon

Dillon’s eyes didn’t leave the field where the packs roamed as he spoke "That is the sound of aon by a thread and his wolf is ready to tear apart the first piece of fresh h to walk in his path That is the sound of a male whose mate needs him, and yet he is unable to be what she needs"

"Is there anything we can do to help?" Drayden asked

"Pray," Dillon, said somberly "Pray that we are victorious, and that the mates of these males are restored, because the wrath of a witch is no match for the wrath of even one male Canis lupus whose mate is beyond any hope"

Wadih the mansion, both restless because of the state of their Alpha, and both needing to do so?" Wadim asked

Skender would like to say that he knew the answer to that question, but he was truly at a loss He didn’t kno Vasile would respond to theh they were pack and he was Vasile’s fourth But, like Wadi

"Where are you two headed off to?"

Skender and Wadim whipped around at the sound of the feminine voice, both in battle stance They were definitely on edge if they couldn’t even distinguish the voice of one they both kneell

"Peri," Skender nodded as he stood up straight Wadim followed suit

Peri walked towards them and, from the shadows behind her, six other forht into our territory Perizada?" Skender asked with sudden formality

"Pipe down Skender," she told him with a flick of her wrist "These are the other members of the Fae council They have come to help le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">