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Talon was braced for the two Hunters who charged toward him, prepared to kill them if that&039;s what it took to protect his mate

It didn&039;t matter that he&039;d trained with the the commands of the elders

If they stood between him and the woman as his other half then they had to die

On the point of shifting, Talon was caught off-guard when the nearest Pantera halted, pointing a sed to the side as the sh

The weapon wasn&039;t large enough to cause pere, but Talon swiftly realized that he was in trouble

Already a thick potion laced withhis cat and weakening him

God Dammit

"Don&039;t interfere, Talon," the voices of the elders thundered through his mind as they went in pursuit of Isi who&039;d already vaulted over the gate and disappeared into theTalon to collapse against the stairs of the porch

Black fury engulfed hi in distress as the scent of his mate faded

On hands and knees he tried to claw his way toward the gate, refusing to give up despite the knowledge that he&039;d never get to Isi before she was caught by the elders

He would fucking drag hiet to his ed to crawl halfway down the path when he heard a startled curse and Raphael was abruptly kneeling beside hirab Raphael&039;s hand "The eldersthey have Isi You have to save her"

"Shit," Raphael led to lift his head, e

"Malachite," he ed to mutter

With another round of foul curses, Raphael ran his hand over Talon&039;s tre to hurt," the older cat warned, yanking out the dart before he used his dagger to cut a deep incision and sucking out the potion like it was snake poison

Instantly Talon began to feel stronger

With the source of the ear, beginning to burn away the effects of the ht, Talon would have tumbled on his face if Raphael hadn&039;t reached out to wrap an arainst his side

"Daot you," Raphael proate

Talon&039;s balance reri the edge of the marsh, the older Pantera&039;s expression intent as he re he came to a halt "Daet to Isi pounding through hirimaced "The elders used their mist toon his bond with Isi "I can find her"

"You&039;re mated?" Raphael deet to Isi"

"Fine Where are they?"

"The teether they were headed toward the most sacred section of the Wildlands Less than fifteen e that extended across the e marked the precise spot where the sisters Opela and Shakpi were born

And where Opela had sacrificed herself to ie was brightly lit with torches The pools of light surrounded the three elders who sat before Isi who&039;d been tied to a wooden pier On each side of her was a er Not that they needed the weapons Isi was not only bound and gagged, but she was barely conscious, with a large bruise already for on the side of her head where she&039;d been hit

Talon roared in outrage, desperately trying to shift so he could rip the bastards to tiny, bloody shreds

"Stay back" The voices of the elders blasted through his brain, but Talon rabbed his arlare at the elders "Don&039;t do this"

"We have no choice," they replied in unison "Look at the land Even here, in this sacred place, the round, noticing for the first time that it had turned a sickly shade of brown A part of hiht of the decay He was as horrified as any Pantera at the thought that the Wildlands were endangered

But in thisIsi

Raphael spoke directly to the elders "My babythe first Pantera in fifty yearswill die without her"

The elders never allowed their attention to waver froh Isi&039;s forearh to allow blood to drip down her ared forward, only to be halted by Raphael He growled in fury, but thehier Pantera