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As far back as he could reic-users, the diamond fiends that just h to put his claw on the why of it, though the fact that his brute strength and, well, his claws couldn’t do shit against a powerful spell was probably up there

And then Maddox got thrown in a Cage

Now, three years after the accident that nearly killed Maddox and Evangeline, his brother’s ood reason to hate witches—and only part of it had to do with his suspicion that one particular witch was the cause behind Mad’s truck careening off the side of the mountain

His whole life, Colt lived a very “us” vs “them” kind of existence For the most part, the “us” referred to shifters, specifically wolf, though he had an allowance for all of the other e—and since the ghost had been haunting hiht—Colt sided with the phantoood

Witches, though? They were like hu spellcasters always landed in the “thee and discovered it arded and enchanted to be absolutely Para-proof, he was done

His resent his brother's incarceration, Colt only visited him once a month, but thathis mate did to Maddox, to the craic that filled the place, if it wasn’t for his loyalty to his brother, he would’ve never gone back

Now that Maddox was finally on his way out again—thanks to Colt stuo—Colt had another reason to despise the ic users

Somebody had broken the human woman

Colt’s older brother had spent the last three years convinced his beloved human mate was dead Not because he saw her broken body, but because he felt the painful snap of their severed bond in the aftermath of the car crash

That snap nearly killed Maddox What the crash failed to do, losing his mate just about accomplished

The Claws Clause was iht As a bonded shifter without his mate, Maddox had three choices: voluntary incarceration at a paranormal prison until he was rehabilitated; a lobotoovern half of his bond; or a state-sanctioned execution so that he could be with his ain

For reasons Colt would never understand, Maddox chose the Cage

Only Evangeline hadn’t died She was alive—and it appeared as if she didn’t re about her life with Maddox She certainly didn’t recognize Colt when he tracked her to that Grayson convenience store last month

There was only one way to sever a bond like that,an alpha wolf shifter and his beast that their mate was dead

Magic

Fucking witches

Colt was dreading the ht now, his deterth of his cell, waiting for his release froet out and finally go after his Evangeline’s trail