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Savannah

I gnashed my teeth together as I felt his cold presence sinking into my body, more strongly than it had ever before. Had I somehow stepped out of the circle of protection? I gasped for air, but the weight of the shadows crushed against my chest.

Everything was a dark fog.

Panic gripped my heart, and I forgot the spell. I called every ounce of magic I could still summon and desperately pushed against the presence of the Dark God.

You cannot have me.

In the distance, I swore I heard Sam’s and Jaxson’s voices. I sensed their agitation. Anger.

“I don’t know,” my aunt said.

What didn’t she know? But I couldn’t open my eyes. It took every ounce of strength I had to fight the press of the Dark God’s magic.

Let me in.The words echoed in my mind until I couldn’t tell who they belonged to anymore—my aunt or the god.

Then the dam broke, and my magic crumbled all around me.

A force slammed into my torso, and I gasped as a dark, electric power spread through my body. I’d felt the same thing moments before I’d attacked Sam in the Dreamlands.

I raged against the Dark God’s control, but my fangs and claws slipped out, and the beast inside of me surged toward the surface.

Darkness wrapped around my heart, and an overwhelming power settled within me—no words could quite describe it. All-consuming. Immense. Divine.

He was magnificent. I wanted to lose myself in his power, like an addict giving in to the rush of dopamine coursing through their system. I was spinning in it, a shooting star soaring through the cosmos, unaware of the world below…until my consciousness returned in a rush.

Fight!

A piercing scream deafened my ears, and I realized it was mine. I struggled, but my arms and legs were pinned. Agony rocked through me as my bones snapped and my sinews stretched, preparing for a shift. But into what?

This didn’t feel right. In fact, everything about this felt…wrong.

Wolfie, where are you? I howled.

Submit, the dark voice commanded.

Rage bubbled up my throat, and I thrashed under my captor’s grip, but it was iron.

Jaxson’s voice broke through the mind-numbing pain that had seized my body. “Savy, come back to me.”

How? I was trapped. The Dark God had sunk his claws into me, and though I was fighting the shift with everything I had, I knew in my heart that it was a losing battle.

How could you win against a god?

Because you’re a badass bitch!Wolfie’s voice broke through the recesses of my mind.

Elation and a burst of energy surged through me, and I reached for her. You’re back!

I felt her strength rise as Jaxson’s power poured into me through his hands.

I seized their strength. They must have been giving me everything, because even though my insides were torn and fractured, I was indestructible. Luminous. Filled with power like I’d never had before.

Get out! I roared.

Together, my wolf and I threw our strength against the Dark God. My wolf howled, and then something tore as we ejected him from our body.

His snarl of rage echoed through my mind, but that horrible weight was gone from my soul. Well, almost gone. My wound still burned as if he still had a claw in me, one I couldn’t tear free. I collapsed back onto the hard floor, gasping. The stone burned, but I barely had the strength to move.

“Savannah!”

I forced my eyes open. Jaxson looked down at me, his features stricken with pain and fear. He wrapped his strong arms around me and cradled my head in his hands.

“She must stay in the circle!” my aunt yelled. “She must bind her wolf now!”

Bind my wolf? My mind wheeled like a top until I remembered where I was.

What are we doing here?Wolfie asked.

Tags: Veronica Douglas Magic Side: Wolf Bound Fantasy
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