Shadow Kissed (Magic Side: Wolf Bound 4) - Page 57

She was back. And oh, my God…

“She is mine!” The Dark Wolf God’s voice shook the floor beneath me.

He’s here! Right here!

With a gasp, I raised myself onto my elbows. Shadows and flaming embers spun through the air outside of the circle of protection, and inside the swirling vortex was the Dark Wolf God, like a prince of darkness in human form.

His beauty was staggering, a mix of shadow and flame and power. All-consuming. He stalked around the circle like a predator, testing its strength, looking for weaknesses.

Terror filled my body as his divine gaze locked on me.

Wolfie surged against my ribs. Let me out. I’ll tear his throat out.

I struggled to hold her back.

The Dark God paused and cocked his head to the side and his face darkened with sinister fury. “Your wolf does not know that you are planning to bind her? I thought you, of all your kind, would be different.”

Shame hit me like a slap to my face.

Bind me? He’s lying, right?Wolfie whimpered. What’s going on?

I rolled onto my hands and knees. I have to, Wolfie. Just for a little while. He’s using you against me. I promise I’ll let you out once we find a way to defeat this fucker.

Her pain and betrayal tore through my heart like a dagger. You can’t lock me away again! I don’t understand!

Tears streamed down my cheeks, wetting the etched runes in the stone below. I have no other choice! I can’t give him control. It’s the only way to keep the pack safe.

Don’t do this, Savy!Wolfie pleaded.

Wolfie…I was sobbing now. The black stone slick beneath me. A crash ricocheted through the room, followed by a heart-wrenching roar.

“Uh, Ma…” Casey said. “Let’s get this show on the road. That fucker is breaking through the magic barrier.”

The Dark God howled again and banged against the protective circle. The air between him and us pulsed and shimmered as the spells weakened.

Laurel knelt beside me, shouting over the wind in the room. “Savannah. Listen to me—you must finish the spell. I can’t keep him at bay for long.”

Panic and fear and regret tore through me.

“No! I don’t want to do this!” I cried. “You said this was my choice.”

She reached for me. “Trust—”

The Dark God’s magic poured back into me. I lashed out with a clawed hand and snarled in a voice that wasn’t my own, “I am his!”

Laurel jerked away just in time, and before I could fight off the possession, the transformation took me again. My spine cracked, and my mouth turned into snapping jaws.

Jaxson pinned me and held my wrists against the ground. Sadness cut his features, but his resolve was like iron. “Come back to me, Savannah.”

His alpha presence slammed into that of the Dark God’s, and I was crushed between them. Their magic fought and churned, until suddenly I was free. I stopped the shift.

Laurel reappeared beside Jaxson and looked down at me with anguish in her eyes. “I’m sorry, honey. We must act now. Finish the spell. Bind your wolf.”

Sam dropped beside me. “It’s going to be okay.”

It wouldn’t be okay until Wolfie and I were free of the Dark God’s power.

My head rolled to the side. Casey stood at the boundary, arms raised, pouring flame and power into the circle of protection that held the Dark God at bay. Laurel was inches away, though I’d nearly just killed her. Sam, the friend I trusted more than anyone, was crouched beside me. She extended her claws and looked beyond the barrier as if somehow, she could fight the Dark God herself.

And Jaxson. My heart…

This really was the only way I could protect myself and the people I cared about.

Tears brimmed as I squeezed my eyes shut and began to chant the spell with all my strength and power. Seconds later, Laurel began chanting along with me.

Wolfie’s howls sliced through my mind as I lay there on the hard floor, Jaxson holding my limbs like I was a sacrifice. And in a sick kind of way, I sort of was. Or at least, Wolfie was.

Please forgive me.

“You call yourselves wolves?” the Dark God roared. “How dare you do this? Without your wolves, there is nothing worth saving.”

His magic raged against me, but with Jaxson’s strength, I held him at bay.

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