Chapter 238

My mate is here.

I didn’t know how much I wanted him, missed him, needed him, until I saw his shimmering golden coat in the moonlight as he broke through trees and came straight for us.

All the tension I’ve been holding on to these last several weeks let go and my knees give out. I sink to the ground next to Innocent who is staring up at me with eyes that are filled with betrayal, and…terror. Good. It’s about time he knows what it feels like to be afraid and powerless.

Dario’s war cry rises up in the night, filling my head with the desire to kill everything that’s a threat to me and mine. Is that what the cry does to everyone, I wonder.

I fight the urge to shift and kill. I have the witches to think about. They aren’t used to werewolves, and in their fear, they’ve lost the ability to do magic. “Pruh—priestess?” a young girl says, tears streaming down her face. “What about the wolves?”

I lean over and take her dirty little hand in mine. “They’re here to help. They won’t harm you. C