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"Stop it, Caroline," Balthazar scolded in a commanding voice. Instantly all my strength disappeared and the tense atmosphere around us gradually returned to normal. I looked up at him slightly confused due to my Leykan power following Balthazar's orders more easily than my own.

Dimitri slumped to the grass below, out of breath, while Alex managed to get back up, albeit with a sore frown.

"You mean to kill them?" Balthazar's jerk brought my attention back to him. He still looks angry.

"No! Of course not," I said defensively. "I can't control-"

Use!

My body fell hit by Alex who suddenly ran towards me. My back hit the grass and dirt of the yard pretty hard, but Alex's hand shielded my head from the impact. All my breath was blown out of my lungs as Alex's heavy body pressed against me. The smell of sweat and pine and a hint of mud wafted from his hot, hard, muscular body.

"Al- Alex, I can't breathe." My whisper was met with a muffled growl as he buried his face in the nape of my neck an