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“What do you mean?”“As a healer, Hofter struggles to handle others’ pain. He internalizes it, but it wears on him. Because of this, he’s been working on some magical charms that alter a patient’s perception of time. Hours of pain will only seem like one to them. I am so sorry. I’m going to go speak to him right now. If you’d like to come with me, you’re more than welcome. I promise that we are not trying to play any tricks on you.”“Maya is not in intense pain. There was no reason for us to be there for hours,” I growled.Tessa cleared her throat delicately. “Forgive me for interrupting, but based on these ingredients, I would say that Maya has been hiding a great deal of pain. It has a building effect, but if you’re already feeling relief, then it probably has been several hours with at least two or three applications.”Furious, I turned to her. “You do not hide pain here, do you understand?” I snarled. “Any weakness at all that I don’t know about could get us killed.”“You were the
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Maya“You so much as touch me, I will scream so loud…”“Settle down, princess,” Rhyson sighed. “I’m not here to fuck you. We need to talk.”Was he really so pissed about my knee? It was all that I could do not to roll my eyes. “Look, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about my knee, but let’s be honest. You didn’t ask a lot of questions, and you certainly didn’t invite a conversation. I believe your words were ‘speak only when spoken to.’ My knee has hurt for years. It hurt when you bent me over the bed and fucked me from behind. I’ve learned to live with it.”His eyes turned gold, and I had a feeling I was skating on thin ice, but I wasn’t done. “You want to know about my other injuries? You’ve seen my scars. They’re not battle scars, but they don’t hurt anymore. My ankle was fucked up for a while, but it really only hurts when I run on it as a human. The knee bothers me as a human and a wolf, so it’s a little more difficult to navigate. It’s better now. I won’t slow you down.”“Who. Did. I
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MayaJuniper practically skipped as she left my cabin. I followed behind her, wondering what the hell she’d done with the large knife. One minute it was in her hands and the next it wasn’t.Then the next, even more curious thought. Did she have more weapons hiding somewhere on her? I had a stark vision of her shifting and a dozen knives falling to the ground. I giggled, and she turned her head back sharply and rolled her eyes.I’d slept well past dawn. Another large table was being set up in the middle of town, and people were bustling around it. I snagged a few pieces of fruit off it as we passed. “Are Rhyson and the others out hunting for breakfast?” My stomach would not wait that long.“No, it’s just an offering for them to have tonight at dinner. They’ve eaten, so go ahead and grab what you want. Apparently breakfast here is a grab-and-go kind of affair. The food stays out all morning.”And yet it wasn’t covered in insects. Neat trick.I hurriedly filled my plate with some boiled
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RhysonWe’d returned with two bucks and half a dozen rabbits for the village. They lined up to meet us and accepted our offering graciously. Juniper joined my side with a sunny smile but Maya, I noticed, stayed close to Sera.“This is more than wonderful,” Charles said as he shook my hand. “We thank you for the bounty.”It wasn’t just to say thank you. I wanted to move freely around the perimeter of the village to see what lurked on the other side of the boundary. We didn’t run into a single wolf, and I couldn’t help but wonder if it was magic.While the carcasses were carried away, Maya stared at me stonily. Ignoring her, I turned to Sera. “I would like to speak to your resident witch before we leave. See if he or she has some foresight into our journey.”“That won’t be possible. She’s been traveling, and we’re not certain when she will return,” Sera said brightly. “Come. We have some things we’d like to supply you with for the rest of your journey.”Supplies. Food. More medicine? Th
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MayaFor ten hours, we traveled up the mountain and didn’t see a single wolf. As soon as we stopped, I shifted back into human form and shivered. My wolf was liking her freedom a little too much, and I was having a hard time retaining control when she was out.Tessa shifted with me, and we dressed. Pulling the cream out of the pack, she gestured to my knee. “It’s starting to ache again, isn’t it? You should have let him break it so it could mend properly.”I settled on a wooden log and took the cream while she started to make a fire. “Said by a woman who’s never been under the hand of a man.” I tried not to moan as the cream started to warm up my knee. “I can’t think of any situation where I would willingly let another man break a bone in my body.”Looking up, Tessa frowned. “Who hurt you, Maya?”“Nobody here.” I used less than the recommended dose because I wasn’t sure how long I needed to use it for, and I didn’t want to run out. “I need to move around a little now that I’m human. A
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RhysonDesperately, I looked at Tessa. She and I were the only wolves still standing. If I went after Maya, I’d be leaving her, along with three wounded wolves. I couldn’t do that.But I also couldn’t let that creature take Maya.“I’ll get them conscious. Go. We’ll follow your tracks,” Tessa ordered. I was still torn. “Damn it, Rhyson, go. If he wanted her dead, he would have killed her immediately. He wants something else. You know that. Don’t let it happen. Bring her back. I can protect them here.”Letting my wolf take over, I turned and raced after Maya. The monster was fucking bigger than it should have been, but it left a trail that was beyond easy to follow.How had this creature managed to sneak up on us anyway?We’d been tracking a wild boar when Juniper was plucked up and tossed into me like she was a bowling ball and I was the pin. Nash got in a few good licks, and then it started running straight to our camp. Dante managed to get ahead of it, for all the good it did.Seeing
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Gideon swore under his breath, but I cleared my throat. “One of my own is a healer. If she’s just a few minutes away, I just need a room for her. Preferably a private one.”“You can put her in the infirmary.”I shook my head. “No offense, and I am grateful to you, but I’m not leaving her here in your infirmary. You said you had some cabins we can use?”“Can’t fault you for that,” he grunted. “Yeah. Come with me. Darla, get some of your dad’s supplies and follow us.”His radio crackled again, and his guards confirmed that my wolves had entered the camp. “Good timing. Come with me.”It was another ten-minute walk to the empty cabins. Gideon opened the door, and I set Maya down on the bed and checked her pulse. It was steady. A few minutes later, the door opened again, and I turned, but it was just the teenager. She dropped a few things down on the desk and turned to stare at us. “What’s that?” she asked, pointing to my neck. With everything that had happened, I’d forgotten the damn amul
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Maya“Goddammit, Maya, do not make me kill you!”No!I came to, screaming into the void, and instantly knew I was fucked. Trapped by an endless chasm on all sides, I had no way of reaching my wolf. Instead, I watched helplessly as she launched herself at Juniper again. Blood sprayed as I made contact, but she shrieked as she was thrown into the wall.“Enough!”Rhyson’s voice thundered through the cabin, and my wolf instantly cowered on the floor. This was my chance. While she was distracted, I threw myself at the chasm, but it was like hitting an invisible wall. Painfully, I bounced back.“Can you walk?” Rhyson asked in a low voice, his eyes never leaving mine.“Yeah,” Juniper gasped. “God, that bitch can fight.”“Go next door. Don’t let anyone come in here until I say so.”Head down, Juniper hurried out of the cabin, and it was just me and Rhyson.Or rather, my wolf and Rhyson.Lips curling, she bared her teeth, but Rhyson just chuckled. “Do not growl at me, little one. You belong to
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The Alpha King's Rejected Mate Book 3: chapter 43
Mica squeezed her eyes shut tightly. Her stomach churned. It was exactly what she thought—they weren’t even going to try to save Echo, too certain in their own knowledge.“It has to happen soon, Hayden,” Ryder said, his voice low, urgent, and… sorrowful. “I can’t keep holding my tongue. You are my Alpha, and I’ve tried to respect your decisions, but the situation is becoming untenable. This is my mother and my sister we’re talking about. I will tell Mica, if that’s what you would prefer.”“No,” Hayden answered.Why? Why did he not want Ryder to tell her? Tears filled Mica’s eyes and she crept away, not wanting to hear any more. Was Hayden afraid she’d let Echo go? Did he think it was up to him as her mate to tell her that he was going to kill her mother?He doesn’t consider it killing Mom, though. He considers it a mercy, freeing her from the demon.It didn’t make Mica feel any better. She carefully opened the kitchen door, slipped through, and softly closed it. Her heart pounded in h
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MicaMica stared at the page. She’d been reading for so long that the words were starting to blur, but if she was right in her interpretations here… She blinked, rubbed her eyes, and focused again. As she reread the section, her heart started to beat faster.“And the demon was taken from its host and trapped in the stone,” she whispered. “Where it was trapped for all eternity.”She scanned the rest of the page. Hope swelled through her, even though she fought against it. It had been so long since this started, she wasn’t sure she could take it if this didn’t work. But there was the ritual all laid out. The way to force an aura-demon from the person it was possessing, and trapping it into an inanimate object. Once in the object, the demon would be trapped until said object was destroyed.Her mind whirled as to what they could use to trap the demon inside of Echo. There was a size limit to work with. A rock would be the best; then she’d put it in a plastic, air-tight box and bury it as
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Monroe laughed. “Spoken like a true female. Completely wrong.”Spencer and the rest of his people burst into laughter as well. They all stalked away, taking their torches with them. A flash of lightning flickered soundlessly in the distance. Hayden turned to his pack. They watched with uncertain gazes.“Two days,” he said loudly. “And then you will know you put your faith in the right Alpha. We will have Bluebell Valley, and things will get better.”He smiled at them reassuringly. As they dispersed, Finn and Blayke sidled over to him. Finn spoke in a low voice.“Spencer is the only one not showing signs of possession,” he said under his voice. “Everyone else is either claimed or at least influenced. It’s spreading.”Hayden nodded once. Finn would prefer they take more decisive, more immediate action. Hayden couldn’t blame him, knowing his history. He had a particular reason to hate demons, seeing how they robbed him of any chance he might have had to have a normal family, a normal lif
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Hayden“Stay here. I’ll be back shortly,” Hayden ordered as he stalked back to the bedroom. As he threw on his clothes, he frowned. Mica was dressing as well. “I said—”“I’m your mate. I’ll stand with you,” she said shortly.Hayden shook his head. “You’ll stay within the property bounds.”Mica huffed at him but didn’t respond. The two of them were ready quickly. Mica swept her hair into a bun as they headed downstairs. Torches lit the night, dozens of Monroe’s pack carrying them as the flames flickered and glowed. Hayden’s wolf snarled at the sight of Monroe, standing with his toes against the PCP piping at the gate.“Ah, decided to join us, did you?” Monroe drawled. “I was starting to think that your little challenge was all talk and no action.”His people laughed. Hayden ignored the low-hanging fruit and stopped just inside the protective barrier. “Are you finally going to accept my challenge, or will you continue to be a coward?”Monroe smirked. “What do you think I’m here for? It’
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“Brother coming through,” Ryder called from outside, then he stepped into the entrance. He grabbed a pair of shorts and yanked them on, carefully not watching Mica and Hayden. Mica kissed Hayden’s cheek. “I’ll be up in a bit.” He nodded, and Mica slipped back outside. It was utterly dark now, and she had to use a flashlight to navigate the camp. Everyone else could simply see in the dark but with her weak human eyes… But nobody brought it up, not like they wouldhave in other circumstances. She headed upstairs once she was satisfied everyone was set for the night. Hayden waited for her in bed, scrolling through the most recent demon research on the laptop. He closed it and set the laptop on the nightstand as he grinned at her. His hair was damp from the shower, the smell of soap mingling with his manly scent. Mica grabbed a nightgown from her dresser and changed. “I don’t like that nightgown,” Hayden told her. “It’s old and worn.” “And comfortable,” Mica snarked. “Yes. Whi
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MicaThe beast-demon stalked along the boundary's edge, snorting as it tested the protections. With Hayden and the rest of the special ops in the forest, Mica had ordered that they let the demon wander and not engage. Hayden had taken all the best fighters with him, meaning her order was gladly obeyed. Nobody wanted to tangle with the beast.Unfortunately, such a sight was getting more common. Even the children who used to scream and hide now ignored it, snuffling around the edges of the property. Its twisted horns glowed in the rapidly oncoming darkness. Clouds shrouded the sky, making it even darker.“Hayden will be back soon,” Mica told Tess as she nervously looked at the beast.“I know.” She shook her head. “Let’s go back into the house. I don’t trust the sources that say the beast-demons are dumb. I don’t want it to report back to Monroe about what we talk about.”Mica nodded. That was the smarter idea. The two headed into the house and went up to Mica and Hayden’s room. With all
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HaydenThe scent of tilled earth met Hayden’s nostrils as he drove through the town. The team was spread through a handful of vehicles, each one keeping watch. They had just escorted the cargo van to and from the city for the latest shopping trip. Last time, Spencer had attempted to stop them from leaving.This time, they had barely seen a sign of any other wolf in the town. It seemed as though Monroe was keeping them busy elsewhere. This was why, along with food, Hayden bought a handful of camera drones from the city. Patience was a virtue, but sitting idly by without finding any additional information was a flaw that could easily prove fatal.He pulled to a stop in front of Monroe’s house and got out of the car, leaving the engine idling. The team all hopped out of their vehicles and gathered in formation around him.“Monroe,” Hayden bellowed. “Quit hiding and face me!”The door slammed open, but it wasn’t the possessed Alpha who came out. Instead, it was Spencer. He walked with a s
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Mica didn’t want this to end. She never wanted it to end. And if that meant holding her questions inside and refusing to let any of them out? That’s just what it would have to be.She wasn’t going to give Hayden up. Now that she had him, she wanted to keep him. So she held him tighter, fighting against the pressure building through her. Instead, she kissed him, the way he wanted. And their eyes remained locked open on each other as they continued the dance as old as time.***Chirping birds just outside of the window woke Mica in the early morning. She sleepily buried her face into Hayden’s chest, unwilling to get up just yet. Their naked bodies pressed together, soft and warm in the cool morning. Being in Hayden’s arms always made her feel safe and secure. His strength seemed to seep into her, giving her everything she needed to face their situation.The previous night’s activities had kept them up quite late. Mica hoped she wouldn’t be too tired to perform her duties today. Not that
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MicaThe pack took the news of Monroe's possession by a demon reasonably well. At least, none of them went running around flailing their hands in the air, proclaiming they were all doomed. What they whispered to each other was another thing altogether, but Mica didn’t spare the worry about that possibility. For the time being, she focused on taking care of injuries.Once she was done, Mica sought Hayden out. He was with his team, plotting out their next course of action. Mica found a spot at the side of the room to sit and wait until they were done.Maverick shot her an uneasy glance but focused back on Hayden. It seemed to Mica he didn’t want her there, but until his Alpha was going to say something, he’d accept it. Hayden hadn’t paid much attention to her entrance into the room except to briefly glance at her. “That’s enough for tonight,” he said finally. “Tomorrow, we’ll start training the pack on how to fight the beast-demons. Until they’re ready to fight, we’ll have to keep the
