Chapter 77
Armed with silver, UV loaded guns, shock cuffs, wolfsbane grenades, and fucking reinforced riot shields. They weren’t here to talk.They
were here to take.
A vampire stepped forward, his voice amplified by some kind of tech spell. “By order of the Aegis Protocol, hand over the hybrid Elowen Skye and all known mates. Do not resist.”
Jace was already shifting. Daxon’s claws burst through his skin. Ashrian let out a guttural snarl as shadows curled at his feet. Lachlan stepped up beside me, fire licking across his knuckles, air crackling at his back. “The fuck we will.”
Alpha Draven’s voice thundered like a war drum. “Mobilize! All five packs, fall in! DEFEND YOUR OWN!”
It was like a match to a powder keg. Wolves erupted in every direction, some mid shift, some full beast, all ready for blood. Taya grabbed Rylen’s hand and pulled him behind the main line. “Protect the healer circle!”
Jace was beside me, practically vibrating with fury. “We’re not letting them take you.”
“I know,” I whispered, even as my hands lit with pale moonfire. Lyssira roared inside my head. “Let’s make them regret crawling out of whatever hellhole spat them out.”
A vampire lunged….and the sky exploded with howls.
Game. Fucking. On.
Training Grounds, Mid–Battle
Blood. Smoke. Screams.
It all blurred together as I ducked a silver blade, rolled, and snapped the neck of the bastard who swung it at me. His body hit the dirt before I was even upright.
Every fucking nerve in my body was on fire.
The field was carnage. Aegis didn’t come to arrest me. They came to eradicate. Silver rounds cracked through the air, magic ricocheted off shields, and wolves in every shape and size tore into the black clad humans like goddamn nightmares.
Lyssira was a beast in my head, snapping, growling, pushing me harder. “Left! Dodge! Strike! Go for the neck!”
A vampire blurred toward me. Too slow. I rammed a moonfire coated fist through his chest and yanked out his blackened heart, tossing it aside like garbage.
“NOT TODAY, FUCKER!”
Daxon POV
The moment I saw the first silver gun raise, I lost it. I don’t even remember shifting. One second I was a man. The next, I was death.
My wolf tore through the front line, leaving shredded humans and broken bones in our wake. Claws to throats, fangs to faces. One of them tried to zap me with some kind of UV cannon and I bit his arm off.
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They thought we were savages? Good. I gave them everything they feared.
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When I caught the scent of Elowen’s blood, I snapped back to her side in an instant, snarling like a demon. She was grinning, covered in gore, and still swinging. Fuck, she was glorious.
Ashrian POV
I sliced a vampire clean in half with a blade of ice so sharp it screamed. His top half hit the ground before his bottom realized it was
dead.
Magic pulsed at my fingertips…earth, air, fire, water. I unleashed everything. I encased one Aegis fucker in stone, then exploded it from the inside. No remorse. No hesitation.
Then I heard a scream.
Jace.
Jace POV
“AMARIS!”
She was cornered….three humans, one vamp. She fought like hell, slashing with her claws, but they had her pinned. One human drove a silver dagger into her side and I lost all sense. I shifted mid sprint and slammed into the vampire, tearing into his throat until I hit spine. But she was bleeding out. I shifted back, my hands shaking.
“No. No no no….baby, stay with me….”
Her eyes were fluttering. Blood soaked the dirt.
“Taya!” I bellowed.
Taya POV
I heard Jace scream and ran like the gods were behind me. Her aura was fading fast. Too fast. I dropped to my knees, my hands glowing bright green, and pressed them to her wound.
“Come on, pretty girl. Don’t you fucking dare,” I whispered, pouring everything I had into her. Her wound closed. Her breath returned. And then she slapped my arm weakly and whispered, “Thanks, bestie.”
I sobbed. “You owe me a drink.”
Lachlan POV
“FUCKIN‘ HELL!”
I hurled a goddamn fireball so big it vaporized a strike squad.
“They shoulda read the room before showin‘ up tae a wolf party!”
1 ripped the ground up with an earth spell, and sent five more humans flying. Caught one mid air with wind and snapped his back with
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pressure alone.
And through it all…I never took my eyes off her. My mate. Our glorious hybrid goddess
Back to Elowen POV
The vampires saw the tide turning.
We were not just one pack…we were five. Unified. Furious. Bonded by blood and fated threads. I raised my hands and called the moon’s light into my palms, burning bright enough to blind.
“RUN,” I roared. “AND TELL YOUR MASTERS…WE’RE COMING.”
The remaining vamps fled into the trees, tail between their legs.The humans? We took two alive. The others were left for the crows. As the last echoes of the fight faded and smoke drifted over the field, the five packs stood panting, bloodied, and fucking victorious.
Draven turned to me. “We need those two interrogated now.”
I nodded. Lyssira howled in triumph.
“Aegis underestimated us.”
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