The Blood Moon Twins – Chapter 147

HARPER

I saw red the moment Rido was on the battlefield. How did Winslow get him here? They had to have invaded the pack house to get him, and my muscles tightened at the thought. Almost everyone left at the pack house was young and defenseless. If Winslow wanted to, he could have slaughtered everyone there. They were too innocent, and the thought of coming home to a slaughtered pack made me sick.

I prayed to the Moon Goddess that even Winslow wasn’t that cruel. I prayed he only took Rido and left the others untouched. Taking Rido was bad enough, and there was no way to check on the others in the heat of battle. Even if there was, there was nothing I could do for them now.

th every word.

as too close to him, and I knew Winslow wouldn’t hesitate to slit his throat if we made the wrong move.

e capsule surrounding us. He had practiced slowing down the space around him in preparation for this battle. I had witnessed his attempts, but I had never experienced it myself. The emotions running through him must have made his magic stronger, allowing him to expand the borders of this power.

low said with a smirk.

a chance Draven had trained him to be used as a weapon against us. I didn’t want to believe it before. The pain I saw in Rido’s eyes was real. I still didn’t believe he had betrayed us.

gainst Winslow’s  grip.

e child let out a whimper.

d the only thing stopping me from going after him was Caulder. He lifted his hand up, w

ulder asked. He was buying time while he figured out his options.

n?” I linked Caulder

him straight on, he might kill Rido.”

was right. As angry and frustrated as I was, I had to calculate my next few moves. If I let my instincts take over, I could m

ally see black lies spilling from his mouth. “You just chose to put your trust in the wrong child. Surely that vampire boy, the one Remy thinks is her

entire time. This was the biggest mistake Winslow could have made. He was trying to tell us Rido had betrayed us and sold us out while simultaneously using him against us to get what he wanted. It made it extremely obvious that it was all a ploy. Winslow was desperat

f of what he said. Of course it mattered what happened to Rido. Even if he was some

tep by step.

e of tears. He was breaking at the thought of us thinking he had betrayed us. He had asked to be a part of our family, and I didn’t care how good of an actor he was, I refused to believe the past few weeks had been some trick. Draven seemed to love his mind games, and that was all this was.

hand Caulder was trying to win.

, so the vampire child was standing in front of him. “He’s yours for the kill. Teac

do sobbed. “Please believe Harper, Caulder.”

toy in his game. Rido had endured too much as it was, and this was just another reason added to the list of why I

. Caulder was just a good actor. He believed Rido. I knew he did.

his eyes, and I realized he knew that we knew Rido was on our side. This was all a distraction. We didn’t have the upper hand like Caulder thought, and if we didn’t act soon, Winslow would win.

r me a real threat, and it would be his downfall. I would be his downfall.

protest.

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out of the vicinity, time resumed to its normal pace. I landed on the spot where Rido had been standing a split second after the two of them disappeared. I flew through the air again, this time aiming for Winslow’s throat.

as bit down as hard as I possibly could.

, but I knew I had to stop him before it got any worse.

there. My wolf form was best for taking out vampires, but since I knew the field was going to be mixed with sorcerers, I wanted to be as prepared as possible for a

” I snarled after the blade entered his body.

drop of remorse for the blood that covered my hands.

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CAULDER

was the safest place for him to be at the moment.

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in Rido’s innocent eyes and didn’t doubt him for a split second.

nelt do

sniffled and wiped his face.

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in, throwing his arms around my neck. I patted his back trying to comfort him as much as possible, but it was hard as I heard the sounds of fighting filling the ai

im, but I didn’t have time for that. We could figure that out once this battle was over and everyone was safe.

odded. I could tell he was hesitant and scared, but he seemed to realize the importance of me leaving. I didn’t want to leave Harper with Winslow for longer t

e sure she’s okay.

I rushed to him. There was a dagger sticking out of his chest, and I recognized the design on the handle as the weapon I had given Harper before all of this happened.

idn’t see her anywhere. She should’ve still been here. Her scent was fresh, and I knew the blood on Winslow’s hands belonged to her. She was hurt, but she wasn’t her

field in a desperate attempt to find my mate.