The Hunted Wolf – Chapter 13

MARK

I tried to link Adria after the explosion, but she didn’t respond to me. The hair on my wolf spine rose and my muscles tensed. She wasn’t responding. I tried to think of logical reasons why she wouldn’t respond. Perhaps she was busy fighting and didn’t want to get distracted. Or maybe she was nicked with some wolfsbane, disrupting our linking capability.

Where’s our mate? Conall, my wolf, demanded.

ge to Adira’s wishes by focusing on the battle, but I couldn’t help but look for her, especially after the exp

olf form together, taking hunter by hunter. I was shocked at how many hunters there were

tack. I had yet to be hit so far. I leaped into the air, landing on the hunter who had shot at me. My paws landed on his shoulders, pinning him to the ground. I ripped the crossbow ou

coordinated attack from hunters that usually worked alone. In the way they didn’t move as a team, I knew they weren’t used to working together. However, there had to be someone pulling the strings on the puppets to make them all agree to join us. I had a feeling this went deeper than the hatred and desire to eliminate werewolves.

ng him to the side. I kicked back, throwing the other one several feet in the air. Scythe was then able to take care of the last hunter on his own.

on her recently. It would make me feel better, knowing someone had seen her recentl

et you know if I see her though.

er hunter. I helped out another wolf who was from Pack Sallow and then moved on. Still no sign of Adira anywhere.

the leader o

worried me, but him not responding made me panic to start to set it. If both of them were unresponsive, I was worried their group was overwhelmed by a group of hunters, and they were seriously hurt. Or worse.

r the wolf body, too determined to mind our mate. We weaved between the arrows flying and the fights continuing, our eyes only looking fo

was a trap for sure, and somehow it had been set off. Adira was in charge of that, but she must have been interrupted in the process. Bodies were strewn about the camp, burned and beaten. I saw the body of a female with dark brown hair lying on the ground in an unnatural position.

e it, and I wasn’t ready for that feeling. I hadn’t had enough time with her; although, no time would ever feel like enough with her.

d when I saw her face.

trouble, I needed to find her immediately.

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ADIRA

the smell of fresh pine filled my nose instead of ash and blood. I shifted forward as much as possible, but the figure seemed impossibly fast. How c

his was a sorcerer leading me away from the werewolves, I could be falling into a trap. If they were more powerful than me, I would be

mportant things happening at the sorcerer’s campground anyway. There was still fighting and people who needed healing. I shouldn’t be running off by myself. Whoever this figure was could wait until I had

as.

to her than I needed to be.

.

you really think you could kill my soulmate and just walk away free and clear?” Her words came out like venom. S

it seemed like so few of them were in town compared to who was actually there.

all of the werewolves who helped kill bae to be punished for what they did. What better way to do that than destroy an entire pack?”

fore, so I wanted to stay prepared. “Theron didn’t treat you well. No one deserves to be treated so poorly.”

coffee shop, even if that was all an act to get close to me.

lking about.”

, pleased that she was cracking my facade. “Poor Jori, getting mated to a weak b***h like you. I’ve been watching him. He’s not like himself anymore. Like I would take relationship advice from a girl who would d

all at Haley. She swiped her hand in the air, redirecting my magic to a tree nearby. She retaliated by throwing a fireball at me. I shifted out of the way, but I

business.” I shifted behind her and threw a ball of energy at her.

I threw another energy ball at her leg, knocking her onto her back. This time she landed with a thud.

It hit her in the back, causing her to fall forward. Just before she hit the ground, she shifted to her feet. I struck again, not wasting the moment she was off balance. I hit her again, th

ut if it meant protecting those around me, I wouldn’t hesitate. I was hoping I would be able to make Haley see sense instead.

u took my soulmate and my life from me.”

ault? There is no helping you, is there?” I prepared to attack, taking Haley out for good.

?” she asked.

wasn’t me. It wouldn’t be easy, but I was sure I would be able to move on without Mark. I never wanted to find out how I would handle that, though.

’s for sure.” I had enough of talking to her.

my neck, pulling me to my feet. A cool blade pressed against my throat, and I tried to shift away from her, but I couldn’t move.

ed me. Do you think I would come unprepared to kill you? This blade he

ing the transition. I would have to find a way to get the knife out of her grip so I could get away. I went over all of the self-defense techniques Mark had taught me until I found the right one.

do something.

is the point you beg for your life?” she said. “Because that’s not going to work on me. I have no sympathy for you.

She shifted out of my grip, reappearing next to me instead. She swung her arm at me, the knife going straight toward my side. I stepped to dodge the attack, but I tripped and fell backwards.

fe down.

everything seemed to move in slow motion. I could see the knife moving down, little by little. Was this what it was like

e, but it was shot out of her hand with a purple bolt. I pushed her off me and rolled away. When I stopped rolling, I looked up, seeing a man with dark hair staring down at me. He had some gray mixed in with his hair and wrinkles to show his age. He was wearing a long black trench coat and tall black boots. His eyes were glowing as he looked down at me, but when they stopped, I realized his eyes were familiar. They