Untamed Fate (Magic Side: Wolf Bound 2)

brain is running a million miles a minute—all I can think about is how I’m

going to hunt down Kahanov and skin him alive.”

My lips curled into a dark smile as a wild heat spread under my skin. This

woman was resilient as all hell. My wolf approved, and so did I.

Her tired eyes widened as we pushed through the massive door of the

library, which was decorated with moving carvings of scientists and scholars,

myths and monsters. She opened her mouth to speak, but when she saw the

library, her jaw dropped.

The Archives was much bigger on the inside than it appeared from the

outside. A domed roof soared over a vast cylindrical chamber lined with

books.

Savannah leaned over the balcony railing and looked down into the room

below, a deep pit with imps flying in and out carrying books. “Belmont’s

library was the size of a Taco Bell and only open on Wednesdays and

Thursdays and every other weekend.”

Neve opened her mouth and then snapped it shut.

We followed her to a back room with a large leatherbound book spread

wide on the table. The pages were yellow, and the thing looked like it had

been printed in the nineteenth century.

Neve gestured to Savannah’s drawing of the monster that was on the

nearby table. “I found a description of the demon that attacked you last night

in Carter’s Bestiary of Strange and Infernal Abominations. ”

She flipped the pages to a bookmark and held the book open wide,

revealing a delicate ink sketch of a gangly, six-legged creature with a flytrap

head and four mothlike wings. Its jaws were open and dripping, and a long

snakelike tongue lolled out. It matched Savannah’s drawing almost exactly.

Savannah looked away. “That’s it.”

I nodded, recalling the acrid taste of its blood when I tore its throat out.

A subtle quake shook Savannah’s body, and I could sense her revulsion

and fear. A jolt of protectiveness pushed me toward her, but I stopped short