Untamed Fate (Magic Side: Wolf Bound 2)

The garden was populated with statues of people in extravagant, lifelike

poses. While the sculptures near the portal had been fanciful and grotesque

monstrosities, these were absolute masterworks.

My eyes were drawn to a perfectly sculpted female warrior. She was

thrusting her spear forward with a surge of force and momentum that I could

almost feel. It was breathtaking.

Her target was a man mounted on another pedestal. He was naked and

recoiling in fear, one arm raised. I wondered what message the mage was

trying to convey.

We cautiously made our way through the misty garden toward the base of

the tower. There wasn’t a door there, either, but we found three caves in the

cliff opposite the gazebo.

“Entrance might be in there,” Jaxson whispered.

“Jax, I don’t like this.” Amal grabbed his arm, and a pang of entirely

unreasonable jealously shot through me.

She pointed to another statue. This one depicted a man in a trench coat

with arms thrusted forward as if casting a spell—I’d seen Casey strike a

similar pose many times.

“Look at the way his coat is flying. These are too realistic, Jax. And

modern.”

“Shit.” He spun, scanning the grounds.

I looked around. “What?”

He pulled me down behind the hedge, and Amal dropped beside us.

“Basilisk. Or one of the children of the Medusae. Probably lives in those

caves.”

“What the hell are those?” I whispered, worry coursing through me.

“The first is a giant lizard. The second are serpents. Both can turn you to

stone…like the statues around us,” Amal answered.

Oh, goddamn it.

We waited. My heart was pounding so loudly that I was sure the mage