Untamed Fate (Magic Side: Wolf Bound 2)

drop down behind a case on the far side. What the fuck?

His voice echoed through the room. “Jaxson, let’s be reasonable. Hand

over the girl, and I’ll wake your wolves. I’ll even give her back when I’m

done, to make things fair. On my own blood oath, I only need a part of her

soul.”

“She’s mine. I’ll never hand her over,” Jaxson snarled, the sound verging

on animalistic.

My wolf surged in my chest, but my stomach twisted. Two men arguing

over who would have me?

Screw that.

“You want me, Kahanov? Here I am!” I stepped out and whipped a

potion bomb at him, not even sure which type.

He peeked out, and his eyes went wide in horror. And then everything

slowed down.

The momentary smug smile plastered across my face was torn away when

Jaxson leapt forward and hauled me through the door.

The potion bomb plinked off the case where Kahanov was hiding and

burst against the marble floor. A storm of lightning erupted through the room

and threw Kahanov back toward the open exit of the gallery. Glass exploded

through the air as all the cases shattered.

Then circles of once-invisible runes began glowing everywhere—around

each case, on the walls, on the floor. The whole place buzzed with unstable

magic.

Aw, shit.

Time sped up again as Jaxson yanked me around the corner and threw his

body over mine beside a couch.

The tower shook with a series of ear-shattering blasts. I couldn’t even

hear them after the first—just bone-jarring thud after thud, followed by a

long, constant ringing in my ears.

I buried my face in Jaxson’s shoulder as the wall beside us lurched, and