Untamed Fate (Magic Side: Wolf Bound 2)

I sucked in a slow breath to steady my nerves as we moved deeper into

the cave. What the hell was I doing? I’d just escaped from this nightmarish

place, and now I was headed back in.

I rubbed my ears, but nothing would get rid of the pain. Suddenly, I felt

the light touch of Jaxson’s hand on the base of my back. I took a sharp breath

and closed my eyes as his magic pulsed through me. The pain in my ears

subsided, but my heartbeat still pounded.

“Stay close,” he said gruffly as he flicked on a flashlight and stepped in

front of me. His woodsy pine scent wrapped around me, and a deep ache

settled in my chest at the memories that rose in my mind.

Sam pulled out two flashlights and gave me one as we followed behind

him.

Jaxson’s power to heal me drove me to the edge of fury. I hated the way it

aroused me, the way I suddenly found myself warm and wet and breathless.

Fuck.

I bared my teeth at his back. He’d made his position clear: what had

happened in the Dreamlands stayed in the Dreamlands. Wasn’t that what I

wanted, too?

What an idiot, I thought. I should have known better than to have opened

myself up to him like that.

Do you ever stop thinking about him? my overly snarky wolf asked.

She was right. I needed to get my head in the game, but that was the last

place it wanted to be. As long as I distracted myself with Jaxson, I wouldn’t

have to think about walking into doom.

I could smell it on the air. The cruel death the fates had planned for me. I

didn’t care anymore. Just as long as I got to take Kahanov down.

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; The dripping of water grew louder as we pushed deeper into the cave.

I glanced back toward the entrance, fear fluttering in my stomach. We’d

left Neve to deal with the noctith demon, but after seeing what she could do,