Megan turned her back to him, ignoring his words.
“Don’t fucking turn your back on me.” He lunged, and his hands slammed into the bars. He reeled back, screeching as he went. Burns covered his palm, his other arm, and one side of his face.
I started to laugh. Every time I want to give him the benefit of the doubt, then he does something like this.
He kicked at a bar, snapping it from the base, but he didn’t notice. He was too busy screaming. “Stupid fucking whore.” Megan chuffed out a laugh. Brandon whirled. “You think this is funny? You like this, you stupid bitch?”
Megan turned and leveled him with a look. Then she slowly nodded, taunting him more. Finally, she chuffed out another laugh. “It’s amusing to see how fucking stupid you are, pup.” Her words seemed to tip him over the edge.
He kicked another bar, snapping it from the base. “You can laugh all you fucking want, bitch, but I’m not the one that’sabout to be drained. I’m not the one that is going to be diced up and fed to scavengers out in the middle of the forest.” Brandon loomed over us and smirked. “Better enjoy the next hour, slut. Once my father is back, you’re dead.” He turned and stomped to the door.
“Why wait until daddy comes back?” Megan called after him, freezing him at the door. “Can’t do it on your own?” She laughed.
He just looked back at us over his shoulder. “You think you can taunt me into letting you out, but I’m not stupid. You’re a fucking rogue. Death is too good for you. We will drain your blood first, then your power, and we will feed off of it. Your death will help us kill the King. So be thankful your last breath will be for a good cause.” He was gone before I could process his words fully.
They are going to kill Rowan…I turned to Nix, who was already pushing through the barrier.
Get your ass up here, Amy.Nix called back.We will need all three of us working together to get out of this shit hole.
I pushed past the barrier, and the three of us merged into one mind. It was a confusing jumble. “Shut the fuck up.” Megan whispered. “You are both thinking too loud.” We all took a minute to calm ourselves. “Now. Let’s get out of here.”
We pulled back and aimed at the two broken bars. Then we slammed against them full force. I wanted to scream as the silver slid across our body. The burns searing into my very soul. One of the bars went into my shoulder. The silver cauterized the stab wound as I pulled free.
Hurry. Nix cried out in pain as we limped forward. I pushed my magic into our healing as we stumbled to the main door just as the guard came back in.
“What the fuck?” The guard took a minute to register what he was seeing. The bars of my cell were bent outward, two snappedfrom the bottom. The smell of burnt flesh and fur hit his nose and his eyes searched the room. “Where-”
But that’s all he got out before my claws sliced across his throat. He dropped, blood pouring from him, and I felt a twinge of guilt as we jumped over his body and out into the forest.
“Hey!”
I heard Vince call out behind us, but I pushed Megan to run fast. I felt the first trap try to pull strength from us, and I realized I hadn’t carved the rune onto Megan yet.
Fuck.I pushed forward, shoving my wolves back. The instincts were telling us to run, to flee, but I needed to get the rune on to her skin or else we wouldn’t make it very far.
Amy, we have to run.Nix screamed from behind me, but I still forced Megan’s body to freeze. I stretched out our leg and used a claw to cut into the skin. I could hear the footsteps coming behind me.Amy! There is more than just Vince chasing after us. We have to go.She tried to push, but I held her back.
Trust me, we need this or else we are cooked.I looked behind us as Vince pushed through the last trees, blocking our view. His face broke into a smile, but then he faltered as he saw what I was doing.
“Hey, what are you doing?” Vince stepped closer and the smell of blood hit his nostrils. His eyes snapped to my leg. “If you wanted to die, you could have just allowed us to drain you instead of killing my guard and then coming out here to do this to yourself.”
I barked out a laugh. I was almost done, but I needed to stall. “You think I would give you the chance?” He reeled back like I slapped him. I sliced again and stepped closer.
“Stop that.” He growled as he watched my blood trail into the earth.
“Why? If I’m going to give my life’s blood away, I’d rather give it to the earth. You don’t deserve a fucking drop of it.” I snarled and Vince’s eyes tightened.
“Who are you?” He stepped closer than Rick, and then Brandon stepped out of the forest.
I chuckled. “You think the three of you are going to be enough?”
The men stumbled at that comment. Brandon was the first to recover, and he laughed. “Do you really think you can take any of us down?”
It was my turn to laugh as I cut into my leg again. One more line and I was golden. “I could take you down in less than a minute, pup. You aren’t even strong enough to slow me down.”
Brandon lunged, but Vince caught him. I watched as his eyes rushed over me, calculating. Brandon screamed and tried to lunge again, but still Vince held him back. “Calm yourself.”
Brandon stopped pulling and turned on his dad. “Do you really think she could beat me?” I laughed at the absurdity of the situation. “Shut the fuck up!” He screamed as he wheeled on me.
