Everyone nodded.
“Ryker is mine,” I announced to the others too, a wolf growl distorting my voice.
The look on Dante’s, André’s, and Hannes’s faces said they strongly disagreed, but I ignored them.
If there was one monster that I need to get justice from, it was that asshole, and I wasn’t letting anyone take that from me.
Okay, girls. Here we go…
I knew I would no longer hear Natalia’s and Starlight’s voices because we were one, unified soul again. Yet as strength coursed through me, filling every cell in my body with fiery courage and feminine Alpha rage, I knew they’d answered, nonetheless.
My mates and I exchanged a glance before King Will and his Iron Knight pulled the swords from their backs deathly slow. With a silent sweep of his sword in the air, he gave the signal.
Together, we ran forward, clashing into the fight.
A glint of yellow called my attention to the sky, finding that an energy field seemed to sway over the battle area. I made a mental note to tell Dante about it.
The knights spun before me the next instant, their swords turning in the air. Their blades glinted under the sunlight when they sliced through Martell Vampiri and RavenWolf shifters without hesitation—beginning to open the path for us.
Dante shot a stream ofTwilighttowards our left, while André’s light blades swung toward the ones coming at us from the right, cutting them in half. In both cases, black fire erupted from the fallen bodies, the Vampiri turning into ash and blending with the scorched sand.
Hannes moved firmly beside me, as my shield, while we forced our way through the masses, but when a few Vampiri caught our advance, I knew our not intervening had ended.
They flashed toward us, and I called upon my fire, feeling its heat spread along my fingers.
Before I could shoot, Hannes pulled a sword out of his back and spun, cutting through four of them at once while Dante and André took care of the others in seconds.
Holy shit.
Royal Prince Hannes was even hotter than Beasty, sexy lumberjack Hannes, and that was saying a lot.
Papasito…
I had no clue when I’d learned Spanish on top of everything else, but I knew that meant he was an extra, extra,extrasizzling hottie.
Focus, Natasha…
Right.
The king and his knights soothingly spread around us, taking care of the threats without breaking a sweat, but a new mob rushed forward. This time, a smile curved my lips when my eyescaught the burgundy suits they wore—a small dragon shield was etched on the left side, above their hearts.
The Dracul soldiers crashed against the Vampiri and shifters near us, taking them down one by one, and soon, more came to our side. Caught in the middle, we watched them fight all around us but steadily, their forces began to concentrate all along the center of the battlefield.
A chasm slowly began to extend within the mayhem—created by each creature they fought out of our way. They were opening the path for us.
“Go!” King Will shouted, and we began to run again.
Bodies fell all around us as we advanced freely this time, thanks to Countess Dariah’s army, and I wondered if she had told them to look out for us and help, or if they’d just recognized us as allies.
Thankfully, we hadn’t encountered any Martell Vampiri with power bands yet.
A black wolf lept toward me when we neared the other side, but before anyone could react, a soldier grabbed him by the hind legs, tossing him away from us and cracking his legs in the process. A shrill whimper tore through his throat.
With an acknowledging nod, the woman turned around and flashed toward the shifter, finishing him.
Our running resumed, and sooner than expected we exited the chaos. I felt someone running back behind us, and I turned to see Vanessa standing at the edge.
“Vane, let’s go!” André urged, but she shook her head.
