Page 106 of Abandoned By My Alpha Husband

"Worse," she stared at me, hatred practically spilling from her eyes, "you still love her! The way you look at her, the tenderness you show her—you never gave me any of that!"

"So I'll kill your children." She said, smile twisted, hand gently stroking Anya's face. "Let you taste loss too. Let you suffer, let you despair."

My wolf roared inside me.

"Lina," I took a deep breath, trying to keep my voice calm. "Calm down. Actually, we're distant relatives."

She froze, smile stiffening.

"Gray family branch line." I raised my hand, trying to soothe her. "A line that split off centuries ago. Your grandmother and my mother's grandmother were sisters."

Lina's expression changed.

"So we share blood," I continued. "Lina, do you really have to be so obsessed? You're a hybrid, I'm a hybrid. We should understand each other, support each other—"

"Shut up!" She screamed, the sound piercing. "Don't give me that! Distant relatives, so what? Why do you get to be so happy? You're a lowly hybrid too, aren't you? Why do you have children who love you, a man who loves you, your own business, and everyone respecting you? And I have nothing?"

Tears streamed down her face.

"Why?"

She waved her hand sharply.

"Kill them!"

My bones cracked; I dropped to all fours, fur sprouting from my skin. My vision sharpened, my sense of smell intensified. I could smell blood, the children's fear, the twisted hatred radiating from Lina.

I lunged at the masked figures.

Lucifer shifted too, fighting beside me. His wolf was much larger than mine, coat pure black, eyes glowing gold. He tackled one attacker, snapping his neck with one bite. I bit, I killed. Claws raked through flesh, blood splattered across the floor. Screams echoed through the warehouse, mixed with the smell of rust and blood. The men were quickly eliminated.

Lina's wolf had gray-brown fur, slightly larger than mine. She lunged at me. We collided, rolling and fighting. Her claws raked my ribs. I bit her neck.

—Elena!

Lucifer's voice rang in my mind.

I froze.

—Watch your left!

I immediately dodged right. Claws slashed through where I'd just been, stirring the air.

—Lucifer?

—It's me.

My heart jumped.

Mind link.

The bond had been repaired. When? Could it be... during this time?

I'd never let him go.

—Together, Lucifer said, his voice resonating in my mind, steady and warm.

—Okay.