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“Be safe,” I whisper, knowing that no matter what I say, or how much I beg, Calix is going inside.

His chest rumbles, low and violent, as if his wolf is about to tear out of his skin. His eyes keep darting from my broken hand to the mountain and back to me again. I can feel the argument raging in him—the wolf snarling to keep me caged against him, the Alpha knowing he must go back.

For one dizzy second, I swear he’ll choose me over them, and my heart breaks because I almost want him to.

Calix versus Faolan, the man who killed his family and held his mother hostage for years. Abusing her. The man who took his mate and caused such pain.

The man who turned my brother.

Fresh tears fall at the thought of Leon, but Calix has already gone, shifting into his wolf as hordes of wolves head for the mountain.

The mountain looks tiny on the outside compared to what it is like on the inside.

Dark magic.

I notice Lexie and Cox standing at the base of the rock, her hands pressed against it as she mutters to herself. She looks over at me and gives me a weak smile, and it’s then I realize what’s happening.

Good magic.

Chapter Forty-Four

CALIX

The fury. The fucking fury racing through my veins and pounding at my skin, desperate to get out, is insane. I want to release it, let it run free, and kill every one of these bastards who’ve hurt the people I love.

Cox is above me, battling with two men almost twice his size, but they seem to be getting weaker—and not because of Cox. I slam my hands onto the head nearest to me—the man shouts, but I think nothing of crushing his skull between my palms, a roar leaving my lips when it explodes. Blood and flesh taint my skin, but I’m already onto the next.

So many men.

How many are here?

I stare around the prison, bile rising in my throat when I hear a woman scream. My feet pound on the stone steps as I almost throw myself down, my eyes wide and searching. I don’t know what I’m searching for until I see it—a man dragging a woman down the hallway, his fingers hooked in her mouth as she screams. She bites him, and he stops, reaching down to clamp his other hand around her jaw. He’s going to rip her apart.

I move quickly, shifting into my wolf before I reach him, my teeth sinking into his bare arm as he roars in agony. All around me, wolves appear, and I recognize them as our warriors. Pride warms my chest as we tear these fuckers apart, leaving women sobbing on the floor behind us.

Where is the fucking bastard?

Alpha Asher’s voice slips into my mind, and I halt, my senses heightened. I can’t sense him, but maybe that’s because whatever was holding this weird fucking pack together was the dark magic that Lexie has overcome.

Thank the Goddess for Lexie.

But then I round the corner and see the dark witch lying in a pool of black blood, her eyes staring vacantly ahead, her mouth open in an ‘O’ shape. She’s dead, thank fuck.

Maybe that’s why the magic stopped,I tell Cox, who pants beside me, his golden eyes narrowing at the witch. He doesn’t say anything, just launches himself for the witch’s throat, not stopping until there’s not much left of her. I don’t blame him. Even though she’s dead; she needs to pay in blood. She made this possible—she’s the reason these fuckers were super strong. The reason my family was murdered—and my mother…

My mother!

I leave Cox feasting on the dark witch, heading for the dark room at the end of the hallway. My stomach churns as I pass a room filled with Blair’s scent—Blair’s fucking blood—and a hand reaches out to grab my foot. I snarl, turning to see Leon staring back at me, barely breathing.

“Tell her I’m sorry,” he wheezes, blood clogging his words.

I say nothing. Because even though he was drugged on magic, I will never forgive him for hurting Blair.

“Calix…” Leon tries again, but I see red. I lunge for his throat and tear a chunk of sizeable flesh out, ignoring his horrified gurgle.

Never again will he let Blair down.

Never again will he hurt her.