Chapter 577
My wolf and I crouch, ready to spring at just the right moment. This reminds me a little of the elite trials years ago. My head goes straight in the zone, this is nothing but a training exercise.
His movements are clumsy but better than what I expected. He aims to grab at my throat or my upper torso, I’m not really sure, but I grab one wrist and use his momentum to propel him down. His free arm grabs into my ponytail though and starts to pull me with him. We both roll to the far side of the rectangular room and I end up sandwiched between him and the wall, the air knocked out of my lungs.
It hurt for a minute, but I guess all the body slams I got from Wyatt paid off since I was able to recover pretty quickly and I kicked at his back to get him off of me. His hand is still tangled in my hair, but I don’t think it’s on purpose, he’s just an idiot. I grab at his wrist again and wrench it, pulling my snarled locks out of his fingers and hoping I dislocated something at the very least. I can’t hear much over the sound of my own pulse running through my body.
He turns to me and I take an elbow to the ribs. I grunt and hit the back of his head with the heel of my hand as hard as possible and then scramble to get up.
“I will never be with you. I will never mate with you. Your mother and your father will die for their crimes against wolves and witches and whoever else they caused harm by trying to take over.”
He is crawling, trying to reach for my legs. I kick out and stomp on one of his hands. I’m not quick enough this time and he grabs my ankle with his other hand and knocks me back on my ass before pulling me towards him.
“I will have you. I don’t give a sh t what anyone else wants.” He pulls up to his knees and moves like he is going to sit on me. “You will be my mate and I will f ck you every way possible, including shackled to the floor, and I will start by taking you right here in front of them, while they are stuck on the other side of your barrier. I appreciated that by the way, it made it so much easier to contain you.”
My wolf snarls in my head and I feel the tension from the hold I had on everyone snap as she surfaces in my mind. I jerk out of his hold and back to standing, he does the same. I have no idea how we put up the barrier or how we took it down, but I appreciate the timing all the same. I know my eyes are glowing by the look on Mike’s face. He isn’t scared yet. My guys all reach me, but none of them grab me. They are showing Mike that I am an equal. My wolf and I surge all of our power, getting ready to strike.
Mike has started to vibrate and the purple glow has gotten brighter. I have no idea what is happening, but I don’t think Mike does either.
“Adrielle, stop! He’s your son. You cannot want power this much!” Mike’s head tilts to the side, and then straightens. “You don’t know what we want, he was brought into this world for this exact purpose, and nothing more. You will give me what I desire, and then the king can have you for your powers.” The creepy voice comes out of Mike again.
“Never!”
The purple flame around Mike electrifies to a burgundy, and then a red, as his arms begin to raise, a spell is coming.
I open my hands to Mike, throwing him back into the wall where he leaves a crack and a dent where his head struck. He stands and charges again clearly not feeling the pain of his injuries. He’s not his own person anymore. I know he’s not making his choices on his own, and I feel heartbroken for him, he can’t even stop himself. I know what it’s like to not be wanted by a parent and in another life we probably could have been friends and bonded over that. I blast him back, one more time, hoping to knock him out. He stands and runs at us again. So this time when I aim, my wolf takes control and ignites the flame in my arm and shoots a bolt straight through his heart. Mike crumples to the ground but continues to try to move. It’s scary that Adrielle is still trying to move him around even though his brain and his heart are gone. His eyes are closed, but his body continues to writhe.