Natalie~
Nathan's laughter grated against my bones like sandpaper against raw flesh. It echoed in the king's dark chambers, bouncing off the gilded walls with twisted delight. Each ragged wheeze of his amusement made Jasmine, snarl so loudly in my head that I thought my skull might split in half.
"You think this is funny?" I snapped, my voice trembling with barely contained rage. "Do you think this is a game, Nathan?"
His head lolled back against my grip, his blood-soaked hair smearing thick crimson across my palm. "Oh, little wolf," he rasped out, his teeth bared in a bloodstained grin. "Everything is a game."
Behind me, Zane's breathing came in jagged, choked gasps. His aura burned so fiercely it felt like standing next to an open furnace. Red, snarled within him, his rage rattling the chandeliers until their crystal teardrops shivered in terror.
