purpose. For better or for worse, you will need them to stop the Council.”
I arched a brow. “Something about this doesn’t feel right. Did you tell me everything?”
A weighty silence filled the room before Azura sighed heavily. “Of course…”
Yeah, right. She might be Boulder’s mother, but there is something she needs from him that goes way deeper than motherly love.
“Then how do I stop the Council?” I whispered.
“You must fight to hold on to Boulder.”
Exactly what I thought. All roads lead to Boulder.
“Uh-huh!”
“This is the truth and the sooner you stop fighting the inevitable, the sooner you can begin to protect yourself from the High Council’s ploys to tear you two apart. Be warned. Things will get worse before they get better. The darkness will fight for your soul and mind—do not let it win—and more importantly, death will take him away—you must let him die. Your decisions will decide the fate of us all. Show no mercy. Prove that you can stand by his side and you both shall win in the end.”
The air stilled in the room, and Azura sighed. “Our time is over.”
I felt a soft tap on my shoulder, like a caress, before a shock coursed through my body, dropping me to my knees in agony, and before I could catch my breath, the room whirled and I found myself staring strangely up at Mom through the baby’s eyes.
Mom looked down at me coldly while speaking in some weird ancient language that wrapped around me, comforting me like a warm blanket, before darkness enclosed me.
CHAPTER 5
New York… Friday
The scanner crackled to life. “All units stand down. Engine eighty-three will take care of the situation,” the man’s voice calmly said.
Boulder banged on the steering wheel with unleashed fury. There was no engine eighty-three taking care of the situation. The man wanted to ensure that Kara’s mansion burned down to the ground… killing everyone in it.
Barely putting his vehicle in park in front of Kara’s mansion, pure fury raced through his blood when the stench of tigers wafted through his windows.
Infinity was in danger.
Hopping out his vehicle, he leapt over the hedges, running toward the raging flames of the burning mansion. A low growl rumbled in his chest. His wolf battered and clawed inside his skin with the primal need for release.
Tearing past Cruz, he growled impatiently when Cruz tackled him, keeping him from charging into the roaring flames. His heart plummeted. She could not be dead. She was his, branded by the primal bond that tethered them together, and no one was going to snatch that away.
“Get the fuck off me, Cruz.” He growled, ignoring the pain of his canines piercing his bottom lip. He felt the wild power coursing through his veins as he pushed Cruz off, springing to his feet. His hands transformed to wolf as he tried to clamp his rage, fighting the feral edge creeping through his blood, but it was difficult to battle.
Cruz rolled away, jumping to his feet and grabbing him. “Shit, Boulder. Calm down. You can’t go in there. You’ll die.”
“Let me go, Cruz,” he hissed. His eyes were wild, levelling Cruz with so much Alpha power that Cruz lowered his eyes in submission.
Cruz stepped back. “You’re acting like a fucking ass. You know that, right?”
Boulder growled before storming past him. Besides Torch, Cruz was one of the few wolf-shifters on the team that had the balls to defy him, but even he recognized that now was not the time for getting in his way.
Boulder stood, gut-punched, watching as the flames licked the air with ferocious intensity. The stench of burning rubble seared his nose. His heart raced as his body battled the primal need to shift, tearing into the house like a feral beast. He watched with his heart in his throat when only two shadows staggered toward the entrance. Torch and Kara, both covered from head to toe in ambers and ash. They were battered, but their injuries were healing as they coughed
I arched a brow. “Something about this doesn’t feel right. Did you tell me everything?”
A weighty silence filled the room before Azura sighed heavily. “Of course…”
Yeah, right. She might be Boulder’s mother, but there is something she needs from him that goes way deeper than motherly love.
“Then how do I stop the Council?” I whispered.
“You must fight to hold on to Boulder.”
Exactly what I thought. All roads lead to Boulder.
“Uh-huh!”
“This is the truth and the sooner you stop fighting the inevitable, the sooner you can begin to protect yourself from the High Council’s ploys to tear you two apart. Be warned. Things will get worse before they get better. The darkness will fight for your soul and mind—do not let it win—and more importantly, death will take him away—you must let him die. Your decisions will decide the fate of us all. Show no mercy. Prove that you can stand by his side and you both shall win in the end.”
The air stilled in the room, and Azura sighed. “Our time is over.”
I felt a soft tap on my shoulder, like a caress, before a shock coursed through my body, dropping me to my knees in agony, and before I could catch my breath, the room whirled and I found myself staring strangely up at Mom through the baby’s eyes.
Mom looked down at me coldly while speaking in some weird ancient language that wrapped around me, comforting me like a warm blanket, before darkness enclosed me.
CHAPTER 5
New York… Friday
The scanner crackled to life. “All units stand down. Engine eighty-three will take care of the situation,” the man’s voice calmly said.
Boulder banged on the steering wheel with unleashed fury. There was no engine eighty-three taking care of the situation. The man wanted to ensure that Kara’s mansion burned down to the ground… killing everyone in it.
Barely putting his vehicle in park in front of Kara’s mansion, pure fury raced through his blood when the stench of tigers wafted through his windows.
Infinity was in danger.
Hopping out his vehicle, he leapt over the hedges, running toward the raging flames of the burning mansion. A low growl rumbled in his chest. His wolf battered and clawed inside his skin with the primal need for release.
Tearing past Cruz, he growled impatiently when Cruz tackled him, keeping him from charging into the roaring flames. His heart plummeted. She could not be dead. She was his, branded by the primal bond that tethered them together, and no one was going to snatch that away.
“Get the fuck off me, Cruz.” He growled, ignoring the pain of his canines piercing his bottom lip. He felt the wild power coursing through his veins as he pushed Cruz off, springing to his feet. His hands transformed to wolf as he tried to clamp his rage, fighting the feral edge creeping through his blood, but it was difficult to battle.
Cruz rolled away, jumping to his feet and grabbing him. “Shit, Boulder. Calm down. You can’t go in there. You’ll die.”
“Let me go, Cruz,” he hissed. His eyes were wild, levelling Cruz with so much Alpha power that Cruz lowered his eyes in submission.
Cruz stepped back. “You’re acting like a fucking ass. You know that, right?”
Boulder growled before storming past him. Besides Torch, Cruz was one of the few wolf-shifters on the team that had the balls to defy him, but even he recognized that now was not the time for getting in his way.
Boulder stood, gut-punched, watching as the flames licked the air with ferocious intensity. The stench of burning rubble seared his nose. His heart raced as his body battled the primal need to shift, tearing into the house like a feral beast. He watched with his heart in his throat when only two shadows staggered toward the entrance. Torch and Kara, both covered from head to toe in ambers and ash. They were battered, but their injuries were healing as they coughed
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