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THE KING AT THE GATE

~MATHIAS'S POV~

I didn't run to the front door. I teleported.

One second I was standing in the medical wing, wiping blood from my mouth. The next, I was standing in the foyer, three floors down. The world had slowed to a crawl. I could see the dust motes floating in the air. I could hear the heartbeats of every wolf in the house....a noise of drums beating out a rhythm of pure terror.

Thump-thump. Thump-thump.

It was intoxicating.

"Mathias!" Daxon's voice came from the top of the stairs. He was running, his wolf speed impressive, but compared to me? He looked like he was moving through molasses.

I ignored him. I kicked the heavy oak doors open. The storm outside had stopped, but the sky was wrong. It was a bruising purple, stirring around a single point above the driveway.

Floating ten feet off the ground was Heriberto.

He didn't look like an old man anymore. His skin was smooth, glowing, like white marble lit from within. His eyes were gone.....replaced by twin v
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