2.39 The Serpent (3)

Estel POV

“NO!” Ada screamed in my head as the bond brought me closer to my crazed mate, and then her voice seemed to just cut off.

One second, her screams were rattling inside of my head, and then a fraction of a second later, her screams were silenced as I felt a tremor move over me.

It was like an earthquake that sent my body into a sudden shock. It took my mind a minute to catch up with what I was seeing. It was like I blinked and everything had suddenly changed.

What was more shocking than the quaking feeling was that Boyd was no longer snarling in front of me. He was lying contorted awkwardly on the ground with Chloe lying over him.

“Chloe?!”

It was Rodger’s voice that finally made my body snap from the surprise at the rapid change in where Boyd was. Just a second ago he was about to snap at me, his jaws just inches from my face. Now, Chloe, who had been across the room, was lying on top of him on the ground, and both of them were not making any movements or sounds.

“Chlo