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Ember's POV

The arrow never made it.

Faster than air itself, Zane twisted his body much quicker than the poisoned arrow aimed at my heart and then, he took the hit.

I saw as the arrow sank deep in his shoulder, black liquid splurging out as it met with his skin.

“Fuck!” He growled, his face contorting with pain but he didn't stop running even for a brief second. His grip around my wrist got tighter and fiercer, his claws digging into my skin.

But behind us, the forest growled.

The Scorch chasing us with fury, fire burning the trees down to ashes, blazing up.

And then the roars and howls of dark, guttural rogue wolves. Goddess, they were literally everywhere, hunting me and Zane and they were closer than I could imagine.

My breath hitched as I slightly turned my head, the wind brushing against my face, my heart beating vigorously in my chest.

As I tilted back, I saw it. The edge, the end of the forest.

It was the beginning of the awakening of hell, The Ironfrost Abyss.

Cliffs, frozen in time, jagged like a ferocious monster’s fangs. In front was a river, black as Obsidian, cutting through the cliff like a dead, thorny spine.

In a split second, the air went from fire hot to biting cold, it felt as though the universe could not decide on a way to kill me and Zane.

As we reached the edge, I thought Zane was going to stop by much to my suprise, he didn't hesitate as he gripped me even tighter and leapt.

Then, we fell.

******

With its teeth, the Ironfrost Abyss caught us as we slammed into the snow-black ground, magic and ancient sparks erupting around us.

We both gasped, our breath hitching as our body shuddered violently, we were alive by an inch.

Almost immediately, I rolled off Zane, my chest heaving, my breath heavy and rapid.

“Za….Zane….are you alright?” I asked, my tone dripping with worry as I scanned his bleeding shoulder. “Your shoulder…..”

He gritted his teeth as he ripped the arrow off his shoulder in one go, tossing it into the river almost immediately as his blood spluttered against the snow like acid.

“Fuck” I cursed under my breath. “It's poisoned”

I looked up at him, his eyes were intense. “Not stronger than me.” But I felt the connection. The strong pull. The bond between us.

That intense feeling in my blood, growing like a heat, matching the rhythm of the blood on his arm.

He felt it too. I saw it in his tight jaw, his eyes moving over me like he was fighting it. Like he was barely in control.

The wind screamed. The darkness pulsed. Something moved between us. Raw. Deadly. “You feel that?” I whispered, stepping closer, my heart racing. “It’s not just others chasing us now. It’s us. The bond. It’s alive. It wants to destroy us.”

Zane’s hand shot out, grabbing my waist, pulling me tight against him, his voice broken. “Then let’s fucking burn.”

*******

He held my cheeks, kissing me as though it was a punishment for his addiction.

My lips parted open beneath his, my nails digging deep into his chest, drawing out blood. His hand was gripping a fist full of my hair as he tanked my head backwards, exposing my throat just enough to graze it with his elongated fangs.

As we crashed into a stone wall, magic erupted just where our skin touched the wall.

Everywhere he touched me, my body shuddered as I melted.

And everywhere I touched him, a growl rumbled from his chest.

Clothes tore. Not removed, no, tore. His claws slicing off the last piece of clothing I had left in my skin, then, he dropped his knees like I was some kind of fucking divinity.

“Za….Zane” I gasped.

But he didn't spare me any words.

He then parted my thighs with his hands, burying his face between them and goddess, his mouth.

Hot, brutal and hungry. His tongue licked up every drop of my heat juices like he had been starving for days, as though it was the only thing keeping him alive.

I moaned, my back slamming against the rock as he continued to devour me. I slid my fingers into his hair, gripping a handful, my legs trembling, pussy throbbing as he suddenly pushed in two fingers without any warning.

As I screamed, breaking the silence, I came, my back arched, my feral heat awoken.

Then, he stood on his feet, my slick dripping from his mouth. And the look in his eyes? Hungry and feral.

“Turn around….” He growled, his voice deep and guttural. “Hands on the rock, immediately”

I nodded and did as he said.

He didn't give me time to adjust as he suddenly slammed into me in one hard, brutal thrust and fuck, I literally saw stars.

His cock, goddess, it was thick and perfect as he fucked me as though it was a battle he swore to conquer. His hips slammed aching mine, skin slapping skin, his hands wrapped around my throat, pinning me against the stone as he continued to fuck me even harder and deeper, his growls a music to my ear.

“You fucking belong to me” he snarled. “You hear me, huh? You're mine”

I pursed my lips, moaning, wet and desperate as I humped my back into him, every nerve in my body screaming for more.

“Then claim me, you fucking bastard!” I moaned, panting. “Mark me, Zane, burn me, fuck me”

And he did.

He sank his teeth into the back of my shoulder, and fuck, the pain sent me into another wave of orgasm.

His bite was like an addiction I couldn't get enough of. My pussy clenched around his cock as I screamed his name like a chant and almost immediately, he followed, his cock throbbing as he spilled his seeds inside me, heating flooding my core.

Gasping for air, we both collapsed to the snow, our bodies tangled, wrecked and panting in the Abyss silence.

But suddenly, the Abyss wasn't silent anymore.

*****

The ground shook. The dark river rippled, then rose. Something huge and old pulled itself out of the black depths like it was waiting. A monster. Twisted. Covered in wet bone.

Its eyes glowed red, its mouth was a cave of teeth and darkness. It loomed over us, dripping with deadly water.

Its voice was like rocks scraping against bone. “You woke the fire,” it growled. “You let out the hunger. Now you pay.”

Zane stood, naked and covered in blood, his body still buzzing with magic, cock still wet with me and his wolf pushed to break free.

He pulled me behind him, growling low and deadly. “We’ll see who pays,” he said.

But I felt it.

Behind us……howls.

The elite pack. Coming fast. And this time… they weren’t just after Zane.

They were coming for me too.