Lahat ng Kabanata ng Slave to the Wolf King: Kabanata 281 - Kabanata 290

~ CASIMIR ~‘CAZZ, PLEASE! I NEED YOUR HELP.’I was just about to step into the caves when Jesse’s voice rang in the bond—echoing and thin like it swam at me down a long tunnel. But there. And frantic.I froze, grabbing Rake’s arm. He whirled to look at me, but I was already turning away.“Jesse,” I hissed, before shifting and beginning to run, Rake on my heels.I tried to reach her, tried to call for her, begging her to tell me where she was, but it was as if she’d sent that single, lone call, then cut herself off completely.‘What’s going on, Cazz? Wher

~ CASIMIR ~Before I felt any pain, my mate swelled and those dark tendrils exploded from her like midnight fireworks as her screams turned from fear to rage.I hit the dirt and rolled, coming up in a crouch, eyes wide and my entire body trembling in awe.Jesse was on her feet, arms out, her face twisted in rage, hair lashing around her face as the power whipped into a storm around her—a twisting, accumulating storm to rival my own.“Jesse…”But even as her brother and his allies dropped—clearly felled by whatever she’d thrown at them in my defense—her shoulders shook. Her body convulsed, and sh

~ CASIMIR ~As I took hold of that raging ocean of power and my entire existence swelled with it, there was a fleeting thought—my father, snarling, insisting that a true mate would weaken me. As I took in the sheer breadth of the power she'd just thrown at me, the pure, unadulterated wrongness of that statement would have made me laugh if I’d had room to breathe. Instead I filed the bitter denial away to be fully explored at a later date.But there would be no later date if I didn’t quickly figure out how to release this power in a meaningful, controllable way.The ocean rose in a wave, crashing on the shore of me, and I shuddered,

 ~ CASIMIR ~ That torrent went on and on. I lay there, holding her, shaking my head—shaking all of myself. I was awed by her power. How had she contained it for so long? I could bust the cap off this mountain if I wanted to. But I didn’t. The more I molded the flows, the more I directed them, the easier it became to do so—to use and control them, drawing more and more from her in what seemed to be an endless supply, but eventually, I felt the pressure in her easing. Still, I

~ CASIMIR ~I was sucked back down into the depths, my skin feverish, my mind frantic with worry. But no matter how I fought, I couldn’t get free of the prison of my body. Couldn’t open my eyes, couldn’t speak, couldn’t move. I was trapped. Caged. And my wolf was losing its mind.I tried to calm myself—aware enough to know that something had to have happened. That I hadn’t just closed my eyes and woken up like this.But what?In the darkness, distant and echoing, I could hear voices. Particularly Maya’s. But I couldn’t figure out who she was talking to. The sounds and tones slipped away before I could gather them.But I could feel my aunt—her fierce protectiveness, her