All Chapters of Reclaiming His Mate: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

But I didn’t expect them to let me go. They had more reason to kill me than to spare my life.One of the dragons had transformed, introducing a tall, pale figure I found immediately recognizable, even in the dark. His blond hair hung behind his shoulders, his fierce gaze regarding me with amusement as he stood at my feet. He was already wearing jeans. “I’d think you were surrendering yourself, walking into the jaws of death,” said Lothair.“I’m looking for Colt,” I mustered. It was hard to speak with teeth around my throat.Lothair tilted his head. “Did he call you out here?”“No. I smelled him.”“What were you doing alone?”My breath trembled, but I wasn’t willing to admit I’d been stupid enough to come here without telling anyone.Lothair chuckled darkly behind his lips. “Does Mr. Steele know you’re here?”I caught Lothair’s eye. He knew the answer.“What a shame. I’m sure David would have enjoyed the look on Gavin’s face as he ripped you away from Grandbay. No matter; he’ll be deli

“Then I’ll do whatever I please with Billie. Catrina is intent on turning her into a rug.”“You aren’t seriously planning to kill her.”“She serves no purpose to me besides as a bargaining chip. She’s nothing more than another mouth to feed, and I have no problem getting rid of her,” David said coldly.“If you or Cat touch her, David, there will be nothing stopping me from slaughtering you and every one of your packmates that cross my path.”David laughed. “You don’t worry me.”I couldn’t muster anything else; all I had in my arsenal were threats, and they clearly weren’t going to get me anywhere. With an angry rumble, I ended the call and slammed my phone down on a table. Everyone else held their breaths. “David’s not letting her go,” I said. “I don’t know if he’ll actually kill her, but I don’t want to take that chance.”“They want me,” Muriel spoke up with tempered understanding. “If it would save Billie’s life…”“No,” I cut her off.“What other choice do you have?”I looked betwee

“Good.” David pulled away, smoothing out his clothes before turning for the door. “Tie her up and watch her,” he instructed to the man outside. “Make sure she’s ready for transport. If Gavin makes good on this deal, we can ambush and kill them all.”I pulled my feet onto the bed and curled up, hiding my face between my fists. My back shook as I cried. The betrayal and frailty I felt then was immense, and I finally understood why David had never wanted to let me go. He never cared about me, never wanted to protect me and raise me into the wolf I yearned to be—he only wanted to rape me. I was a vengeful outlet for the desires that had been taken away from him.There was no energy left in my body as the man guarding me stripped me of my sweater and bound my wrists behind my back. Resisting would only harm me and the end result was inevitable; I knew David wasn’t going to just hand me over, but it hurt that Gavin had actually agreed to sacrifice Muriel. Knowing that her sacrifice would be

We ran together through the carnage. Thunder rippled above us as the rain fell harder, stinging my eyes and impeding my footfalls on the slickened ground. All around us, wolves from Grandbay and Eastpeak clashed with wolves from Dalesbloom and the insidious Inkscale dragons. Catrina tore into my packmate Philip. Oslo was locked in battle with David. Aislin and Niko savaged Lothair, and even Everett had joined the fray, holding two dragons at bay alongside three Mythguard humans.The moment I reached the lawn of the pack house, I collapsed, panting as pain seized my body. Billie slid off of me and cried into my neck. “Please be okay,” she spoke, clutching my pelt.Muriel appeared beside us. “You have to get to safety,” she urged Billie.I growled out the same sentiment to her.Billie looked up, eyes glistening. “Can you help him?”“Yes. I’ll try,” she said. But when I felt her palm on my flank, she recoiled, the sticky texture of my blood too poisonous for her. Muriel clenched her jaw

As Dalesbloom and the Inkscales retreated, we were left in the heavy darkness of the storm, the yard stinking of blood, metal and bitter betrayal. There was no relief in seeing our enemies fall back. It had only unearthed in us a terrible foreboding of what would come next, and what had been revealed; what we now had to process fifteen years after it had been done.Everett trudged up to us, rain trickling off his arms and the damp coils of his beard. “We’ll take Muriel and protect her,” he said.“No,” grunted Gavin. “That wasn’t part of the arrangement.”“Gavin,” growled Everett.“You heard what David did. You saw what he’s done to us. The Mythguard has no reason to abstain from exterminating him now.”Everett stared firmly at Gavin, but it was clear neither man would be willing to back down, nor did they have the energy to continue arguing. Despite Eastpeak and the Mythguard’s assistance, Everett had only complied out of duty; there was no camaraderie in the wake of the battle. He tu