CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY ONE

HOPE’S POV.The hunters closed in around me slowly.Now that I could see them properly beneath the weak moonlight spilling into the tunnel entrance, the fear that hit me was far worse than before. They were not wolves. Not fully. Their bodies looked twisted between wolf and human, too large in some places, wrong in others. Their skin was covered in scars that looked old and brutal, and their glowing eyes stayed fixed on me with barely controlled hunger.One of them growled low in its throat, and my wolf recoiled instantly inside me.“They smell terrible,” she whispered.Every instinct inside me screamed danger.The massive man standing at the exit did not move at all. He simply looked at the creatures behind me before speaking calmly.“Stand down.”The effect was immediate.The creatures lowered themselves instantly, though several still growled quietly beneath their breath.Cold dread slid down my spine.They obeyed him.Even these things obeyed him.I tightened my grip on the stolen

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY TWO

HOPE'S POV.I clenched my fists. “Hunter is still stronger than all of you.”The Kingbreaker looked amused for the first time. "Oh, Hunter?! Is that what the almighty King Alaric calls himself now?"I didn't respond. A part of me completely forgot that Hunter was not his real name. The Kingbreaker chuckled again, more amused this time. “You defend him very quickly, little lady.”My eyes narrowed. “He’s my mate. And don't call me that.”He shook his head. “That is exactly the problem. The bastard does not deserve any form of loyalty from anyone.”Anger flashed through me instantly. “You know nothing about him.”The Kingbreaker finally stopped walking and turned toward me fully.“You think you know him because he forgot himself,” he said calmly.The words hit harder than they should have.Because Hunter himself feared that possibility.I hated that.I hated hearing strangers speak about him like this.“You don't know anything.” I snapped.The Kingbreaker shrugged slightly. “Believe wha

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE

HOPE’S POV.Relief hit me first, in a sharp, powerful and overwhelming way.Hunter was here.Goddess. He really was. For one terrible moment, I thought I was actually going to die in these ruins surrounded by monsters, but he was here now. He found me. And even though a a part of me was still worried about Magnus' trap, I still couldn't help the relief that washed through me at the sight of him.But the relief barely lasted two seconds before something colder crawled down my spine.Because Hunter was just standing there, still, silent, watching.Moonlight filtered weakly through the broken ruins around him, casting shadows across his face, but even from this distance I could see something was wrong.Very wrong.The hunters surrounding me had stopped moving completely now. The same creatures that had chased me through underground tunnels like animals moments ago were suddenly backing away slowly, afraid.One of them actually whimpered low in its throat.My wolf went tense instantly.“

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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY TWO

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE