CALEB’S POVI watched the nightmare unfold before my eyes, my wolf clawing frantically at the surface of my mind, desperate to rip every throat in this room to shreds. I thrashed against my heavy restraints, trying with every fiber of my being to shatter the metal, but the man pinning Ragnar and me to the stone floor was unnaturally strong. It didn't help that they had injected us with a heavy wolfsbane mixture earlier, a dark, suffocating toxin that made our muscles leaden and crippled our strength.“Thalia, look at me,” I rasped, my voice tearing through my raw throat. “Hold on. Please, just hold on.”She coughed, a spray of dark crimson blood spilling over her chin, her chest heaving as Ryker mercilessly pulled the curved dagger out of her stomach. Thalia jerked violently, a soft, broken whimpering escaping her lips as fresh blood poured over the altar sigils.I was forced to watch her bleed, completely powerless to save my mate.Ryker raised the blood-stained dagger, staring at
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