All Chapters of My Mate Become My Hunter : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Lyra POV My magic shield works—and then it doesn’t.I know what the problem is. It’s obvious. I can’t focus. I could hardly manage to keep my focus when it was just me and Milo in the woods, when we were just practicing and the threat to my life was completely hypothetical. Now that it’s real, now that I’m looking my enemies in the eyes, it’s much harder.I feel my shield dissipate. It feels like tissue paper blowing away in the wind. Without it, I feel naked, and it feels like everyone can see that, even though I know the shield was never visible.The wolf who’s stalking me draws closer and closer, leering at me.I glance over at Milo. He’s holding his own.But Cassian is in trouble. He’s fighting off two of them, and even though he’s doing better than I would have done in that situation, I can see that they’re starting to get the best of him.He is on our side. I feel sure of that, suddenly. I don’t know what will happen after this fight, but right now, he’s taking on my enemies fo

Milo POV I cannot allow the hold I have on the wolf in front of me to break.I’m not holding him paralyzed the way those Moon Casters we met did to Lyra. Far from it. I haven’t got the power for something like that, and I know it.But I am holding his attention because he’s angry that I’ve been able to stop his advance. Because he doesn’t know how I’m doing it. Wolves aren’t used to being stopped like this.I mean, he knows I’m a Moon Caster, so he must have been expecting magic. He must have fought Moon Casters before. I’m sure he’s faced combat magic. But the combat magic I’m using is so elementary that it’s actually throwing him for a loop. He doesn’t know what to do with me.And I have to take advantage of that. Because if he turns around and sees the fight behind him, he’s going to realize he’s more needed there than here. He’s going to realize that trying to penetrate the barrier I’m putting up is a waste of time, and that his packmates aren’t winning this thing quite as handil

Lyra POV I think we should leave,” Milo says, glancing around nervously. “If someone did elemental magic here, they’re going to be really powerful. I don’t want to meet whoever it is.”I think about the Moon Casters we met before, the ones with the strange sigils on their faces, and shudder. “I agree. We should get out of here.”“Are you sure?” Cassian asks. He’s still looking down the chasm as if he’s waiting for something to happen. “What if they’re not really dead?”“Nobody could have survived that fall,” I say. “You heard how long it took my rock to hit anything when I dropped it.”“But Milo said that was magic down there.” Cassian looks deeply mistrustful. “Magic can be anything, right? Maybe they’re just floating down there in that fog, waiting for their chance to climb back out.”“And you think we should stay here and wait for them?” I ask.“Absolutely,” Cassian says. “If they’re alive, I want to know it. I want to put an end to them.”“You said you didn’t feel your mate bond

Lyra's POV “We’re not going to trust this guy, are we?” Cassian whispers in my ear.I glance over at Milo, hoping he hasn’t heard. But he’s not looking at us. His jaw is clenched so tightly that I’m worried he must be grinding his teeth into oblivion.Then I look at Wilder. The newcomer. The stranger. He’s tall and slender, his hair sticking straight and so sleek it almost shines. If you had to spot the person in this group who wasn’t a wolf, you would pick him every time.At least Cassian is making an effort to cope with this turn of events. I feel like Milo isn’t trying at all.“I don’t trust him,” I whisper back to Cassian. “This isn’t about trusting him. But you know that I’ve been trying to find a coven of Moon Casters since before you and I met. Now I have the chance to.”Cassian frowns and says nothing.“He saved us from my pack, Cassian,” I say reprovingly. “He didn’t have to do that, you know. We were losing that fight. We’re probably all still alive because he stepped in.”

Wilder's POV I Know That I Promised To Leave Them Alone For The Evening.I See How Little They Trust Me. I See The Glances They Exchange Between Themselves Every Time I Open My Mouth. I’m Pretty Sure They’re Putting Everything I Say Together Into Some Kind Of Complete Picture About Me, And Probably One I’m Not Going To Like. It’s Probably Not Going To Be Accurate, At Any Rate.I Was Telling Them The Truth. I Really Do Want Us To Help Each Other. After All, Given What’s Been Hunting Them, They Must Know Something.And They Might Be Hybrids, But It Was Obvious From The Battle I Saw That None Of Them Is Highly Trained Or Specialized. I Could Give Them That. I Could Help Them Access Their Power.They Should Want My Help.Still, I Promised I Would Leave Them Alone Because They’re Awkward Around Me, And I’m Hoping That Having Some Time Alone Together Will Let Them Talk. The Woman Likes Me More Than The Two Men Do. Maybe She’ll Convince Them.Or Maybe Not.I Turn Back, Suddenly Sure I’ve Ma