The Mate They Threw Away
He looked at the slave girl again, really looked at her, and I saw the moment comprehension dawned in his eyes.
“She’s telling the truth, Alpha,” the witch confirmed, and the slave girl’s head tilted at an unnatural angle. “But you don’t have to believe her. You’ll see for yourself very soon. The fire is almost spent, and then the real magic begins.”
The flames behind us were starting to dim, the dancing light growing weaker. My skin began to tingle, and I knew we had maybe minutes before the transformation took hold. Before the spell forced us into something neither of us was ready to face.