The Freak Is The Mate Of The Lycan
The mother I'd been learning to trust, the woman who'd held my babies with such gentleness, flickers in her eyes.
Then it's gone.
"I'm sorry," Perla whispers. "I'm so sorry, Yara. But I need him more than you need to live."
Everything happens at once.
Ares lunges forward, shifting mid-movement into his Lycan form—massive, terrifying. I've seen him fight before, seen him tear through enemies like paper, but I've never seen him move this fast.
Perla doesn't even flinch.
She raises one hand, palm out, and Ares slams into an invisible barrier so hard the entire temple shakes. Stone cracks beneath his claws as he's thrown backward, crashing into one of the ancient pillars.