till rang in my ears as I cl

nly thing I cared about

clash of metal and claws. The De Luca mansion was under siege.everywhere was full of bl

emy wasn't coming thr

ash clogged my nostrils. I stumbled to my feet, ignoring the blood dripping down my temple. My

ce shouted, ho

hank the

fury. His shirt was ripped, exposing claw marks across hi

live?"is he save,I don't Know why I still care for a

pt fighting like a damn berserker." Mateo grabbed my arm

child I said, dragging my arm away. "I told him there was a t

now that? But we can't deal with it if you're dead,

at word sounded. Like this baby was j

ild... was

re I let anyone

he once-glorious mansion was a war zone. Chandeliers shat

shifted. Some were dead. Oth

he ballroom

ansition. Gunfire rang out from the upper balcony. A bullet shattered the mirror n

nt

the center

s, most of it not. His eyes glowed silver, his wolf hov

despite everything

ly l

since the day

omething he

me to make sense

ged for him

!" I s

r's throat out midair. Blood sprayed across

's when

just attackin

rying to di

om

tly, grabbing his sle

nked.

he moment I stepped into t

darkened. "Then s

s the baby gone someone want me or my child dead Mateo I can't loose this c

ir sharp and high-

pped from the cei

ht tow

block it, but

hed across the rogue's face. Blood flew. He stum

od... end

o be ripped away mid-a

nt

us and feral, with eyes like molt

n't he

rogue apar

ed to me, ch

again you have to be with me.

d, adrenaline spiking. "I came to tell you the

ddenly, palm pres

pected, so vulnerable,

fel

hear

li

y chil

ered, voice rough with regret. "I did it to keep you out

ing to save me?by rejecting me and never looked b

he ground, this one closer

, Mateo's voice broke th

hought. The traitor... it's

e fr

ha

t's your cousin. Luca

across the ballroom, sta

hands. A smir

Rom

ond-in-

son Dante t

ore to protect this

e who just raised