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Damien’s POV 1

I shoved through the crowd like a man possessed.

Bodies pressed against me from all sides. Drunk. High on violence. Too fucking slow to move.

“Get out of my way!” The words came out as a growl. My Alpha command bleeding through even though these humans wouldn’t

understand it.

Some instinct made them scatter anyway.

Good. Smart. Because I wasn’t stopping for anyone.

I hit the stage at a run. Vaulted over the ropes. My feet hit the blood–slicked canvas and nearly slipped.

Her blood. That was her blood on the canvas.

My vision went red.

The crowd noise shifted. Confusion. Shock. Outrage.

“Hey! You can’t-”

“Security! Someone get security!”

“Who the fuck is that guy?”

I didn’t hear the rest. Didn’t care. Every cell in my body was screaming one thing.

*Find her. Find our mate. NOW.*

The exit she’d gone through was to my left. A narrow door marked “AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY” in faded red letters.

I grabbed the handle. Locked.

The metal crumpled in my grip like tissue paper. The entire lock mechanism tore free from the doorframe. The door swung open with a

screech of tortured hinges.

The hallway beyond was dim. Narrow. Claustrophobic. The kind of place my mate had been living in for three fucking years.

The smell hit me immediately. Blood. Sweat. Fear. Desperation. The stench of violence and broken dreams.

My chest cracked open. Every emotion I’d been holding back for three years came flooding through at once.

Relief. Rage, Joy. Terror. Love so fierce it physically hurt.

My wolf surged. Clawing at my insides. Demanding to break free.

*Let me out! Our mate needs us!*

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“Not yet,” I growled out loud. “Not yet.”

*She’s hurt! I can smell her blood! Let me OUT!*

“I said not yet!”

When had

stretched ahead of me. Doors on both sides. Locker

opening them. One after another. Slamming them open hard

Empty. Cleaning

room made

Made

my wolf more frantic.

she?

voice echoed down the corridor. Harsh.

distant roar of the crowd and the pounding of

hit me like a freight

chest.

it was cardboard. Then

Dust exploded.

it again.

tore from my throat.

Good. I

known!” The words exploded out of me. “I should have found her! I should

scent hit me. Stronger now. So much

her blood I

off running. Down the hallway. Following that scent like

the handle. Twisted

Locked.

door flew off

Not empty.

One on the floor. One

me went

slowed down. Everything crystal clear and

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kneeling was older, Weathered face. Strong hands. Those hands were on her

Touching her.

Touching what was MINE.

my vision. My wolf exploded to the surface. My claws extended

shift was trying to take

fought it

away from her.” The words came

up.

“Who the fuck-”

before he finished the question. Moving faster than any human could track. My hand locked around his

clean off the

uselessly in the

My grip tightened. Claws piercing skin. Drawing blood. “Get. Away.

my wrist. His face

touching her. Die for being here while she suffered.

“Can’t–breathe-” he choked out.

grabbed my arm. Tried to pull me

words filtered through slowly. Too slowly. Like they had to travel through miles of rage and pain

my grip. His face was nearly purple now.

from where my claws had pierced his

dropped to the floor like a sack of rocks. Gasping. Clutching his throat. Blood seeping between his

“You’re–insane-” he wheezed.

was. Probably I

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