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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!”

hands were shaking. When

ahead of me. Doors on both sides. Locker rooms. Storage. Supply closets.

Slamming

Empty. Cleaning supplies.

made the panic

Made

my wolf more frantic.

she? WHERE IS

My voice echoed down the corridor. Harsh. Desperate.

answer. Just the distant roar of the crowd and the pounding of my own

a freight

chest.

punched the wall. My fist went through the drywall like it was cardboard. Then through the support beam

Dust exploded.

it

word tore from

now. Good. I welcomed

exploded out of me.

Stronger

That was her blood

running. Down the hallway.

I grabbed the handle. Twisted so hard the metal

Locked.

off its

Not empty.

One on the floor.

in me went

Everything

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Strong hands. Those hands were

Touching her.

Touching what was MINE.

wolf exploded to the surface. My claws extended

was trying to take me.

it

her.” The words

up. His eyes

“Who the fuck-”

Moving faster than any human could track. My hand

him clean

uselessly in the

My grip tightened. Claws piercing skin.

wrist. His face going

her. Die for

“Can’t–breathe-” he choked out.

grabbed my arm. Tried to pull me back. Might as well have tried

Like they had to travel through miles of rage and

from my grip. His face was nearly purple now. Eyes bulging. Veins standing

claws had pierced his

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

“You’re–insane-” he wheezed.

was. Probably

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