*Colette*

"We need to get him to Calvin." My mom says, trying hard to remain treading water. "But that vampire won't leave the shore."

I scowl at the bitch who started it all. The one who broke my mate and made our relationship so hard. The one that we were told was lurking but decided to not pay her any mind. I hear a splash behind us but I can't avert my eyes from the blood covered vampire standing in broad daylight waiting for us.

"Melody, why are you out here?" Caspian asks.

"They were attacked," I tell him, sparing him a quick glance. He immediately grabs hold of my mom and looks her over in a panic.

"Are you injured?" he asks and I watch her as she squirms, pushing him away.

"Would it matter to you if I were?" She snaps.

I cling to Merikh, my heart pumping with fear as I look at the vampire bite directly over my mate mark and my lips twitch in anger. This is all her trying to get under my skin. I don't know what her ulterior motive is, but there is no doubt she is enjoying causing pain.

"Are you going to just stay out there?" She hollers out, her voice annoyingly chipper as she walks along the water's edge, kicking her feet through the waves that rush over the sand.

"You could always come to us," I shout back and she cackles with a huge, eerie grin on her bloodied face.

"And ruin this hair? No, thank you. But since you have to eventually get him to someone, I can just wait here for you. I don't mind." She sends us a fake innocent smile.

"Yeah, I'm sure you don't," I mutter in annoyance to myself. Then I spin, doing a backstroke with Merikh resting on my chest as I propel myself to the shallow end. I can feel the presence of my parents and Zale as I stand waist deep, scowling ahead.

"Why are you here? To torture the people I care about?" I ask her, and she smirks.

"What if I told you I was looking for a king?" she shrugs.

I snort and roll my eyes. The only thing this bitch can find with her eyes closed is trouble. There is no doubt in my mind about who she came here for, and it wasn't Merikh.

looking for the wrong one then," I say, playing into

the corners of her lips into

don't look like much. Why Giselle has any

at least Giselle is afraid of me. That has to be a good start, or at least a start in general. We will take her down, and hopefully Teiran will be able to talk sense into his father after she is gone. A war means death and hatred. What I want is a

I will do what Merikh couldn't. Not that he is incapable, but nothing pisses a

to Calvin now." I tell my mom and Caspian, then I look at Zale, who has remained speechless through all of this. "You wanted to see what I was capable of? Allow me to

toward Lauren as she paces in anticipation. Death is in her eyes, not only hers but what she hopes to give to me, but I don't find it intimidating. My hands fall to my side, my palms facing toward Lauren as I rise out of the water with each step

body grows cool, my blood replaced with the salty water of the ocean. A garbled roar of

into the water, jumping up as she can with a hiss and shaking her body out as if her

scoffs, her head tilting to the side before she shifts as

red like a hungry vampire. They are a mixture of shades of green, like a gross mold growing on cheese that's set on

an invincible hybrid, but she is rotting from the inside out. She was not created naturally and

but I float to the side

a fit like a toddler, and I grin

to attack Merikh, knowing her strength is more than is? I don't give a fuck about fair anymore. This isn't

behind her, and I see Calvin hobbling closer. She turns her head to look and see what my attention is on, so I rush to the side, stirring up the

of ability weighing heavy on my sources and my wolf's strength. I shift back

belly glowing with heat

pointing to Lauren with a quivering hand

d-down her

don't waste a second,

to the charred face

My hands swirl with water as I touch her chin, yanking it down,

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throat. She convulses and sputters, trying to spit it out as she cries in agony. I stumble back in

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