Chapter 17 Maddox “Let me go!” Jade shouted as I dragged her through the fog to my packhouse. She kicked and punched and hit me, thrashing in my hold. “Let me go, now, Maddox! I hate you. I hate you so f*****g much, and I mean it! I’m going to mate Vex and there’s nothing you can—” Before she could finish her sentence, I grasped her chin and forced her against the nearest tree, glaring down at my mate and trying hard not to lose it as red moonlight glimmered on her bare neck. “If anyone else tries to take you away from me, I’ll kill them too,” I hissed at her. After my first mate cheated on me, I didn’t even kill Jade’s father for her. I tortured the f**k out of him, then I let him go because if my mate really loved me, she wouldn’t have cheated. But, f**k, I never killed anyone for a

