CYRUS There was a certain strength that came with knowing that your mate was in danger, or so the other lykae had said. And that strength filled me now. It had always fascinated me how merciless they became when they were protecting their mates, how ruthlessly that fought. I had always wondered what it felt like, but I wouldn't have to wonder anymore because I was experiencing it right now. It was indescribable. A red haze covered my vision at the sight of the blood rolling down her neck, and that was the last thing I remember. The leader restraining her, with the knife at her neck. The beast took control of me for the next ten minutes. Biting and slashing through bodies, anything to make sure that nothing happened to her. My mate. When the beast took control like that,

