A scream ripped open from Valerio's throat as his body suffered yet another assault. Adrian's eyes were watering not because of his own pain but because of what his mate was suffering through.
"And that, boy, is how you deal with beasts like them." A large statured man said to a younger looking boy, watching the extended canines on both Adrian and Valerio's lips.
The younger boy was no more than seventeen years of age. And from the paleness of his skin in some places, it was evident that he had been in a violent fire at some point in the near past.
Adrian would have felt compassion had he not been staring at his mate with worry while Valerio screamed.
Valerio spat the blood that had appeared in his mouth and glared harshly at his captor, "let me free and then I'll show you what kind
