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Chapter 38
Aizor
Irushed across the forest floor holding a long, thick tree trunk across my shoulder and slammed it forward, impacting it with the side of the tree. My mate was inside; this I knew. And I was going to destroy the tree to rescue her.
The tree shuddered but the slight seam of a door didn’t budge.
Pivoting, I trotted some distance away again and turned, racing toward the tree once more, battering the door. I kept doing this, over and over, until sweat dripped down my face, my muscles screamed, and the trunk started falling apart. Undeterred, I ripped a new trunk from the ground and roared as I stomped toward the tree with it braced on my shoulder.
Before I could fling it toward the trunk, the center of the seam split, creating an opening.
My Vanessa, my glorious, beautiful mate, stepped outside with a smile on her face.
When she held out her arms, the trunk tumbled from my arms, landing on the ground with a heavy thud. I rushed toward her and swept her up, holding her close.
“Are you okay?” I asked.
“I’m fine. Perfectly fine.”
Relief made my limbs tremble.
“No one is ever going to steal you from me again,” I growled into her throat.
“You’re my hero,” she declared, kissing my face and my neck.
“Who do I need to kill? Name them, and I’ll sever their head from their body and mount it in front of our home.”
“Let’s skip the head severing, let alone the mounting, okay?”
“How did you get here?”
“Nevarn brought me.”
I snarled. “I’ll kill him!” Glaring around and hefting my crystal sword, I tried to find him. “Nevarn? Come out, you coward. Show yourself so I can slice your belly wide open, stomp on your guts, then rip your arms from your shoulders.”
Vanessa snorted. “Boy, when you go all in, you go all in. No ripping arms off people or slicing into bellies either.”
“He harmed you.”
“He didn’t.” She leaned back in my arms. “He didn’t steal me.”
That soothed my rage, though only somewhat. “What happened?”
“I was on the path, trying to lure Franklin close for treats when someone came up behind me. They pushed me, and I fell over the side of the cliff.”
“I found tracks, signs of this. Did you see who did it?”
She shook her head. “No, but it wasn’t Nevarn.”
“Surely not one of my clan?”
“I don’t know who it was.”
“I’ll track them down and rip offtheirhead.”
“And I’ll cheer you on while you do it. Well, not rip off their head. But if it was someone in your clan, punishing them will be enough for me.”
“You’re too kind. Too gentle.” I smacked my fist on my chest. “I’ll handle this in the way I see best.”
