" If you want , you can wait and confirm it ," I put my hand into my pants pockets , watching him frowning . " What's with you acting so cool ? " He raised an eyebrow at me . " You are going to be hunted by them as well ." I chuckled and decreased the distance between us . This predator is just shifting into his wolf to wipe them all out . But what about you Seth ? " I leaned forward towards his small face and smiled , " Still not shifting ? " He froze for a moment and gave me a blank look , " I don't need to . " He turned around to face the arriving rogues . He My eyes flashed with amusement , " There are at least eight to ten of them that you are planning to take down without shifting . You wanna die that desperately ! " " Yeah , I am desperate but not to die but to cross that finishing line before anyone else does , " he glanced over his shoulder and met my gaze . " So don't get in my way , Alpha Ronan . I will fight for you as well to pay back the unexpected and unasked for help you showed me earlier so stand there and have a good show . " The amusement within me instantly dropped , my eyes boring deep into him intensely as the rogues pounced on him . He wanted to fight for me ? To pay off what I had done earlier ? The hand at my side shook , my wolf growling lowly in my mind watching him fight without flinching , his moves like lightning finishing one and then instantly heading to another . However , the moment a drop of blood dripped from his arm , my patience that I did not realise I had been holding , snapped . I jumped in beside Seth , instantly taking care of one of the rogues . Seth glanced at me for a moment as we fell into rhythm , moving as one . He slashed through a rogue's flank while I landed bone - breaking blows non - stop . The air filled with the sounds of snarls , the clash of claws and fists against flesh and stone . One rogue lunged at me . I flipped it and he pinned the creature to the ground , my claws poised for a killing blow to finish him at once . " Wait ! " Seth shouted , stepping in , " Don't kill . " I growled , my killing mode already activated and not stopping before I finished all of them , " They're feral . I'll end him . " " This is their territory . " Seth snapped . " We trespassed . We are in the wrong here , they are just protecting their land . I don't kill out of anger or for fun ! Let them go . Don't kill ! " The defiance and the mercy in his gaze that I had never witnessed before did something inside me . But no one gave me orders . No one . I was always in control . In command yet … I found myself letting the rogue go . " There is no way I don't kill a person who comes at me with the same intentions ." Getting up , I strode up to Seth and grabbed . his wrist , " If you don't want me to kill then we are leaving ." We bolted , weaying through the ruins as the rogues snarled behind us . The feral figures chased but didn't stray far from their haunted grounds . I glanced over my shoulder as they stopped . Why ? Why did they suddenly stop ? It was as if they were bound by old , unseen chains and could not cross the ruins . The moment we crossed the broken archway marking the ruin's edge , the night air changed . The oppressive weight lifted . He kept running alongside me , matching my speed . " This is the way I saw on the map ! " he exclaimed , turning down the correct path I was unaware that I had my hand firmly grasped around his wrist . And together side by side as we were about to break O He relaxed his wrist and glanced up at me , " Is it not funny that the hunter and prey cross the line together ? " I froze at his remark where the look in his eyes over actually labeling me in his Prey . My wolf froze in my mind , as he walked past me towards the finishing line , locking our eyes for a brief moment . " Make sure to cross it , Alpha Ronan , don't just stare at me ." Watching him cross the line , my lips curled up , " Indirectly warning me to not eye him , huh ? " my eyes once again drawn to his hips . " Well , that seems … a little too hard to ignore . " Send Gifts