and headed for the door. “What are you doing?” she asked quickly before Jen could make it out.
Jen glanced back at Sally. “What I promised myself I would do when Alston took my child. Tell Peri to save my stupid ass when she gets here.” Then Jen was gone, moving with her wolf’s speed.
“Decebel is going to lock her in a cell when he gets his hands on her,” Costin said.
Jacque was the next one to come rushing into their room. “Jen told me to get my ass in here and then kept running. What the hell is she doing?” Jacque held Slate in her arms.
“Mama hell,” Thia said, pointing toward the door.
“He’s not just going to lock her in a cell.” Costin sighed. “He’s going to wash her mouth out with soap, too.”
Jacque just shook her head and then looked back at Sally. “How did our doors open, and why is it so bright in here?”
Before Sally could answer, their room was suddenly full of people as Peri flashed into the room, followed by Nissa, Adam, and Elle. Fane, Decebel, Crina, and Sorin were also with them.
Peri glanced around the room and must have realized at the same time Decebel did that Jen was missing.
“Where is the hellion?” Peri asked.
Decebel growled but walked over to Sally and took Thia from her. The little girl grinned big at her dad and patted his cheeks with her chubby, little hands. “Hell, Dada,” she said proudly.
Peri glanced at the little girl. “I see she’s been into alternative learning when it comes to her child. Good for her. That’s our next generation. Where did you say she is?”
“She took off out that door and told me to tell you to save her stupid ass when you got here,” Sally explained.
Peri looked at Decebel. “You gonna let me get her?”
“You can get to her quicker than I can,” he growled. “I’ll take care of Thia. My mate will skin me alive if I don’t get her to safety.”
“Which was her plan all along,” Jacque pointed out. Fane had Jacque wrapped in his arms and had buried his face in their son's little neck.
“Get everyone out of here,” Peri said as she looked at each of the fae who could flash. “I’ll get the crazy blonde who is determined to give her mate a heart attack. Pretty sure he’d be the first Canis lupus in the history of ever to have one.”
Jen didn’t have a plan other than to kill every single member of the Order she encountered. She ran through the corridors, letting her wolf take over without phasing. Her fingers morphed into claws. Her eyes, she knew, were glowing because her vision was as clear as freshly cleaned glass. Her teeth had elongated into razor-sharp points, ready to tear into flesh with the ease of a perfectly honed dagger.
The light was unlike anything she’d ever seen. It was everywhere, but she could still see. As Jen came to the first member of the Order, something came over her. She moved in slow motion, watching as the man stumbled as if unable to see. “This one you may exact my vengeance on.”
“Great Luna?”
“Yes, Jennifer. I am with you. You will be my arm of justice today. But you will only take those I allow.”
There was a part of Jen that wanted to rebel against that. Everyone was guilty by association as far as she was concerned.
“You do not know their minds or their hearts. You will do this my way, or you will not do this at all.”
“It will be done as you say,” Jen said as she reached the male. She lunged, her hand swiping out and her claws ripping into his flesh until her hand was buried in his chest. She clasped his heart and crushed it. It took mere seconds, and then as she moved on. She had no idea how she’d moved that quickly—even her wolf speed wasn’t that fast.
The next one she came upon was a vampire, and he seemed to be writhing in pain on the floor. The light was obviously more than just brightness to him. “This one?”
“Yes,” the Great Luna answered.
A bright, white sword appeared in Jen’s hand. Her eyes widened, but she didn’t second-guess it. She slammed the shining blade down across the vampire’s throat and severed his head. Did her lips turn up into a deranged smile? Probably, but she just kept going. They’d brought this on themselves. One after another, the Great Luna