over, refusing to let it go. Burke’s back is turned towards us as he completes another spin and I close my eyes, fighting not to picture what my mom’s last moments must have been like.
I want to ask Burke what her last words were, because maybe she asked him to pass along a message to me, but I choke the questions down. I know she would’ve never let his presence or even his voice taint a loving message between us. She would have known there was nothing she could say that I didn’t already know.
Her loss was devastating, but I knew she loved me. There was no doubt in my mind about what I meant to her. I saw time and time again as she put herself in harm’s way for me, how she’d pick herself up from grief, from hardship and struggle, and then she’d lift me higher, in a way only a loving mother can.
Pain and loss swell in my chest, but I know I’ll have to make time for them later. Because right now, it’s about justice. It’s about retribution and repairing what we can. We’ll be looking into the southern packs, we’ll right what wrongs we can, and it will all start with Burke.
My wolf and I shift my hand into claws, and the sight of it makes Burke piss his pants. I slash out at the snare wire, and the pitiful former alpha drops hard to the ground. He scrambles back away from Hess and me, and I tilt my head and watch him go.
“You said you’d make it quick!” he yelps as he struggles to get to his feet.
“I lied,” I answer simply, as I think back to what he said to me the day he dumped me on Ruin Falls land. I sift through the memories until I find his exact words, and then a vicious smile spreads across my face, his terrified stare solely focus on my rabid eyes.
“I’d start running if I were you,” I call out in a cruel mockery of what he said to me the day he thought he was leaving me for dead or worse.
Just like I hoped he would, with the blood draining from his face as brutal reality stares him down, he gets to his feet, and with a limp, he bolts. Dirt and leaves kick up behind him as he tries to flee, cursing me as he goes.
I smile as my wolf and I shift, and then just as soon as Hess is covered in fur and ready to go too, we start hunting Burke like the animal he is. I may be rabid, but he’s the beast who deserves to be put down.
My wolf howls out her ferocity, the need for vengeance driving us forward, the call for death and vengeance right at our claw tips. For all the people Burke hurt. For my old alpha, my dad, my mom, Hess, all the females back in Ruin Falls.
For me.
This fucker is mine.
Also by Ivy Asher & Raven Kennedy
Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance
Hellgate Guardian Series
Grave Mistakes
Grave Consequences
Grave Decisions
Grave Signs
Shifter Romantic Comedy Standalone
Conveniently Convicted
Dystopian Romantic Comedy Standalone RH
April’s Fools
Also by Raven Kennedy
Fantasy Romance:
Gild: The Plated Prisoner Series Book 1
Glint: The Plated Prisoner Series Book 2
Gleam: The Plated Prisoner Series Book 3
Shifter Romance:
Addie: Pack of Misfits Book 1
Reese: Pack of Misfits Book 2
Jetta: Pack of Misfits Book 3
Conveniently Convicted
Rabid: The Savage Spirit of Seneca Rain
Fantasy Reverse Harem Romcom:
Signs of Cupidity: Book 1
Bonds of Cupidity: Book 2
Crimes of Cupidity: Book 3
For the Love of Cupidity: Book 4
Cupidity Box Set
Romcom Stand-Alones:
Can’t Fix Cupid
April’s Fools
Conveniently Convicted
Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance:
Grave Mistakes: Hellgate Guardians Book 1
Grave Consequences: Hellgate Guardians Book 2
Grave Decisions: Hellgate Guardians Book 3
Grave Signs: Hellgate Guardians Book 4
Void
Wicked Webs
Dark Romance:
The Girl Who Cries Colors
Cruel: Savannah Heirs Book 1
Tame: Savannah Heirs Book 2
Wild: Savannah Heirs Book 3
Also by Ivy Asher
Urban Fantasy Romance
The Osseous Chronicles
The Bone Witch
The Blood Witch
The Bound Witch
Dark Shifter Romance Standalone
The Savage Spirit of Seneca Rain
Rabid
Paranormal Romance RH
The Sentinel World
The Lost Sentinel Series
The Lost and the Chosen
Awakened and Betrayed
The Marked and the Broken
Found and Forged
Shadowed Wings Series
The Hidden
The Avowed
The Reclamation
More in the Sentinel World coming soon.
Hellgate Guardian Series
Grave Mistakes
Grave Consequences
Grave Decisions
Grave Signs
Shifter Romantic Comedy Standalone
Conveniently Convicted
Dystopian Romantic Comedy Standalone RH
April’s Fools
Raven Kennedy
Raven Kennedy lives in California with her family. She is most known for her international bestselling Heart Hassle series about a quirky cupid who wants to find love for herself. RK writes in a range of genres, including romantic comedies, fantasy, dark romances, contemporary, and paranormal. Whether she makes you laugh or cry, she hopes to connect with readers and create characters you can root for.
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Ivy Asher
Ivy Asher is addicted to chai, swearing, and laughing a lot—but not in a creepy, laughing alone kind of way. She loves the snow, books, and her family of two humans, and three fur-babies. She has worlds and characters just floating around in her head, and she’s lucky enough to be surrounded by amazing people who support that kind of crazy.
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