Wolf Endangered (Willow's Forbidden Pack #2) - Avery Song Page 0,251

pooled in my orbs, but I didn't regret my actions. I'd do it again...and again, if it meant I was the victor in this journey in some way.

I expected that when my heart came to a stop, I'd know or have some kind of warning, but all it took was three rapid beats, and my world came to a dramatic stop.

I tried...Mother Moon. I??ried??/p>

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Reign Of An Outcasted Princess

~VIKTOR~

I was running at full speed, my paws racing through the snow as the lingering bolts of energy coursing through the air grew closer and closer. I knew without a doubt that Willow was at that exact spot, but what I feared was that I was far too late.

And then I felt it.

The whiplash of pain coursed through my entire body as my wolf slammed our paws into the snow to stop us. We slid forward right out of the forest and into a clearing, but the severe pain that rushed through me wasn't physical.

It was an internal force of agony that rocked through the entire bond - freezing us all into stillness as our minds registered the fading link.

Will...ow.

The others were paralyzed just like I was. The feeling of heaviness that pulsed through us had to be a mistake. Had to be unreal. I'd felt something like this eons ago, during a time when I was in a pack.

The death of our Alpha.

It triggered a side of me I'd forgotten, a side that begged to destroy the world and all those who stole our Alpha away from us, but this feeling?? It was far different.

Far more lethal in nature.

My howl left my throat before I could stop it, and lightning burst through the sky as snow rained down upon the quaking land. I wanted to explode, to let go of every level of restraint and bring this entire world down.

I didn't join this pack to feel this. To feel the woman I loved slip away entirely.

This type of pain hurt down to my very core. It tugged on every heartstring, cut through my being, and begged to rip me to shreds for being a failure.

I'd promised to find her, and even as I howled and let my agony out, I knew I'd found her by her lingering scent.

But did it matter? I'd found her too late. I'd failed her.

"Viktor." It was Dimitris. "Stop. I need you to think for a fucking second."

Think? What was there to think about? The woman I'd loved secretly for years, the woman I'd protected and watched grow through all the various challenges she was forced to endure, was now dead because I'd failed her.

I ignored his attempt to continue, my ruthless eyes scanning the snow until my eyes locked onto her body. She was on her back, blood seeping out of various wounds and tainting the white snow beneath her.

Someone was approaching her, someone tall and muscled. Witnessing them approach her slowly made me growl menacingly, and I shot forward at great speed to be right there. My sudden arrival took the man by surprise, one of his eyes opening wide while the other remained closed.

This was the man who stole her away from me. Her end was because of him. I didn't care about what Milo said about him aiding him during his time in the torture cells. He was the culprit in stealing Willow and leading her to her doom.

My growl was ferocious as saliva dripped from my sharp teeth.

The man took a step back, putting his hands up as he looked to Willow and then me.

"Fine. I'll walk away," he grumbled and began to do exactly that. I caught onto his scent, the sandalwood the strongest aroma I picked up. I would hunt him down the moment I had a sane chance. I'd destroy him for ruining my light in this world.

He continued to back away, and I noticed the creatures with collars that stood at the edge of the snowy forest. I could feel their lethal intentions, but I couldn't care right now. My attention went to Willow, and as I took three slow steps, my heart literally shattered.

Her eyes were still open, staring up at the sky as snow continued to fall upon us. Tears stained her cheeks as blood smeared her lips and ran down the side of her slightly opened mouth and nose. Her body was lifeless. No heartbeat, no heat, no magic.

She was a carcass, an empty shell that no longer carried a soul.

My wolf couldn't take it, the