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“Two things could happen upon Felix’s death. Savannah could weaken, or she could become so enraged no one will be able to stop her.”
    Sable’s teal eyes darkened slightly. “I’m counting on both. That’s why I need to find another way to weaken her before I kill her mate.”
    The truth in her words choked him like invisible fingers had reached into his chest and squeezed. “I was so angry you hadn’t told me who your father was, but looking back now, I would have been just as furious if you had told me. The war has touched too many of my friends and Pack. I wanted nothing more than to escape it.”
    He paused, released her hand, and turned away. “When I met you, I thought you were my escape. That we could run away from it all.” He let out a bitter laugh. “I was being a selfish bastard.”
    Sable wrapped her fingers around his arm. “I wanted to leave it all, as well. You made me see there was life outside of Onyx, outside the violence. If you’d asked, I would have run away with you, no questions, no judgment.”
    Facing her, he asked, “Where does that leave us now?”
    “We have to start the end of the war.”
    “What happens after you’re free? You take Nigel and leave?” His jaguar growled in his head at the thought. It’d be like losing her all over again.
    “That was the plan, at first.”
    Was the plan ? He searched her features. “And now?”
    She shook her head. “I don’t know. A part of me wants to be with you, but I’m not sure if being together will only hurt more.”
    He framed her face and closed the small gap between them. “We are fated mates. It will hurt us more to be apart. I’m tired of fighting the urge to claim you, to take you in every way imaginable.”
    “Jared, I can’t. Savannah will use everyone and everything I care about against me.”
    Lowering his head, he brushed his lips against hers. “You are just as strong as she is. You may be more powerful if you trusted yourself to let down your shields and test the strength of your magick.”
    A battle of emotions played over her features as if she considered what he’d said. Then she went still. A ripple of her power skittered up his hands and arm. “What—”
    She placed a finger over his lips and whispered, “It’s my mother and she’s not alone.”
    Jared didn’t waste another moment. He grabbed her hand and tugged her through the kitchen to the back door. “Can we teleport?”
    “Not yet. Savannah will most likely trace the magickal signature. It’s better if we leave a false trail first.” Sable let go of his hand and darted out the door. Once outside, they ran north.
     

Chapter Six
     
     
    After the third false trail had failed to throw Savannah and her scout, or whoever the hell was with her, Jared stopped running. “How can your mother track your every move?”
    Sable whirled around, her eyes narrowing. “Apparently, she is the only one besides you who can see through my shields.”
    Frustration mounted within and his jaguar paced under the surface. “We can’t keep running.”
    “What do you think we should do?”
    “How sure are you it’s Savannah?”
    Sable worked her jaw and searched their surroundings. “Why do you answer a question with another?”
    “You’re not sure.”
    After a brief moment, Sable moved to stand beside him. “Fine. I’m not a hundred percent sure. But there is definitely something coming for us that has her magickal signature. I’m betting it’s not friendly.”
    Jared didn’t have a chance to reply before two males broke through the brush and stopped a few yards from them. One of them was a shifter, most likely a scout. The other was a shifter but different. Jared wasn’t sure how he knew that, other than the power and magick drifting off the male. And he was larger than any shifter Jared had met.
    “Holly shit,” Sable breathed beside him.
    He moved closer to her. “What?”
    “The tall one is a mutant. That crazy ass bitch added her blood to the