dark streets of the human realm. The witch was near, he could

agic as they tracked her, the

coming. He wasn't human anymore. He could feel his body rearranging itself, muscles expanding, claws sprouting. Beside him, C

growled, his voice roug

rent. A human, but one with an unfamiliar smell-strong and mixed with something else. Killian couldn't make sens

sked, through mind-lin

agic and the other presence. The more he tried to focus on the mysterious scent, the more di

, cut through the air. "Enough with the chit-chat. I've

t form stood just ahead, but there was something else-someone else-there too. She was standing behind the witch, trembling, her eyes wide with

spered, her voice dripp

s could tell, that she could pee herself in that moment. She was looking at them, no

gh the air again, cold and cru

heels and ran. Killian's instincts screamed to chase her, to claim her

en, his focus already back on the ta

of fury beside him. Magic and fangs collided as the witch fought back with all her dark power, but it wasn't enough. She was no matc

orm, his body aching from the fight. Caden followed suit, standing beside

his face as he turned to Caden. "Stupid witches. If th

"Yeah, that's wh

The woman he couldn't forget. The one whose scent still lingered in th

es scanning the alleyway. "Yea

in his mouth. He couldn't-wouldn't-allow someone to know their world

sponded, though his ow

ant to hurt her. It was strange, because all he knew was how to take, how to destroy. He was a ruthles

she had never been there. Killian's frustration mounted. He had the nose of a predator, bu

?" Killian growled, p

frustration clear. "I don't

one human to have noticed what happened." He said, earning a now from Caden. "And

She had vanished, but Killian knew he couldn't let it go. His g