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.Jared waited for a reaction and held his breath, not daring to hopethe whole thing could have been solved so easily.His mate showed nointention of becoming aggressive once again, but Jared’s skepticismstill proved to be justified.Before they could follow Tavon’s suggestion, a whirlpool ofmagic started to form in the middle of the cavern.Jared gaped as he12Scarlet Hyacinthrealized another magic portal was appearing.As the energy doorsstarted to materialize, Tavon tried to pull him away.“We have to get out of here,” he said.“Come on.”Jared knew Tavon had a point, but he couldn’t make himselfabandon his newly found mate.“I can’t just leave,” he whispered.Heheard his brother try to convince him to come, but he shook his head.“Go on ahead without me.”As much as he hated the thought of endangering his family,leaving his dragon behind didn’t count as an actual option.Their time ran out before they could find a satisfactory solution.The black portal doors opened, and a dark-haired man came out, followed by a groupof assassins.“What’s going on here?” he said.“I thought I told you to bring the fox back.We can’t afford a delay.”Jared’s dragon mate turned toward the man, spine straight, dignityirradiating from every pore.“What are you doing here, Tynan? Wecan handle this.”“I decided to join the party,” the stranger—Tynan, apparently—replied with a berating snort.“After all, I do have a little quarrel with the handsome shifters of Rook Valley.”As the two talked, Tavon leaned against Jared and whispered,“Hey.Doesn’t he look a bit familiar to you?”Jared knew exactly what Tavon meant.He’d seen the same eeriegold eyes many times in the past months, after his Alpha had matedsnake shifter and former assassin Kaiden Hearne.“Fuck.He lookslike Kaiden.” In that moment, Jared made the connection.The manwas Kaiden’s father, Tynan Hearne.“I thought he’d died,” Yoshi said.Jared had thought the samething.His Alpha had told them that he’d been killed by his ownpeople.Could Kaiden have deceived them all? No, the snake shiftergenuinely loved Viktor.Then what the fuck was going on?”“I am not so easily eliminated, Mr.Kurosawa,” Tynan told Yoshi.“My son was an idiot for thinking that.Then again, he never hadDragon’s Bloodmoon13much inclination for the family business.I don’t know how I could’ve spawned such a weakling.”Jared wanted to defend Kaiden.He wanted to figure out a solutionfor them to escape, to reach out to his mate and just tell him that he was there.But Tavon pulled him away and started for the passage that led into the valley at the other side of the mountain.At first, Jared protested, but a glare from Tavon stopped him.“We don’t have timefor this.”Jared resigned himself to the inevitable.In the end, what could hedo? He realized now that he wouldn’t be of any help here.He’d heldhis loved ones back for nothing.He’d gladly stay to die at his mate’s side, but his siblings had their own lives.God, why did this have to be so hard?The snake stopped them before they could make their escape,though.He pointed the amulet at them and, immediately, Tavon froze.Then Tynan did the same with the dragons, and Jared watched as themagnificent beings fell under the power of the amulet.He wanted torun to his mate’s side, but his body refused to obey the commands ofhis mind.Under his terrified eyes, the assassin aimed the amulet atTavon.Tavon’s body melted into his leonine form and Jared wantedto scream when he saw Tavon lunge toward his own fox mate.Hedidn’t know the two men well, but they were his brother’s lovers.Even from the few hours he’d spent in their company, he’d seen thegenuine love and the deep bond between the three of them.Somehow,the assassin must have taken control of Tavon’s body.Damn him.Tavon seemed to be fighting the magic’s hold, and he stopped hisattack on Yoshi.But the amulet’s power could not be undone, and asthe assassin fixed Tavon with a glare, Jared felt certain he’d see the lion shifter die.Miraculously, it was another snake shifter who saved them all.Alarge, russet snake fell on top of the assassin leader and he dropped the amulet.Jared immediately felt the magic fade and his body began14Scarlet Hyacinthto obey him once again.After directing one hasty look to his siblings and their respective mates, Jared rushed toward his dragon.Much to his dismay, he didn’t manage to reach his mate in time.There was a rush of confusion as everyone started to recover, and then the battle began once again, this time between the snake shifters and everyone else.Jared somehow made his way to Flame and Mayabefore he shifted and lost himself in the flurry of violence.And then, as quickly as it had begun, it all stopped.Time seemedto slow, and Jared felt a sense of calm wash over him
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