"f**k, my head hurts," Jariko groaned.
He closed his eyes as a searing pain split through our skull. Now that he was awake, we shared our emotions, including pain.
"What the hell happened?" His voice was a growl, rough with disuse and fury. "Where’s Astrid?"
I clenched my jaw. f**k.
We failed her.
We lost her.
"We couldn’t catch the SUV," I told him, my own voice tight. "They took her. Used some kind of phoenix magic to suppress you and Jacob's wolf."
Jariko snarled, the sound vibrating through my bones. "f**k! And you just let them take her? You are strong enough to chase a f*****g SUV!"
Rage flared in my chest; he was accusing me of letting my mate get kidnapped. "Do you really think we let this happen?" I shot back. "The magic they used didn't allow me to f*****g move—"
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