Chapter 75


    Bo


    Ares'' power flooded through me. My muscles surged and expanded far beyond their usual limit. My


    entire body hardened like an ancient Greek statue.


    "Guess Lapdog wouldn''t quite be the right name for you anymore," the demon grumbled.


    Ares snarled and crouched down, searching for his opponent''s weak spot. My voice was kept to


    nothing above a hum. My input was not needed when he was in charge.


    "Ungrateful demon," Ares leaped forward. His n of action was a concentrated attack on the demon''s


    dick. I couldn''t help but wince as the fangs sunk into the soft body part.


    The demon''s eyes bulged and turned blood red. He hissed like a deting balloon. "Bastard, you''ll


    regret that," he wheezed. "Filthy uncivilized mongrel!"


    Aresughed. "Why should anyone be civilized in battle? You came here to my Kingdom, attacked my


    mates, and expect me to ept it?" heughed. "Let me show you the power of a Prime, demon."


    Ares opened his mouth wide and fire built up in our mouth, the same kind that Zale had messed with


    before. It was so hot I winced but Ares didn''t let it go until the mes licked at the roof of my mouth


    before he shot it straight at the demon''s long hair.


    The red locks were set on fire and went up like dry hay. The demon was still crouched over and


    grabbing himself from ourst attack. His eyes rolled upward to see the ze and his irises turned


    ck. "Enough!" he roared. The fire went out. He uncurled from his painful little ball.


    He pointed a finger at us. "I will bathe in your tears, the agony of your soul before I rip the flesh from


    your bones."


    Odd, why did he look a lot more put together in the space of seconds than he had right after Ares''


    attack?


    The demon turned and pointed to the building behind me. "Men, one of this creature''s protected ones is


    in there surrounded by whelps. Kill them all."


    No!


    Ares snorted but nced back and forth between the army of demons and the one building. "You think


    I''ll let any of you get a step closer?"


    The demon smirked and snapped his fingers. As if on cue a chorus of childish screams filled the air


    and the children ran out of their hiding spot. They herded ra in front of them. Even in this state, they


    were doing their best to keep their word.


    It stung my heart. The leader of the kids whirled on the demon and tried to bite him. His little shifter


    teeth weren''t enough to do damage to a demon''s tough flesh andughing, the monster tossed the


    child at the rest of the group.


    We ran and used our body as a cushion to stop the blow. My breath left in a whoosh and I struggled to


    breathe again.


    "They''re kids you bastard!" I snarled as soon as I was able to get any wind in my body.


    "Are they?" the demon questioned with a twitch to the corner of his lips. "I thought there was nothing


    civilized about battle. My mistake."


    One of his men picked up one of the kids who did his best to try to twist around and bite the hand


    holding him. "Let me go!"


    The demon looked to his leader for permission, his grip tightened. The little body gradually stopped


    struggling.


    "Stop it!" ra screamed from her circle of snarling protectors. "You heartless monsters!"


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    "Stay out of this," I snapped at her. Thest thing I needed was her getting in the way of this and


    getting herself hurt.


    "Which is more important to you?" asked the leader of these pigs. "The future of your pack," he


    gestured to the child hanging limply in the cackling demon''s grip. "Or, this runaway from another?" he


    smiled over at the growling ra. "Make your choice."


    "There is no choice. The kids are more important." ra pushed her way through the protesting kids.


    "Stop it," she snapped at them. She shook as she whirled to face the demon. "Take me instead, leave


    the kids alone."


    The red-headughed. "Who ever said I was sparing either of you?" he grinned at us. "I only requested


    to be informed which was more important." he nced at his waiting demons. "I''ll kill the children


    myself. This ...wolf need a lesson in manners. Take the woman. We''ll handle herter."


    "No!" I got to my feet again, ready to tear his throat out and he dangled one of the children in front of


    me again.


    "You want these whelps to live a few minutes longer?" he asked me.


    ra was surrounded by the other demons and the leader nodded as one too the center position and


    created a bubble of wind.


    "You''re wizards?" I whispered. As if fighting the demons wasn''t hard enough.


    "We are skilled in learning anything useful from inferior races around us. Come here. I haven''t finished


    tearing you apart."


    I growled but I staggered over to him and fell to his feet. He wasted no time in kicking me in my


    stomach and I yelped. If it wasn''t for Ares'' strength, I''d likely be dead. He dropped the pup to the


    ground and it scurried off to huddle with its others. "Don''t fight back," I ordered them.


    Maybe I won''t survive this. I thought as he rained kick after kick on the softer areas of my body. He


    reared back and hid me hard in the head. At least every moment he wasted on me, was a second that


    Zale could get closer and save these kids.


    The demon chuckled and knelt down next to my form. "It''s time for me to pull your lungs out. I want to


    see how long it takes for you to suffocate to death."


    I closed my eyes and waited for the inevitable pain.


    A vicious roar made my eyes snap open and I stared at an unfamiliar trio of ck canines, Javier, Zale


    and my lost mate. I gave them a weak smile. "Hey guys."


    "Bo," Amanda''s sweet voice was enough to send me to heaven with a smile on my face.


    I nced over at my tormentor but his smirk was long gone and he looked like he''d swallowed a


    soured lemon. "You shouldn''t have been finished yet."


    "Got lucky," one of the creatures answered back with a smirk. "I think we have some unfinished


    business, demon."