Chapter 36

Scarlett’s POV

I didn’t know where my wolf was headed, running at full speed in the woods. She whimpered in the dark, her heart heavy just like mine. Our mate had drilled a hole in our hearts the words he had uttered back at the cabin speared across my chest. I could feel her pain, and confusion and so could I feel the anger my other side possessed.

I had shifted into my wolf the moment something wicked had gripped my senses. I couldn’t let my warlock side take over, I was still unstable and unaware of what my powers could do under stress. Jaxon’s accusations still sounded loudly in my mind. After all we had shared, the connection I had felt when his fangs sank into me. The man had practically thrown all of that out of the door just because he couldn’t stand me marking him.

My wolf came to a clearing, stopping to catch a breath as she observed a one-story house at the very end. There was no sign of anyone in there, but something pulled us towards it. A safety that