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attacked. His tiger was huge, and he knew it—being the Second of the Shifter Stratum , he had to be. With a burst of power, Zade lunged forward and took on the wolf.
    The jaguar, not wanting to be left out, jumped into the fray, and locked his jaw around the back of Zade’s neck, sinking his teeth in deeply. Shit, that was gonna leave a mark, he thought as he felt the blood trickle down his neck as he fought the wolf. With a swipe of his paw, he slashed the wolf's hind flank but not deep enough to hurt him.
    The wolf turned quickly and grabbed his back leg and held on, they were working together, trying to pull him apart. His tiger felt the anger rush through him and shook his whole body with force. The jaguar tore out a chunk of his neck and the wolf's teeth scrapped down his leg as he was thrown off.
    Zade turned quickly and attacked the wolf, who was already wounded, and clamped onto his neck, biting down hard. He heard bones break, and wanted to roar in victory when the wolf yelped loudly. He hung on to its neck, pushed with his front paws, and tore skin and hair from his back.
    The jaguar attacked and Zade moved at the right time, making the jaguar hit the wolf in the side with his claws, raking a bloody path. The wolf fell to the side panting while Zade turned his attention to the cat.
    When he heard the roar of his Alpha, Zade made a chuffing noise and then roared in response. Finally , he thought, knowing that Crispin had been busy. The lion jumped through the air and landed in front of the men who were getting ready to attack Zade, the non-shifters didn’t stand a chance this close to a lion shifter, they could not get enough room to throw a spell or use a sword—Crispin was on them as soon as he landed.
    The jaguar looked at him warily, before attacking again, what the hell had made this cat turn against their King, it didn’t make sense , as Zade tore through the cats hold and swiped his paws repeatedly at the jaguar, causing a huge amount of damage. Zade felt bad for a second, he knew this cat's family. His wife was one of the sweetest members of their Stratum. It was a shame, but Zade couldn’t think of that right now, he needed to get to his mate, and protect her.
    He watched the man who held Sasha, out of the corner of his eye, move closer to the edge of the garden where there were more men waiting for her to be handed off. Killian saw what was going on and began to fight around the edge, trying to make it to where Sasha was currently being taken.
    The tiger snapped at the jaguar, it was a warning—back down or die—but with a desperate look in his eye, the jaguar attacked and Zade killed him with the swipe of his paw, cutting his jugular. The jaguar dropped and Zade moved forward with only one intent—get to his mate.
    “Dion, hurry, we are going to miss the chance to get her,” the man yelled and Zade saw the creepy little man who Blake had been fighting. What did he want with his mate?
    “You idiot, you better not have damaged her too much, I told you she needed to be protected. She is going to be my vessel, birthing the next genius generation,” Dion snapped loudly and Zade roared.
    What the hell was the crazy asshole talking about? Birthing the next generation? Sasha was not pregnant. He would have scented it. It could only mean one thing, someone wanted to impregnate his mate—that would mean sex with his mate—which would mean he would have to kill someone. Kill Dion , he thought and ran for where the men were struggling to take Sasha away from him and Killian.
    Dion turned when he heard the roar and frowned, the look turned to horror when he saw the huge tiger running right at him. With a squeak, the chicken-shit turned and ran, calling over his shoulder for his men to move quickly.
    Refusing to allow that to happen, Zade ran faster, closing the distance between him and the man struggling with Sasha over his shoulder. Killian broke free of the man he was fighting at the same time.
    Zade