Chapter 21: We Will Meet Again

The lightning cracked in the background, hitting a distant tree. The loud rumble followed, waking Cassandra up with a shudder. 

Something was off, something was wrong. 

She crawled towards the window and tried to stare outside but found only darkness. The horses were neighing as if in panic and thunder was rolling in the sky. 

Her heart picked up its pace as the door of her carriage creaked open inch by inch. Cassandra's frightened eyes wandered towards the creaking door as a claw with bony fingers and pointed nails appeared. Before she could shriek she heard Siroos's voice. 

"Don't dare enter, she is MINE."

The most sinister laugh Cassandra had ever heard rang out as she saw a glowing red-eye before the door was slammed shut by Siroos, wedging himself between the furies and his mate. He had shifted from the stones at lightning pace and arrived near his mate's carriage.