Chapter 333

“Colton, please…. It’s me… Lorey…. Your mate. Don’t.” I know begging is futile, but my body is too weak to try. My heart refuses to give up on him, and as he starts to choke the life out of me a little more, he holds me up to admire what he’s about to kill. My voice is all I have left, even while the claws constrict around my neck, closing my airways and disabling my breathing ability. I grasp at his fingers with both hands to try and hold him back and gasp when he tightens with a flex to show how easy this will be. There’s nothing behind those eyes, no life, no acknowledgment of who I am, and I pull everything in me to try and deflect one last time. Only managing a slight push of air at his face barely moves him. He seems amused by it, my feeble attempts, and drops me in a heap on the ground as though mocking me by delaying the urge to end me. My body falls, bashing rocks and sticks scattered across the ground as I slump into uselessness submission. I’ve never been so ashamed of mysel