Hated By My Mate Series novel Chapter 40

---- Aurora's POV ----

He backed away staggering as he held his neck.

"You bitch!" He gurgled over the blood that came out of his mouth.

I watched in horror as he pulled the bone out of his neck and covered the wound again trying to contain all the blood that gushed out of it.

"I'm gonna kill you!!" He shouted as he launched forward and took a whole of my hair in a tight grip.

"Aaahg noo! Let me go!" I screamed as I pushed against his chest and struggled to get loose.

He punched me in the gut taking all the breath out of me. I bent over in pain, but he didn't stop there. He pulled me back by the strong grip he had on my hair making me face him. "I guess I'll send you back to your pack in pieces" He snarled as I watched his mouth elongate and he bared his fangs. "I'm gonna rip you apart! Then I'll take care of that pack of yours."

He made an attempt to bite me right in my neck, but I managed to pull away from his grip, earning the bite on my left shoulder.

"Rhea! I need you! Help me to transform!"

I called out to my inner wolf, but she was too weak. She barely managed to limp over, and I watched as she tried to direct her power to me, but she couldn't.

The best she managed to do was making my nails grow into claws, so I scratched Klaus in his right eye temporarily blinding him.

"Ahg! Fucking wench! I'm gonna tear you into fucking pieces!!" He growled as he staggered back.

I took the opportunity and made a dash to the door, but he took a hold of the arm he had bitten me on and rammed me against the wall behind him.

I closed my eyes as I groaned in pain but opened them in time to see him charging after me. I managed to dodge the impact throwing myself to the side.

When I looked back at the wall, I could see the huge crack that he had caused.

I looked up to see that he had semi transformed into his wolf.

He mouth had grown long into a snout. His legs were awkwardly bent and shaped like a dog's hind legs. His hands were like claws and his eyes... They shined a deadly red as he focused on me... his prey.

"I'm gonna kill you!!" He growled. His voice had become grave and even more threatening.

I staggered to get back up on my feet and held my injured shoulder as it kept bleeding. I guess the wolfsbane was still in my system because my wounds aren't healing quickly and if I'm not careful, one of his blows could be fatal.

I had to think of something and quick to kill him if I wanted to escape this.

I looked all around the room and spotted his silver dagger. It must have fallen from him when I attacked him.

If I manage to strike him, I gotta make sure that it's a fatal blow.

"Rhea. I know you're weak because of the wolfsbane. But I need you now more than ever. Please lend me your strength Rhea!" I called out to my wolf who looked paler than before laying where I left her last. It was as if she was dying.

He coughed up blood as he fell to his knees, and after fell flat on his stomach.

It was over... I killed him... I'm free...

"Rhea... Rhea we did it. I'm gonna get us out of here now and I'll help you recover." I told my wolf who laid there still, unresponsive.

I tried to walk over to the door, but I suddenly lost all my strength and fell to the ground.

I gripped my ribs as I coughed up blood. Breathing became difficult for me.

Each breath I took felt like I was under water. My lung was filling with fluids rapidly and it made breathing hard.

I was dying. I was gonna die here alone in this godforsaken dungeon.

I crawled over to the door but when I got there, I couldn't get it open. I had no more strength left in me.

"No... No, no, no!" I fought with myself to summon the last bit of strength I could to get out of there, but it was all gone. I was gonna die here.

Tears were streaming down my eyes once more.

"Rhea... Rhea, I'm sorry I couldn't save us..."