Chapter 108

Mia's POV

"No," Alpha Fenrir said quickly. "Not kill. Just incapacitate them,"

However, Martha didn't hear it. Before Alpha Fenrir was done speaking, she had already rushed into the tightening circle of corrupted.

Sighing, Mabel rushed in after her. And so did Alpha Fenrir almost immediately. Like his shadow, the two men that had been following him rushed in after him too.

That left Lycidas and I. We looked at each other. Lycidas smiled. I was fully expecting him to say something mocking about how I can't fight.

To my surprise, he didn't. He just smiled slightly, a sincere smile, and said,

"You can stay here. I will take care of any one that comes close —"

"No, thanks," the words fell out of my mouth before the stun set in. And then it did and my jaws fell open in shock.

Was Lycidas sick? That was the only explanation for his recent behaviours. Either that, or Hazel had somehow managed to swap him out with a very advanced corrupted that didn't know how distasteful Lycidas usuall