Atomic Mage by Garrett Carter (short books for teens txt) 📕

"I assumed the ones that were being assaulted would find waiting to kill their attackers unmanageable. So we bring them here and explain the situation then set them free to get some well-earned revenge. You my pretty kitty are here to keep them from venting their rage on me."

"Is my Cade afraid of a few angry people?" Mina asked with a grin.

"No, I just don't want to have to subject them to any more strain than I need to. I think they have been through enough, don't you?"

Cade finished his reasoning by pulling each of the slaves he held into his mental space.

Appearing in staggered groups they took up the whole front yard until nearly one hundred of them stood frozen in front of Cade and Mina.

"Ready whenever you are my Cade," Mina said as she stood up ready to battle the group for her mate.

An aggrieved sigh escaped him before he released the group all at once.

Many stumbled as their mental bodies suddenly became their own once more.

Some of them lashed out in rage, instincts kicking in as they prepared to defend themselves.

Cade looked at Mina expectantly as the group began to devolve into a free for all, males fighting other males and quite a few females joining in the brawl.

His Dresk rolled her eyes before she stepped to the railing and roared at the fight group.

All eyes turned to her as he watched her back straighten, her commanding presence stilling the large group.

"My people pay attention, you have been freed from your captivity by my mate. Bow before him and be glad for his kindness that has kept you from being sold like livestock."

Mina's commanding voice cut through the general murmuring of the group, as he saw a few of them drop to their knees and do just as she had commanded.

The majority of them stood by with unhappy looks on their faces, a few of the male's faces held open hostility.

One exceptionally large specimen of jaguar man pushed his way through the crowd to leer at Mina and glare at Cade, his challenge clear.

"Quiet woman before I come up there and close your jabbering mouth for you. And you human who are you to command supplication from us?"

As the rude jaguar man finished he returned his leering gaze to Cade's mate, who had become still not even her long tail moving and inch.

Mina stiffly turned around to look at her mate, her expression so blank and emotionless that he was afraid to speak.

"Do you want to handle that mess over there my Dresk?" He asked cautiously, fearful that a wrong move would have the rage and righteous anger he felt through their link aimed his way.

"Yes please."

"He's all yours, my love, just don't make too big a mess," he answered, glad he wasn't going to be on the receiving end of the ass whooping Mina was about to dish out.

Cade watched his mate stiffly walk off the porch to stand in front of the idiot who had challenged him.

"Does your mate not know how to fight little one? Is that why you have come over to get a taste of a real man?"

As the clueless jaguar man laughed loudly at his taunting, Cade leaned back in his swing eager to see the man get his comeuppance.

The jaguar man's laughter was cut off a moment later as he squealed in pain.

His high-pitched squeal muffled a moment later as Mina stuffed his open mouth with his genitalia.

Cade and every other male in attendance hunched forward in an instinctive need to protect their twigs and berries.

He watched with a grimace as his mate lifted a clawed foot and used it to slice the man open from sternum to crotch.

As the village idiot went down to his knees Mina whipped around backhanding the now crying man sending him to the ground.

Cade wished he had a camera to take a picture of Mina's face as she walked back over to stand next to him.

A snort left him as he felt the intense feelings of smugness and joy pouring from his mental link with her.

"I'm almost sorry I can't kill him here," Mina said in a sweet tone as he allowed the jaguar man to heal and stand up.

"Maybe you will get the chance to remove him from the gene pool if he doesn't learn his lesson about powerful women wrapped in small packages," Cade said as he looked into the rage-filled eyes of the jaguar man, who had clearly not taken the lesson to heart.

"Ohh he didn't, he didn't. Hurry up my Cade so I can make him try something and make him eat his dick for real this time." She said as she clapped her hands and bounced in place like a child that had got exactly what they wanted for Christmas.

Rolling his eyes at her enthusiasm Cade addressed the crowd.

"Ok, I'm going to make this simple so we can get on our way so listen up. All of you are going to be released in a second, those of you who want to vent some anger do it only to the slavers. Those who are not interested collect all the supplies in the camp in front of the house on the river bank. Those that complete their revenge or whatnot will help collect supplies. My Mina will be your contact for that. She speaks with my voice so anyone who disrespects her disrespects me. Everything will be split evenly between all of us. If you wish