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My breath hitched with every step, and fear grew with every sound I heard. Janelle glided along in absolute silence, and I desperately wished her magic was a little stronger. We made it right to the edge of the boundary when a human stepped forward. Janelle gasped, and I froze.
Elonso looked at her with surprise and then stared down at me. His radio swung at his hip.
Slowly, he pulled it up and brought it up to his mouth. “Section fifty-seven is clear,” he rumbled
before he turned and walked away.
What the fuck?
“Come on,” Janelle said in a shaky voice. “Morven can still get to us in the neutral territory. We need
to keep going.”
Just the barest hint of light was starting to peak over the horizon. At best, we only had a few hours
before someone saw that I was gone. At worst, someone had been monitoring the camera and
was already searching for us. Is that what Elonso had been doing?
Why the hell would he let me go?
I pushed myself forward, ignoring the desperate need to just lie down and sleep. We reached a
familiar stream when Janelle gasped again. A familiar figure leapt down from the rock.
“You know, I could have killed you,” Willa said in a hard voice.
Gritting my teeth, I forced my wolf back and let my still broken body come forward. “I’m glad you
didn’t.”
“What the hell were you thinking?” She tossed me a small duffel bag, and I knelt down painfully and opened it to pull out some clothes. “Shifting in the middle of an attack?”
“Y-You were part of the plan?” Janelle asked warily. “How? How could you possibly have pulled it
off?”
“I didn’t make the plan. I just knew that Willa arriving was too good to be true, and I knew that there
was no way in hell she would mate with anyone in front of the infirmary. That building was in every damn picture she shoved in my face. Not to mention, she’s brimming with power she didn’t have
before, and it’s not Troy’s power. If Morven took two seconds to use his thick head, he would have realized that Willa isn’t Troy’s mate. She’s his new gamma.”
“It almost didn’t work,” Willa snarled. “I nearly fucking killed you, Kiana.”
“I’ve tried to get to the infirmary before.” Wincing, I dressed in the jeans and overused sweatshirt.“
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Morven just brought the healers to me. I had to be on the cusp of death to get there.”
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When I was dressed, I flung the duffel back to Willa. “Is on-foot our best option? I was already slow
enough as a wolf.”
“I wasn’t even sure you’d make it as that. I had to call in reinforcements. They should be here any
minute. Did anyone see you leave?”
“Elonso.”
Willa’s eyes widened, but I shook my head. “He let us go. Apparently, he hates me enough to betray
Morven.”
“All right. We’ll worry about that later. What’s the witch doing here?”
“She made a deal with me. Help her escape, and she’d give up Morven’s secrets.”
“Sounds iffy, but we’ll also deal with that later. We didn’t count on anyone else during the transport. Speaking of…
I heard the engines in the distance. To my astonishment, three figures rode up in motorcycles. Willa grinned. “I figured speed over subtlety was a good idea.”
Finn.
Amelia.
Saul.
Goddess, I tried not to cry.
“Just in case I don’t actually make it, Willa, let me say now, thank you. I know this couldn’t have been easy.”
“Easier than you might think,” she said with a shrug. “And I fully intend to rub this rescue in your
face for a long ass time. Witch, you’re with Finn. Kiana, you’re with Amelia. And Saul, you’re gonna
have to enjoy my warm arms around you.”
“It’ll be a pleasure,” Saul said dryly.
We didn’t have time for small talk. As much as I wanted to hug each and every one of them, a
strange feeling for me, I slowly mounted behind Amelia and whimpered in relief that we weren’t going to have to walk anymore.
Then we were off. The path wasn’t exactly clear, but we got enough speed that I had to hold tight.
Closing my eyes, I prayed that we would make it.
Ten minutes later, we were out of the woods and on a small dirt road. Ahead, I could see the
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Amelia rode up first with Saul and Finn trailing behind her in a triangle. We didn’t pass another vehicle in sight. The noise of the motorcycles cut through the silence of the town, and I didn’t open my eyes again until we stopped in front of a motel.
Sleep. I desperately needed sleep.
Hands gripped around my waist, and I gasped and turned to fight before familiar eyes bore into mine as I was lifted and cradled gently.
Troy.
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