Chapter 181-1
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“If we’d known all it would take was one panicked alpha searching for his mate to cull half the rogue population, we could have gotten the mountain back in order a long time ago,” London said, panting. Around him, three wolves lay dead.
“We need to keep moving,” I growled. “The longer we’re delayed, the fainter her scent grows.”
We were already at least a full day behind. I’d hoped Kiana’s pregnancy would slow her down some, make her sleep, but with Finn by her side, she was likely able to make up some ground. Elonso and Jenson had both tried to stop me from leaving. We needed to be guarding Lunessa.
Surprisingly, it was London who came to my aid. He pointed out that having the actual ternary out running around was even worse because she didn’t have a whole pack and a shit load of magic to
protect her. I knew it was guilt driving him. He would never forgive himself for bringing traitors
onto our land.
Even if they did have their reasons. London needed to run, and I was happy to have him by my side.
Only once had I managed to break the spell Kiana had woven around our bond. When it split, I was overcome with fear and pain. It was so overwhelming that once she stitched her spell back, I
hadn’t tried to break it again.
I’d made her feel like that, and I deserved to have it flooding me tenfold, but I couldn’t let anything stop me. When she was in my arms again, I would let her pain wash over while I begged for her
forgiveness.
I’d made her afraid of me. Afraid for her child. What kind of monster did that make me?
“You think the wolves are attacking us because we make good targets or because they’re under Claudine’s control?” London asked as he toed at the dead wolf.
“I don’t know, and I don’t care. Shift. I want to make up a few miles before the sun sets. I think she’s
traveling by night.”
“I just hope she doesn’t go through another damn river. My wolf hates being wet,” he muttered
before he shifted.
I shifted with him, and we ran. The sun was already low in the sky. Kiana would have been slower traveling during the day, but she started at night, and she would have wanted to put as much distance between as she could until she couldn’t move any further.
Distance from me.
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When we’d first scented her on that burnt out cabin, I’d nearly lost my shit right then and there. Simple traps had been set around the cabin, which didn’t make any sense. Did she need them with Finn there? And one of the dead wolves had been taken down by a flare gun. Why had she been fighting as a human?
Had Saul told her that shifting was bad for the baby? I should have been there for her exam. I should have known exactly which questions she’d asked and what Saul had said.
I was her fucking partner, and I’d frozen her out. Now I was losing her.
Finn’s pack bond was shielded just like Kiana’s, but what Kiana didn’t know was that her scent was stronger than ever. The scent of a pregnant female. Did she know that she was probably attracting every male rogue in the area? Did she know what they would do to her if they caught her?
The fear made me run even further until I stopped at a clearing. Her scent tracked all the way to the cabin in front of us. But the cabin wasn’t empty.
Next to me, London growled, and the man’s head popped up as he looked in the direction of the woods. He reached down and picked up a shotgun.
For fuck’s sake, where did he get that from?
“If you’re tracking the girl because she’s pregnant, you might as well turn back right now. She’s not
alone, and he’ll rip you to shreds for even looking at her. If you’re tracking her because you were told to, you’re going to have to get through me first.”
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