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088 | ON THE MOVE
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Alpha Enzo 089 | NEW ARRIVAL
Scarlett’s POVIt was settling into dusk by the time we arrived at the camp. Having slept through most of the car ride, I had no idea if it was the same evening we’d been working towards yesterday, or if my resent burst of air magic had sent me to sleep for an entire day. I looked around blearily, fear gnawing at my gut. I had no idea where we were. Ryker smiled at me. “You’re awake. Good. We’re here.”I yawned. My whole body felt drained still. “How long was I asleep for?”“Hours and hours. I was a bit worried, actually. I stopped and checked on you a few times.”“You did?” My frozen heart warmed slightly. “Thank you.”“I’ve just got you back safe. I’m not going to, ah, what is it people say now?” He smiled wryly as he said, “Fumble the bag, as it were.”My brow tightened. “I’ve never heard that expression before.”“It’s quite human. I’ve spent a lot of time in human cities lately. I think we were missing out before, keeping ourselves separate. Maybe our wolven societies could use a
Alpha Enzo 090 | THE STONE
Enzo’s POV‘What the Hell do you think that means?’ I asked Marla through a mindlink as we sprinted home in our wolf forms. ‘He didn’t fly?’‘I’d say that bit is pretty self explanatory, Enz. He didn’t catch a flight.’‘Please, Marls, don’t be cute with me right now.’‘Sorry.’ She flicked me with her tail. ‘But I don’t know what it means. We’ll find out, though. Besides!’ Another flick. ‘Davin is back. You’ll find out more from him, I’m sure.’I gritted my teeth and nodded sharply. She was right. Knowing that didn’t mean that the knot in my chest loosened at all, though. It pulled taut as we wove through the woods. I was being pulled in two directions, desperate to find out what had happened to Davin and aching to follow the trail in the hopes it would lead me to Scarlett.I’d sent my subordinates to follow the trail, of course, but they hadn’t seemed convinced and I wasn’t sure they’d follow it to its end as I would. My whole mateship with Scarlett had been hard on my entire pack –
Alpha Enzo 091 | DREAM OF ME
Scarlett’s POVIt took me a long time to fall asleep, even though I was exhausted. Being stuck in that limbo between being awake and asleep reminded me vaguely of being in the coma, though the memories of that time were hazy and odd to me now. Had I been able to hear? Had I been stuck in my body, unmoving, as I was now?I sighed and rolled over. The hut I’d been given was nice enough, if a little basic – just four walls constructed of stacked logs, with no windows, a single stooped door, and a bare-bones dirt floor, covered by a thin, well-worn rug that had seen better days. I had a bed, a crooked old thing with a moth-eaten mattress, but it was comfortable enough and the duvet was warm. There was even a dresser with a candle on it. No, my surroundings weren’t the problem. I was.Eventually, though, my exhaustion pulled me under.My dreams were as turbulent as my waking life. I felt as though I was drowning in syrup, unable to breathe, unable to swim up or down or even turn my head. I
Alpha Enzo 092 | CASTELL CAERDYDD
Enzo’s POVI blinked, and Marla was gone.My eyes widened. My jaw dropped.She was – Gone.Just like that. Just like she’d stepped through a portal, only that was impossible, because she had just touched a stone. A random, innocuous stone. That shouldn’t happen. That shouldn’t be possible. There were portals between the four Wolven Realms, all official, all accounted for, and all broken since Alpha Ryker had used mine for his own nefarious purposes. Travel between the Realms hadn’t happened in months.But what other explanation was there?“Where is she?” I barked, grabbing Davin by the shoulders. “Where’s she gone?”To his credit, Davin didn’t point out that he’d told us not to touch it. He just stood tall and said, with only a slightly downwards tint to his eyes, “I’m afraid I don’t know.”I let go of his shoulders before I could shake him. Knotting my hands together, I took a big step back from the stone. I kept staring at it like it would reveal its true nature to me if only I loo
Alpha Enzo 093 | SHORT, QUICK, AND DEADLY
Scarlett’s POVNow that I was free, I felt more trapped than ever.I groaned as I got out of the bed. My knees ached and, sure enough, when I shucked off the duvet to inspect them, they were bruised. But how? I felt as though I’d been beaten up, but all I’d done was sleep.My eyes found the handcuffs. Had they played a part in that bizarre nightmare fest? A knock on the door startled me. It was hard enough to rattle it on its hinges.“Scarlett,” called Ryker. “Breakfast.”Icy fear sluiced down my spine. I didn’t want to go out there. I couldn’t face him. Not after last night…I shook myself and ran my fingers through my tangled hair. “Oh, and Scarlett?”Finding my voice was difficult but, after a pause, I managed to reply with a timid, “Yeah?”“I’ve got some clothes for you. Can I open the door?”I swallowed hard. “Sure. Yes, please. Thank you.”Why was this feeling so familiar? Fear and cowardice and shame tangled together in a barbed knot, writhing through my chest. Ryker’s hand
Alpha Enzo 094 | PORTAL MAGIC
Enzo’s POVI couldn’t find Marla anywhere. Eventually the guard came over, his ruddy face drawn, his crinkled eyes tired, and patted me on the shoulder. “I’ll bet she’s gone, my boy, and I couldn’t be more sorry for you. But she isn’t here. We’ve gone over every inch of the castle grounds, and there’s been neither hide nor hair of her. Other than my colleagues there’s not a soul in sight.”I sagged under his kind touch. “I know. You’re right. I just hate feeling like I’m giving up on her.”He squeezed my shoulder. “You aren’t. But there’s nothing else you or I can do for her right now. Get some rest, charge your phone, and see if she doesn’t show up come morning.”* * *I found a cheap hotel on the outskirts of the city centre. I borrowed some pounds from the kind guard, just enough to buy a phone charger, sat in McDonald’s to charge it, ignoring the bored looks of the staff and, when it was charged enough to turn back on, I got Davin to help me use my online banking. Once I had some
Alpha Enzo 095 | PRIESTLEY
Scarlett’s POVThe blood rushed from my face. Ice splintered through my whole body. He looked furious, full of burning vengeance; his cheeks had turned an unflattering shade of puce and his lips were pulled back from his teeth in an ugly snarl. Spittle slicked the corners of his mouth.What was I doing? I must have a shred of self-preservation somewhere, surely? Bu no, I’d thrown myself into the fire for Priestley, literally just because he’d smiled at me once or twice and been kind.And now Alpha Ryker was going to kill me. I mean, sure, he’d just saved me, but the look on his face blurred with last night’s dream, and suddenly I was convinced that my life was about to end. I didn’t know how I knew, but I knew that Ryker was capable of destroying me.He took a single, purposeful step towards me, dragging Priestley with him. Time itself seemed to slow down. I saw every flex of his muscles, every twitch of his eye, felt the thud of his foot reverberating through the earth and heard the
Alpha Enzo 096 | THE LAST THREADS
Enzo’s POVI sighed. I didn’t have the energy to fight him. He’d won. He would always win. “Of course you did,” I replied, sidling over to Bennett and eyeing him cautiously. He knew, of course, that I would do as such, and he leant towards me a fraction of a second before I could. Our noses brushed; I recoiled.“You’re going to ask why I’m here.” He arched an eyebrow at me. “And then a litany of more, very boring, questions. Fortunately for you, Strength, the time has come to answer them. But can we at least have this conversation somewhere more comfortable than this?” He wrinkled his nose at the cool stone walls and slate floors. “Somewhere less… grey?”“You’re quite clearly the one that chose this location, not me.” I dragged a hand through my hair and sighed again, pointedly this time. “You’ll really answer my questions?”“Scout’s honour.” He patted his chest.I groaned. “Fine. But we’re going somewhere that serves alcohol. And you’re paying.”* * *I felt much better after Bennet
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