—Eveline —
The return home was uneventful.
Or so until I couldn’t contain myself.
I’ve been trying so hard not to scream at the top of all the hills that I had found my mate. I was on a constant high. I needed a release, so I rushed home to find the girls.
— Eveline —“Allô, chérie!”“Allô, Laeticia. How are you doing today?”“Very well. Alpha Jean-Philippe is ready to receive you.”&
— Darren —I was sitting in my car, waiting, near a small airport strip, for a plane to land.I took my week off work so I could spend more time with Eva.The private airstrip had no indoor waiting area or anything like that. There was a small traffic tower, and a few plane hangars, and that was mostly it. It w
— Mishka —I was climbing the fire stairs up to my apartment. I don’t take elevators unless I want to be spotted. Which is never when I go back home.I was tired.This last job had been a mess.
— Kaden —We arrived on Monaweard’s territory around noon.David was waiting for us.“Glad you could make it early,” he said to me as I got out of the car. “There’s been another incursion a couple of hours ago, and two of the packs have missing people.”
— Darren —Our date night ended at the hospital. Kate got in a fender bender and broke her wrist, and wasn’t able to reach Kevin.He eventually rushed to the hospital once the cast was set—once everything got settle, and we moved homeward, it was already two in the morning.
— Mishka —“Your bed is here,” said John, pointing to a room the size of my closet with an uncomfortable-looking camping cot against one wall and a tall slim dresser next to it for only storage. One of the walls didn’t even have paint on it.I looked at the guy as if he was mocking me. For what I costed him, I would assume they have some cash at hand. So either this is extremely temporary, or they don’t have as
— Eveline —We were seated on rickety chairs around tiny tables in a crowded mezzanine of a bar. The place was not big, and nearly half the space was for giant vats of stainless steel where they made their own brews, protected by large expanses of glass, separating the bar section from the factory side.Darren was on my right on his own little rickety chair. On my left was a dark skinned Tyson. He had tight cropped black hair, a
— Ylva —This was my fifth scouting mission in the last two weeks and I really hoped this would be the right one. I’ve never really been blessed with patience, especially when we’re running in circles.This was an island near the coast. Small, isolated, and perfect for secret stuff, and villainous ventures.
— Eveline —Darren and I needed a little time to ourselves. We needed to re-energize ourselves. It hadn’t been long since the earthquake, then the attack on Ghealach. It was too much.We didn’t go anywhere fancy. No glitzy resort. It wasn’t the sun we needed but each other. Everyone let us have our space. Blakemore has a big territory, so we went to a waterfall one day, a lake the other, we would hike in the woo
— Kaden —“What is the status?” I asked Jaxx.“72% of location covered for information extraction, phase three nearly complete,” Jaxx told me.“Jayson?” I said a little louder.
— Ylva —We were flying back to Blakemore. The little twit in tow. Kaden had left his office to his sister and her mate and he was sitting calmly with his men, his head back, eyes closed. I knew he wasn’t sleeping.I received a text.“You had one of them tortured,” I
— Kaden —Once Eva has been secured. It took us around eight minutes to rush the fortress and take it. Vanargand was with us, and guided a team to where there could be survivors. He’d been good to his words.Before we went in, Rayner—who was the man who secured Eva in the woods—told me how Eva pleaded with him to return Mads’ body. I would have done it regardless, but still. It didn&rsq
— Darren —I was pacing for the thousandth time the length of the small room inside the cabin we set base in. Brandon was sitting in a corner trying to ignore me and focus on the comm system and occasional buzzing of voices.“Target acquired.” Was the only one that really got through to me.
— Eveline —“When are they—?” I started asking but Mishka raised his hand sharply, shutting me up, and swung around, putting himself at my back facing the other way.I turned and heard footsteps coming our way.Before I could see who it was, Mishka unsheathed a gun as long
— Mishka —“So?” Ethan asked me.Hellhound Girl and I entered the kitchen. Ethan, Amir, Karl and John were there. And so was what was left of the Alpha.He was not walking out of there. There was only one eye left and a slew of broken bones, some giving odd shape to his lim
— Kaden —We were in my office Darren, Stellan and I.It took me maybe three seconds for my brain to connect all the pieces.“Stellan. Call all the warriors, have then ready. I want the plane ready in fifteen, and contact established with someone at Ghaelach. Now.”
— Eveline —My body got shoved hard and I hit the floor in bone-shattering strength, and got dragged sideways in the blink of an eye.I was dazed. My head had hit the floor hard enough to see stars, my mind confused for a moment.“NO!” said Mads more firmly in a half-scream