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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Five
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“Is it twenty-four hours yet?” I asked Axel."There is still twenty hours to go” Axel answered, and I groaned.“Hey... what about now?”“It is still twenty hours to go, maybe minus twenty seconds. Riley, you have to calm down.”“Calm down? How do you expect me to calm down?” I asked, frustrated at everything. “You know what? I’m sorry... I know I could get very irritating, but these four hours feel like a whole day already.”“Maybe because we are practically sitting down and waiting for twenty-four hours to pass by.”“You have any ideas to pass time?”“Have you ever used a gun before?”“That’s a random question. No, I just held it a few times.”“Well then this would be fun... put on some pants, we got to go” he says."Well, my clothes are back in Thane’s room, and I am not going back there.”“I could find something that is a bit smaller for me,” he says, staring me up and down. “You are really small.”I glared at him, sticking my tongue out childishly. “Maybe you are just too big." He
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Axel held my hands, guiding me, and this time when I took a shot, it landed right on its chest.“You’re dead stupid wood,” I said with a wide smile.“Your hands are steady; you can make the shot,” Axel says, and I swallow. I was going to do this on my own. “Picture someone you dislike... a lot,” Axel says.And so many images pass through my mind, Beatrix. But then I thought of someone I would hate even more. Barley, I hadn’t realized how much I disliked her. I hated her so much I was determined to get it right this time."Okay, I got it.”“Then fire,” Axel says, and I do just that, even without a single hesitation; it lands on the eyes of the mannequin, but I don’t stop there; I keep on shooting till the gun runs out of bullets. I tossed it to the floor.“Now I want to know who the person you pictured is,” Axel muttered to himself, amazed.“I hate elder Bailey a lot,” I admitted. “I think we could move on to archery now." "Yes, we can,” Axel says. He took the bow which hung on the wa
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I was alone in Axel's room; there had been an emergency and Axel had to go. He did tell me he would be back soon, but it had been five hours already.Screw it.I took the envelope and walked out, heading to the room I had shared with Thane.I stopped before the door; maybe I should have waited for Axel's return before leaving, but it was too late to turn back now.I pushed the door open and walked in."Thane, we need to talk!" I called out; I knew someone was in the room, and just then I spotted Bailey seated on the couch, wrapped in a robe... Thane's robe.I swallowed."Elder Bailey, what are you doing here?" I asked, and my voice sounded shaky even to my own ears. She took a drag from the cigarettes she held."What does it look like?" She asks with a shrug; there was no smirk on her face, but I could see the victory in her eyes.I couldn't believe it. I suddenly felt suffocated; I couldn't breathe.How could he?That was the question I asked myself over and over again."Don't be ha
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There was a knock on our door, and for some reasons I couldn’t explain, I knew who it was.Thane."I don't want to see him, Axel."Axel nodded before heading for the door."Alpha... I am not sure she wants to see you right now.""Axel, let me in. I need to speak to her.""I'm sorry, I can't. I might be your friend, but I would say it to you when you act like a jerk. Just stop hurting her already; make your decision and stand on it," Axel said, and though I couldn't see them, I felt the tension in the air even from here."You know I had to." He says "Not in the same room you share with her, that is disrespectful... Alpha.""You are right. Could you let me make adjustments at least?" Thane asks, and I knew he didn't exactly need Axel's permission to walk in, but still he waited.Finally, Axel let him in, and I couldn't blame him; Thane was his Alpha."Riley, can we talk?" Thane says to me, but I couldn't even look him in the eyes. I don't bother responding. He walks to me, standing rig
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"The wind ‘hazard’ left thirty injured, five of them in severe conditions, but no lives were lost. The healers have their hands full," Axel reported back to Thane."What exactly caused a wind that strong, it was not at all natural," Thane wondered aloud."Were you thinking an elemental did this?" Axel questioned."Something close. Elementals had long gone extinct, of course, except one.""The elders" A female voice suggested, and of course it was Bailey approaching, joining in on the conversation ."You think the elders did this?" Axel questioned."Not just any elder... Nyaos did this; he was an elemental.""That should be the one elder who escaped," Thane added. His mask was back on, but I knew more than anything that he was furious; he hated anything that came against his pack."He was sending a warning..." Bailey began, but Axel cut her off."More like a threat.""I would end what I began," Thane declares."No, is too dangerous." Bailey says"For me?" Thane asked with a hint of amu
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"Are you okay?" Thane asks"Why are you here?" I questioned randomly."You kept on screaming out my name and crying; Axel had to call my attention.""I'm so sorry I woke you up.""Riley, that is the least of my worries. What was the dream about?""It was about you and these elders... you were being stripped of your wolf with the cursed weapon, and then he said he was coming for me next. It was so scary.""I am fine, Riley.""You don't understand; it felt so real. Promise me that you will keep me out of danger," I pleaded."I would try," he says, and I knew he was only saying that to keep me calm, but still I took the false reassurance.Now that I was back to my senses, I felt so embarrassed, I wondered how Axel would feel being woken up by the weirdo who cries in her sleep."Oh gosh, I'm so sorry, where is Axel?""He went to call for a healer.""I'm fine!" I said, eyes wide. That would be very embarrassing if he did call the healer. "I can see that now, and he would be back soon. You
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“I am surprised,” Axel says to me when he finds me still in his room.“What?”“From Thane’s emotions, I didn’t think you would still be here, I’d have thought you were back in his room being... banged.”I gasped. "Axel!” I call out, reddening.“He usually has no restraints, but I guess he is indeed trying,” Axel went on with a wide smile.Something piqued my curiosity.“So Thane was like... turned on?” I asked, trying to hide my smile and failing.“Yeah, I guess you did play him.”"I did,” I admitted, “and I enjoyed every bit of it.”“Tsk. That was a dangerous thing to do. He would be back.”“He would be back for me?”“You keep repeating what I’ve already said.” Axel’s say, clearly enjoying this more than he should.“He won’t get me, I would be here in your room; he wouldn’t get to me in here, right?”Axel’s smile wasn’t very innocent. “And who is going to stop him?”“I thought you were on my side.”“He is my Alpha; there is only little I can do and you started it.”“So... what do I d
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I had been on my way back to Axel’s room when I suddenly felt firm hands clamped around my mouth, restraining me from screaming.“Got you,” Thane whispered into my ears.The shiver had nothing to do with the cold.He led me into the closest room that turned out to be ‘unoccupied’. This was, of course, planned by him.Finally, he let me go.“What are you doing?” I asked, planning to act clueless. I was panicking in here.“What does it look like?” he asks, and I could see his fangs; the glow of his eyes seems too otherworldly to be natural.“It looks like you are kidnapping me; would you let me go?” I asked."Well, the door is right there.”“So you would actually let me go?” I questioned, not really trusting his words.“Only if you could get there faster than me,” he says.Maybe I could do that if I caught him unaware. I zipped off, heading for the door. I was so close, and just then, Thane who had been leaning against the wall a good distance behind me, was right before the door and me
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