This was the last straw for Michael, who immediately got on the phone with his men. He was already shouting into the device by the time I came to, and at first the significance of his conversation didn’t register until I caught its very tail end: They had lost Madeline’s trail.The surge of panic t
Hector’s POVXavier and I were silent as he followed after the cab, keeping a healthy distance between us and them so they wouldn’t know that they were being followed.This wasn’t a hard thing to do, especially in the busy streets of New York, but he kept at it anyway, and as we followed I felt the
The cloud of alcohol around him was thick, cloying almost, and as soon as it hit me I felt an indescribable rage flow through me.My mate was being tortured by his leader on the grounds of some ill-founded experiment; meanwhile, the snivelling, pathetic human in front of me was out having the time o
Eventually, Xavier turned to face me. He spoke as though Nathan were not in the room with us.“He fears Madeline more than he fears us,” the young Alpha-to-be observed, “That is a problem we’ll need to take care of.”I interpreted that as being an invitation to step in, and had even taken a step for
Layla’s POVI was a bloody mess—Madeline and her goons had seen to that, at least.This was a fleeting thought, one I was only able to entertain in one of the rare respites that followed as I listened to the leader of the surgeons debate on what course of action to take next with me. His orderlies
This seemed to throw him off a loop, because he blinked, and his steps stalled somewhat for a split second before he resumed walking until he took his place beside Madeline.He was taller than her by at least an entire foot, but this barely seemed to register on the older woman who snaked her arms a
“You should hope not,” I muttered through my heavy breathing. “Because if I make it out of here, I swear that you’ll be just as dead as your rogue-mad disappointment of a sister, who I killed when—”The rest of my words ended in a sharp scream as Jasper raised the plier high above his head before se
Layla’s POVNo one raised an alarm. In fact, in the first few moments after stepping into the room and leaving the door wide open behind him, I was the only one to note the old man’s entry, and I ignored Madeline, squinting over her shoulder so I would get a good look at the new visitor. He’d ente