Chapter 47

Jaden

It was one of those moments where everything went by in slow motion but in the blink of an eye. By the time I had dropped Gemma off at the underground hospital and rushed back to help Hunter, the arachne was already down, its massive, hairy legs twitching in defeat, and Pax had lifted Felicity out of the arena. She was conscious and screaming, her voice raw and piercing. The look she gave me—a mix of terror, betrayal, and pain—was one I wouldn’t forget in a hurry.

Then, after the pack doctor came down and allowed us to give the three girls some meds to help stabilise them, they were brought to the pack hospital. The antiseptic smell of the hospital filled my nostrils, and the sound of beeping monitors created a constant, unnerving backdrop. One of the pack guards let me know Aurora and Kara had arrived with their mates, and Gabriel had been sent in to check on them. I had notified both Gemma and Stacey’s parents that there had been an incident and that their daughters were curre