Dolly gasped as the hot bullet penetrated her chest area. She felt herself falling and her eyes closing. But she fought the unconsciousness. She pried her eyes open, gasping for breath despite the blinding pain. She had never been shot before. Was this bullet silver? It hurt. It hurt so much. Dolly began to cry but she crawled to the other side.‘Help,’ she managed to mindlink to anyone whose connection was open. She was dying. Bleeding through the dress she knew Terry absolutely loved.‘Please help me,’ she cried and her eyes shut down.***“Still no sign of Shem?” Wayne asked in a hallway where he and Crusoe ran into Jake and Terry.“No sign of him. No guards have seen him or the lady. And he's not amongst the guests leaving either,” Jake reported. Wayne took a deep breath and placed his fingers over his forehead. He breathing deeply to calm himself.“Maybe...maybe this is just a prank. It's Shem we're talking about here. He's silly and—”“No, Terry. I feel this. This is real. Where
Vanessa gulped and rubbed her arms as the dreadful chill crept over her. Her brother's eyes turned to a furious red and his hair began to swirl as if they had life again.As much as she acted carefree and mocked her brother even to his face, she was like every other person. Scared to death of the Big Bad Alpha. She knew what her brother could do. Had even seen what her brother could do. And the chicken headed part of her was frightened to death of that side of him.“Alpha...Alpha Knight,” she called and took steps backwards on the floor that had turned to ice. Her wolf wanted to scamper away from her brother's rage.Alpha Knight let out a guttural laugh.“I should come with who?” He asked in a growl, his voice three times deeper than it used to be and his voice was always so deep on a normal day.“I will not be repeating myself. Expect my call in one hour. Either you're ready to meet me with your mate then, or I'll deliver your brother's body in two hours.”The line went dead and Alph
Mufasa gently stroke his short white beard.“Interesting,” he mumbled then scribbled away in his book.“Alpha,” Jericho called to Wayne, begging him to not do anything rashly. This situation would spiral into something else if not treaded well with wisdom.“I'm not taking her, Jericho. I'm not taking Olive to them,” Wayne declared with his teeth bared. Jericho flinched.“Yikes, Alpha. I'm not asking you to. Don't put that rage out on me,” he stated and frowned.Mufasa chuckled while Wayne exhaled and looked at his mate. Olive was still dazed. And scared. Things were going in the wrong direction. How in the world did they get to Shem of all people?“I sensed dark energy in the hall and knew when I saw that lady that it was coming from her. So I asked the guys to keep an eye on her,” Wayne answered her thoughts. Olive furrowed her brows.“What...lady?” she asked.“The one with the talkative mother.”Olive gasped.“What? She? She had the dark energy?”Wayne nodded.“I noticed how she was
“No, she is not doing that. We do not have time,” Wayne protested. Olive sat clueless of whatever they were saying.“What is it?” she asked. Mufasa walked towards them.“I have a potion that could eject your powers if it's truly in you and ready to come out. But it could be very painful and hot... Since it's fire you wield.”“How long would it take?” Olive inquired.“Olive. No. You're not taking that damn thing. You're not going with me to get Shem either. Just stay here where you're safe.”Olive glared at her mate and was about retorting at him that she would not sit down like a liability when a loud bang shook the dungeon.“What was that?” Jericho asked. The bang came again and distant shouts were heard.“It's from aboveground,” Wayne stated and stood alert.More shouts came, more rumbling, more vibrations.All faces of the men turned deathly.“Mufasa, get that potion for Olive and stay with her as she takes it. Jake, call the attention of the other Alphas and members of the Inner C
The air around the dungeon tightened and everyone knew the men who stepped in were not game players.“Wayne,” Olive called.“Come here,” he beckoned on her. She tore through the distance between them and ran into his arms. A groan was heard behind them and gasps echoed around.“Damn, what sort of fire is this? Ugh!” President Kim groaned and tried to extinguish the fire latched unto his expensive suit.“There's a dragon here?” Prince Dakar asked with a raised eyebrow. Alpha Knight turned immediately and placed his hand over President Kim's arm. His shoulder had a thick orange flame licking away his suit and palm as he tried to extinguish it. Ice crept up to his shoulder from where Alpha Knight touched him and swallowed the little fire, freezing then melting away to reveal burnt suit and flesh within.“Let me...” Olive offered and brought over her hand. His face which was hard with unspoken pain relaxed. He was healed.“Are you sure you both haven't sealed your matehood? Damn, the enti
The Alphas waiting by the road jerked in surprise and alertness at the sudden change of climate. It began with a slow rumble of thunder in the sky, then the temperature dropped really low in one instant. An angry rod of white, fiery lightening struck the forest somewhere and a tree fell violently. Then the snow began falling rapidly like the gates withholding them in the sky was beginning to open.The most frightening of all was the sudden burst of flaming heat like a detonated bomb which emerged from the forest, falling trees as it flung out and putting incessant flame on whatever was in its way.“Goddammit!” one of the Alphas screamed as the force threw them several feet away. The van rocked on its wheels but luckily, it didn't get knocked off. However, the side that met the impact was visibly dented.“Someone go tell those two to stop whatever it is they're doing before they destroy their entire pack!” one of the Alphas yelled from where he was crouched down.“Yeah someone go! But
Cynthia prowled angrily and restlessly in the small room of the makeshift tent. An hour had long passed, and the call she put across was not going through. Was the life of the second Alpha of the pack not important? Was he not the BBA's brother?Except... Except if the BBA wanted him dead so no one could contend his position with him. If the BBA died, this young man would be the next Alpha automatically.Could it be they have a rivalry between them and she, Cynthia, was helping to eliminate one of them?“No. That's foolish. He was a part of the BBA's men when I was with him and they didn't seem like they had any tension between them,” she answered her inner thoughts.Shem groaned and moved his neck. He was tied to a chair, unconscious as he was. He was regaining consciousness and Cynthia did not want that.He opened his eyes, his vision blurry and thin.“What's...”“Sleep,” Cynthia ordered darkly. Shem shook his head violently, as if trying to refuse the order. But slowly, the sleep c
“Do you like my mark? Do you still wish it was yours?”Cynthia huffed and looked raggedly at the Alpha.Olive hurried over to Shem and touched him to make sure he was okay. His skin was cold and clammy, and he was deeply unconscious. What had these guys done to him?She willed herself to fix whatever was wrong in his system and a second later, his eyes opened with a gasp. Jonas gripped his riffle cautiously.“Damn, I can breathe fresh air again. That entire tent smells like a rotting bo-dy. Especially that fisheye girl. God forbid,” he blurted out and spat on the ground.“Yep, that's my Shem,” Olive exclaimed and patted him on the shoulder. He looked up in surprise but before he could say a word to Olive, Jonas began to wheel him away.Alpha Knight exhaled, the first sound he had made since they arrived.“Big brother! You came for me,” Shem exclaimed and smiled so brightly at his brother. Alpha Knight scoffed.Jonas untied him and Shem sprang up, kicking the air to flex his muscles.“