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Chapter 45
“Are you really sure?” I asked again before Paul put the needle to my skin. There would be no going back after that.
Jaxson chuckled. “We are so sure, that if we didn’t set it as a graduation gift, we would have done it years ago.”
“Yeah and pissed off every warrior in the whole pack.” Bernard added.
I tried to stifle my laugh as to not mess up Paul. “I dunno if they could be. I mean, my father got rid of the elite status.”
“Yeah, but our markings still mean something. Outside of Greg, most won’t mess with us. The warriors are still jealous, but even if they had a chance, the elite status is given from within. Not even the Alpha chooses.”
Steph asked from the stool near the kitchen: “Why? Why doesn’t the Alpha choose the warriors?”
“So you don’t have situations like Greg.” It was Carl who answered her. “The Alpha isn’t alwa
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It wasn’t even a second that my new squad stepped in to shield me. Justin’s eyes went from shocked to livid. Surprisingly, Dante didn’t make an appearance.“Justin, relax.” Carl put his hand on Justin’s shoulder. “It was ours to offer, hers to accept.”“If anyone sees her with this! If her father sees her! Do you realize what danger you’ve put her in now?”Emmett growled and I whipped my head up to find him. He was stalking toward Justin and quickly maneuvered around Drake and Waylin, who had stepped closer to me, to grab him. Blocking his path to Justin, I put my arms around him.“Em, no. Leave it.”Looking up, it was Marrok, his wolf, who was forward now. He growled again, trying to push past me.“You stupid fuck. You mean what happens when that Alpha sees her. Did we ruin her for him? I fucking hope so! You’re supposed to protect her like we are! You
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Justin’s eyes slipped shut and he wove his fingers between mine.“J, look at me.”When he didn’t, I brought his hands up to my face and kissed his knuckles. His eyes opened, surprised. I smiled.“There we go. Much better.”“Sky, I…”I raised my eyebrow and he sighed.“Sorry. I shouldn’t have been upset I just…”“You were jealous.”He growled. “I wasn’t…”“You were. You were jealous that I kissed him.”I watched Justin swallow hard and nod slowly. “I was. I shouldn’t have been. I know you guys have been friends forever. I knew he…fuck…you already told me…”“Stop, Justin. There isn’t anything between us. It was a goodbye. You know that. I never reciprocated his feelings.”He tore his hands out of mine. “And me? Is
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My lips turned down. “How do I contact you? How long do I have to wait?”“Sky, you can’t. Not for a while. They will be watching me. Watching everyone. You know that.”“Em!”He shook his head. “No, Sky. You have to wait. At least a couple weeks.”Tears filled my eyes and I buried them in my knees. Goddess, this was going to be shit.‘I’ll be with you. If you get bored you can talk to me.’ Raine snickered.Snorting, I snuffled. ‘Great. Just great. Kick me when I’m down.’Her snickering turned into full blow cackling. Shaking my head, I looked up to see amusement in Emmett’s eyes.“Snarky comment from Raine?”“Yeah.”He reached out and pulled my knees down. “Work, Sky. Open up the shop. Try not to take on more than you can handle but we already have a foot in the door with t
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Stepping on the gas, she easily jumped to life and we tore down the road. My body wracked with sobs and I watched in the review mirror as Emmett stood in the middle of the road. It was hard to see through my tears and I finally had to wipe my eyes. As I did, I looked back in the mirror, but he was gone. Choking on my own breath, I screamed, beating my hand against the wheel as I continued to drive. I rocked in the seat, staring at the road but not really focusing on it. Inhaling, my breath shuttered and didn’t come out much better.It would take thirty minutes to get to the edge of the territory. Fifteen of those I spent fighting tears back and trying to get ahold of myself.‘Don’t worry Sky, this isn’t goodbye. Not forever. It’s…’‘Shut up, Raine. I know you’re trying to help but it’s not. It’s really not.’Raine stepped back a bit allowing me to just focus on one
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Lifting his limp body up onto my shoulder, I walked him to the tree line of the forest. There was a grouping of three trees that I softly set him down next to. My hand held his head as I leaned it against the bark of the tree. He looked peaceful now, his face slack as though he was asleep. I think the look on his face earlier would haunt me for a long time. I touched my forehead to his. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.” Tears pattered onto his partially ripped pants. It hurt so much more leaving him than I thought. I thought I would be able to leave easily without seeing everyone. Emmett was enough for my heart and soul to feel like it was breaking. Justin was too much. “Why? Why did you have to be here? Why couldn’t you just let me go?” I wiped some dirt from his cheek. ’Sky…’ ‘I…Raine…I can’t…’ She sighed. ‘We have to. We have to go. He needs to be here. Not just for Caleb but someone needs to protect Emmett while we aren’t here.’ I swallowed hard and cupped his cheeks. Pressing my l
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*** Ethan’s POV ***As soon as Peter got off the phone, the relaxed feeling in the room dissipated. Heath was now up and pacing in front of the fireplace and at some point Lenard joined him, them going in opposite directions. Sam was sitting next to me still, her eyes staring at her phone. Putting my hand on her shoulder, I squeezed gently.“You couldn’t have known.”This jolted her out of whatever thoughts she was lost in because her eyes snapped to mine. “I knew…I…”I shook my head. “No, you didn’t. You felt something was wrong. You didn’t know. You couldn’t have.”From the brief conversation over the phone, the Silver Mountain pack was on shutdown. No one was supposed to leave. Apparently, a magic-made dome disappeared around the pack. Peter said he questioned other Alphas about it but they didn’t know what it was. I had the feeling my mom might but that would be a conversation for when we got back. It didn’t have any bearing now.Peter said a bunch of Alphas were trying to leave a
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Peter was sitting in one of the large leather chairs that faced the couch I had originally been sitting on. Everyone has taken up their places and so I sat down on the couch. He looked up at me.“Good to see you guys. It’s been a while.”Lenard chortled. “Well, next time, maybe don’t make it so dramatic?”Peter smiled and nodded. “We’ll see. Honestly, I felt lucky just getting out of the damn pack. I’ve seen some angry Alphas before but Goddess…” He shook his head. “I’ve never really been afraid of Alpha Cross before. Yes, he rules his pack out of fear but it’s mostly the past things he’s done. Never current, not until now. Fuck. Even Valois told me to get the fuck out of there.”My eyes widened and I leaned in. “What happened?”Taking a deep breath, Peter leaned forward and rubbed his mouth with his hand. “It started out as a routine Alpha meeting. I met with a few other Alphas, managed to speak about some minor treaties and conveniences that would benefit us as allies. Everything se
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I rubbed my eyes and opened up the third Dr. Pepper can. This was the last stop for gas before we got back to the pack. Sam was sitting in the passenger seat on her phone, engrossed in it and her bag of Doritos. The gas pump clicked and I shook the handle a bit before putting it back. We pulled out and headed down the road.“You going to talk to Luna?”“About the magic, you mean?”Sam nodded her head. “She might know. It is from her old pack after all.”I hummed, tapping my fingers on the steering wheel. “Yeah, I will. I just need to figure out how. Mom’s been pretty cagey when it comes to talking about it. So, I’ll need to handle it delicately.”Going back to get phone, we took another two hours on the highway before turning off onto the main road. It was relatively quiet consider it was Sunday afternoon. We’d gone through most of the information, solidified our next steps as well a
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