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THE ALPHA'S CAPTIVE CHAPTER 74
Neither of them reacts for the longest second in history. Because I can't believe what just came out of my lips, my face has turned crimson red. I'm about to apologize when Jade and Dan break out in a roaring laugh."Well, angel," Jade says with a grin. "If you'd like a repeat, I'm game when you are."A repetition.A repetition would signal that I was staying. And if Darius finds me here...Simon's ripped throat rushes across my memory as his blood paints the hospital parking lot red. Jade's body may be at my feet. Or perhaps Dan's.My enjoyment has died. "He will kill you if he finds me here," I say quietly. "Don't think I'm not grateful you followed me. I am, but you have no idea what he is capable of. "I should go."Jade's smile doesn't waver, and when I return my attention to Dan, his face is unconcerned."Your job, Amanda," Dan adds softly, "is to heal." That's all there is to it.""I'm supposed to sit in this room and heal while Darius kills you?" My tone is tense due to a threa
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Jade leans in and grabs my hips with both hands. My heart is pounding against my chest so strongly that it aches. He and I both freeze. He stares at me for a long time, his gaze fixed on mine. "Angel?"I force my heart rate to return to normal. It's depressing how long it takes. I'm aware that Dan is watching me, possibly with the same amount of concern that Jade is.It's all right, it's just Jade. He will not harm you. There's no reason to panic simply because he moved a bit quicker than you expected.I nod after a long time. "I'm okay."He slowly raises me and places me on his lap. He takes the fork after settling me in. Dan walks around him, scooping up some of the buttery-looking scrambled eggs.I sigh as he presses it to my lips. "You don't have to continue feeding me. "My hands are no longer in pain."At least not enough to warrant noting.Jade's expression remains unchanged. "Open.""You're doing way too much for me," I complain."Open that pretty little mouth, angel." Jade's v
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Without saying anything further, he takes the cup off the counter, declines Dan's offer of breakfast, and walks to the kitchen door.He's almost there when I recall how much he wanted me gone. Jade and Dan were eager to assist me, but Finn insisted on my departure. He'd never let me remain if he realized how deadly Darius was."He's going to come after you," I declare.Finn comes to a standstill and tilts his head towards me, flashing me another emerald-green glare."Let him come."Is this still a dream since nothing feels real?"I thought you wanted me gone," I said.Silence.Suddenly, I see I'm not the only one holding their breath for Finn's response."I did," he admits.He then walks away.That'sit? Is that all he has to say?I cast a glance at his fast-vanishing back. "Did you say something to him, Dan?" I inquire, my attention riveted on the vacant doorway. "Because you shouldn't—""Nope. "That was Finn admitting he was wrong," snorts Jade. "The alpha way."A fork appears in my
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She slept through the night for the first time since we brought her home.It didn't seem to matter that she'd slept for the majority of the day after Jade had brought her into his bedroom. We didn't hear her scream or moan in pain, and the nightmares that had disturbed her every night had stopped. I don't think they're gone for good, but at least she had a nice night's sleep.She never mentioned her nightmares, which were presumably a big reason she slept so little in her room. According to Jade's choice yesterday morning, he'd chosen to do something about it.I run my fingers through my hair. "But you didn't need to do it like that."He looks up from his laptop and gives me a long stare. "How should I have done it, Dan?" "Oh, you poor sweet thing?" I stroked her hair back from her face."Jade."He shakes his head and returns his gaze to his laptop monitor. "She was about to snap." It's better that someone shoved her and we were there to catch her than that it happened while she was a
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I don't believe I'd mind becoming a shifter at moments like these. I'd have known where she was in the home and whether she was asleep or awake the moment I awoke. But then I recall Finn's years-long fight with his wolf and quickly dismiss the idea. That is not something I want to be a part of.I'm lying there, unsure what to do, when a gentle, feminine gasp yanks me off the bed.The hallway lights are turned off. What if Amanda tripped on her way down the stairs to get some water...?My feet are silent as I bolt from my bedroom, dash down the hall, and jolt to a halt.Because I was correct.Amanda had collapsed.She had to have done something for Finn to be holding her like that.I haven't seen Finn put his hands on a lady in three years. Nica. With all the blood pouring around her, she wouldn't have felt that last touch. But she was the last to arrive. Until now, that is.I feel as if I've walked into a photograph. Finn's hands grasp Amanda's upper arms. Her naked feet dangle behind
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Seeing the garden is suddenly the last thing on my mind. Crawling back into Jade's lap and having him feed me seemed to be a lot more enjoyable way to spend the morning. He appears to understand what I'm thinking based on the curvature of his lips.But, with Sam presumably staring at me and Jade and wondering what happened, I push myself to resist temptation.I anticipated him to treat me differently after I broke down and wept myself to sleep. I expected to treat him differently because he was the one who compelled me to speak. But he wasn't attempting to harm me. I'm not sure how I know it, but I do, and it feels weird to be furious at him when I've slept better in the previous few nights than I have since I woke up in the hospital."Finn is wandering around out there," Dan says as I move over to Sam, who is waiting for me at the doorway. "So it's safe."I turn to face him and grin. "Thanks, Dan."He returns my grin, and as usual, it makes me want to trust him.I'm still not sure wh
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I come to a standstill and then wonder why I'm stopping at all. "What did you not mean?" Because there are a couple of things you've said that I hope I could forget."I lock my eyes shut and fold my arms across my chest, biting my bottom lip in the hope that it would be enough to quiet any more remarks I should keep to myself.Why are you provoking a shifter that has previously attempted to murder you twice?"You're right," he acknowledges.If this is how an alpha's apology looks, it's deficient. Significantly deficient.Anger eats at my ankles, causing me to turn when I know the last thing I should do is face this alpha who wears costly fitted shirts, conceals his emotions behind a mask, and bears too much likeness toDarius for me to want to spend even a second with him.I fold my arms and push them against my chest like a shield, meeting his vivid green glare. He stands with his hands in his pockets, staring at me with those brilliantly bright eyes. "It's not what you said that irr
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"You still haven't told me what that is," Jade said earlier in the Cerberus. "Jade said..." I come to a halt because my mouth is too dry, so I swallow while I search for words that have chosen to forsake me.Dan waits with the same patient expression on his face.Then I realize what I'm up to. Or not doing anything.I'm sitting cross-legged on Dan's bed, wearing Jade's shirt, settling into a house that isn't mine and a life that can't be mine.Darius is likely to burst through the front door soon. He'll be bringing his pack with him. They'll rip Jade, Dan, and Finn apart, and he'll take me back.What exactly are you doing, Amanda? Why are you acting as if the threat has passed?I scoot to the edge of the bed, unwrap my legs, and set one foot on the floor, ready to rise. Dan arrives before I can, one moist hand clutching my right forearm as he lifts me to my feet.He refuses to let me go. "What do you want, Amanda?"I want to block my eyes, ears, and thoughts from anything awful for a
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"They're far too violent for you," he explained. "Bed. "Let's go, squirt." He'd discovered me after I'd snuck down the stairs to peer through the bannisters at the TV."But the men take too long to fall down and sometimes they grab the wrong place on their front, so they can't be dead." I let out a sigh.As he carried me back up to bed, he chuckled. "Waiting too long to fall, huh?" How long have you been looking?"I denied ever seeing anything. He snorted at my obvious deception, kissed the top of my head, put me into bed, and then told me a tale."You sound like you might be smiling, angel," Jade adds, restoring my attention to the present."Well, I'm not," I tell myself. "You're just hearing things."He sighs once more, brings me in closer, and inhales. "Fuck, angel, I thought we'd lost you today."They should have discovered my body in the attic.Darius lost his cool over little matters such as the white wine at dinner not being cold enough. He'd lash out at one of his packmates fo
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If this surgeon is still sniffing about Amanda once Dan is better, it will be the last thing he does."You're quiet," Finn remarks as we come to a halt in front of the vending machine, releasing my arm."Please tell me you're not working out how to kill the doctor and get away with it."I cast a casual glance at the machine. I'm not interested in crappy coffee or tea. My eyes widen when I see peppermint tea.Amanda could use one of them. Also, sleep. She appeared weary, with black bags under her eyes. Still lovely, but ready to go."I'm thinking," I say quietly.The second Amanda turns her back, she plans on tearing the good surgeon apart.Finn rummages in his pocket with his hand. "I repeat myself. Please don't tell me you're plotting the doctor's demise."I cast a peek across at him. He must have just realised that the only things we stopped to get before following the ambulance to the hospital were his clothing and vehicle keys. We weren't planning on getting cash for the vending m
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I examine him again, unsure if I should believe that smile—or him. "That you were a decent guy in spite of it."He laughs from the bottom of his heart, throwing his head back. All unaffected and... genuine. It makes me want to laugh along with him just to see how it feels. "I will most definitely need to have words with Olivia."I cock my head, forgetting about the desire to scream for Jade to return. "Words? Is that a polite way of saying—""No euphemism." He wriggles his fingers again as if requesting permission.After a little moment, I nod once, and he takes a step forward.He's so near that the tip of my nose brushes against his chest as my knees kiss his thighs. I can't help but inhale his aroma.He smells better than I'd imagine a surgeon to smell just after surgery. Clean, with a woodsy note that might nearly be cologne."While one or two doctors in this hospital have married nurses, I have no plans for the lovely Olivia," he adds as he begins his inspection.How on earth did
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"Despite its miraculous abilities, the heart is a delicate thing." There's a reason we have ribs to defend ourselves." He lowers his voice and frowns. "I know what injured your guy and brought him here. He was fortunate to have survived."Most individuals would not survive a wolf attack, in my opinion.Harley pauses for a beat as if waiting for an explanation. Nobody offers one.When he doesn't receive one, he keeps going. "With all of the damage we discovered in surgery, his recovery will be a long process, and there will be complications." I'm here to go over some of the upcoming events in the following days, weeks, and months."My fingers tighten in Jade's sweatpants as all my anxiety returns. "Months?""His heart stopped on the operating table, Jane." He stops and looks at her. "Twice."My mouth is parched. "However, you were able to save him?"Harley gives a single nod. "We have a great team in this hospital.""What complications can we anticipate?" Jade asks, less hostilely than
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"Dan had died. Exactly like me. "I think the door hit us." I blink, and I'm back in the attic, watching Dan scramble for the rifle as a wolf rushes at him. "I thought I was going to watch Darius rip out his throat like—" I swallow my words.Nathan did the same thing to Simon Trevor.Simon was one of those rare treasures that a girl couldn't believe existed. A truly kind person. Someone who refused to assist me because he desired something in return. But he did it because he could. He did exactly that. And he paid with his life.I try again, clearing my throat. "I believe he wanted to make Dan suffer as much as he wanted to make me suffer." He cut Dan's breast open before leaping out the upstairs window."But not before he murmured the eight words into my ear that will haunt me for the rest of my life."You belong to no one but me, Amanda."Finn gives a blink. "He didn't take you."My head shakes. "Like I said, he likes to punish people."Finn cocks his head, his gaze narrowing. "You k
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We tripped over each other to follow as they rushed him out of the attic, the house, and finally into a flashing ambulance waiting outside.“Sorry, no room,” they said when we moved to follow.None of us dared argue. Not when Dan’s heart could stop again any second.So we let the bland-faced EMTs who’d shocked Dan’s heart into beating call out a hasty direction for the hospital, slam the door shut, and then they were just…gone.A hand closes high on my right arm.I startle, whipping my head that way."Angel?” Jade’s gray eyes search my face as I search his.Dan once said he looked like a brawler, and he does. I study him, taking my time. Shaved dark hair. Intent gray eyes which dare you to look away first. A nose with a tiny bump on the slope from a break that didn’t heal right. His raw strength makes me feel stronger in a way that shouldn’t make sense, yet it does.“He’s a fighter. Like you. Like all of us. He will survive this.”I wish I could believe you.“Darius is a killer.” I an
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On my left, there is some movement.With a snarl, I spin around, swiping my claw at a wolf with a piercing blue gaze who hisses in agony and bounds back, the copper tang of his blood strong in the air.Behind.I'm not sure if that was my warning or my wolf's.It makes no difference.We've already whirled around to confront the danger.The door behind me means I'm not in danger of injuring anybody who matters anything to me, so I stop battling my wolf the way I've been doing for years and start fighting with him.And our adversaries perish one by one beneath our jaws and claws.It makes no difference that others are rushing into the room, assaulting in pairs, one at a moment.It makes no difference if they pierce my flesh with their fangs or cut open my back with their claws.All that matters is that they perish.The floor is slippery with my adversary's and my own blood, but the pain is a distant second—or is it third?—to the wrath erupting within me.Then it's only me, my breathing r
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"What makes breathing so important?" I inquire, disregarding the aching in my left arm. It's only been a minute, yet I'm already trying to stay up."You could have lined up the most perfect shot in the world, but what if you get excited and your breathing changes?"I thought for a moment, but I didn't have a response for him. "No."He takes two deep, leisurely breaths. But his third breath is a bit faster, and the cannon slips to the left by about half an inch. "Did you notice that?"I nod. "Breathing made you move.""Move it just enough to throw off your shot." With a body shot, you can get away with it, but with a headshot, you can miss it entirely. "Calm and control will save the day here.""Are you not angry?" I inquire, intrigued by this aspect of Dan. I had no clue he knew how to shoot, much alone be so enthusiastic about it."There is a time for rage." Isn't it when you have a pistol in your hand?" He softly presses down on my finger. "This is exactly how it should feel. Breath
