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2024-10-29 19:42:56I groaned as someone shook me. “Come on, Sleeping Beauty. Time to get up,” someone said, sounding way too cheerful. It took me a minute to realize it was Ryder.
“What time is it?” I groaned, trying to hide under the pillow, but the jerk stole it from me.
“Almost four in the morning, so you better hurry.”
I peeled one eye open to glare at him. “Are you kidding me? Four in the morning? Why are you bothering me at four in the morning?”
“Kitchen duty remember.”
I groaned, covered my head with my hands.
“Nu-uh, none of that,” Ryder said, forcing me to roll over onto my back.
“Go away,” I complained.
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I wasn’t sure who was more surprised, Mom or me? How did I outrank him? Was it the mate thing with Ryder? Had to be that. Harry continued. “Some other packs have gotten involved, some for us, some for Ryan. I heard Alpha Ryan promised to give Beth to an alpha thirty years her senior as a mate if the alpha supports him against Brent.” Ew, gross! Did Beth know? Was that why she was so angry? I took a breath to ask the question I had been dreading. “Is Alpha Ryan winning?” My stomach churned at the thought of it. “No one is really winning. Both sides are matched, both in force and in casualties.” “Brook,” Mom said, patting my hand with hers. “You shouldn’t think about this. There is nothing you can do.” I nodded, but I wasn
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Ryder ~~~ I hurried down the hall when I ran into the gang. “Where are you off too ? Lost your mate again,” my brother teased. I narrowed my eyes at him. “Brook’s friend is running away from Black Mountain and asking for help to enter the borders. I’m heading over there now.” “What friend?” Beth asked. “I don’t remember the name,” I said as I tried to move past her, but Beth grabbed my arm. “Ryder, what was her name? Was it Anna?” I shrugged. “I don’t know, maybe. Why does it matter?” “It matters a lot,” Beth said, and a wave of guilt washed over her face. “Because Br
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“Let me go, you bastard!” I shouted, but surprise, surprise, Mike didn’t listen. Instead, he pulled me away from the clearing and through the woods. Mike dragged me through the brambles and brush. He didn’t slow until we reached a quiet residential neighborhood. Mike marched me over to a large red van parked across the street. He opened the door, shoving me towards it. I cried out as a couple of men grabbed my arms, ignoring my pain, and pulled me inside. Anna sat across from me with a satisfied, smug grin. I couldn’t help myself. I had to ask the dreaded question. “Why?” “Why not? Finally, all those years of listening to you whine have paid off,” she said, then smiled a sly, flirty smile at Mike. “I did well, right?” Something in me shriveled and died at her words. She had been playing with me this whole time. All this time… “You,” I said through gritted teeth. Anger flooded through me and lept at her. As I grabbed a handful of her hair, I punched her as hard as I could. Anna screa
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I pulled on the restraints, growling in anger. How they could hold me down. I’m a werewolf! No cloth cuffs should be able to keep me tied to the bed. This was unbelievable. Alpha Ryan had Brook, and here I was, strapped to a hospital bed. Who knows what he was doing to her? It was my fault. I should have been faster. I failed my mate, and I had to fix it! My whole body ached with my wolf being so close to the surface. My nails had grown longer and darker, while dark hair peppered my arms. The new sharpness of my teeth cut the insides of my mouth, and I tasted blood. It only made the wolf even more anxious. I pulled on the cuffs again, to no avail, and howled in fury. “If you want out of bed, you’re going to need to calm down, Ryder,” Dad demanded from the door. His face was uncharacteristically hard. In his eyes, I saw the wolf and something that looked a lot like fear. I stilled, confused. Was Dad afraid? Did my uncle do something to Brook? “How am I supposed to calm down? He has m
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I paced from my cot to as far as the chain would let me go, then back again. With no windows, I had no way of telling how long I’d been down there, but any time was too long for me. The sound of the door opening sent me hurrying back to the cot. I pressed myself into the corner as the heavy footsteps came down the wooden stairs. Mike’s mom stepped out of the way when she reached the bottom, allowing room for Doctor Samson to come off the stairs. “Here she is, doctor,” Mike’s mom said as if having someone chained in the basement was normal. Maybe for her, it was. The doc, at least, had the good sense to appear horrified by my situation. He walked over to me; his expression somber. “What seems to be the problem?” “Besides the obvious?” I said, moving my leg so the chain would rattle.
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The drive was quicker this time. I still continued to pray when the van stopped. Mike’s dad pushed open the door and pulled me out. Again, he didn’t even let me have the chance to gain my footing. As I looked around, I realized I had no idea where I was. We stood in a field of wild grass with a cliff to the right of me. I heard water, so at the base had to be a lake or a river of some sort. Mike and three of the alpha’s men came with us. They all seemed to wait for someone and as I heard an approaching car, again dread filled me. Please let it not be Ryder’s dad. A black SUV stopped not too far from the red van and I slumped in despair as I saw Blue Crescent’s alpha step out of the passenger side. Ryder wasn’t with him, but four others came with him. Some I recognized but didn’t have names for. They walked up to us until there were perhaps five feet between u
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Ryder ~~~ “What time is it?” I demanded. “You know full well what time it is,” Andy said flatly. “You’re supposed to be making me feel better, not the other way around. If you haven’t noticed, I’m kind of paralyzed!” He smacked the wheels of the wheelchair as if I might miss the fact he was sitting in it. I gave him an apologetic grimace. “Sorry man, it’s just Brook,” I said, running my hands through my hair. “We get it, but asking us every five minutes what time it is or how long it’s been isn’t going to help anything,” Kara told me. “Now how about we figure out what we want to do when she gets back.” “Not a lot I can do,” Andy complained, crossing his arms o
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Ryder~~~I laid on the bed next to Brook. Mom had put her in a coma. Apparently, it would help her heal better. “You would not believe how Dean is pampering me. I swear it’s hilarious,” I told her. “Ever since you came back and I could be ‘okay’ again, he has been asking about my health and even brought me my lunch today. The guy is terrified with the idea of something happening to me and that he’ll have to be the alpha.”I continued to rattle on, hoping to distract myself when all I wanted was Brook to open her eyes to tell me she was going to be okay. When Harry and Brook’s mom came in, I sat up. It was awkward lying next to her with her mom in the room. “Hi,” I said, rubbing a kink out of my shoulder. Man, I hated these beds.
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