Chapter 98 - Cutting the cord

Alastor POV

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Roman’s reassurance that Blake was okay washed over Alastor in a cool relief. He sagged against the door, his muscles burning from the strain of keeping it closed, but the doors in the cells were made to stay shut. No one was getting out, but it also kept the Clear Blue warriors from getting in. He could still hear a few of them puffing on the other side of the metal, but most had left. It was no mystery where they were going. There was more than one way into the packhouse basement, and they’d be blocking off the exits, trapping them. If the unit were to get out, they needed to leave and leave sharpish.

Alastor took a breath to centre himself, then shifted. Mina and Chloe laid strapped to metal tables and though both were pale, neither looked too hurt. He moved to his mate’s side first.

“If you wanted to try bondage, you could’ve asked, Princess.” He tried to ease her with a smirk but winced at the strain in his voice. They had almost lost her again, they still coul