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“Orion has what he needs,” Gabriela said. “Two hyrbid babies.”
Wait, what? Two babies? But they weren’t…they couldn’t be….
“No,” Xander said firmly. “It’s not them. Tell me it isn’t them.”
He rushed down to the spell border where Gabriela and Malachi still stood on the other side. Zane followed him as if in a daze.
“I wish I could say it’s not, but..” Malachi trailed off, his handsome face was twisting in disgust. “I’m afraid your father’s plans run deeper than we’d even imagined, Xander.”
Xander looked at Gabriela. “What is he talking about?”
I watched them closely, my heart hammering so hard it made me nauseous.
“Do you know much about Alice’s family, Xander? Do you, Zane?” Malachi asked.
Their faces scrunched in concentration, but they remained silent.
“It took her years to be mated, did it not?” Malachi asked. “And when she finally was, who did she get mated to?”
“Gregory and Lucas,” Zane said, his voice barely a whisper. “The men Orion paid off to mate hybrid she-wolves so he could use them for testing.”
My breath caught in my throat. “Alice was a hybrid, too.”
Everyone turned to look at me. Xander’s and Zane’s faces morphed into masks of shock and horror.
My heart panged for them. They’d had no idea what kind of danger Alice was in, what kind of danger their pups were in.
But deep down, I also felt a terrible, ugly jolt of jealousy. Alice and I had been the same, I wasn’t stronger or more special than her. And Mason, Xander, and Zane had all loved her, too.
or knew Mason–
Constantine, but the twins were only useful to Orion if their vampire side came from an ancient bloodline.
Malachi nodded.
“She’s not from my bloodline, but I’m one of three surviving ancients,” he explained. “The others…they don’t live in this region. I don’t know who her ancestors were, but I’m guessing Orion does.”
“F uck!” Xander cried, pressing his palms to his hands. “Where are the twins now?”
“With Orion,” Gabriela said. “He’s bargaining with the Council before he hands them over for testing. We don’t have much time.“
My heart ached for the twins. They were so little, so innocent, and Stella could have just as easily been in their place.
G ods, it wasn’t fair. We had to stop this.
“Why did he have to run?” Zane asked, his voice rough with emotion. “Why did Mason have to be so fucking st upid?”
Ahorrible sound ripped from Xander’s throat, something between a cry and a snarl. Zane wrapped his arms around him, but his whole body was shaking, too.
“Where is he?” I was almost afraid to ask, but I had to know. “What did Orion do with Mason?”
“I wish I could tell you, Malachi said: “Gabriela didn’t see him.”
Xander picked up his head. “What do you mean?”
Gabriela took in a shaky breath. “I was living with him again. In the hunting lodge. I convinced him I wanted in on his plan, but I was working for Malachi this whole time.”
Sh it. No wonder she looked so pale and terrified. Orion had probably tortured her, too.
“Then come in here, you’re not safe out there,” Xander said.
“I can’t,” Gabriela said. “The spell won’t let me through the barrier. But it’s okay. Malachi and I are going to wait for Orion to leave, and we’re going to head him off. We’re going to bring the babies back.”
Looks of confusion and concern passed between me, Braden, Xander, and Zane.
“Say you succeed in bringing back the twins,” Zane said. “Then what? Orion won’t stop coming.”
“I know,” Malachi said. “That’s why I’m going to kill him.”
Xander–
“We’re going with you,” I said. “And my mother is staying here.”
Zane nodded.
If our p pups were in danger, in what f ucking world would we sit here and wait for my mother and an ancient vampire to take care of it?
“You’re not,” Malachi said. “And Braden will stay here to make sure you don’t take one step outside the barrier.
Braden whipped his head toward Malachi. He clearly didn’t want the job, which was great, because he couldn’t stop us from leaving if he tried.
Anger bloomed inside me, hot and fast, and I let Hunter claw his way to the surface.
Next to me, Zane flexed his fists, too. When he opened them, his claws had shot down from his knuckles.
“We have to find them,” Zane said. “We have to protect them.”
Hell yes, we did.
When Malachi told us Orion had our pups, my heart felt like it cracked in half. But there was time. And we were wasting it by having this s upid f ucking discussion, “Charge at Braden on three?” I asked Xander.
Lanie caught my eye, and her lips pursed into a tight warning line.
F uck, I forgot she could hear us.
But she didn’t say anything.
I looked back at Zane and he nodded slightly.
“One…” We spread our legs out in warrior stance.
“Two…” We growled, low and vicious. Braden narrowed his eyes.
“Three.”
We lunged at Braden, each knocking into one of his shoulders and throwing him to the ground.
“You think he can keep us here?” I screamed at Malachi.
“Xander!” I could hear my mother yelling and Stella starting to cry. I didn’t want to do this, I didn’t want to create anymore chaos, but they were forcing our hand.
While we held Braden down, he thrashed and kicked. His fangs finally dropped down into his mouth, but we were overpowering him.
protest lis lace was emotionless.
Braden went limp in our grasp, and we stood up, thinking we’d proved our point. But in the blink of an eye. Braden was on his feet and reaching out his hands, grabbing both Zane and me by the necks and squeezing hard.
“STOP!” I heard my mother and Lanie both cry.
My ears were ringing, and my vision was going fuzzy I tried to scratch at him, but my claws weren’t connecting. Then there was a rush of air to my lungs, and I crashed to the ground. Zane landed in a heap beside me.
“Like I said…” Malachi surveyed the scene with some disinterest. “You will stay here, inside. And you will take care of each other.
You’re no use to Mason, Isaac, or Alaina if you’re dead, “You two have the biggest targets on your back aside from Lanie and Stella,” my mother said. “And if anything happens to you, who will take care of them?”
The question hit me like a dagger to the heart as I looked at Lanie and Stella. As f ucked up as it was to think about it, she was our mate, and Stella was our blood child. Our duty was to them first.
me “F uck all of you,” I said, but all the fight had left me. went to Lanie and put my arm around her. She let “We’re staying to protect you and Stella,” I said.
Zane walked over and joined us. “You still mean more to us than anything else.”
She nodded and rested her head on my shoulder.
Malachi stepped over the spell border and handed me a walkie-talkie.
“We’ll communicate with these,” he said. “Hard to trace, and they don’t rely on cell cell service.”
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Zane and I exchanged a confused look. This thing felt old and bulky.
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