As she trudged, she heard soft footfalls of animals beside her. Scared that they may attack her, her walk broke into a sprint. Every now and then she would check the forest surrounding the road and she would meet with a pair of amber, yellow or green sparkles of eyes in a blur of movement. “Please God, don’t let rogues follow me.”
If the rogues got hold of her, she was doomed. She had heard scary stories of how rogues had ***and mauled other wolves. They stole money from them and sometimes raped young girls, leaving them for dead. The thoughts were enough to make her heartbeat go wilder than ever.
It was only a mile she had to cover and after that she was sure that the bus station was populated. The rogues barely showed amongst humans.
The footfalls of the wolves sounded nearer than before. Tears burned her eyes. Were they from her pack?
“I have to make it!” she said to herself. She dashed as fast as she could, but all at once, something jumped in front of her. She shrieked, closing her eyes as she came to a sudden stop and fell on her ***.
When she opened her eyes, she saw an outline in the shadows of the men in front of her. Their breathing sounded more like snarls, as their shoulders rose and fell. Their pale green eyes narrowed on her.
She trembled with panic bubbling in her chest.
“Running away?” said one of them in a deep raspy voice.
They had long black claws that could pierce her in an instant, robbing her of life. Their fangs were long and dripping with blood. They were growling at her. They started nearing her and as they neared, they changed back to their human form. One crouched in front of her while the other walked behind her.
“Miss River?” said the one in front.
River swallowed a gasp of surprise as she focused on the Lycans. She had seen both of them at Alpha Maxim’s house, leaning against the black sedan in which Alpha Hunter had come.
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She froze when comprehension weighed upon her, panic slowly overtaking her senses. “Please don’t hurt me,” she managed to croak. She was sure that they would beat her or hurt her because she escaped from their Alpha. “Miss River, we are here to take you back to Alpha Maxim’s house,” said the one in front of her in a soft voice.
“No!” she rasped. If they wouldn’t ***her, Alpha Maxim would.
The Lycan behind her gently pulled her satchel out. “Please let me carry it back,” he said.
“Please,” she squeaked. “Let me go! Don’t ***me. And who are you?”
“There is no need to be scared, Miss River,” said the one in front of her. “I am Elijah and this is Asher.
We are here to escort you back. Alpha Hunter asked us to make sure that you are safe till he comes back. We had come to check upon you in your room and found your sister. She had offered herself in your place for Alpha Hunter saying that you had escaped, but that was impossible. Alpha Hunter wants you.”
River was frustrated as ***, but her primary emotion was that of surprise and fear. As Elijah and Asher escorted her back, she couldn’t help but feel helpless and desperate about her situation. How would Brianna react to her? She was sure that she must have called Hazel and Kirk and now they would beat her up like anything. Her worries escalated despite their assurances.
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When River had left, Brianna was panicky at first. She was sitting in the balcony and reading a fashion magazine. She was too afraid to enter the room for the fear that Lena was there. Lena had never shown her aggressiveness in the school or at home, but the way she attacked her was more than enough to scare the life out of Brianna. She had called her mother and related the news to her Hazel had asked her to be quiet about it because Lena’s father was a respectful warrior in Alpha Maxim’s army. Besides, it was only a matter of a few hours.
It was after an hour that Brianna dared to enter the room. River wasn’t inside. She sniffed the air but it had a faint smell of her sister. It should have been stronger, because that meant she was in here.
Dreading, she opened the bathroom but River wasn’t there either. Full blown panic bubbled inside her.
She rushed out of the room only to find two guards who stared at her with a growl.
She closed the door with a loud bang, feeling extremely scared of what was going to happen next. Alpha Maxim would simply ***her for not taking care of one small thing he had asked her to take care of.
Blood drained from her face and she sat with a thud on a chair. “****.” She cursed River. “What do I do?”
Suddenly, an idea came to her. What if she went instead of River with the Lycan King? That thought was enough to send a rapture down her body and liquid heat pooled in her belly. The Lycan King, Hunter was gorgeous. He was so stunning that when he stood in the main hall, it was as if the whole earth gravitated towards him and he was unaware of his charming. personality. She was jealous of River that she was being offered to the king, when it should have been her.
Brianna knew that she was more beautiful than her sister. River was so skinny. And she was curvy.
River’s hair was flame red which was odd, but hers was a beautiful sunshine blond. River was not acknowledged by Hector and was an abomination to the werewolf community whereas she was a full-blooded wolf. Yes, Brianna knew that she was superior to River in every manner.
Initially when Lena had mentioned that Veil was dangerous, Brianna was scared. However, after seeing Alpha Hunter her opinion changed. Instantly. His clothes screamed of wealth. And how could a man be so handsome? She was ready to be with Hunter, if he wanted it. In fact, she was planning to ask him if she could accompany her sister or visit her soon. If not Hunter, there would be other rich Lycans for her.
She chuckled when the solution to this problem was right in front of her eyes. So, she waited for Alpha Hunter to call River in the evening. She was ready with her plans.
When Elijah and Asher came to the room to ask about River, she was surprised. But she dutifully informed them that River had escaped. She slouched her shoulders and made a droopy face. “I am so sorry to inform you that my sister, River, has escaped. I am so ashamed of her. She has put us through so many embarrassing situations, but this one fades them all. She had always been a trouble-maker.”
She wiped the tears that had pooled in her eyes. “I didn’t know that she would run away and put Alpha Maxim in so much jeopardy.”
“Why didn’t you inform Alpha Maxim, Elijah asked in a cold voice.
Brianna gulped at his coldness. “I was afraid that he would ***me,” she said in a trembling voice, sinking on the floor. Then she looked at them with doe eyes. “Please don’t tell him about it. He would send his warriors to find River and make sure that she is ***for the defame she would bring on our pack. Even though she had behaved terribly with us in the past, I really can’t put her in a dangerous situation.”
There was worry written all over the faces of Lycans. Taking advantage of the situation, she said, “But I also have a solution to this problem.”
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