Novel-novel oleh Green Woods

CHAPTER THIRTY OLIVER“You are useless!” I bit back a groan as the whip hit me. I couldn’t show I was feeling pain, that would only spur him on.“It was a simple mission! And yet, you managed to make it flop” Another strike hit me in the back of my neck.Hot pain rushed through my skin as I heard the chain above me clang.I dropped to the floor with a thud, a groan escaping me despite my efforts.“You are off the mission, the key is now in my possession” he declared, his voice calm.What? That would mean he could do anything with Finn.“Wait! I would try my best! I would make sure---”“Desperation doesn’t look good on you, brother” he clicked his tongue, shaking his head as he squatted before me.I couldn’t allow him to go on with his plan without me. Who knows what he would do to him?Despite how our last encounter had gone, I still loved him. With my entire life.“I told you the key is with me, surely you aren’t that dense?” The key is with him? A cold feeling washed over me as I

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINEFINNSomething wet dropped onto my face, the sensation strange.Another drop came, making me peel open my eyes slowly.A groan escaped me, my whole body aching fiercely. My eyes felt glued shut, gunk coating each lid heavily.“Alpha Xavier!” I mumbled out, seating upright a little too fast.Pain bloomed at my lower back. The room was very dark, the ground below me…was hard.Not that it is meant to be soft but, it was cold as well. A drop of water fell on my outstretched hand on the ground at that moment.Something wasn’t right. I felt around me looking for anything I could use to hold myself up.After swinging my hands blindly around, they encountered a wall.A very wet one. My eyes adjusted to the darkness at that point. If the wet wall and the droplets of water wasn’t enough to confirm what I suspected, the sight before me did.I wasn’t in any room; I was in what looked like a cave.The top of the cave was filled with what looked like melting icy. How did I get

CHAPTER 28FINNA steady thump underneath me had me flashing open my eyes. Everything was blurry for a minute before everything became clear in an instance.The first thing my eyes caught onto was Xavier. He was different but I knew it was him.His whole body was covered with fur; his hands elongated into wicked looking claws.He swung one clawed hand against one of the creature’s tentacle, black liquid dripping onto the floor.Pain raced through me as I tried to stand to my feet. I had to do something, I couldn’t just seat and wait for Xavier to defeat the creature all on his own.I winced as one of the Onyx’s tentacles caught Xavier at his midriff. The sharp spikes lining the under of the beast’s tentacles came out tinged with red.But Xavier didn’t stop. He kept on fighting, his form moving faster than my eyes could keep up with.I gritted my teeth against the pain, pushing myself to my feet. I crumbled to the floor as I took a step forward, pain blooming through my muscles.I ne

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENXAVIERI collided with the ground with a resounding thud.A crack echoed through my eardrums before my body registered the pain.I was lifted off the ground and slammed into it.Again and again.At this rate... the beast would kill me.Just then, the Onyx beast flung me away.My body crashed onto the ground, my wolf completely silent as I shifted back to my human form, weak and bleeding.I let out a groan, my head pounding with pain as I tried to stand to my feet.That was when I realized my foot was stuck in a crack my wolf form had created.The hiss from above me had me freezing just as a tentacle wrapped around my torso, yanking me off the floor.Pain raced through me as I felt my skin rip open. Blood trickled down my leg as the Onyx brought me close to its face.If only there was a way to—The tentacle around me tightened, cutting off my thoughts.The suckers pierced my skin as it tightened around me even more.This couldn't be the end!When it killed me, it w

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIXXAVIERThe smell intensified as I pushed open the door of the barn.Something must have died in it.But no animal had been inside the barn after the last case of casualties we had recorded."Did you leave any animal inside the barn?!" Gavin asked me, his tone exasperated."No, we didn't" Even though I hadn't had time in the past month, everything that happened in the pack got back to me."What is...that?" Finn asked as he moved a step closer.My hand moved before I could think—plastering on his chest to stop any further movement.Our gaze caught, his hazel eyes went wide with... shock? Amazement?I looked away from him before I could decipher the look.My eyes trained on the corner Finn had pointed at.A dark figure coiled tightly there, the body a slithering mass."Gavin, take Mildred and Finn outside" I ordered, the green eyes of the creature glinted in the dark."What is that?" Gavin asked."You need to leave, now!" I pressed.A low hiss came from the coiled crea

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVEFINN"Would he be okay?" I trembled, the words barely making it past my lips as the healer was carried out of the room.My gaze drifted back to Alpha Xavier’s darkened face.Gratitude swelled in my chest. If it hadn’t been for him…"You should worry about yourself first!" he snapped.His hand clamped around my arm, firm and unyielding, pulling me down onto the bed.His sharp tone didn’t make me flinch like it used to.It was strange… almost as if the fear I once felt around him had dulled.A sharp tingle of pain shot through me as he flexed my wrist."Where else does it hurt?" he asked gruffly.My stomach tightened at the question, a dull ache spreading across my midriff in response."Nowhere else," I muttered, my gaze dropping to the floor.A sudden coolness spread across my wrist, drawing my attention.Alpha Xavier’s fingers moved slowly over my bruised skin, his touch surprisingly gentle.I blinked.The bruises… they were fading.Vanishing to be more exact.My b