Angel couldn’t tell when the doctor’s body would be discovered and he wanted the humans brought out of the building before all hell broke loose. He paced, thinking of how to keep informed of what was happening in the main building. If their plans were discovered prematurely, he didn’t think it would be advantageous for them to be trapped in the pit. It would be too easy to wipe them all out. He watched from the corner of his eye as Odwolf went from cell to cell giving the other Weres the elixir. A few of them swallowed the content in one gulp, Kurt pocketed his and went to sit down on his bed. Angel knew it would soon be daybreak and the thought of sleep was farthest from his mind. “We should all get some rest. The next few hours are going to be tasking,” Kurt announced. A smile tugged the corners of Angel’s lips. ‘Kurt, always the voice of wisdom,’ he thought, but unlike others, he didn’t approach his bed. He went to a corner of the cell and stood with his back resting against
Angel’s chest was heaving by the time he got to the dense woods framing the pit. He saw about twenty heavily armed guards surrounding the pit entrances. Mathew was there and for some reason, Angel was glad Daniel wasn’t. The addition of the pervert always made things a tad dangerous. He clenched his jaw, knowing he was too late. He pressed his back to a big tree and looked up the branches. Deciding to climb up, he did as quietly as he could to keep out of sight. Their evil act didn’t take long and soon enough they all filed away. He heard Mathew, instructing the head of the guards not to mention the action to his father or he would kill him on the spot. Angel sighed, knowing exposing Mathew would not do them any good, it would only make Mathew think of something more disturbing to do in retaliation. And he seriously doubted that Antonio Rufus could stop him. He waited for about an hour until he could not perceive any human in the vicinity. He then dropped to the ground. Landing gra
Getting back to the estate, Nadia made sure it was only Ava who carried her purchases. And they took the lift up instead of the stairs. Once they got on her floor and she saw there were no guards there, she helped her to carry some of it into her room. As soon as she shut the door to her room, she pulled Ava into her arms for a hug. The other girl was startled for about a second then she returned the hug. When Nadia pulled back, she saw her eyes were misty with tears. “So, I got you something — five dresses and two sneakers…” “Wait what, the masters…” “Don’t worry, you wouldn’t be wearing them here,” she said to the girl without elaborating and ignored her puzzled glance. “I would not want to draw attention to you, anyway,” Nadia added. * * * Angel lay on the bare, cold floor with one arm over his face, he used stones to cover the broken wall just in case any of the guards happened to come inside there, and perchance, managed to get away before he could get to him. He needed it
Angel waited for her to meet his gaze and he peered into her eyes as if he was trying to gauge her sincerity. Nadia hated that he still had his reservation about her. It was quite evident in his eyes. She felt even worse when he didn't say anything and just held his gaze forward. But she did notice his fingers tightening around hers as he urged her forward. She swallowed gently not quite sure how to take that. Angel took her to a big oak tree not too far away from the pit. Holding the bag in one hand, he turned his back to her and asked her to wrap her arms around his neck. Nadia hesitated for about a millisecond before doing as he asked. Angel carried her up the tree at a fast pace that was enough to make her heart thud with fear. Stopping at about fourteen feet up, where the trunk stopped and spread out its branches, he placed the food on the widespread space atop it and hoisted himself up along with her. Nadia got off his back and gingerly sat, facing him and backing an enormous
She directed her gaze to the side and noticed for the first time since they climbed the tree that it was snowing heavily now. She directed her gaze up to the tightly knitted crown of leaves and branches shielding them from the element and tears streamed down her face. She felt suddenly cold. Reaching for the front of her coat, she pulled it firmly over her exposed breast. Angel had torn both her dress and bra and they laid useless now around her waist. She wore her boots without his help and sat there awkwardly afterwards. Angel didn’t move nor spoke. “Can you help me down?” she asked in a small voice. “Is that what you want?” he asked in a levelled tone. Nadia could not tell from his voice what he was feeling and she didn’t want to look into his eyes. “It is best I return. It is snowing now…” “It is always snowing, Nadia…” he replied, “I asked if that is what you want.” “Yes,” she whispered. There was about a minute of silence and then Angel straightened his spine and rose to
‘Damn it!’Angel thought as he watched her turn her back to him and strode away. He clenched his jaw to keep from snarling He knew why she had gotten that way but he didn’t give a damn! He felt it was quite arrogant of her to expect him to just blindly give in to her because they enjoyed fucking each other?! A voice inside him reminded him it was much more than that and he was in fucking denial but he stomp it, allowing his irrational anger and irritation to win. Feeling utterly possessive, the thought that she belonged to him was making him illogical.‘The audacity of her to think she could just turn her back on him and walk away – him, an alpha Were, her mate!’ he fumed quietly. His heart tightened as she continued to stride farther from him, leaving him standing there. He knew it was sensible for her to go back. They had already been discovered by one guard and more would come to look for him. It was best he found where to stash the dead body of the guard and let Nadia go back to
Nadia’s fear was palpable it was impossible for Angel not to perceive it. She was vibrating with it on her knees as she looked at him with a terrified gaze. Angel watched the guard as he got close to their location, still brandishing a gun forward, scouting the perimeter. Angel shifted on his knees to have a better view and Nadia’s hand shot out to lay over the one he placed on his right thigh. When Angel reverted his gaze to meet hers, she shook her head, silently begging him to not get confrontational with a man with a gun. Tears streamed down her face. Angel’s heart fluttered at the show of emotion for his sake and he raised a tightened fist to nudge her chin gently before using his fingers to wipe off her tears. She shut her eyes and wrapped her two hands around his wrist, holding his hand to her face. The crunch, crunch sound of the man’s booted feet sinking into the layered snow continued to sound from below until he was just standing by the side of their tree. He then stood
With Nadia over one shoulder, Angel headed up the stairs to Antonio Rufus' floor. The gruesome sight of burnt and dismembered bodies that greeted him made him smirk.“This is way more than I had hoped for,” he muttered, enjoying seeing the table turn for a change. At the stairs landing, Mathew’s unmistakable scent carried from the doorway, leading from Antonio Rufus' room and Angel hugged his back to the side wall, slowly skittering towards the entrance. When he was close enough to see, he discovered the bastard sounded like he had the upper hand and he knew he must be armed or had someone as leverage. Without thinking twice, Angel crept up on him from the back, half-shifted and raised his now protruding claws to stab his neck from the back, fast and hard enough to cut it off, using the other paw to hold him still by the shoulder with his claw digging into his flesh, and at the same time, a bullet hit Mathew in the forehead, causing blood to splatter all over his chest and Nadia’s