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CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT
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I’m tired and worn out from my failed escape attempt. All I can do is stumble along after Brandon as he takes me to his quarters below deck. It’s a relatively simple room, and it feels more like a hotel room, except for the fact that there are clothes and a few weapons strewn about. I sit down on the bed, studiously avoiding looking at any of the weapons. I don’t want Brandon to think I’m getting any ideas.The truth is, I already have one. And it’s a pretty good idea, as far as I’m concerned.Brandon gave himself away with the comment about wearing moon rabbit armor. It means he thinks he’s invincible, but he’ll lose all that power once his clothes are off.I sit quietly, playing up how drained I feel. Brandon can’t think I’m any kind of a threat. “Now,” Brandon says, locking the door behind us and sauntering into the room, “I know you’re carrying some mangy pup, but once that thing is born, you’ll be all mine. Do you understand?”I nod, my hands protectively resti
The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER SIXTY
I slink down a hallway, sniffing the air as I go to make sure I don’t run into anyone. There are three girls, friends of Miranda’s, coming down the hall, so I duck behind a corner, pressing myself against the wall.They’re chattering loudly, so it’s easy to track where they are even without sniffing them out. “Did you see her at breakfast this morning?” “She’s just as scrawny and useless as she ever was. I don’t even know why we’re out here on this boat getting seasick just so we can haul her back.”“We never wanted her in the pack in the first place!”“Yeah, but it’s not like we have to live with her. Brandon will keep her at the ranch, and then whatever weirdo magic she has is ours.”“I heard she tried to jump overboard and escape!”“No way - she’s so preggo, I doubt she’d even be able to float.”I roll my eyes as I listen to them. Fortunately, they’re so caught up in their gossip that they don’t notice me, and I can easily slip out of my hiding place once t
The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER SIXTY ONE
As soon as I’m sure that Malcolm’s guard has left the area, I scramble down and tug the door open again. “Arnold, are you okay?” “I admit, I’ve had better times while on cruises,” Arnold says, laughing before wincing in pain. “I do wish they had never acquired that electronic torture device.”“Is there magic in it?” I ask.Arnold shakes his head. “It’s simply a human technology. Brandon is quite keen on fooling around with those.”“I’ve got to get you out of here,” I say. “And I have a plan. I’ll go down to the engine room and sabotage something, and when they let you out and make you help, can you do something that will force the ship to crash onto the shore in front of our pack house?”“That depends,” Arnold says. “What type of sabotage are you able to do?”I shrug. “Anything you tell me. We just need it to seem like there’s something wrong with the boat, so they’ll let you close enough to the control panel that you can send us on a direct, speedy course into l
The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER SIXTY TWO
Everyone on board is looking for me. I know I need to move fast. I shift into wolf form so that I can run more quickly, carrying Arnold’s notes in my mouth until I skid to a stop outside the door to the engine room.I shift back so quickly that it makes me dizzy, then launch myself through the door and shut it behind me. The noise of the angry shifters searching for me is drowned out by the roar of the ship’s engine.I unfold Arnold’s instructions, looking around to find the dials he mentioned. Everything in here is so complicated, full of pipes and wires everywhere. Finally, though, I locate the dials, each with a red “reset” button on top. I press those, then, remembering what Arnold said about needing to get out of there fast, shift back into wolf form and make my escape.Sure enough, red lights and sirens start sounding throughout the ship. The chaos only increases, and I can hear frantic footsteps and irritated shouting all throughout the ship. A door slams nearby, and I
The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER SIXTY THREE
NASHEver since I read the letter from Sarah, all I’ve wanted to do is curl up in a ball and sleep, maybe forever. Even the amulet and my moon rabbit pelt can’t give me enough strength to overcome this grief.I’ve been in my bedroom, trying to make it through this misery, while the rest of my pack makes preparations downstairs. Although I called off the search and rescue mission for Sarah, we know we have enemies out there, and since they have Sarah working with them now, they know all of our secrets. Layla has temporarily moved back in to the pack house, lending her wisdom and care to the injured among us. She’s also been working with us to come up with a defense against that horrible wolfsbane weapon. Using all sorts of herbs and potions from her work at the clinic and spa, Layla is designing new methods for us to avoid being touched by the wolfsbane.Herbal smells waft up from downstairs, where I know Juliana and Amanda are weaving gloves and armored vests that can help
The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER SIXTY FOUR
NASH“Nash! Nash, please! I didn’t betray you, Nash, it was all a lie!”I stand over Sarah as she begs me to let her go, but I don’t make a move. “You ran off with them,” I say through gritted teeth. “You abandoned me.”“No,” Sarah pleads, “I didn’t! They kidnapped me, Nash, I would never leave you.”“That’s not what Regan told me,” I say. “She’s lying, Nash, please!”“You left me,” I shout, feeling tears welling up in my eyes. “You left me, and she stayed. The last few days, it’s been her, helping out with the pack, looking after them while I’ve been in bed. Where were you?”“They trapped me,” Sarah says. “Nash, you have to believe me.”“I don’t have to do anything you say!” I wipe my eyes angrily with the back of my hand. “I read your letter - you never even loved me. Now that you’ve been captured, you’re just trying to trick me into letting you back.”Sarah is sobbing now, but I won’t be convinced by the performance. “They forced me to write it,” she
The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER SIXTY FIVE
I can’t believe what’s happening. I fought my way back to Nash, but as soon as the San Diego shifters saw me, they tied me up and tossed me into the line with the other prisoners. Nearby, Miranda is spitting mad, howling all sorts of threats at the guards, but Malcolm and Brandon are silent, either saving their strength or just not bothering to try and speak with us.And then there’s me, stuck outside in the sand. The whole time I was holed up in that crate, I just couldn’t wait to see Nash again - to run into his arms, to feel his embrace, to tell him how sorry I was about the awful letter I was forced to write. And to introduce him to our baby.But he didn’t believe me, calling me a traitor and insisting that I stay imprisoned with the rest of the Arizona shifters. As the sun goes down, I can see the lights on inside the pack house, glowing yellow against the darkening sky. Nash is somewhere inside there, thinking horrible things about me, and I can’t get to him.I can’t eve
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I hold my breath as Nash approaches, flanked by Regan and Arnold. I’m rocking Stella in my arms, so it’s obvious that I’ve been untied, but I still don’t stand up or move or do anything to startle Nash.Juliana meets them halfway, speaking quickly and excitedly, waving them down toward the beach where I’m sitting with the other prisoners.Then, Nash is standing over me, looking down with a mixture of affection and hatred that seem to be at war on his face. “Juliana says there’s something wrong with the baby,” he says.I lift her up so Nash can take her into his arms, but instead he crouches down beside us. My heart flutters at his scent, powerful and mine. My love, my mate, my Alpha. Even if he thinks it’s over between us, that everything I wrote in my letter was true, my body knows otherwise.“What’s her name?” Nash whispers.“Stella,” I reply.He doesn’t say anything more, his brow furrowing as he looks down at the baby, almost as if he’s examining her. I realiz
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