Chapter 8: The chase

~Adriana POV~

I slam into the mind link repeatedly, trying to force Liam to let me in. He can feel the fury in my eyes when he sees me, but he ignores my gaze. I lurch forward as he spins to run, but Axel stops me with his hand.

“Liam!” I scream as he spins and takes off into the woods, all the rogues following him, whooping and howling in the excitement of the chase. I surge forward again, but this time it’s Emal’s massive hands that stop me. He wraps his arm over my shoulders and the other around my stomach as I kick and growl, fighting to get out of their hold.

“Emal,” I growl, looking up over my shoulder. He refuses to look at me as he stares ahead at his alpha. Where I once thought Billy was huge, Emal is bigger. He is a giant in human form, but when he shifts, he is an immovable white elephant with tusks probably as long as I am tall. Fighting against him is futile, but I do it anyway.

“Adriana!” Axel barks at me. “Stop fighting!”

I freeze and scowl at him, my chest rising an