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The Alpha’s Second Life 75
The mercury had fully hardened, encasing him in a shell of solid metal. He’d taken the full force of the kinetic slug to keep me from being vaporized."Richard, please." I clawed at the metal.My fingers slipped.I looked at my hand.It was covered in violet blood.I looked down at my stomach. The light was gone. It was dark."No," I whispered. "No, no, no."I felt for a heartbeat. Nothing.I was alone in a crater of dust, shielded by a dead king.Then, the phone in the mud buzzed.I picked it up with shaking hands.Private Number: The baby isn't dead, Joshua. He’s just shifted. Look under the ribs.I looked.A small, rhythmic pulse was beating in my side. Not in my womb. Higher up.The child hadn't just survived.He’d migrated.I looked at the chrome wall of Richard’s body.A single, violet crack appeared in the metal."Richard?"The crack widened.A hand pushed through the metal.Not a man’s hand.A child’s hand."Father," a voice whispered.It wasn't a baby’s voice. It was the voic
The Alpha’s Second Life 74
"Don't breathe, Richard. Just don't."I gripped his forearm. His skin was blistering. The silver mist outside the cave mouth wasn't just gray anymore; it was a hungry, vibrating static that turned the sunlight into a dull lead weight. Richard’s chest heaved. He didn't listen. He sucked in a ragged breath and his eyes didn't just turn gold. They bled."I have to get them out." Richard’s voice sounded like it was coming through a throat full of glass. "The scouts... they're still at the tree line. They're twitching, Joshua.""You step out there and you're a statue." I pulled his arm closer. I looked at the veins.Under the translucent surface of his skin, something was moving. It wasn't blood. It was a thick, silver sludge—the liquid-mercury we’d used to stabilize his shift back in the University labs. It was reacting to the vapor outside. Instead of poisoning him, the mercury was rushing toward the surface. It met the silver particles at the pores."What are you doing?" Richard tried t
The Alpha’s Second Life 73
"Get your hands off me, Richard! The door is going to blow!"Richard’s fist slammed into the granite slab blocking the tunnel. His knuckles split. Red blood sprayed against the gray stone, but the silver dust coating the rocks sizzled as it touched his skin. He let out a choked sound, pulling back. His palms were already blistering, the flesh bubbling where the toxic residue ate through his Alpha-thick skin."We can't sit here like rats, Joshua! If I don't break this, the heat will liquefy us before the feds even step inside!""You're just feeding the silver!" I grabbed his shoulder, yanking him back. "Look at your hands. You hit it again and you won't have fingers to shift with."The air in the cave mouth was shimmering. Not with light, but with the beginning of the thermal breach. The feds had planted the charges on the exterior of the seal. I could smell the ozone. The temperature jumped ten degrees in thirty seconds. Sweat broke out across my forehead, stinging my eyes. Behind us,
The Alpha’s Second Life 72
"Cover your mouths! Get back into the tunnels!"Richard’s voice cracked like a whip over the panic. Above us, the gray sky didn't drop water. It dropped dust. A fine, metallic mist that caught the morning light, turning the air into a haze of pulverized silver. My lungs burned at the first whiff. It wasn't just poison; it was a cage."Richard, wait—" I grabbed his arm. My fingers slipped against the sweat and grit on his bicep. "Don't shift! If you shift now, the intake will kill you in seconds!"He turned, his eyes already bleeding into that frantic Alpha gold. "My scouts are out there, Joshua! They’re hitting the dirt and they aren't getting back up!"Across the clearing, three of the Ridge guards had fallen. They weren't dead yet. They were worse. They were shifting involuntarily, their bodies caught in a spasming mid-point between human and wolf. The silver rain hit their open pores, sizzling. They clawed at their throats, coughing up thick, black bile that smoked when it hit the
The Alpha’s Second Life 71
"Don't move, Bianca."The words didn't come from my throat. They came from the room itself. The floorboards vibrated. Dust shook from the ceiling. Bianca’s body slammed into the stone floor as if an invisible hand had just crushed her spine. She let out a choked, wet sound—half-sob, half-grunt."Joshua, stop!" Richard’s voice was a ragged scrape. He was on one knee, his claws digging into the dirt, fighting the pressure. "You’re... you’re suffocating the whole pack."I didn't look at him. I couldn't. My vision was a jagged smear of violet and white light. The silver heat in my stomach was moving upward, a rising tide of liquid metal that made my skin feel like it was cracking. I looked down at Bianca. She was clawing at the floor, her fingernails ripping against the wood."You came here to bleed me." I stepped toward her. Each footfall sounded like a drum in a cathedral. "You wanted to sell the miracle.""Please" Bianca’s face was pressed into the dirt. Snot ran down her lip, mixing w
The Alpha’s Second Life 70
"Don't even try to stand up."Bianca hit the floor. Hard. The silver dagger she’d been holding skittered across the stone, its metal screaming against the granite. She tried to push herself up, her muscles bunching, her eyes bleeding into that predatory gold. She was halfway through the shift, fur sprouting along her jaw, teeth lengthening into yellowed points.Then she stopped.The air in the cabin didn't just get heavy; it turned to lead. My voice hadn't been loud, but the vibration of it sent a shockwave through the room that shattered the glass in the window frames. Bianca’s jaw snapped shut. Her wolf—the thing she’d spent thirty years sharpening into a weapon—whimpered. It didn't just retreat; it curled up and died inside her."What... what did you..." Bianca choked. Her face was pressed into the dirt. She was clawing at the floorboards, trying to find enough leverage to breathe. "Joshua... stop...""I didn't tell you to speak."I stayed in the bed. I didn't need to move. I could
The Alpha’s Second Life CHAPTER 14
"What the hell is this?"Richard’s voice wasn't a roar. It was a low, jagged vibration that seemed to pull the oxygen right out of the medical wing’s pressurized air. He stood by the edge of the leather sofa in the waiting area, his massive frame hunched as if he were ready to spring. Between his t
The Alpha’s Second Life CHAPTER 13
"You want me to move in? Here?"Joshua didn’t look up from his tablet. He kept his eyes on the fluid intake charts, his fingers tapping the glass with a sharp, rhythmic click. The air in the hospital wing was stagnant, smelling of old wood and the metallic tang of Richard’s presence. Richard stood
The Alpha’s Second Life CHAPTER 11
"Who’s the guy with him?"The question cut through the thick hum of the ballroom, traveling faster than the server with the champagne tray. Joshua didn't miss a beat. He adjusted the cuff of his silver threaded jacket, the metallic weave catching the overhead light with a surgical sharpness. This w
The Alpha’s Second Life CHAPTER 10
"What the hell was that, Doctor?"Richard’s voice scraped against the sterile walls of the clinic. He didn't move from the doorway. His shadow stretched across the floor, thick and suffocating. The air in the room shifted, turning heavy with the scent of pine and predatory intent.Joshua didn't loo
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