บททั้งหมดของ THE ALPHA'S HEIR : บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

The past weighted the air with an imaginary coating of fog as Lucas stood at the door, his huge frame still caught between human and wolf. His chest rose and fell in slow, deep breaths. The words thrown at him by those men reverberated within his mind louder than any gunshot.We have your sister.He had buried that part of his life so long ago: his pack, his family, his sister—Leah. At the time, she had been a teenager full of life until it all came crashing down around them. It had been during a raid several years ago, when the organization came hunting werewolves as if they were too dangerous to live among men. Leah was taken in the chaos, and he'd been late getting to her.He had thought she must be dead. That was what the organization did, wasn't it? They didn't take prisoner; they eliminated.And now they're telling him different. She was alive. Could that be? Or just another inhumane joke, a trap for his surrender?"Lucas, we don't have time for this!" Elena's voice cut into his

Elena stood at the cabin window, staring out into the dark forest. Sarah's words seemed to ring in her mind: Help us catch Lucas, and you'll be safe. It was an offer gnawing at her. She did not want to betray Lucas, yet the running, the fear of being caught-it was all wearing her down. Marcus had been silent, pacing the cabin, his face tight with frustration.She was anxious as the silence after Lucas's departure felt heavy with each second weighing more than the last. Whatever decision she would make, it was going to change everything.Marcus turned to her, having stopped pacing. "We should take Sarah's deal, Elena."Her head whipped toward him in surprise at Marcus' bluntness. "What?"Come on, Elena!" Marcus threw his hands up. "Look at where we are! We're hiding away in a cabin surrounded by armed men wanting to kill us, and we protect some guy who isn't even telling us the whole truth. This is insane."Elena bit her lip while her heart was wrenched. "Lucas is trying to help us, Ma

The rogue lay still on the ground, fur matted with blood. The air hung heavy with the scent of violence, thick with the silence that came afterward. Lucas was still standing over the fallen werewolf, his chest heaving up and down with exhaustion. He turned back into his human form, his eyes dark and haunted.She watched him across the room, her mind racing. She heard Sarah's words echoing in her head: You've chosen your side. Now live with it. She hadn't told Lucas as of yet. How could she? When Sarah had given her an option to betray him, it was hard to do so when he would risk everything for their security.It was Marcus who finally broke the silence. "So, that's the way it is? Running from one death to the next? How long will that take, until we're all dead?He didn't say anything else after that. Lucas hunched down beside the rogue's body, staring at the deep claw marks across its chest. The mutation experiments had driven the rogue mad, turning his mind grotesquely in upon itself

The moon was bright overhead, its light a strange fog upon the cabin. Inside, the air was thick with tension-as if smoke coated everything in its path. Marcus had been pacing back and forth; something in his gut was screaming that things were not quite right. Elena tried to focus on the shadows out the window, her heart pounding in her chest.The door burst open, and in came armed men, with Sarah at the lead. Hardly had Marcus taken a step when they dragged him down onto the floor. His instincts kicked in-he fought back-but not having his werewolf strength was like being a deer caught in oncoming lights.Get off me!" Marcus snarled, trying to fling them off. But they gave him no quarter-heavy restraints binding his hands behind him.Sarah was standing over him, a wicked smile on her face. "Oh, Marcus. You really thought you could protect them? You're just a weak human in a world of wolves."Let me go!" he exclaimed, scuffling with his captors. The men tightened their grip, and a sting

Outside the grim façade of the organization's base, where Lucas, Caleb, and Elena were standing, the air felt thick with tension. Weighing heavily upon his shoulders was the weight of their mission to save Marcus. But this time, the danger had loomed larger than ever before. He cast a glance at Caleb, who fidgeted at his side."Let's go," Lucas snarled, letting his wolf free."Yep, let's ride," Caleb said, but there was an undernote in his voice that didn't set right with Lucas.He nodded, and in an instant, the wolf took precedence. In a second, his senses sharpened, and everything around him came into focus. The scents of the forest faded to be dominated by the sharp sterile smell of metal overlaid by the faint scent of fear wafting from the facility.As they moved, Lucas could hear Elena whisper a few instructions before they broke into the compound. "I'll disable the security systems from the outside. You two take care of the guards."Lucas nodded, eyes narrowed. "Be careful, Elen