Lahat ng Kabanata ng PLAYTHING OF THE ALPHA PREDATORS: Kabanata 241 - Kabanata 250

APRIL Brooke seemed elated to carry on with how she’d pulled off poisoning me. “Amelia was pretty oblivious to what was unfolding behind closed doors. All she got was a direct order from the Dean of Student Affairs that you’ve been further pardoned because of your academic background and should be offered a minor post,” she smiled gleefully as she carried on.I wished I could slap that smile off her face. I owed her a slap anyways. “And then, her assistant—the foolish and gullible Emma was the last peice of the puzzle. All it took for her to spike your coffee with the poison was a chance to join me for a private tour of the model agency so she could meet the models she had helpless crushes on,” she dangled a potion bottle in my face, the dark contents making my skin crawl. That had to be the poison. The one that was now wrecking my body to shreds. “Why keep yapping about your diabolical plan? Why not just shut the fuck up and let me die in peace at least?” I refused to give her t

APRIL “What did I say about speaking when you’re not being spoken to? One more word out of you or Xander and your precious whore loses an eye,” Brooke warned, growling at them. Nick and Xander looked like it was taking everything in them not to defy her and put her six feet under in that very moment. But because my life was at stake, they just pressed their lips tightly shut and watched her without saying another word. “Good,” she mused dramatically, “even though I’m a little sad that you didn’t make me keep that promise. This manipulative mate of yours would definitely be deserving of it after how much she’s ruined my life.”She retrieved her claws harshly from my arm, obviously in a bid to punish me for the grudges she so clearly held against me for no sane reason. “Brooke, talk to me,” Ace sighed tiredly, his eyes holding deep sadness as he looked over at me, it was obvious that he blamed himself for the pain I was being subjected to and I didn’t like that one bit. All of this

BROOKE I ran as fast as my wolf’s paws could carry me. Through the woods. Through the streets. Through the thorns. Through the pain. Through the familair and damning feeling of another failure. While I was lucky to leave with my life, I knew that wouldn’t be the case if I ever crossed paths with the Alpha heirs again.After the way I’d disrespected them, hurt their mate repeatedly in their presence, treated them like pawns, and disregarded their pleas…. They’d make sure I met a horrid death, the kind that would still serve as torture in the afterlife. I couldn’t bear to resign myself to such a terrible fate. I’ve lived a hard and miserable life where I’ve had to claw my way through life to feel like I was deserving of love, happiness, and overall satisfaction. I refuse to be miserable in the afterlife as well. Determined to escape their incoming wrath, I keep running, as fast as possible, putting as much distance between them and me. Based on how long the poison had stayed in A

XANDER Today, just like every other day for the last two weeks, we’d split up to search for Brooke. April was able to fully recover from the effects of the poison she was heartlessly fed by Brooke after a full day or more. Once we were certain that she was in a perfectly healthy state, we decided to go on a hunt for Brooke to make her pay for hurting our precious mate.No one seemed to know where she was. No one had seen her since she ran off that day. Even the city cameras had no footage of her since that day. It was almost like she’d vanished into thin air after that day, but we refused to give up on our search.We even had the authorities officially interrogate everyone she knew, especially those she worked with at her modeling agency, but no one had any reasonable information to share with us that would narrow her search.Even her personal assistant only heard that she was missing from us, he’d assumed she was taking a mental health break when she didn’t come to the office for

APRILThe ticking clock in the ICU waiting room was the only audible sound.Xander had been taken in for an emergency operation a while ago and we were still waiting to hear back from the doctors.When we arrived at the hospital, he was barely breathing, and it seemed like they might’ve stopped his heart for the surgery because I couldn’t feel even a shred of his presence through the bond. On our way to the hospital, we’d dropped Natalie at one of the safety bunkers where security and magic borders were keeping people safe. If she was here, she’d have been a great distraction for me. And god, I’d do anything to be distracted from this godawful unending pain. My chest fucking hurt. Every nerve in my body was on literal fire. My head was pounding as though a line up of high school bands were in a competition. All I could think of was the pitiful state we’d found Xander in a while ago. The way he looked helpless and near death’s door. The way his blood was like a second skin masking