Semua Bab Marked by fate: Bab 301 - Bab 310

Aiden's POVWhen Blood Moon finally comes into view, my stomach twists. Fucking finally. The landscape is so familiar now, I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve flown in to help with the searches. Or for updates from Alpha Lucas and Delta Greg. I can’t quite believe I’m finally arriving because they’ve found her. Goddess!When we finally touchdown on the small airfield/ field outside Blood Moon, the landing is rough enough to rattle my teeth. This really isn’t a runway, but needs must. They converted it to a makeshift one when the searches ramped up from here. We needed to bring in equipment and warriors to help. They tried to improve it as best they can, but it’s still bumpy as shit.But I don’t give a fuck.Ajax is about to claw his way out of my skin, and I’m about ready to sprint to her. I need to see my cousin, my future queen, and I really fucking need to see my best friend.There’s a car waiting, a warrior at the wheel, who drives us without any fanfare straight to the hospital

Xander's POVMy phone rings, startling me awake. I jerk violently, dislodging the plate on the floor beside me and sending it spinning across the tiles. It skids hard before striking the cupboard base with a sharp crack that slices through the stale quiet.Fuck.For a second, I don’t know where I am. My neck aches, my arm is dead from where it’s been wedged awkwardly against the chair, and the room swims back into focus in a blur of dirty light and stale air. Then I fumble for my phone and see my dad’s name on the screen.Confused, I swipe to answer.“Dad?” Why didn’t he just link me? He never calls.“Xander, I couldn’t reach you. Where are you?”“I’m at the apartment with Max. Sorry, I was sleeping. What’s up?”He lets out a rough huff, and for some reason my heart rate spikes instantly.“You need to come to the hospital. Bring Max and the others.”My grip tightens around the phone. “What? Why? Is Mum okay? What’s happened?”He sighs again, and my stomach clenches so hard it hurts. F

Xander's POVThere’s another ding. And I turn.The lift opens again to reveal eight girls and a couple more warriors. My brain struggles to take in what I’m seeing. Nurses step forward immediately, guiding the girls away and directing them into rooms while the warriors station themselves outside the doors. The second lift pings, and this time six girls and two warriors emerge.I recognise Henry, and my heart jolts.Does that mean...?I step forward just as the faintest whiff of jasmine reaches me through the antiseptic and blood and hospital air.And then I see her.For a second, I don’t recognise her at all.She’s almost unrecognisable. Her face is thin and drawn, her skin too pale beneath the grime, with dark circles bruising the skin under her eyes. Her hair is filthy, matted, hanging limp around her shoulders.But it’s her. It’s my Titch.“Zahra!” Zach almost screams beside me as he shoves forward.Her head snaps round at the sound of her name. For one terrible second, she just st

Xander's POV:Edwardo looks faintly uncomfortable at that, but he nods. No doubt this isn’t standard Task Force procedure.Henry steps forward, and both he and Edwardo pull out their phones.I’m fairly sure they’re about to record this, or maybe they are just taking notes?For fuck’s sake. There’s no privacy at all.Then Edwardo begins; “When we found you, you were being attacked by a party of rogues. Was this the first time since you escaped? Do you know if you were followed?”What the fuck?I clench my teeth so hard my jaw hurts and curl my hands into fists at my sides. Max stiffens beside Zahra, pulling her closer against him as he buries his face in her hair.She shakes her head.“No. We hadn’t been attacked since escaping. As far as we were aware, they hadn’t followed us. For the first few days we stayed close to the river, because Samuels was injured and we had to pull him and some of the weaker girls along on rafts. But we were covering so little ground that as soon as Samuels

Max's POVI drift back to consciousness like I’m coming up from deep water, the sound around me muffled as the ringing in my ears overrides everything else. My head is screaming, and I groan.Fuck, I feel like shit.I think I can hear a voice. It’s pulling me out like a lighthouse beacon in a storm, and I try to move towards it.There’s a sudden loud noise and a sharp movement in my periphery. I may be blurry, but I’m aware enough of that. I spin too fast and roll off whatever I’m lying on. Pain explodes up my side as I land hard on what I think is the floor, and there’s a clink and crunch as debris goes flying. I blink rapidly, the pain having shocked me awake effectively.There’s a pizza box on the floor, the red smear of pizza sauce and cheese spread beneath it. Plates and bottles are everywhere.Fuck.I hate this place.My head feels like it’s full of cotton wool. My ears still feel thick and my head is pounding. Not like a little bit, but like the entire philharmonic orchestra ar