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Chapter 51

NoahI step out of the shower, the residual heat of the water still steaming off my skin. I pull on clean underwear, a small act of normalcy after the shit-show of a day. I leave the bathroom, through the walk-in closet and into the relative sanctuary of the bedroom. Lyric’s waiting for me. I heard her enter, sensed her presence, but I did not rush to join her.She’s sitting cross-legged on the bed, her shoes abandoned on the floor like fallen soldiers.I feel the prickle of shame again. I snapped at her earlier, and for what? She was already fragile, the image of that dead child a brutal blow. And I almost bit her head off for simply reminding me of the obvious - that I’m a total fucking dumbass.Honestly, I’m shocked she even followed me. I wouldn’t have. She’s got more patience than I deserve.She raises an eyebrow, the universal sign of ‘spit it out, jackass.’ “Are you okay?”“Yeah. Just rinsing the banshee out of my hair,” I mumble, running a hand through the still-damp strands

Chapter 52

NoahI hear the low whistle first, cutting through the thick, muffled quiet of the snowstorm like a thread pulled tight. It's Dexter, signaling success. He found a way out of the mountainside.We have been in caves for days. I didn’t wait and I didn’t hesitate. I gathered my entire pack, every man, woman, and child, and brought them out into the cold. The Lycans are better equipped to survive the freezing temperatures. This is their home.I don’t wait when I hear the signal. I move from my ancient bed in the cave, Lyric’s small hand already wrapped tightly in mine, following the signal. The bond between us is a physical, humming wire, tying us together. I can take or leave the mark at this point, we sealed the bond the first time we had sex without either of us realising it.We find Dexter and Weiland already layered in thick, thermal gear near the many hidden and forgotten sub-level entrances, their faces grim in the weak flickering light. The heavy scent of snow and damp earth have

Chapter 53

LyricPlanes are literally falling from the fucking sky. How is that even possible? The whole world is a disaster. That little stretch of promenade where I wanted to open my perfect, pastel-coloured ice cream parlour? Wiped out by a tsunami.A fucking tsunami. Gone.It’s raining fat, cold drops in places where the ground should be cracked and dry, and it’s freezing my ass off where it should be sticky hot. The world is a hot, chaotic mess, and the constant wrongness of it scrapes at my nerves.And I have no freaking idea how we fix it.Noah does, or at least he pretends to, but he’s been worryingly quiet for a few days now. Every single morning, he somehow manages to find a spot for us to crash. Sometimes, if the universe takes pity, we’re lucky enough to snag a grimy room in a forgotten motel. Other times, like right now, I’m peeling myself off the lumpy blankets in the cramped back of his car, the lingering metallic smell of the mystery meat from last night clinging to the upholster

Chapter 54

LyricI wake… somewhere, I’m not sure where.When I stepped out into the moonlight, we were in a glade, I undressed, the moon washed over me and that… that is all I remember.Noah comes walking across the meadow, a huge grin on his face, two rabbits dangling from a pole slung over his shoulder. “Good morning,” he sings. “Ready for breakfast. Look-” he holds up his kill -“rabbits. I promised.”I am fucking starving. I will eat that rabbit raw if I could, but my new Lycan-human stomach won’t be able to tolerate it at all.My mate holds out his hand, his strong beautiful hand, and I grasp it. He helps me to my feet and pulls me in for a soft, lingering kiss.He tastes good - like his toothpaste and soap. “There’s a stream-” he points to the glittering water in the distance. “It’s a little cold, but it’s soothing after the shift.”I frown and try to remember the previous night. “It’s better that you don’t remember,” he informs me with a cheeky little grin. “Star took control.”“I know. Co

Chapter 55

Noah I watch as Lyric emerges from the stream, her skin glistening with water droplets. I hand her the towel and she wraps it around herself. Then, without another word, she strides in the direction of the car with just the towel around herself and nothing else. This week has been rough on her, and I’ve been trying to give her some grace, but that is coming to a quick end. We’ll never survive weeks, even months, on the road if she doesn’t get over herself in a hurry. By the time we catch up with her, Lyric is dressed and rummaging in the car for something. Leila stands hunched and miserable, clutching her belly, her children - three small, pale shadows dressed in colourless clothes for some reason - huddled behind her thin legs. Even if this is a trap, Bryce is going to great lengths to make it look authentic. I don’t spare Leila much thought past the pup in her belly, but the children don’t need to suffer. "Come, sit by the fire," I invite the kids over, my voice calm despite t

Chapter 56

NoahThe car is way too quiet. It’s that deep, unsettling quiet that screams something’s wrong. Even the kids, who should be a riot of noise, are mostly silent. I keep feeling Lyric trying to reach out, that little mental nudge as she tries to establish a mind link, and then she yanks back, frustrated. She can't do it yet.I give her a good, long time to fail on her own before I finally open the link for her. “Did no one ever teach you how to do it?” I think at her.“No,” she sends back, a little defensive. “The mind link doesn’t work at The Towers.”Right. I totally forgot about that. Something about the electromagnetic field there is just off. It felt wrong to me, but maybe that was its own kind of right, and now that Bryce went and fucked it up, the whole damn world is just one giant mess.“You’ll get better at it,” I say out loud, adjusting my grip on the steering wheel. My hands are sweating.I’ve been feeling this knot of deep, sick discomfort ever since we burned rubber getting

Chapter 57

LyricI don’t move for a good long while. My attention is split between the human girl, Raymond screaming like his life is ending, and Leila lying slumped over in the seat, nearly crushing Riana under her weight.Noah moves first, not towards the little girl who looks terrified, but to the car to check on my sister.That’s probably what I should do, but only to get Riana out of there. She’s not even two yet and must be terrified. It's unsettling that she doesn't fight. She trusts tahat her mommy won't hurt her.I hate Leila, but she's always been a good mother. She loves her children with everything inside her.Instead of helping Riana, I find myself moving in the direction of the human girl. Her bright, green eyes are fixed on the car, on the woman inside who has apparently gone to sleep. “Is that what happened to your parents?” I ask her.The girl jerks as if she has forgotten I’m there and looks up at me. “N- no, ma’am. They went to bed and didn’t wake back up.”I nod and turn to t

Chapter 58

LyricNoah easily lifts my sister into his arms while giving me an apologetic look, as if he’s betraying me or something. Then I realise why. Star is not happy, and he didn’t ask if it’s okay for him to touch another woman, like the men always do before they come anywhere near me. “Is this okay?” he asks a little sheepishly.In that moment, I can see the little boy he once was. Sweet, kind, innocent…And then the werewolves came, ripping all of that away from him.No. They were already here when he was born.“Lyric?” Noah asks gently. “I can’t just leave her here. Is it okay if I take her-”“Yes, of course,” I interrupt him. “Take her to a room.”“You’ll get the little ones?”I nod and try my best to smile. The weight of what’s to come is so heavy that I can’t breathe, but nonetheless, I take Raymond by the shoulders, and turn the three children in the direction of the motel.I should have lived more. If I knew my life was going to be this short, I would have lived more.Noah will l

Chapter 59

NoahFor the first time since we left, I make contact with Weiland and Dexter. Our mind links are fragile, like smoke on the breeze, and it takes a lot of effort to maintain them.Lyric is in the room next door. She stripped the beds and found clean linens somewhere else in the motel. Em thinks she kept the place clean, but to me everything reads like insanity. The rooms aren’t filthy, but they’re not clean. Dust dances in the light that filters through the dirty curtains, the bedding is dirty, used, the bathroom is covered in green mould where a steady stream of water from the shower feeds it. The motel is not functioning, the stench of decay is everywhere, and the little human girl disassociated from reality so she can cope.I tell this to my Beta and Gamma while I keep an ear on Lyric. She found cleaning supplies and scrubbed that bathroom until her fingers bled before she filled the tub and put the pups inside.I smile while I listen to them play in the warm water. It must have

Chapter 60

Noah“Is now a good time to… get sexy with me?” Lyric asks, her voice taking on a new, coquettish sound that drives Conri, and me for that matter, absolutely insane with lust.“Is there a bad time when it’s the end of the world?” I ask with a chuckle and kiss the top of her head.Then I leave, because I know if I don’t I’ll stay. I’ll stay here and keep this little slice of the world just functioning enough for her to survive, while everything else goes to hell.And I wouldn’t care. I won’t give a single shift, because all I care about is her. I have to force myself to be concerned about the faceless masses. It wasn’t that way before, and that should scare me, but it doesn’t.I would burn the world to ash to keep her safe.What scares me is killing her to save this place. Like they deserve it. Any of them. Even humans. They just keep circling the same drain. If it’s not the wolves kickstarting ‘the end’ it’s the humans with one of their wars.It was the humans the last time. They drop

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