All Chapters of Elding: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

I looked at the dead man at my feet and sighed. ‘That was stupid Alex,’ I thought to myself. I should have asked him how many more there are. I took his gun and put it in the back of my jeans. The knife went back into my boot and I started up the stairs slowly. I could hear their voices but it was muffled and I couldn’t make out the words. The door opened again and another man stared into the barrel of the gun as I pulled it from my jeans and aimed it at his face. If the situation wasn’t so dire, I’d be laughing at the shocked look on his face.“Move,” I said to him and he stepped backwards and lifted his arms.“What’s taking so long?” I heard Allen ask. His voice held irritation and that just pissed me off more.“We’ve got a problem, Mr. Hall,” the man said and Allen stepped through another door. I saw the man following him and he had Jules by her arm. Another man followed them through the door and came to stand in front of Allen protectively. I had no idea where his wife was and

I sat on the bed and powered up the laptop. I searched for hotels in New York, close to where the next two people on my list lived. I still felt the same determination to complete my task, but Jules was now messing with my head. I knew that if I went after her now, I’d never go to New York and I would always wonder. In the long run I would resent her for it and that wouldn’t be fair to either of us.I booked a room in a hotel and I wanted to call my mom and ask her about Joseph and Dylan, but then she would know what I was up to. If they weren’t guilty I didn’t have to go to New York but I had no way of knowing if they were or weren’t. I picked up the shopping bag from the bed and Jules’ credit card was underneath it. She was mad and hurt enough to give it back to me. She was cutting all ties with me. I put it in the backpack and left the room key on the table. I couldn’t give up now. We shared a bond and I had to believe that the bond was strong enough to overcome anything.I made t

Joseph’s mouth opened and closed a few times. I could feel his power pushing against my own, testing my honesty, reaching out toward it and embracing it. I’d never felt anything like it before and it was an exciting clash of auras.“Oh my hat that’s all true!” he said as he looked at Dylan. “And something else, you’ve been weighing our souls for some reason to determine our guilt, haven’t you?”“Yes, I’m sorry, but I had to know. I have a list of names,” I said to him and took the list out. The ones I had already killed had a line drawn through them and Joseph looked at me after he looked at the list. His expression darkened a few times and then a sad smile was on his face.“These four in Montana, Scott, his Beta and those two Zetas, I really can’t believe that they had anything to do with Jeremy’s death. Scott loved your father and he didn’t even want the Alpha Seat,” Joseph said. “What I can tell you is that Scott found out Allen and a few others were selling drugs. He threatened th

Six months had gone by and Jules had made no contact with me. Her silence hurt and I’d become a little withdrawn. I phoned Mary every week to ask how she was and how Jules was doing. She didn’t talk about Jules a lot. I sent her money every month even though she kept telling me that it wasn’t necessary, but I could see that it was. The bed and breakfast was doing very well. I still felt that she was my responsibility because my feelings for Jules hadn’t changed.After the accident, Thalia had found out everything. She had made her own deductions when Dylan had called her out of the blue and he had to admit that I had given him her number. She had been furious with me when she finally connected the dots about the people I’d killed. Finally, in the end, it had been Levi that had come to my rescue.Naturally, I bought another bike much to Thalia’s dismay. It took me three months before I could ride it though. My brain wasn’t working the way it should and even though I was healing, it too

I spent the next year living with Scott Parker and learning how to be an Alpha from him. He taught me everything he knew from how to act as an Alpha, how the rules worked, what the pack did together, how we all functioned as a unit and most importantly, what my role was as Alpha.I had grown close to the members and I spent all my time with Scott. He told me stories about my father and I felt like I knew him too. It was different from the things Thalia had to say about him, Scott had been his best friend and the stories weren’t always PG.Eighteen months had gone by and I still hadn’t heard a word from Jules. The bond was dwindling and I was glad for it. I still sent Mary her money every month but after that last phone call before I met Scott, I didn’t call her again and after ignoring her calls for a month, Mary didn’t call me again either.Every Friday morning, I went home and on Sunday afternoons I’d ride back to Sidney. Scott was more than just an advisor and when he told me that