All Chapters of The Last Alpha’s Mate: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

ELARAA cold chill crept slowly up my spine, settling deep into my bones, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something here was terribly, horribly wrong.“Wasn’t this supposed to be about blood samples?” I asked, my voice quieter now, uncertain.No one answered.It was as if I wasn’t even there.I didn’t even hear the door open behind me.Everything happened at once.Fenrir lunged forward_The reinforced glass slammed under the force of his body, vibrating so violently it rattled through my teeth.My eyes widened in shock. “Fenrir!”His eyes, they weren’t calm anymore. They were wild. Unstable.His claws dragged harshly against the barrier, scraping with a sound that made my skin crawl. And his teeth… God, his teeth were bared, sharp and threatening_Pointed straight at me.I froze.My mind refused to catch up.Why was he looking at me like that?What did I do?Did I… do something wrong?Was he angry at me?Why was he_Something clamped over my mouth.“M

Fenrir The wind cut across my face as I moved deeper into the trees, and the scent of blood followed us like a trail I could not erase no matter how fast I ran or how far I went. It was not just mine… they were hers too, the chemicals and the trace of the facility. I did not like it one bit because it made my thoughts restless.My feet slowed only when the ground began to smoothen out and the trees grew thicker with their branches heavy enough to hide us from the drones above. Yeah, these fuckers had drones.I glanced back. Thankfully, the cliff was far behind now, though I could still hear the distant barking of search dogs.Fuck! Thise idiots had not given up on us. Their boots crushed leaves and snapped twigs in with a rush that made my ears sensitive.I lowered myself carefully, keeping my body curved around her as I set her down against the base of a wide oak tree. Her size had not bothered me while I ran, but now that I stopped, I felt everything at once. Including the tran

Elara:I knew what he was about to do… my head shook on its own.“No…”He picked me up like I weighed nothing. "No… Fenrir… no—" I tried squeezing myself out of his embrace “Don't do this, please…” He turned toward the gap and threw me. My mouth opened in a silent scream, or so I thought… but a bloodcurdling scream filled the air. It was so familiar and I thought that was me.Maybe it was me. I whimpered at the sharp darts that hit Fenrir again on his back. The ring surrounding the river immediately closed in and I had no way to get back. I dived helplessly into the rushing water… “Help!” The water took me before I could think about where it was going. It was cold, dark, and faster than it had any right to be.“Fuck!” I went under, swallowing shitty water twice before I grabbed a rotten plank that let me know which way was up. The raging current had taken me sideways, forward and so damn far away from the cliff in a direction I hadn't chosen.Hell no!I grabbed for the bank… m

ELARAThank goodness. I ran into the road, and put both arms up. “Hey!” The vehicle slowed with its windows coming down and a man looked out at me with the specific expression, taking in my wet clothes, missing shoes and whatever my face was doing."Please," I said. My voice came out smaller than I intended. "I need help."He said something I didn't fully catch because the edges of my vision were doing something strange like darkening and narrowing… No, no… not now! I recognised it distantly as a warning that I'd been ignoring for the last fifteen minutes because I hadn't had the option to pay attention to it.I grabbed the door handle."Hey—" he said.And then the road came up and I didn't feel it when I hit it because I was already gone before I got there.The last thing I was aware of was the sound of his door opening and his footsteps fast on the tarmac…Until we meet again… I hope the goddess shines her favour upon us.“Are you okay? Madam?!” ****************“Fenrir!” My e

ELARAI took the IV out slowly this time, pressing my thumb over the entry point the way I'd seen the nurse do it, and swung my legs off the bed. I stood up and waited to see if the room was going to tilt again.It didn't.I unplugged the monitor before the alarm could trigger. Without further ado, I found a pair of scrub bottoms folded on the chair by the window and pulled them on.Thankfully, there was a sock on the floor which was not ideal but was better than nothing.I yanked the door open.The corridor was empty in both directions.Perfect. I went left because left was away from the nurses' station and toward the stairwell I'd clocked earlier when they were bringing me in. My ten toes were on the floor, moving as fast as they coild before any of the orderlies would come in. I knew what they were thinking… … that I was fucking crazy.Before I knew it, the stairwell door was there and I pushed through it.The ground floor corridor was brighter than I expected so I slowed and c