David Baldacci Archer Series Novels & Stories

“About your mother… and the child.” Beside me, Archer sat up straighter, his shoulders no longer tense with anger but with something far more vulnerable. For a fleeting moment, his guarded exterior cracked, revealing a glimmer of hope that caught me completely off guard. His eyes lit up, and his voice, usually so composed, trembled with a mix of excitement and disbelief. “Have you found them?!” he asked, leaning forward. “Where are they hiding? Are they okay?” The air seemed to shift, his sudden hope piercing through the tension in the room like a knife. My heart clenched painfully, and I dared a glance at my father, who looked momentarily shaken by Archer’s reaction.

"Archer?" "Right." he replied without the slightest hesitation, "Sixteen years ago my father, Raphael Archer, is Alpha Pack Basilisk." Some murmurs were shocked quickly filling the silence before. The man didn't look bothered at all, he kept standing quietly while dozens of pairs of eyes stared at him intently. "Alpha Brennan, the meaning of my coming here is to ask for your help." he continued without [2/15, 09:52] Loner 2567: 09:26 4 cut off his gaze from Alex. "With

This can’t be true, can it? “I grew suspicious because lately Ms. Archer has been acting out of character. Since Ms. Archer is someone very close to you and the Alpha Kings, I took investigative action to minimize the risk of any losses you might incur due to Ms. Archer. I truly didn’t anticipate the reason behind the malicious actions Ms. Archer has been taking all this time.” Still bowing her head, Zora spoke with a tone of regret. My left hand gestured for Zora to straighten her back, but my eyes remained fixed on the phone screen. Zacharias, curious, took Zora’s phone and hurriedly read it.

He felt selfish marking her like this because she had no idea what it would mean for either of them. She didn’t back away even though he knew it was painful. She’s strong, which was good. He assured her that he would find her and moved to her side so she could get passed him and escape. Then turned his attention to the five demons that were finally making their way to him. He reached down and realized that he didn’t have his guns but the sword that was given to him by Ard'al and blessed by the Arch Angel Micheal. He took his stance as they surrounded him and he beckoned to them, "Bring it on you bunch of pussys."

He was very well preserved and I didn't hesitate to understand that he was also a werewolf. “Come on,” Archer said and we got out of the pickup truck. As I approached, the man looked at me with his mouth open, then smiled and held out his hand. “I'm Archibald Altaha, Archer's grandfather,” the gentleman said. “I'm one of the counselors at the Reservation.” “Altaha?” I asked and frowned. “You're not Coleman?” They laughed at the question and Archer denied it with embarrassment. “No, that last name is an alias we use outside the Reserves,” Archibald said. “We're Altaha.”

His father sending this boy over as a distraction so him and his band of freaks can attempt to take this pack, something I know wouldn’t work but with the looming war over our heads, we have to be mindful at what resources we are using. Before I had time to dwell on that thought longer, a clean and in new clothes Theo walks from the bathroom smiling over at me as though he had been on one of the best trips of his life. But as he looked around the room, I saw him sadden a little. “Where’s Archer?” He asked as I pulled the covers on the bed back to allow him to climb in, which he soon does and lays down with an even bigger smile on his face. “Archer was called away to some important Alpha work

My breathing, I notice then, is erratic as I rest my back against her door. Archer is renowned for his wicked, errant ways. He isn’t the school principal, and we brush his many affairs with pupils under the carpet. However, Archer having his way with a pupil is entirely different from me crossing that line. It could ruin me for the second time, and I’ll be damned if I allow another Carmichael to ruin me.

Archer’s first punch is quickly followed by many, many more, delivered from both sides. The guards outnumber the brothers five to one, but each brother, even Steven, fights with a determined ferocity I haven’t even seen before. Anyone that so much as comes close to the opening where Isaac and I are standing meets a dire end. Archer has been growing steadily more wolfish. His hands have begun curling like claws. His eyes are flashing dangerously. As he’s tearing through three other guards, one slips past him, heading toward Isaac and me. I shove Isaac behind me and, with no hesitation, kick the imposing guard straight in the crotch. He crumples up at once.

She was mine. Archer stopped in his tracks and looked between us for a moment before nodding, a giddy smile on his face that bothered me to no end. “What are you not telling us?” Beth asked him, ever empathic. Archer looked at her for a moment before saying, “Well Elizabeth, not only is Alpha Rafael still hunting for Drake and Avery with the Lycaon, he’s just brought on the Blood Sorcerers, and they knew what I was doing. I barely got out in time.”

Zara even used my parents' mating as a stepping stone to get what she wanted. Over the years, the Cummings family got rich and lost their minds, trading their history of begging for a new brand of toxic arrogance. They'd forgotten where they came from. Archer was the Alpha of the Razor Pack; there's no way he didn't know this history. He had a predator's instinct for this kind of thing. He had to know that moving them right across from my family was a blatant act of war. A look of realization flickered across Archer's face. His dark eyes glinted with something sharp—the look of a hunter who'd just spotted his target.