Chapter 101
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Chapter 101
ELENA
My knuckles still stung
The taste of blood hung in the air–his, not mine–and the man I clocked in the mouth earlier had stalked off in a fit of pique Probably to get backup.
If I wanted to make my move, now was the time.
The other one, the taller rogue with the cold eyes, was still watchin; ine. Calm. Too calm
It was just him and me.
I was weighing my options. I could shift. Nox was already pacing inside me, teeth bared, I was strong enough to take him- maybe.
The rogue smirked, as if he could hear the thought before I finished forming it.
“Go ahead and shitt,” he said, stepping closer. “Make it easy on us”
I narrowed my eyes.
That answer surprised even me.
He looked disappointed. “Shame. I was hoping for a little excitement.”
That was when the door slammed open
Pierce.
His smile was gone. The fake warmth wiped clean. What remained was sharp and furious.
“You want to hurt my men?” he said, voice low and full of promise
Then his hand exploded across my face.
White–hot pain lit up my cheek. My head snapped to the side. Stars bloomed in my vision and the room tilted.
Then-
A growl.
Not his.
Not mine.
Low. Deep. Dangerous
For a split second, I thought it was Pierce. That he was going to finish what he started.
But the sound was behind him.
Pierce turned-
and Derek launched himself into the room like a hurricane.
He collided with Pierce mid–pivot, shoulder–first, knocking him across the floor.
“Get Aiden,” he growled over his shoulder, already moving after him. “Run”
Chapter 101
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I blinked, stunned.
Delyk?
How-?
Then I saw the shadow in the hallway. A small silhouette, his hoodie streaked with dirt.
“Alden,” Tbreathed.
He was watching me, wide–eyed, waiting for me in come get hir
him
But before I could move, another sound broke the moment–ulo bursting open behind me. More
rogues.
Of course. Pierce had mindlinked them. They came pouring into the room like a flood.
I turned toward them, my vision still blurry, heart racing.
If there’s a light to be had, then let Nox have it.
I let go of the human shape and shifted.
DEREK
1 barely registered Pierce hitting the floor before he sprang back fast as a striking snake.
Former Gamma. Trained. Dangerous
We clashed again, fists and fury flying in a blur. He landed a sharp bow to my ribs–1 grunted, staggered–but caught myself and drove forward, slamming him into the wall with a growl.
“You’ve made a mistake,” I snarled. “Coming after her.”
He laughed in my face, blood already trickling from his mouth. “Hasn’t felt like one yet.”
I slammed him again, harder. The wall cracked.
Behind us, the room was chaos.
Elena–Nox now–was already tearing through the rogues like a binde of moonlight, graceful and lethal. Copper fur streaked with blood. Her snarl curled through the air like a war cry.
I felt the mindlink flare.
Brock, Joe. Now..
They were already in position, crouched just outside the villa perimeter with a small strike team, waiting for my signal.
Now it came.
Seconds later, the front windows exploded inward, glass raining down in a glittering storm. Silverclaw warriors surged through the breach like a wave of fury. Joe and Brock were the first–already shifting mid–air, tur erupting from skin, claws flashing
Rogues came pouring in to meet them, snarling, outnumbered–but they didn’t stand a chance.
Still, I couldn’t look away from Pierce.
He was everywhere–ducking, striking, twisting out of reach. He slammed his knee into my gut and followed it with a sharp elbow to my jaw. My head snapped back–1 saw stars, white heat flashing behind my eyes.
Pain exploded through my skull, but I welcomed it. It cleared me. Focused me.
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Because this wasn’t post another
Thh washing.
The man who rained denim terror and blood. Who probably killed the tabe
Who’d shatteredam pack. Who’d to a hole in my mother‘
The man who stole Elena, hurt her, scared Aiden who dragged into or didn’t
My wolf surged forward, red–hot rage rising up to meet him
The same fury that had overtaken me at the Alliance Summit roared back, stronger than before it araon’t jont instiner
