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Leon is drenched in blood, covered as if he bathed in it. The two men that tossed him to the ground are also bloody. One man’s arm is bent at an odd angle, and I watch him shove it back into place. Looking out, I see seven Alphas and two other men in uniform, who look to be officials.
I recognize the man with the gun as one of the Alphas from the glory hole event at Tal’s. I swear I have seen the other man before, yet I don’t place him until he speaks.
“Where is she?” he yells, kicking Leon in the face. My blood runs cold, and I am suddenly frozen to the spot, trapped in a memory I don’t want. A memory I worked so hard to forget. The memory slams into me by the mere sound of his voice and throws me back in time. Everything I suppressed starts assaulting my mind.
* * *
***THE DAY OF THE ATTACK***
We’re in Mrs. Keller’s car, which is upside down and in a ravine after they ran us off the road. Mrs. Keller is slumped and dangling from her seat. I hear men shouting in the distance.
“Down here! Quick, grab the bitch and let's go!"
I blink, and blood from the gash on my head taints my vision. I shake Mrs. Keller awake. She groans, peering around. The voices get closer. She turns, and I will never forget the look she gives me. One of pure terror, and she screams at me.
"Run! Run, Harlow. They are coming for you," she screams, and I run. I am at the edge of the tree line when I stop, expecting her to be right behind me. However, as I peer between the bushes, I see men running down the ravine as she tries to crawl out her door. She has a huge piece of metal stabbing through her stomach.
The men grab her, hauling her out of the car. My entire body is frozen as I watch the horror unfold before me. I’m paralyzed by fear, and I tremble, peering out between the bushes.
She is thrown to the ground on her hands and knees. The man grabs her hair, jerking her head back. She spits in his face, and he wipes it off. “Where is she?” he asks.
“Go fuck yourself, you pin-dick prick,” she responds, only for him to slap her across the face. Blood sprays over the grass, and tears brim in my eyes. Mrs. Keller laughs, however, and wipes her mouth before glaring at him.
“You always were a pathetic excuse for an Alpha,” she sneers at him.
“You were supposed to be mine!” he growls at her.
“I was never yours, and neither was Harper!” she screams at him.
“You had Sophia take the first twin from me. You aren’t getting this one. Black fucked up, and he’ll pay for that mistake, but in the meantime, you’ll pay for ever daring to cross me.”
He grabs her face, kissing her, but she growls, biting down on his tongue. He grabs the steel protruding from her stomach and twists, making her scream and let go.
“When I find her, and I will, I’ll make sure there is nothing left of her for Thane. You took Harper from us. Now we take Thane’s Omega from you,” he growls at her.
“You’re a dead man,” she spits at him, blood dribbling down her lips and chin.
“He’ll never know,” the man laughs, and two men haul her to her feet. He pulls a knife from his back pocket and drags the tip down her face. She doesn't flinch, just glares at him.
“My son will come for you. He’ll come for her, and you better pray to the Moon Goddess he has mercy on you!”
The man laughs, tapping the knife on her cheek.
“Find her. She can’t have got far!” he snaps at the other four men with him. They start taking their clothes off and begin shifting.
“All this time and you’re still trying to catch a ghost,” she laughs.
He growls before slitting her throat.
That’s what finally gets me moving. I do what she told me, and I run.
* * *
I hid in that forest for days, covering my body in mud to hide my scent as I waited them out. Now, looking out the shed doors, I see the man that killed Hana. The man who hunted me. His voice triggered a memory my mind had blocked out.
The blond man with the gun must be Alpha Corbin. I can tell who he is by the sheer size of him, and his aura is menacing, like Thane’s. He lifts his gun, pressing it to Leon’s temple before he looks up at the house.
Chapter Ten
