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The need to escape pounds in my head. I’ll never be safe here, not with wolves like him, who see me as an opportunity once they uncover my secret.
Lucien’s words spear over my thoughts.If such an elixir existed, the battle to control it would end in bloodshed.He was right. Wolves will kill to get to me...
I curse myself and whack a palm into the side of my head.Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
Why did I let myself think this place might be different? Why did I get close to the Alphas?
My feet already recoil toward the broken fence behind me. My heart is shattering slowly.
These undead, the cause of the horrific state of the world, brush past me, unknowingly saving me.
I lift my gaze to the battle, and I find Dušan and Lucien staring right at me from the fortress doorway. They can see me swimming amidst the enemy without being attacked.
An army of undead swarms between us, more pouring into the settlement, shoving past me.
And the Alphas see it all now. They see me…my real secret…the one thing that promises to make me a lab experiment.
Adrenaline pumps through my veins, and a sick feeling dulls my thoughts.
I can’t be here. I can’t bring war to their home.
My heart splinters into a thousand pieces between escaping so their pack doesn’t go to war and staying to help them save the settlement.
My throat thickens, already longing the connection I have with the Alphas. I crave the intimacy. Adore that Dušan did his best to protect me. My head sways in two directions.
I shudder when I spy Mad from a balcony in the fortress watching me… he’s a cancerous leech, and I know he will everything to destroy me, even if means eliminating the pack.
I straighten my spine and turn on my heels before running out of the settlement. This is what I should have done the moment I arrived here.
“Meira!” Dušan’s voice fades behind me.
I can’t stay here. I can’t risk them losing everything. The Alphas are strong. They’ll fight with claws and teeth.
The pain of leaving them behind squeezes my heart, but I don’t stop running away. I never will.
Swift and silent.
Dušan
She’s gone, and all I see before she goes is the fear in her eyes. The infected moved past her like she didn’t exist. I lunge forward, but Lucien grabs my arm and stops me.
“Dušan, I have Meira’s blood test I arranged from the sample I took when she first arrived.” Lucien chokes on his words.
“And?” I snap, unable to stop staring out into the woods. Except I need my head screwed on straight. “I have to fight for my wolves. This can wait.” But I can’t lose Meira. My breaths stumble inside me.
“Fuck, just listen to me for a second.” He sucks in a deep breath. “Meira has leukemia. And it’s spreading through her human form. Mariana says the sickness mingled with her wolf side is what makes her immune to the infected.”
I shake my head, trying to hear his words as I turn to my Third. I smell her all over him, and I clench my fists. But I can’t see clearly through my fury.
“So, what is it then? Her sick blood is immune to the undead? She’s the cure everyone dreams about and can help all our pack? A solution that will bring war to our doorsteps when everyone finds out?”
“Yes. But there’s a problem.”
I swallow hard and growl. “What could possibly be worse?”
“The leukemia is spreading fast through her human side, and she doesn’t have long before her body dies. Then her beast will rip out of her body.” He stares at me, and we’re both thinking the same thing before he mouths it. “There’ll be nothing left of her.”
My heart cleaves in half, and the world fades around me. Every emotion hits me at once—anger, frustration, fear, and heartache. They grip me, shredding my insides as everything Lucien said plays out in my head. The mess this will turn into, coupled with Mad’s return and the coincidental breach of our fence, makes my blood boil.
