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Chapter 6
Lucien
We force ourselves to run faster, me pulling Meira by the hand to keep up, while Bardhyl takes the lead. He sniffs the air to prevent us before running into anyone, taking us left and right down corridors. He knows this place inside out.
Voices and shouting booms from outside the building, coupled with the distant popping sound of guns going off. I don’t know what’s going on, but it sounds chaotic. Better for us to slip out of here undetected. Though leaving behind Dušan is a punch to the gut, and there’s only one place I can think of to hide to get my thoughts together on what to do next, which is where Bardhyl is headed. We discussed our escape plan to get out and go find Meira. Seems the little fox discovered us first.
When I glance over, there’s an innocence behind her pale bronze eyes, coupled with fierceness. She doesn’t whimper despite the guard having attacked her but steels herself against me as if ready to confront whatever danger emerges.
I fucking adore everything about her, and my heart clenches as her words back in the prison float in my head.
I love you.
Three words I never expected to ever hear again, and it plays heavily on my mind. I accepted my loss long ago, and that my future would be filled with women in my bed, not my heart. Until Meira. Except this isn’t the place to fall apart and get all mushy. I need to get my shit together.
We sprint down an empty corridor, my heart in my throat at the thought of being found, so I keep looking behind us.
Bardhyl careens left around a corner. He’s going for the side exit from the building and into the settlement grounds. Perfect.
“Quickly,” I whisper to Meira, who’s huffing but still keeping up with me.
My thoughts ping-pong in every direction. I will fight to the death to protect my soulmate. To defend our home. To safeguard those we consider family, currently living in fear within the pack. And then there’s Mad, the fucking prick. He is a certified psycho, and I told Dušan this long ago. But you can’t reason when it comes to family. I know this, but it doesn’t change my mind.
It sucks we had to devolve to this chaotic disaster for Dušan to finally open his eyes to who his stepbrother is: one twisted sonofabitch.
Everything about him is screwed, always has been. From the times I caught him assaulting two newly arrived Omegas in our woods, feigning he was helping them. To his constant goddamn spying on everyone. No one does that unless they are up to shit.
Meira’s hand slips in mine, but I hold on to her tighter as we dart down the darkened hallway. There are doors on either side of us. These are the staff quarters and our kitchen. Beyond lies a door leading outside, always locked from the inside.
Bardhyl skids to a halt at our exit. Letting go of Meira, I shuffle past Bardhyl’s big ass and find no key. I try the handle. Locked.
“Stand back.” I kick the damn lock. A clang sounds.
“Wait.” Meira interrupts, and we both turn to her. “I entered the settlement from the rear fence, and they already know I’ve probably broken in, so there might be guards out there. I caused a diversion at the front gate, but I don’t know how long it will hold. Is there anywhere else we can go without going outside?” She glances back down the corridor. “Maybe we should return and find Dušan.”
“Hold on,” I start, trying to process everything she told me. “How did you escape Mad’s men in the woods?”
Even Bardhyl makes a rumbling sound in his chest.
She’s still breathing heavily. “Everything happened so fast, but I had my first transformation after they attacked and you two were knocked out.”
“Holy fuck!” I drag her into my arms. “You had your first shift… Hell, this is massive.” I look her over, and she’s not harmed. “You survived.” My heart beats so hard. Gone is the worry of how we were going to find a way to fix her. This is the best news, especially considering everything else is falling apart.
Bardhyl is right there, rubbing himself against Meira’s legs, letting her know he’s there for her.
She gives a small laugh as she pets Bardhyl behind the ears. “When they injected me, it must have triggered something in me and I changed.” A frown creases her perfect forehead. “It freaking hurts to transform.”
I chuckle and embrace her before lowering my face to her and kiss that sweet mouth. Short and sweet, and now I desperately long for time with her alone.
“So you ran from them?”
“Yes, and then let’s just say, the horde of zombies who showed up suddenly saved my ass.”
“You were damn lucky those things didn’t get you too.” She must have been fast in her wolf form.
She blinks at me, her mouth parting, like she’s going to say something, but she nods. Something swims behind her gaze, an unease, but we don’t have time for this now. She’ll tell me later what happened in the woods after I was knocked out.
Bardhyl groans and headbutts my leg, then looks at the exit. Yes, we need to get the hell out of here.
