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He is doing a lot of talking at Lita, and she does not seem to be reacting much.
She is worried about the child Orion took. I hear it in her voice when she asks about him.
Orion evades her question, telling her it is a surprise. He does not sound pleased with her.
I break out of my shock and make my way around the side of the house, trying to be quiet.
It feels like a delicate situation, and Lita has handled it without risking harm.
I do not wish to mess things up by attacking.
Starting a fight that I cannot win on my own would be unwise.
So, I follow them when they move away from the house, keeping a safe distance back and sticking to the shadows as they get closer to the centre of town.
They are going to his house.
I watch from across the town square as he escorts her inside.
People are walking in and out of the cafeteria across the street and I do not wish to raise any alarms by moving across Orion’s front yard which is lit up by the lights that are on inside his house.
Instead, I stick to the shadows, moving around to the back of the property as quickly as I can.
It’s dark here so I will be able to sneak into the house without being seen once I’ve decided on the best way to break in. It is not as simple as I hope. The door is locked, the windows are closed, and in all likelihood, I am walking straight into a trap.
I charge at the door, smacking into it with all my weight. The lock breaks on the second try.
I am in, and it does not sound like anyone is rushing toward the sound of my break in.
I steel myself, ready to land a killing blow on Orion as soon as I get the chance.
There will be no time for hesitation.
I must save my mate.
Chapter Forty-Seven
Snake
Whenthenastywomanwith the gun turns into a bigger, nastier looking monster and chases us through the forest, I rush toward the forest’s edge, hoping to entice her to squirm right over a whole bunch of Nightshade plants. I do not know if the contact with her skin will be as quick to kill her as swallowing the berries, but it seems like the best plan we could come up with on the fly.
She will think we are running scared, so hopefully it will take her by surprise.
Scar is too far away to tell my plan to, and he is already calling out to the others to warn them and most likely to also get their help. I climb the closest tree and begin swinging across the forest, hoping to get closer to the edge where the plants grow in big patches faster than Scar.
I drop down by the side of the nursery, and Fox comes running toward me, leaping the fence into and out of the yard and breathing hard as he lands at my side.
“What happened?” he asks.
I tell him it’s Orion’s mother, that they must both be phoenix chimera, and that my plan is to get her to squish a bunch of the poisonous plants with her tail.
“Orion’s mother?” he asks, shaking his head. “So, there are two of them. Shit. That means Lita and Scratch could be headed toward the other one right now.”
Scar leaps the Nightshade plants and looks at us.
“Where’s Lita?” he asks, glancing around. “And Scratch.”
“Lita took off in the direction of her house,” Fox says. “Scratch went with her. I was going too, but then you yelled, and we assumed the chimera was Orion so here I am.”
