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“Yeah?” she pulled up her phone, showing me the message from her friend. “See. Why do you ask?”
I shook my head and shrugged. “Those humans back there seemed pissed, talking about the caves being closed off.”
“Oh, yeah,” she giggled, covering her mouth. “I think he set up some fake police tape so we could have the place to ourselves. How sweet is that?”
“Kind of sounds illegal,” I grumbled, feeling bad for the tourists who most likely would never get another chance to revisit this spot.
“All the best gestures are,” Katya said in a sing-song voice. “Trust me, it’s romantic.”
I chuckled nervously, looking around at the empty path. “I’ll take your word for it, Katya.”
My stomach began to roll the closer to the cave we got. A voice in my head screaming for me to run while waving a bright red flag. Something didn’t quite feel right.
“How do you know this guy?” I asked Katya, eyeing the opening to the cave warily.
“Hmm?” she hummed, looking at me. “Oh, he has been coming around the packhouse a lot lately. We just got to talking and bonding over some issues we shared, and before you know it, we had hit it off.”
An image of Katya and Chase outside of the packhouse appeared in my mind. My heart spiked, and my breathing quickening before I could control my emotions.
Katya looked at me, the smile dissolving into the same hateful glare she had given me since we first met. “Oh, for fuck’s sake, I give up.”
She grabbed me by my arm, pulling it behind my back forcefully, forcing a cry to ring from my lips. Her other hand clamped down over my mouth, hissing curses under her breath.
“Shut the hell up, or I’ll roll you the rest of the way down the path. And don’t even think about using your magic on me.” She held out her hand, showing off a dark metal ring on her thumb, clear quartz and runes decorating the band. “This little baby will just suck your magic right up. So, it’s not even worth your effort to try.”
I cursed into her hand, biting at her palm as she shoved me forward. As much as I wanted to struggle harder, the threat of her rolling me down the path kept me obedient. The last thing I wanted was to risk my unborn child’s life, and a roll along this rock path would undoubtedly end my pregnancy just as I learned of its existence.
“Get in there,” Katya growled as we reached the end of the path, shoving me at the opening of the rocks.
I stumbled over my feet, her hands releasing me as I fell to my knees, my eyes looking down at a pair of black dress shoes, so out of place of the landscape they stood on.
“Hello there, Little Riding Hood.” My eyes widened at the voice, instantly recognizing the dark laugh of my stalker all those nights ago at this very beach. “I told you I’d find you.”
Chapter nineteen
Paige
“TheOceansidePackowesyou, Ms. Future Luna of the Coronado Pack,” my stalker said, smiling at Katya.
“Anything to ensure a long-lasting peace between our packs,” she responded, tossing her hair behind her shoulder with a flourish. “It’s just lucky I noticed her sneaking off.”
The two smiled down at me, my heart racing so fast that the sound of my blood racing began to muffle out their voices. It was him. I knew his voice like it had only been yesterday. The cruel tone of his laugh as he knelt beside me. He smelt like seaweed. A salty scent that I might usually enjoy, but from him, it curdled my stomach. It took all I had not to throw up then and there.
“Last I saw of you, Little Riding Hood, you left me with my feet frozen to some rocks. I must admit, I almost lost you.” He brushed the hair from my face, my body jerking back on instinct. “How fortunate it was that you were hiding in the Coronado Packhouse. I have to admit, I was surprised. Furious, in fact. To think you were pretending to be another man’s mate.” He clicked his tongue with a shake of his head. “I told you; you belong with me.”
“You fucking wish,” I growled, spitting at his face.
I fell forward again, a stinging pain at the back of my head. Looking back, I found Katya glaring at me.
“You should show some respect to Alpha Markus; after all, he is your mate. You don’t have a choice, remember. Fate decides.”
“Fate decided that Nyte was my mate, not him,” I argued back, glaring between them. “He’s just delusional. Like you. Maybe you two should pair off instead.”
“Now, what good is a power-hungry she-wolf to me?” Alpha Markus chuckled. “I have so many to choose from back in my pack. What I need is a powerful witch. And that’s what I get with you.”
“If you don’t need me for anything else, Alpha, I have some shopping to do.” Katya bent down and grabbed my bag, smiling as she put it over her shoulder.
“That’s mine!” I called out, throwing a sheet of ice at her feet with little effect on her.
