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"Y-You should r-rest," I whispered.
I winced when my father pressed something against my chest. It hurt, but it didn't.
How weird was that?
Chapter Nineteen
~ Alessandro ~
My heart almost stopped beating when I heard the faint echo of a gunshot coming from the villa. I shook the guy I was holding around the throat. "What did you do?"
The guy just laughed maliciously as if he had never heard anything funnier. "Worried about your pretty little mate, Prince? You should be. We're never going to let bloodsuckers like him rule us. He's an abomination!"
I roared as I tossed him as hard and as far as I could. I barely acknowledged the sickening thud he made as he hit a tree. I was too busy taking flight and heading back toward the villa.
Within moments, I reached the villa. I landed on the stone patio right outside the French doors to my study and shifted. Three gryphons landed next to me. They immediately shifted into Tashi, Sisko, and Sato.
Three of four gryphons I trusted most in the world.
"Sir," Tashi started. "We heard another gunshot."
I pushed the French doors open and stepped inside my study. I didn't see anything, so I lifted my nose into the air and took a strong sniff. There was a definite hint of gunpowder in the air, but I could also smell the distinctive scents of four different people, but they were all scents I recognized.
I hurried over to my desk to release the locks on the security door on the panic room. I’d never had to use myself, but it had been there for ages, and I had kind of forgotten about it until I mated René.
Now, it was a godsend.
Except it wasn't working. The door wouldn't open. I hit it several times before giving up and racing over door to the panic room. I tried to force it open and yank it open, but it wouldn't budge.
"Help me!"
Tashi and Sato rushed over to help me pull on the door, but nothing helped. It was built to be locked from the inside for a reason.
I tried to dig my claws into the metal of the door, but it was made with titanium and steel. All I did was put deep claw marks in it.
Maybe that was the answer.
"Rip it apart!"
The four of us started slashing at the panic room walls with our claws. It was taking way too long, and I was terrified that we wouldn't reach René in time.
"René, gattino,"I sent through our link,"hang in there. I'm coming."
"Alessandro."
His voice sounded so weak that I started working harder at tearing through the wall."I'm coming, love. I swear."
"Not...not safe. Guard."
"I have Tashi, Sato, and Sisko here with me. I'm well guarded."
"No, the guard. He shot me."
I froze and concentrated on the link between me and René."One of my guards shot you?"
"He was trying to kill you by killing me."
In my rage at René's words, I punched clean through the wall. I started tearing at the opening, my fury fueling me on until I had made a sizeable opening.
