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Chapter 86
All the lycans who could make a difference were in that meeting room: the Alphas Dimitri, Konan, Hiro, Dereck, and Noah; the Paladins Alanna and Maddox; and the counselors General Gallagher, Cedrick, and Brennan. In three days they had managed to bring them all together.Maddox had explained to them what had happened in America. He had shown them Myra's letter and told them about the twins—it was impossible not to—yet their location had not been revealed to anyone. The Alphas, even Konan, who did not have the best relations with Rhiannon, had been shocked by what was happening.They needed to act before Erea got what she was up to, before the same freedom that had been taken from their wolves was taken from them as well. However, they could not agree on the best way to attack.Nader was the leader, but Erea was more dangerous.Throughout the meeting Rhiannon's face had been a grim mask. She was upset, she was angry, and she was definitely not reacting well to it all. Aidan could sense
Chapter 87
“How could you? You were the only brother I had all my life!” Aidan yelled at him, pulling Brennan up by the collar of his blue uniform. “How could you hurt my mate, the woman I love?”“That's not true! I would never hurt you... I would never—”“No, not him,” Alanna said, “but you'd do anything to make Rhiannon disappear from his life. Wouldn't you?”Aidan let go of Brennan and approached Alanna with a frown.“What are you talking about?” he growled.Alanna bit her lips hesitantly.“I've had centuries to watch him,” she said quietly. “He... has feelings for you.”Aidan pulled back with a gesture of bewilderment.“What?”“Brennan helped the resistance for many years, yet he never openly betrayed you,” Alanna continued. “When news of Myra's pregnancy broke, you had him lock Rhia in the penthouse at 180 Street... and he called me. We warned her to get away from you. He took her out of town himself and warned her not to come looking for you again.”“Is that true?” Aidan asked, turning to
Chapter 88
Aidan felt his heart break as his nose began to bleed. Inside him, Akela and eighteen other wolves howled in anguish.The Alphas looked at him with concern because by now, they all knew that, unless a ghost had broken his nose, that was caused by what they were doing to the queen.He wiped his nose angrily as he prayed to the Goddess for two things: first, that Rhiannon would be able to send him a sign of where she was, and second, that all those who were hurting her would be alive when he arrived, so he could have the pleasure of ripping their throats out himself.The pilot had come in to announce to them that they were about to land in New York when the first cut opened on the skin of his forearm. He pulled up his sleeve and enjoyed every wound that was beginning to emerge on his skin as Alanna pulled his hand across the table and copied every letter and number that painfully appeared on it.2300s N CataractThe wound healed in a few minutes but the scars did not disappear.“What do
Chapter 89
Arriving at last at the international airport of Iguazu awakened an adrenaline spike among the lycans that could be felt for miles. The paladins organized them and in less than twenty minutes they were reconnoitering the hangars designated for private flights. Aidan seemed so calm that the rest of the Alphas were on edge.It was one of Dimitri's soldiers who sounded the alarm for everyone to approach one of the hangars. Aidan knelt down next to the drops of dried blood visible on the floor, and Akela growled angrily.“It's hers.”“We have a trail!” he shouted, and then turned to Maddox. “Twenty small squads, three scouts. Five-mile perimeter. We're going to start sweeping. Move out!”He personally followed the main trail while the Alphas organized and began the hunt. Thanks to Rhiannon's foresight, the scouts didn't lose the trace more than twice, and when they finally arrived in front of the cataracts, they saw that it did indeed veer north, crossing the Iguazu.They advanced through
Chapter 90
The white spear was pulled out of Cedrick's body, and he turned around, holding his wound with both hands, to find himself face to face with Brennan Tarik.“You...” he muttered, bleary-eyed and staggering.“There's something you're right about,” Brennan said to Cedrick. “I've loved him all my life, I'll be loyal to him until my last breath... and he's always known that. He's my Alpha, he's my brother, he's my friend, and he's always been aware that I'd rather drive a fucking Keqzhara through my own chest than hurt him.”He took a couple of steps back without taking his eyes off Cedrick and pressed the button that opened the glass door. Aidan stepped out, walking past him, and gave his Beta a hug.“Are you all right?” he asked, holding her neck and making him look at him.“Well, now I have ‘playing dead’ as part of my special skills,” Brennan replied with a crooked smile.“You were a very convincing dead man,” Aidan said and laughed, turning to Cedrick. “Wasn't he?”The lycan staggered
Chapter 91
Rhiannon watched as if in slow motion that needle descending into her womb, ready to hurt her children... and then all the pain, all the fear, all the despair and anguish took a single dark and dangerous shape: the shape of the Goddess's Wolf.Her skin vibrated with pent-up rage, and a furious she-wolf launched herself out with bloodshot eyes and hot saliva that went to land directly on Erea's chest as she attacked one of her shoulders. The thought of the she-wolf rumbled over those walls like thunder.“YOU...WILL... NOT... LAY... A PAW... ON OUR PUPS!!!”Erea lay sprawled on the floor, cornered against a wall as she glared at the huge white she-wolf that stood between her and the girl.Rhiannon had fainted from the effort of getting Raksha out, she was very weak, she had eaten very little, and had suffered from cold and shortness of breath for thirteen hours in the cargo cabin of an airplane. That, coupled with the terror, the nausea, and demand for energy that the puppies required m
Chapter 92
Aidan never knew where the hell Brennan had gotten regular clothes for Rhia, but when he opened the door the lycan held out a light blue blouse and women's baggy pants.“You should tell him,” Rhia said to Aidan as she got dressed. “He's been with you for centuries, and he's put his skin and blood on the line for you. He deserves to hear it.”Aidan didn't answer. He knew what Rhiannon meant, and he knew she was right. His mate moved closer to him, catching his lips in a soft kiss as she caressed him.“I love you.”“I love you so much, Rhia! I don't know what I would do if I lost you... if I lost them,” he murmured and choked up.“That's not going to happen. I'm going to see the Alphas. Follow my scent when you're done.”The Alpha nodded, and Rhia left, escorted by Alanna and Maddox.“Brennan,” Aidan called before he followed them, and his Beta stopped.“Is everything all right?” Brennan said, worried.“Nothing's all right, but we'll try to figure it out. What happened with Cedrick?” Ai
Chapter 93
Aidan snuggled Rhia against his chest as he watched her sleep an uneasy sleep. It had only been two days since the attack on the Iguazu facilities. They had stayed there just long enough to regroup. Briccia had flown in to pick up everyone who needed to be sent to Wales, and then Aidan had ordered ten strategic charges to be placed in that artificial hellhole. The complex had been blown up and had eventually been buried by the mountain itself.No one wanted it to be remembered or used again. The remains of Cedrick Gallagher, and perhaps the tormented soul of Erea Casthiel, would stay there. The rest of the guards had at least been procured a name so that their families would know they had died there.After that, they had walked north for a whole day, away from that place, and had arrived at the nearest reserve in Brazil. The reception of the small pack had been bad and good at the same time. Their Alpha had escaped, possibly to go and tell Alpha Theo, regent of the South American pack