Page 39 of The Hunt: Emerald

I’LL FECKIN’ KILL ’EM! I’LL KILL ’EM ALL!!!

Me power flares up, burstin’ out, sendin’ all the feckers away as I sprint tu me Omega, but befer I get tu ’er, two hundred Alphas pile ontu me, tearin’ at me flesh. Suddenly, I feel the familiar sensation o’ Banes root enterin’ me body an’ I see sumone behind me wit’ a glintin’ syringe.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”I bellow, tryin’ tu surge toward ’er, but Alphas latch ontu my legs, arms, an’ back, jaws sinkin’ deep. Blood flows intu me mouth as I howl, fightin’ not fer me life, but fer ’ers.

Me sanity slips from me, but no matter how much it slips, I keep ’er in the forefront o’ me mind, cuttin’ down feckers, usin’ evera single t’ing in me arsenal, all me power no matter how t’ey tear at me flesh.I ’ave tu get tu ’er!

Flesh rippin’, bones fracturin’, none of it matters.

RUN, PRECIOUS ONE! RUN! FIGHT!

I bulldoze t’rough the pack, eyes on ’er wen I see Garven leap intu the air, graspin’ ’er an’ seizin’ ’er by the ’air while she claws at ’im. Me heart beatswildly… sweat an’ blood pour from me as I work overtime tu slin’ as many o’ t’em away, fire eruptin’ again, knockin’ back a hundred o’ t’em, but more pour on. Still fightin’, I watch ’elpless as I see ’im wit’ the same lookin’ syringe as the fecker used on me, an’ sinks it intu her neck.

“MURDOCH!” she screams me name as an’ I feel somet’in in me die as I witness ’er body sag.

“No, no, no… Emerald!” me voice cracks, raw an’ low wit’ desperation as I feel the Banes root I’ve been kept at bay fer three years ovacome me. The last t’in’ I see is Garven sneerin’ down at me.

“Wat did I tell yu, brother? Yu’ll never know peace. I’ll take everat’in’ from yu jus’ as yu took everat’in’ from me.” ’e presses a mockin’ kiss tu ’er neck ova me mark. I feel crazed… insane… mad as ’e sneers at me. “She’s mine now,” ’e whispers an’ vanishes intu the trees wit’ ’er cradled against his chest.

“EEEEEEEMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!”I roar ’er name t’rough blurred vision, a broken cry t’at is ripped straight from me soul as fire hotter t’an lava pours from me, sendin’ all the Alpha’s flyin’ back an’ burnin’ tu ash the moment it touches ’em.

Everat’in’ goes black... all I can t’ink o’ is death, killin’, an’ blood as darkness consumes me… yet I still call out one name.

“Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald! Emerald!”

Chapter 15

Stolen

EMERALD

Darkness swirls me, heavy and thick.It’s suffocating.

At first, there is only the dull throb in my head. In my veins, a strange sensation under my skin that leaves me feeling as if I’m on fire. I float in it… weightless, thoughtless, something comforting about the quietness. Suddenly, something shifts.

Searing pains burns through me, as I feel an immeasurable amount of power overwhelm and wrap around the Banes root like coils of smoke and flame. It drinks the toxin in, devouring it like the holy grail, melding it into something else. Strength, heat, a living current that races through me.

I can feel it… throbbing in my core, pulsing in my bones,my entire being. My power is changing.Growing, taking in the Banes Boot for everything it has to offer.

Em! Baby, get up! Get up! Don’t let the Alphas get you! Run! Fight! Kill! Don’t let them win!

I hear and frown?Mama?

EM! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!

I’m trying! Mama, I can’t! I’m tired of the fighting!

GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!

The words are haunting and loud, making my brain rattle like a loud church bell being rung directly in my ear. The words plead on repeat… desperate.

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Unable to take the wailing, I gasp, heart racing so loud I can hear it in my ears and I feel it. The poison that is meant to break me churns in my blood, like oil and water fighting, painfully ripping me to bits. I bite my lip to hold in the scream before a sharp jolt snaps me awake.

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