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I blanch. Had I not put up my glamour when we went between Bree’s room and Mitch’s?Oh, holy gods. Please. Please, let this be wrong.
“I didn’t, I swear. I haven’t heard from him since leaving here.”
“I don’t believe you. I have the fucking footage. The question is why you returned without him.”
“Because I want to lead this pack.” That’s the truth and my voice comes out strong.
“Is that your plan? Get the pack and then try to cut me out so you can bring him back?”
He’s put together our plan with ease. It’s completely foiled.
Where the fuck is Antares?I feel for that bond and can tell he’s physically fine but I can’t feel anything else. He doesn’t feel close. That worries me more.
And Ty hasn’t answered either.
“No, not at all. I came back to join you.” My self-preservation keeps my voice strong now.
“Stop fucking lying!” Adicious yells, launching for me, his hand coming to my throat and slamming me back into the wardrobe behind me. “I’ve seen it with my own eyes. One of Fillias’s pack caught you. I’ve seen the video.”
My arms automatically come to his forearm, twisting the skin in an attempt to get him to loosen his grip. My breathing is severely restricted. I don’t have time to process the revealon how Adicious got the footage, but fuck the gods, are Adicious and Fillias friends?
I drop my arms after a couple of seconds, even though the wooden doors behind me aren’t solid I plant my hands on either side of my body. Folding my legs up in one swift movement, I draw my knees to my chest before punching both feet out, delivering a forceful kick to Adicious’s gut. I hit with enough power that he flies back, and I drop before I can get my feet under me.
Landing hard on my ass and with the wardrobe threatening to topple on me, I’m scrabbling. Adicious’s body is still between me and the door, so I head for the window.
They’re sealed shut, as we discovered as soon as I was allocated this room but I no longer care about causing destruction or making noise. I slam my palms to the pane as I twist the handle. It doesn’t budge.
Behind me I hear Adicious recover. I turn around just in time to see him round the bed and make a grab for me. I duck as he tries to go for my braid, thankfully swinging it out of his grasp.
I attempt to move past him to get to the door but he tackles me and I fall to the bed. With effort, I continue the momentum of the fall, aiming to land on my feet on the other side.
Adicious grunts as my knee connects with his side, but his hand lands on my ankle and grips tight. He pulls me back as I switch plans and go to throw a punch to his face instead.
We tussle for several heartbeats, his hands blocking my every move and keeping me at a disadvantage, on my back with him looming over me.
“Stop fucking fighting it,” Adicious roars, his fangs on display. “You wanted to be mine, so you will be.”
I almost get free when he slams a palm to my sternum, winding me badly and crushing me into the bed.My vision whites out momentarily. It takes me a few seconds to regain my senses, but when I do, my heart stops as I feel cold metal against my throat.
I freeze as I register that the bastard has pulled a knife on me and has me completely at his mercy.
CHAPTER 46
TY
“Henry,” I roar as I slam out of the room I’ve been staying in. That one word from Red echoing around my brain as I scramble to get to the front door.
‘Help.’
She’d been silent since, and my connection to Antares told me he wasn’t harmed but something was going down at that ranch and I wasn’t waiting around to hear more.
“Henry! We’re leaving. Now!” I shout again as I’m flying down the stairs and grabbing my boots. Panic from my mate mixes into my emotions and pushes me harder.
Henry comes bolting down the stairway too, panting and doing up his jeans.
“What’s going on?” he demands, but follows suit in gearing up to leave.
“I don’t know but Red needs me.”
