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“I’m not leaving you both,” Maya cried.
Sonya nudged them aside. “Make it quick because this plan will be a waste if any of us die.” She then jumped in the portal with the doctor in her arms.
“Set the timer, Drayden,” Maya said. Her gaze was locked on Isaiah’s, her fingers linked with his. “Let’s do this.”
Drayden used his phone to quickly tap three buttons, then jumped in the hole. His words echoed after him in a hollow warning. “Fifteen seconds!”
Isaiah wrapped his arms around Maya. “You’ll never have to come back here again.”
Maya gripped the edge of the door and closed it behind them as they descended into darkness. No, she thought. She wasn’t going back.
They didn’t hear the explosion or the collapse of the Empire State Building as it crumbled on top of the portal to her new world.
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Maya and Isaiah climbed up the ladder and reemerged in the glen surrounded by towering redwoods covered in moss. She sucked in the fresh air and released her breath with a sob.
They did it. They fucking did it.
She felt Isaiah’s arms wrap around her as she turned to count the pack members that had made it through the bunker portal. When she was certain that everyone was present, she let out a squeal of delight.
Freedom. She was finally free.
Alex’s voice cut through the glen. “This can’t be happening.” He stood naked, his muscled body shining with sweat, as he hovered over Margeret. She cowered next to him on her knees, her eyes squinting since it was most likely the first time in a long while she’d seen the sun. Her red hair glittered in the rays of light filtering through the tree branches.
“What’s wrong, Alex?” Isaiah called out.
“I’m mated to the enemy!” he shouted. “What the fuck?”
Everyone froze.
Mated.
Maya heard Isaiah take a deep breath and sniff the air from where he stood next to her. “Alex is…mated,” he said, confirming his best friend’s assertion.
“Another one bites the dust,” Sergei said.
“I can’t believe Alex is mated,” Cindy added in astonishment.
“At least we’ll have someone who can help Alpha’s mate with her arm,” Drayden said.
“Alex mated is something I never thought I’d see,” Sonya said.
“This is going to be so fun to watch,” Nako replied with a laugh.
Alex snarled at the rest of the Betas, the sound vicious and full of frustrated bite.
Maragaret shrieked and looked like she was about to faint again.
Maya took a step towards the doctor. “You’re scaring her, Alex. Maybe you should?—”
“She worked for your captors!” Alex shouted.
“Brother.” Isaiah’s easy voice cut through the chaos. “Your responsibility is to take care of your mate, and you’re doing a piss poor job of it right now. She’s terrified.”
His eyes flashed gold and black, and a growl filled the air. Everyone but Isaiah froze at the sound. It was filled with a dominance that could only be rivaled by the pack’s Alpha.
“Maya?”
