Page 150 of A Silent Prodigy for the Lycan Princess
I don’t wait for an answer, instead, I turn to Nox. “Keys?”
He tosses them at me. “Here.” Then he grabs his phone, opening the map, with the dot representing Tori moving. “Got her.”
We make it to the motorbike we had parked close by in case we’d need something to move fast. I start it, waiting for Nox to climb up behind me. “You need to tell me the way,” I blurt out.
“Got you. They are moving out of the city. Let’s make sure to catch up to them.”
“Hold on tight,” I mutter before dashing away, thankful for my parents who gifted me the motorbike lessons for my eighteenth birthday. I already had my normal driving license, but I always wanted to learn how to drive one of these babies.
Nox keeps one arm around my waist while he holds his phone with the other, telling me in which direction to drive. How he does that is beyond me, but I don’t question it. He better get me to Tori as quickly as possible.
I promised myself I would keep her safe, and although I trust in her abilities to stall for some time, I don’t need her in the clutches of this psychopath for too long. Goddess knows what this asshole is up to, and I certainly won’t give him enough time to put his sleazy hands on one of my best friends.
“Aurelia.” Arden’s voice comes through my earpiece. “Where are you?”
“I’m following them,” I say.
“Alright, we should be right behind you. Where exactly are you?”
“Nox, where are we?”
“About to drive out of Paris, roughly in the direction of Versailles.”
I repeat what he said to Arden.
“Okay,” Arden gapes. “You are a lot ahead of us. Please watch out, Aurelia.”
“Don’t worry,” I say grimly. “I’m in my element now. I want to see some heads roll and blood spill.”
“Just don’t let it be yours,” he begs. “You are breaking all speed limits.”
“Just make sure Eric covers my tickets,” I mutter. “I’ll be careful. Make sure you arrive safely too. Is Lion with you?”
“Yes, he is in my car,” Arden says.
“Tell him we got this and that he shouldn’t freak out,” I say. “This is it, Arden. Finally. They will lead us to Léna, Meg, and Coralie.”
“I have full faith in you,” he says. “You are right, let’s get these assholes. Night has been toying with us for way too long.”
“See you there!”
Once I say goodbye, I ask Nox for an update. “How far ahead are they?”
“They got some distance between us at the beginning,” Nox says. “And they are clearly taking some shortcuts we don’t know about.”
“It doesn’t matter,” I assure him. “I will make sure we arrive in time.”
“We need to get off the highway,” he says. “Too much traffic, and if the police see us we are doomed.”
“Your call,” I say.
I feel him tightening his grip and gazing at his phone again. “Okay, new plan. Take the next exit.”
*LÉNA*
I pace around nervously. It has to have been hours since Coralie and I were brought to this place. Fortunately, we didn’t see the creeps much. We heard them heading out a couple of hours ago. Mumbling something about having business to do and a high-value customer demanding something from them.
“What’s going on?” I mutter, over and over. “What’s going on? Why are we here?”
