Page 90 of Crossed Fates
A bit too late for that since they’re both staring right at me.
Damn it!
I would have apologized, except it wasn’t really my fault these two jackholes stepped into my path. Besides, it’d been my job to patrol the area for tonight, so… I’d do my job.
Bendy growled at me, low and menacing, as he slowly approached.
Aww, Bendy wants to be friends, I drawled, then growled right back at him.It’s not nice to snarl at new friends, dude.
Electricity ran through my fur, causing it to stand on end as I adjusted my stance.
Bendy snapped his jaw in response.
Yeah, I can do that, too, bud, I thought, then yawned dramatically at his antics.Boring. Next.However, even as I thought it, I felt a hint of unease, my usual sarcasm doing little to calm my nerves.
How did they even get here?I wondered, glancing around. We weren’t that far into the territory boundaries, but to be this ballsy… I swallowed.Alaric…
I’m coming,he vowed.
Vex Junior skulked off to the side, apparently leaving us wolves to work things out. Bendy took a bold step forward, and I moved back—an instinctual reaction to the confidence pouring off the wolf before me.
He wasn’tthatbig. But the fact that he seemed so confident in his ability to take me down caused all my hairs to stand on end. Either he was underestimating me as a female, or I’d missed something obvious. Both guesses left me feeling uneasy.
I don’t think he’s going to wait for you,I said as Bendy prowled forward.Alaric…
Almost there!
Bendy lunged and I darted to the right, Alaric’s snarl loud in my head as he sensed my rising panic. Vex Junior had circled around behind me while I’d been focused on Bendy, and I was officially trapped between them.Shit.
Makayla!
Alaric’s words were lost as something sharp dug into my shoulder.
A dart.
From a third presence in the woods.
Someone hidden from my view while I’d been focused on Bendy and Vex Junior.
Oh, hell… rookie… mistake, I thought, my mind fogging over.Fuck.My knees gave out, the drug hitting my system far too quickly.Not good. Not fucking good. I…
My wolf whined.
Or maybe I did.
I couldn’t hear well over Alaric growling in my head. And my heart beating.Thump. Thump. Thump.
Someone laughed. The third form barely blinking in my vision. There and gone and covered in dots.
I attempted to shake it off, to regain control and focus my eyes. But black swirls distorted the scene before me, blanketing me in a world of full night. No stars. No light. Not a thing.
Blissful silence descended.
And then…nothing.
Alaric
Makayla!I shouted her name as my paws pounded over the earth, my ears twitching for anything and everything around me.
