— Alpha, no— she pleaded, clenching her teeth tightly.
— What’s he doing?— I heard Clary whisper quietly.
It was Isaac who answered it:
— The Supreme is entering Camilla’s mind to discover the
location of the lair.
That was one of the reasons that made the wolves tremble with fear
my presence, I was able to invade the mind of any wolf,
male or female, have access to their memories and thoughts,
attitudes, and even manipulate them. I avoided using that
skill, but I didn’t mind destroying Camilla’s mind if
were necessary to bring Hayley.
Camilla resisted as much as she could to my domain, but broke
the barriers of your mind and I got into your head, I got hit
brutally for the memories of all the wolf’s life, all she
felt and his actions during the years of life. I saw the first contact that
Camilla had with the strays, the deal she made with Nick so that
he would take Hayley and she would stay in my partner’s place until the night
that Hayley was taken.
Camilla began to cry when I found the exact moment in
that she entered the underground bunker of the wolves, the location of the lair
of the strays and the exact place where Hayley was being held, I
recognized the place, had already run through those lands years ago. My
heart hurt to see the fragile state that my partner was
in the eyes of Camilla, she was hurt and bruised, but never lost
your courage and bravery.
Came out of Camilla’s mind and I walked away enough to puke in the corner
of the wall all raw meat that was in my stomach, there was
eaten nothing since Hayley’s abduction, didn’t sleep, just drank and hunted
without stopping, constantly searching for an answer. My head
throbbed and puked once more, eliminating all hunting from within
me.
Aiden held out a bottle of water when I leaned my forehead
wall, trying to take a deep breath. I drank all the cold liquid from the bottle,
running his forearm through my mouth.
— What did you see?— he asked as he put his hand on my shoulder.
I filled my chest with air before releasing the words that would change the course
that we were:
— I found it— revealed it hoarse. — I know where Hayley is.
Aiden almost cried in relief, Rebecca hugged him with
strength, I let that
rejoice at that news, they were more than anxious
to rescue Hayley and bring her back home.
I was surprised when Clary hugged me hard, releasing a
trembling sigh in my ears, held her back, somewhat
hesitant. She walked away after a few seconds and dried her face, her
blue eyes shone, bathed in tears of emotion.
— What will we do?— she asked, anxious.
— We need to get Hayley now!— exclaimed Rebecca, convinced.
The sun would set soon, I already felt the night approaching, the air
cold entered through the open doors of the basement, chilling my skin. Vi
Mark down the stairs, Ayla followed him in silence.
I won’t wait another minute to bring Hayley to
house, no second, did not know the size of the damage they had caused her.
— Gather as many wolves as possible, males and females, all
I ordered Mark, he nodded in agreement.
— Alpha, it’s getting dark— commented Isaac, tense.
I heard the howl of my wolf inside me, longing for that
momentum.
— We are wolves, wild predators, night hunters with
senses. The night is the best hunting time— I replied to
my beta,
Madison got up from the chair that was resting and stopped next to
Clary, did you know she’d fight to rescue Hayley, no matter what
When I tried to convince her otherwise, the witch was stubborn.
— Jack, what’s the plan?— she asked me.
I looked at every present in that basement, my friends, my new
family, but still missing someone very important, the wolf that had
my heart in your hands. And the time had come to bring
Hayley back home, I needed my partner in mine
arms again, have her safely.
— We leave when the sun goes down, I found the location of the bunker that
the strays use it as a lair, that’s where it keeps Hayley trapped and
other wolves.
— We will rescue my sister— said Aiden, hopeful.
— And destroy the lair and the band of strays— I concluded at last. — Came to
time to hunt.
Hayley Blake
I trembled with the cold wind of the night that hit my wounded body,
tears were streaming down my face and dripping on my dress in
pieces. I bit my lower lip hard, hurting my mouth and making blood stain my tongue, the taste of the aconite wrapped
my stomach.
The pain of deception consumed me from the inside out, betrayal overturned
the pillars that I had managed to build with much effort in
last few weeks with the help of Jack, but now everything had noise, all
trust was destroyed.
I squeezed my eyes hard, tears dripping down my eyelashes. My
aching body trembled with another hiccup that broke from within
me. I pulled my hands, trying to get rid of the silver chains that
hurt my wrists, was tired, tired of continuing in that place,
being hurt, humiliated and hurt.
The confessions that came out of the vampire’s mouth were like knives
pierced into my heart, tearing me apart, the revelations about Jackson
hurt me deeply, he showed me evidence of what he claimed
be true.
Rebellion could have been averted, the rebel wolves who commanded the
rebellion that decimated my lineage tried to talk to the Supreme,
make a deal, alerted Jackson and his father about what would happen, and
they did nothing, preferred to ignore the warnings and a whole race
suffered because of Jackson’s family, including my parents.
Jackson lied to me, tricked me. He could have saved my
family on the day of the attack, if you had alerted my parents, we would have
time to escape, to save our pack. But Jackson and
your father chose to let part of your people die, my lineage.
He left me to die!
I pulled the chains again hard, trying to choke a cry of
anger, disappointment and pain. I trusted Jack, I loved him with all my
heart and he lied to me about being aware of the
rebellion that killed my parents, and did not stop the curse that fell
about my pack.
The memories of the last month we spent together was painful,
I sobbed once more, more tears of sadness and anger trickled down
my dirty face.
I fell in love with Jackson slowly, he won my heart
with patience, affection and love. And hurt me with the same
intensity that loved me.
Pulled the air hard into my lungs, the breath
escaped through my cracked teeth, my face burned and sweated.
— I will not be destroyed again— whispered to myself, me
grabbing those words. — Be strong, Hayley— I spoke my motto more
once.
I was strong, I survived a lifetime of persecution, I was hunted
by my own people, I saw my parents murdered when I was
child, lost everything and was destroyed once. I would not be destroyed
Again, no one could destroy me, I was indestructible.
— I will not be destroyed— I repeated those words of encouragement,
turning to pull the silver chains, wanting to break them. — I did not
I’ll quit, I’ll never stop fighting.
Again that dark force roared inside me, begging for
freedom, a monster awakened under my skin.
The pain was turned into anger, hatred overwhelmed me completely,
blinded my senses and warmed my blood. Cold fury burned in
my inside, felt the merciless beast inside me growl and if
debate, my wolf accompanied her, even without strength, they fought
to survive. I was pushed to the edge with that dark force under
my skin, the monster being set free.
So I shouted, releasing her.
I screamed with all the air from my lungs, discharging all the pain, anger
and fury I’ve been feeding for years. I unleashed that unknown power that
was born next to me and was repressed throughout my life. My
pupils dilated when a wave of energy flowed from me, a
strong explosion that broke the silver chains that held me, the
piece of silver stuck in my ankle flew out of mine
skin and the needle stuck in my arm was destroyed.
murmured, bending my trembling body over the chair and tried to recover the
breath, my flesh trembled by the strange power that ran in
my veins. I closed my hands in fists, calming that
tingling in my fingers, and again repressing that being
dark inside of me.
A stream of icy winds escaped from the small window of grids
on the roof of the place, the wind was accompanied by a familiar odor that
I couldn’t recognize
A stream of icy winds escaped from the small window of grids
on the roof of the place, the wind was accompanied by a familiar odor that
I couldn’t recognize at that moment, but I noticed the silence
strange that hovered in the forest around the bunker, as if nature
calmed down with the presence of a larger predator.
My lupine instincts were alert, something was happening out there,
and especially, inside the bunker. Carefully, I got up from the
chair, my legs almost sagged from the weakness of two days without
eat or drink anything, I fought to stay upright.
I had managed to free myself from the chains, the silver and the aconite.
My revenge would begin at that moment.
The door was opened abruptly and closed quickly, Nick entered
the room, taking a few steps back, as if running away from something
across the door. He hadn’t seen me yet.
— Your worst nightmare is in here, straying.
He turned in a jolt, widening his eyes at seeing me free,
filled with rage, fury and desire for revenge burning in my blood.
Nick suddenly paled and I flashed his teeth, dropping a
menacing growl as claws tore the tips of mine
fingers, ready to rip that bastard’s throat out.
— You’ll be the first to die at my hands tonight.
Nick ran his tongue through the elongated fangs.
— We will see— he said and attacked me.
Hayley Blake
Nick caught me faster than I thought, he pushed me
with force against the nearest wall, released a low groan of pain
when hitting my head on the wall, my vision blurred for a few seconds, the
that gave the wolf the opportunity to grab my neck and stick his
claws in my throat.