Chapter 56 DANE I burst through after her and the strange, massive monster that seemed to be made of sllike shadows that could coil and grab.
Wed cthis far.
I wasnt going to let her go now.
She had jumped in front of me.
Saved me.
Why? Fucking why ? It didnt matter.
All that mattered was that she had, and now I had to get her back.
Whatever this beast was, it was huge.
I couldnt kill it alone.
But I didnt have to kill it.
I just had to save Aurora.
I clawed at the creature, gritting my teeth against the cold.
It screamed and deep red ooze gushed from its side.
Using my claws, I climbed over its writing coils, using every ounce of my wolf sight to search for her.
I finally spotted her.
Her face was pale and drawn with pain.
Her eyes fell on me, and she gasped out, You have to get out of here.
Her words tookby surprise.
What? The shadows want you.
Your family... Chapter 56 Iler words were cut off as the creature shifted and roiled, dragging her deeper into the tunnels beneath the house.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAlpha ! Archer was at my side, then Trajan.
2/5 We have to get her out, I said.
Get in front of it.
Slow it down.
Get her out.
Thats all that matters.
They leapt away fromand attacked.
The monster roiled and churned.
I never saw any kind of head to attack, so I just kept trying to get to Aurora, using tooth and claw and whatever else I could.
Finally, after what seemed like forever, I reached her .
She had passed out.
The monster tried to wrench her away fromagain, but I wasnt going to let that happen.
I clawed down into its coils, wrapped my arms around her, and pulled.
Inch by inch, she slid free.
I gathered her in my arms, crouched, and leaped free of the mass of shadows.
Ive got her! I called .
I waited just long enough to see if they were alive, then I ran .
It tried to follow, but as Aurora jostled in my arms, the pendant that I thought she was supposed to give Evelyn fell free from where it had been tucked beneath her shirt.
It flashed bright, lighting the room with a white blue light.
Chapter 56 3/5 The monster screamed.
Suddenly, it wasnt chasing us anymore.
It was retreating.
I didnt know what the hell had happened, and I didnt care.
I just knew I had a chance to run, so I took it.
***** We found a way up and out of the house.
Aurora was still in my arms, but she was limp.
I crouched and brushed hair away from her face.
I still wore my lycan form, and my hands were massive claws against her pale, delicate skin.
Letsee her, Trajan barked, striding over.
Archer jumped in front of us.
Get.
Back.
The Alpha has her .
Like he had her during those years they were married? he matched Archers snarl with his own.
Let go of her, Montague.
You never cared for her when you had her.
You have a fiancé.
You dont get to start now.
Theres no tfor this, I snapped.
Getslight.
I shrank down into my human form and ripped open the front of Auroras shirt .
The shadows had stung her the way they had my grandfather.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmId seen it.
Darkness would be spreading from the injury, poisoning her veins.
We had to get her to Evelyn.
Only she could stop it.
Chapter 56 4/5 Light flashed on.
Trajan knelt across from me.
He had Auroras phone in his hand, the flashlight on .
The wound was there, to the right of her heart.
The creature had missed it by inches.
The dark, sickly coloring was already around the wound, spreading through her veins.
All because it had been aiming for me, and shed stopped it.
I couldnt stop my own voice from screaming why inside my head over мё and over and over again. She was injured.
Maybe dying.
We were too far from a car, too far from any kind of help this far into the wilderness.
If I ran, it would still be forty minutes or more before I could get her ton Evelyn, to pack healers, let alone the nearest hospital or witch who would treat shifters. Except ....
Trajan, shine the light here.
He shifted so I could see, and I bent closer.
Aurora was wearing the necklace she was supposed to give Evelyn.
The silvery pearl meant for the goddesss chosen.
It hung near the place the creature had gotten her ... and where the pearl sat there was no sickness spreading through her. I touched the pearl, shifting it closer to the wound.
The spreading black veins faded and seemed to fade in its wake.