Chapter Hundred and Fourteen – Save the Ilostages
Chris’s POV
Drama was everywhere. I had been trailing Ray while he was chasing Logan, but he lost him. I didn’t blame him; he was emotionally involved and feti mare fear than he could control. It was the sam
I had felt after my first mate died. It was worse since I also felt I had caused it.
Ray punched the trees angrily, releasing more cu
words than I had heard him say in my entire life. I dragged him into a hug. It wasn’t a consoling hug he wasn’t losing his mate. It was more of a ‘stop being a drama queen and chill‘ kind of hug.
As he stopped screaming, I could hear the environment more clearly. We were surrounded by trees, mountains, and a vast sea- -quite new. Since we were
near the sea, we were at the north of Black Hills, the opposite direction of Red Moon and where I had seen Logan before. He had shifted dens.
I wondered what he had in store for C
IT Maybe he was
fleeing to another land soon. I hoped to.
There was a shrill scream of torment! Ray’s head left
my
, his eyes turning bloodshot.
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“Hell no!” I didn’t wait for him to react before sprinting toward the direction it came from.
We arrived at an empty space below a mountain. There was no way the sound had come from down there. Where were they?
“This place echoes. We are around mountains! They
ald
anywhere!” Ray raved.
He was acting up again and kicked a rock that flew down the mountain. I stayed quiet, trying to catch where Logan was. I had just gotten back my partner, and so far, it had been fun. I wouldn’t want Ray losing his, especially if she was a fated mate.
“There! Over there!” I pointed, running toward a small
opening. Ray followed.
I slowed down, looking inside the cave, but Ray stormed in. An arrow shot at him, piercing through his arm.
“Ray!” I dragged him out of the cave as more arrows came, shooting left and right inside. This was a Red Moon battle formation–I recognized it. When Red Moon had been attacked by Logan, they reported their weapon store being burnt so severely that nothing could be scavenged. It seemed to me that Logan had stolen it first and then burnt it to make it look like it had disappeared.
“Logan! These cheap tricks you’re using–I bet you haven’t fully healed, so you want to weaken us, right?” I yelled into the cave.
It echoed, ensuring my message reached that smug Lycan.
Carefully, I drew the arrow from Ray’s arm. It wasn’t spiked with drugs or silver, thankfully.
“Look, Ray, be calm, okay? I’m not letting Cara get hurt. And like Edwin did to your sister, when you get Cara, leave me behind with Logan.”
He smirked. “I’m not Edwin.”
That was sweet, but I hoped he’d leave. I’d try to handle myself. “C’mon!” I pulled him up.
His arm would heal before we reached Cara. He was more careful entering the cave this time. No other traps–for now.
Our steps were light and noiseless as we ventured deeper into the cave. The cave got darker and darker as the moonlight stayed behind us. We were wolves with night vision, but my vision was already tired from sleeping and all the ‘working out‘ I had been doing.
My ears first picked up the whirring sound of a flying knife before I dodged it alongside Ray. We stayed down in case more were coming low, we hurried behind a big boulder adjacent to an opening in the cave.
ng our heads
A figure–Logan–and two people were at that end. Icould feel the warrior’s and Cara’s energy; they were still very much alive. I heaved a sigh of relief, and Ray looked visibly glad.
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Ray, he needs me. You saw the letter, so let him come get me You send them out?
He nodded. That was the plan.
Even it, as he said, he’d still come back for me, it should be after he had taken hit mate and the warriors fur gr
1 stepped into view, keeping my hands behind me, though my claws were out. “Logan! We meet again.” 1 faked a smile.
He growled lowly, dropping the knife he had in his hands. “Yes, we do! And I need to hear your screams to repay what you did to me
He bent his face to the light, and I saw the scat I had given him the last time we met–it turned out artistically well.
“I think it looks great. Remember mine?”
When he had poured silver on my face, it had scarred, but Beta Sam’s lotion had lightened it. “I had help to hide it, or I’d be looking as hideos as you
Ray asked through the mind link, “Are you conversing with him? My mate and the warrior are in pain.”
“I’m aware, but I won’t just charge at him. He has to make the first move,” I replied.
I brought my hands forward, revealing my elongated claws. “So, want my claws to bless your face again?”
That was enough to send him over the edge as he charged at me.
My eyes glanced down at the knife on the ground, and I stepped back. His claws swiped at me, but I used my legs to kick them away. He was in human form, as I was, so he was easier to deal with.
“You’ll die!” He threw a huge rock at me, but I jumped onto the wall of the cave for support, then came down again, just in time to dodge a blow.
“Get them out now!” I mind–linked Ray when the coast was clear. He sneakily crawled to where the hostages were.
“Logan, I’m still stunned at how you became my enemy!” I taunted, dodging another blow from him. “Was it because I kept you in prison?”
He head–butted in my direction, but I dodged, sending him crashing into the cave wall.
Everywhere was dark, making it easy to maneuver. Also, I suspected the scar I had given him affected his eyes.
“I wonder. It couldn’t be, right? After all, you’re a crazy wolf with no family. You should be glad you had somewhere to stay,” I continued.
His breathing became uneven–he was tiring out.
“You think you held me there against my will? I wanted to be there!”
Wait, what? I turned to him but was met with his huge fist. My head blacked out for two seconds, and I literally saw stars.
“Chris!” It was Ray.
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I opened my eyes but saw nothing. I did hear the sound of metal scratching the ground. Ray had sent something to me.
I reached for it—it was the knife Logan had dropped. “Leave with the hostages!” I screamed.
Logan growled, moving toward Ray. I used my hearing since my eyes were failing me,
He wasn’t facing my direction, so I drove the knife through his neck, pushing it in.
A growl so frightening that it stalled me erupted from Logan.
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He grabbed me and throw me all the way to the entrance of the cave. I am caldo 1 wee
I heard his footsteps alow, he was still hurt.
“C’mon!” It was Ray.
He held my arm, and I think it was Cars who held the other. The other warrior was with me, though I felt he was behind Bap
1 felt us moving, running. Finally, it was over.
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