Alpha’s Hybrid Cinderella – Chapter 58

They had set up a temporary stronghold at Scarlet University. It was one of the places most securely guarded when all hell broke loose, and the loyal members of the Scarlet pack had taken advantage of the stored food, backup generators, dormitories and suites, and even the medical supplies. Enemies had taken control of the two smaller hospitals in the city, leaving only the major one in friendly hands, which meant any injured civilians or weaker Deltas with less regenerative power needed all the extra help they could get.

But Peelle had been beyond all medical aid. When a team of Deltas had rendezvoused with everyone else at the new base in Scarlet University, they had come carrying his marred body in the mangled car that he had used to kill at least several other pursuers. No one would ever know the full story, but it seemed that because he had been unable to shift, he had turned and crashed his car straight into the enemy vehicles, both of them, as they came around the bend in the dark.

If his headlights had been on when the vehicles crashed, they would have beaded from the heat of illumination. But in the wreckage, there had been no sign of that. The cars had tumbled off the overpass and crashed onto the concrete below, Peelle’s car pinning one to the asphalt. There had been three rogues’ corpses as well. One of them had been decapitated from the sheer force, likely his belt taking off his head, while the other two had been pinned in a mangled mess and apparently unable to free themselves from the hundreds of pounds of twisted and smoking metal.

, his environment, and his wits to do what no one else could have. There had been survivors, primarily the signs of the second car that must have been heavily damaged judging by the fender and two lost wheels found nearby, but the enemies in them must have driven off once they confirmed Pee

ea for enemies, looking to take back valuable ground. They had carried him back to Scarlet University so someone could verify his identity and make the report, should he prove to be who they thought he was.

xaminer had respectfully placed Peelle’s body so Evan could give final confirmation it was him.

adn’t yet. There were others outside the closed door in the hallway giving us respectful distance, waiting for him to come back out. But Evan sat and sat and sat, eyes fixed on the white sheet covering

had given his life to protect us. Once those rogues had realized what had happened, they had given up the chase, knowing it was futile, an

us?

r. It wasn’t fair at all, how could he do that and leave us like this? How could he make Evan drown in such pain and horror and fury, burning and freezing at the same time with the sheer intensity of his hatred for the enemy?

ilt.

around my body as if clinging to the last strand of hope in the world.

lose you. You’r

’m going to make the whole world safe for you.”

.”

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eve that with all my heart.” I hugged him again. “I could hear his thoughts, don’t forget that. He meant every word of what he said, all the time.”

spoke.

tect you. I won’t waste it. Ever.”

***

asier and less painful to remember.

wiped off the blood from his face and tried to mend what they could. When Peelle had died, his body had still been flooded full of the toxin, so his regeneration had failed to do it on its own.

utright. He could be standing here now, grinning and asking–

ould

ng…

, and he let me slip my fingers between his. Together, we looked down at Peelle’s face.

ill wish you hadn’t and that we could be here together, all of us… but for what you did, thank you. I know protecting us was the only thing on your mind.”

that we could have protected you too.

see her personally once this is over. Rest easy.”

s mate?”

wanted to help me put an end to it all. But I should have told him to go to her a long time ago. It wasn’t right to shackle him to me and…”

ose that

other. Peelle promised her he’d come home to her and they would make it official, that they’d have children, everything werewolves want.”

head, and I held hi

se months ago when I had been nothing more than a half-breed slave. Dark Moon had made my existence meaningless, nothing more than a servant to tend to the Alpha’s whims and

too, just like Evan.

ped. “But I won’t let what you did be in vain. I’m going to see this through to the end. I’m going to make things right. I’m going to…”

He would make Peelle proud.

ieved and grieved and grieved.