Promised To The Alpha Twins – Chapter 86

Aly seemed agitated, and her rapid movements suggested that something urgent had happened. The twins and I immediately got up, putting on the first clothes we found, briefly regretting not having slept dressed. I quickly opened the door as the twins put on shorts.

Aly rushed in, her hair in complete disarray and her eyes reflecting intense anxiety. I was still in the process of putting on my own shirt, not bothering with a bra.

“What’s going on?” I said shakily, gently taking Aly by the arms. I searched her eyes for answers, finding only fear and doubt in them. “What has happened?”

ightened up, her shoulders tense, and let out a trembling sigh before regaining her composure.

ing to get sued for wanting something cold?”

hat happened next?” I pressed, sending a look to Ethan that

eyes again full of nervousness and focused on me. “When we got back, the guards were gone. All of them. Even the one who accompanied me to get ice took me back to my room and asked me to stay there. Of course, I didn’t. Why would I when something so strange was happening? I

followed by a muffled crash, loud enough to catch the twins’ attention.

Aly asked, her voice dropping to a barely audible whisper.

es, I feel it now,” I nodded, looking at the twins to se

ue had completely disappeared, replaced by fear and a strange apprehension. Something was definitely wrong; we just hadn’t noticed it in time. Just as I was about to open the door just a few inches, Liam’s shoulder bumped into it.

smell that?”

aised her nose, inhaling deeply. I did the same, but I felt confused. I didn’t smell anything other than the usual scents of a hotel. Lotion, soap in the bathroom, cleaner and laundry detergent, and just a touch of the cologne the twins had used before leaving the cabin.

om.

ined the room for something. “Small doses cause hallucinations, in large quantities, it causes total unconsciousness.”

loral sweetness, like a perfume, trying to mask the metallic backdrop, almost like the smell of fresh blood.

d, feeling the urgency of time. I knew the hotel doors wouldn’t protect us from the gas for long. Suddenly, I felt a knot in my stomach. “Axel, Thomas, and your parents are outside!”

ape. It was the twins’ parents I was truly worried about. Possibly Axel and Thomas as well.

eplied, his voice and gaze firm. “If the gas touches our skin, it’ll burn us. The hallucinations will start if

s furrowed.

were their priority in that moment, and I knew they would do everything possible to get us out of this situation.

distress. I pushed the worry and pain aside, letting survival mode take over.

windows could be a viable option.

news was that we weren’t surrounded. The side of the building we faced was towards a d

n our situation.

I feared but also hoped, the windows were our only way out. Aly, Ethan, and I opened the windows. They were large windows offering a view of the forest and a distant mountain range. It was a beautiful sight, but now it seemed dark and menacing in the darkn

had placed an old wardrob

ole, and I knew he was right. Whoever they were, they had arrived.

catter in all directions, scratching my cheek and leaving some splinters embedded. Despite the absolute horror flooding over me, I reacted immediately. I rushed over to Liam’s twisted form. He wasn’t dead, not by a long shot. Though dazed and with some burns and cuts, Liam moved on the floor.

It was a scream of agony and fury, a sound that wasn’t entirely human.

s had face shields.

of dissipating slowly, it expanded quickly, carrying that sweet and acrid smell with it.

es, when the gas invaded him. They seemed to cloud slightly.

my tongue. Coughing and sputtering were my responses, my throat burning and feeling raw, as if dealing with a throat infection.

my body. I felt its flow in my lungs, even in the shallow breaths I managed to take. My lungs and head hurt, and I knew our time was limited.

ng had twisted horribly.

ns. Everything was jumbled, a confusion of colors and faces, smells that stung my nose and made my eyes water.

I’m going to try to lessen our fall,” I heard Ethan’s voice echo in my ear. I could barely discern the pain in his voice as the me

meting through the air. My mouth was

ell again, then crashed onto the ground.

t passed before my eyes.

ht so. If not for my wolf’s side, my body would be covered in bruises.

of pain.

an’t stay here!” Ethan gr

d, but I couldn’t determine whether it was due to the fall or the run.

ut I also felt as if I had inhaled liquid fire. My throat burned, and it hurt to take oxygen into my lungs.

, run, run.’

a mantra that repeated in my mind. Until the pain turned into a constant searing.

not to trip, especially as we continued to run.

ift,” Aly said from somewhere to my left. “Our wolves can handle it better.”

w, sweetheart,” Ethan murmured. “It’s going to hurt, but you need to embrace the pain.”

unt of pain as me.

was right, I thought as a wave of sharp pain shot up my back and shoulders. I could feel every movement of my bones, every pull and muscular twist as I transforme

elt myself fading, losing consciousness as Gea propelled us through the woods. The last thing I remembered was hearing Liam’s soft voice cal

as horribly dry. I spat out something that looked like dirt and struggled not to vomit.

, I understood why I was naked and covered in dirt. Though we were still deep in the woods, the trees looked entirely different here. They were taller and much dense

’s, and part of me rested against his chest. We were at the base of a steep hill, partially lying in some kind of ravine. Fresh water was in contact with the sweat covering my skin.

d consciousness almost at the same time as me. I knelt by the edge of the ravine and drank d

hurt, but it was worth it despite the twinge of pain. “Aly?”

tically, my heart on the edge of a panic attack.

with us, I knew it. They were right beside me. I couldn’t see them because of the gas, because everything was distorted, there must ha

ce was low but firm. He wasn’t shutting down his emotions, he was allowing them to flood him, filling him with a somber determination. His sadness quickly transformed into anger, and it was only his anger that kept tears from welling in my eyes. “We were all affected by the gas. We might have hallucinated most of what happened last night. We will find them, Sussan. We will eliminate each and every one of them, one by one.”