The Alpha Queen And Her Chosen Mate – Chapter 37

Jonas

I got up extra early the next morning, relieving Thorin at least an hour before I was actually supposed to. We were predators, we hardly needed to keep watch. So as soon as I heard the walking muscle fall asleep, his breathing evening out, I grabbed a few of my things and set out in the hopes of finding another Mapinguari. Or anything else just as rare. This was groundbreaking information. The more information I could get on the massive creatures, the better. I had at least three hours before anyone else would be up, maybe more if I was lucky. We did stop and made camp late last night.

I thought about bringing Kelly with me, but decided against it. Today was going to be a big day for her and she needed her rest. I would be careful, enough. Creeping through the rainforest, I was on high alert, making sure not to step on any snakes or run into any massive spider webs. It was tranquil, filled with only the sounds of nature. I was walking for almost twenty minutes before I smelled the putrid stench of the Mapinguaris. Following my nose, I came across not one, but eight of them. I found their nest! They have nests! This was amazing to see!

, so the class held some water for me, so to speak. It wouldn’t be a legend if it wasn’t real, right? It wouldn’t be passed down for generations if someone hadn’t actually seen it.

the group. They seemed a little rough towards each other. It made me wonder about the older ones. We were taught that they were highly aggressive, but so far, the only real aggressiveness I had seen was between the two that were mating. And that might be considered normal for them.

able if I had to guess. Their faces lit up in surprise and they quickly ran back to their parents who were looking at me with murder in their eyes. It was then that I realized that I f****d up.

Kelly

ruffly. “He was supposed to keep watch.”

don’t know.” I huffed. “I told him not to go out alone

will be back soon. The flower s

as he comes back, we can leave.” I suggested.

and began packing their bags. I decided to get ready while they did that, having been the last one up this morning. I slept in quite late, or so it felt. Keres has been mouthing off all morning and even tried to push forward once. I guess I should make my double dose a triple today. Maybe I would tell Emmett about them not working so

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hat is not as surprising, there were a lot of high emot

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you taking more at a time.”

or my bottle of water.

his face.

we were about to jump over the waterfall at the edge of our camp.

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own. I swam to the surface, taking a big gulp of air, coughing up some of the water I had accidently swallowed.

I heard Emmett yell.

and Jonas were helping Emmett out of the water, pill bottle still in hand, only now, it was filled only with wa

ed at Jonas, shoving him back.

I just-“

st go!” Thorin yelled as the apes were swimming ou

me.

lid off of Theo, my back aching. I carefully slid the backpacks off my back, my back stinging as I did so.

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I didn’t mean to-” Jonas began apologizing.

moving my shirt, which had a big s***h through the back.

you guys were shifting. Is it bad?” I asked, trying to look over my shoulder.

kit, handing it to Emmett.

accident-” Jonas continued to plead.

rning to face him. “For what?! Some stupid monkeys?!” I could feel myself losing control. “You’ve damned us all either way!” I said, throwing my empty pill bottle at him.

already holding one of the electric cattle prods that he used to get Keres to back down. “Kelly, if you’ll take a seat, I can stitch you up while Thorin and Jonas go get some wood and dinner.” He suggested.

of our cave. “Alone!” I yelled, having heard a few sets of footsteps following behind me

eded to get some of my rage out without letting Keres out. I needed to calm down before going back there. How could this have happened? Everything was going so well!