The Alpha Queen And Her Chosen Mate – Chapter 39

Emmett

We had no problems the following morning, although that might partially be because we excluded Jonas from the night watch. He was the new primary reason we were keeping watch. For him and for the apes. I noticed Kelly tossing and turning all night long. Part of me wondered if it was from being anxious about Keres possibly taking control, or if she was actually trying to take control.

“Are we ready?” Kelly asked, looking between the three of us.

the other, not wanting her to aggravate her wound.

nent in the light.

u couldn’t.” I shrugged. “Let

y led the way, the three of us hanging back a way, not wanting to further aggravate her. Jonas was terribly quiet this morning, and rightfully so. Thorin

’s try another.

o trees do when they forget an important key?” I asked, pausing again.

Silence. Ok

emergency messages in the forest?” Drum roll….

small side hug and we wordlessly continued.

as cheesy as they sounded?” I whispered.

on my dad jokes when we get back home.”

g abruptly.

r mindlink.

f us, scanning the terrain.

emember us starting to run. Kelly tripped over a root and Thorin was helping her up, until he wasn’t.

led, running back to help her.

ile you still can!” Thorin

The Mapinguari growled back, coming to a skidding stop in front of Kelly, who was painfully sh

him.

protested.

ok, normally I’d ag

ell, waiting to see what would come running our way next. Goddess, please let it be Kelly. I feel like a piece of s**t for leaving her behind with that thing.

Thank goddess.

d.

horin said, running past us towards Keres.

ed to kick her in the ribs and send her flying into a tree a few feet away. She hit hard, but was back on her feet, shaking it off in half a second. Thorin ran with a limp towards, holding his side, growling through the pain. He grabbed each of us by the shirt collar and began dragging us along.

asked, looking back towards Keres

into the thick brush.

ght, I could hear Keres gaining on me, her paws pounding on the ground. Thankfully, I was met with a body of water and dove in, swimming like my life depended on it, because, frankly, it did. Keres surprised me and jumped in after me, but got distracted by an alligator and s

ter, gaining Keres’ attention.

and called after her but her mind was made up. Goddess, this diplomat had a death wish.

–

Jonas

Over h

es.

ive to tell. I took a sharp turn in the direction of the Mapinguari and used every bit of strength I had to put some distance between us. I hardly got ahead, maybe only a foot or two more, but it was enough to run through a nest of Mapinguari and stir up trouble before getting out of there.

a sport to her. I guess I’m beginning to understand why this was such a problem for Kelly. Why King Carson pushed so hard for her to get training and take all sorts of experimental medications. Why he wouldn’t just hand over his title to her. This was a much bigger prob

ction, continuing on her killing spree. What once was a tranquil forest, was now filled with the sounds of wild animals fighting to t

d Thorin and Emmett.

ar some rocks.”

orin?” I asked.

via link.

r way back to you-“

ntil Keres tires out and shifts back to Kelly.”

asked.

we make

lly killed off several species? Or at least put them at risk of extinction.

urther and further. Maybe one of the other guys was closer to her. I don’t know if that would be a good or bad thing. I wish I had taken Kelly more seriously. I can see why she always made such a big deal about it, it was a big deal. Keres was a big deal. But I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little hurt inside, she never trusted me enough to tell me the whole truth. She said her wolf was bad, but this was worse than bad. And if she didn’t tell me about this, what else could she be hiding?