The Alpha Queen And Her Chosen Mate – Chapter 46

Thorin

I was ready to cry thanks to the moon goddess for having finally delivered us to the mouth of the cave last night. All of us were weary and Kelly was just plain miserable. The journey was no small feet, and was only about to get harder. Of the four of us, I was confident I was the only one who knew how to properly setup the ropes in case we needed to descend. It was dangerous and stupid for us to think we were fit to go into the cave with our lack of experience. But here we were, standing at the cave’s entrance, just staring for a long moment.

“Okay, ready you guys? I need to get out of this heat.” Kelly said, fanning herself.

et was if I started off.

could easily kill someone. Werewolves might be a bit more difficult to keep down, but it would impale us none the less.

eye out for falling stalactites,” I warned as we continued along.

y said as she and the

n has a lot of seismic activity,” Emmett said, only add

“Lets keep moving.” I grunted.

ratures dropping, darkness threatening to overtake us. It was a recipe for disaster. And yet, I was ready to face it head on. I lived for moments such as these. I loved a good challenge. What I didn’t care for was having Kelly here for it. I worried that she might get hurt. I know she is a fierce woman, but this was something I knew she had never experienced. I have at least been in a cave or two before. Without me, would anyone here have even thought of bringing even a rope? Doubtful.

or several hours, going s

ey Thorin?” Kelly

I asked

ween us since the blessing and all.” She whispered.

d.” I half smiled. “I simply

e said, eyeing up the cave.

eginning to narrow ahead. We might need to descend with ropes soon.”

ng to lose a few more. You’re not warm?” She as

eve shirt and long pants. Jonas and Emmett were following suit while Kelly seemed to aimlessly pick thr

ready?

Yeah.”

think I got a sunburn from our hike to the cave.

Kelly

or cry. My only option right now was to pray that I was horribly wrong, and it truly was just a sunburn.

egging them to do all kinds of raunchy things? Would they even be able to control their natural instincts? Would I want them to?

doing?”

nodded.

you’re next.” He

asked. I looked where he was pointing and there Thorin was, waiting for me by the edge of the path, rope in hand. I hadn’t even noticed we stopped walking or that we were descending, too lost in thought

s there and waiting for me.

helped me out of the rope.

my through to the next part. But what lay on the other side was unlike anything else I have ever seen before.

thrown on the rock walls. It was breath-taking and very unexpected to see such beauty so far beneath the surface. I know there was talk of frozen

up beside me.

I winced, grabbing my stomach.

egan to ask, his hand on my shoulder. His words fell short, his eyes turnin

onas asked, making his way towards me. “Emmett?”

hem, that is. As soon as they caught a whiff of my pheromones, they were frozen in places, their eyes black, just like Emmett.

under my breath, wondering what to do

ag, front left pocket.” Emmett growled through clenched teeth.

t?” I asked.

ag until I found a small vile with some amber-colored liquid inside it. Emmett abruptly turned and swiped it from my hands. He opened it and dabbed som

bottle to Thorin next.

sitate to use it, neither did Jonas.

.

Hopefully e

we progressed through the cave, too focused on surviving going through heat to notice the beauty before me. Instead, I was using the wall for support and trying not to pant in the already thin air. The guys were using the scent blocker about every hour or so to keep their cool.

style.

I said, feeling lightheaded a

w how much longer I could go without doing something about my heat, and we were only a few hours into it. How was I going to ma