The Hunted Wolf – Chapter 41

ADIRA

Mark, I don’t know if you can hear me, but I’m going to find a way out of here. I will return to you. There are things I need to tell you, and I’m not ready for this to be the end of our journey. I don’t know how I will get out of here yet, but I will figure it out. If, by some miracle, you can hear me, I love you. I love you so much, and it hurts not knowing when I’ll see you again.

I sat on the floor, concentrating on my link with Mark. He hadn’t responded to me, and I couldn’t feel him, but it made me feel better at least trying. Part of me thought of it as writing a letter. He may not get it right away, but I have put my words out there. I hoped he would come across them and know I was fighting to get back to him.

ced in anticipation for who walked through the door. I wasn’t sure who I would be more upset seeing: Jori or Cain. It didn’t matter in the end. I despised both of them for doing this to me. It was the biggest betrayal I had ever experienced.

se was swollen and taped up from where I had hit him. At least I was able to cause some lingering damage. He shut the door behind him, but he looked at me cautiously, probably wondering if I was going to attack him again.

hought had cross

f me. “You should eat something. You haven’t eaten all day.”

ke meatloaf, green beans, and some tea. I didn’t touch it, even though my

o save your life. The Council of Magic is not someone to bat your eyes at. They said they will kill you if you didn’t come with me, and no one has ever escaped their sentences before. You refused to come with me, so you left me no other options.”

one-track mind and wasn’t about to listen to me about this, and I wasn’t sure if there was a reason to argue with him.

d you have to get Jori involved? You wanted me to give up my life with my mate, because I have to give up my life as a werewolf for the council to be happy, right? FYI, Jori is a werewolf.”

what we wanted. It only made sense. He wanted to get revenge on your mate, and by taking you away, that accomplished that. It a

.

sation was clearly getting him flustered.

leave. I don’t need him anymore.”

of Blood and Magic? He’s the reason you abandoned me as a child. Who cares what the Council of Magic thinks, because when they find out yo

w to improve your magic skills, and we can be father and daughter.”

a father again, and his mind was clouded with that desire. There was no reasoning with him.

he thought. “What do you mean you’ll make that ache go away? Are you going to do something to Mark?” I felt queas

ain,” Cain said simply.

stomach.

emoved before. I didn’t even think it was possible.

your mother made me realize that mate b

agree

ce. I’ll make sure of it.”

n’t let that happen. If my bond with Mark was severed, I had no idea how he would find me. I would have to stop it in any way I could.

arching, I felt even more helpless than before. This room was carefully planned out for this situation. Cain must have anticipated me trying to escape. He had thought of everything in this situation, except for the one person he chose to help him.

gic.

st still, but if Shadow was there, maybe there was a way for her to help me.

hing doesn’t feel right, Shad

e in trouble. We have to find a way out of here and fast, or we might lose Mark. We might lose even mo

–

MARK

e rest of the warriors.” Reyland stood up and gave me a nod before leaving the room.

s about what she had to talk to me about. When I ente

me. “What’s up?”

facial expression staying the same. “I’ve been examining the blood samples I took first thing this m

else from you,” I said. “I take it you fou

er in the blood. I will not guarantee anything, but there’s a chance I can reverse engineer a serum out of it.”

u mean by that?” I asked. I wasn’t familiar with science. It had been my least favorit

us an edge in any future fights against sorcerers,” Zayla explained.

d up and wrapped Zayla in my arms. If she could actually pull this off, it would make a huge difference. There were too many magical forces that even when we get Adira back, I knew there would be other threa

tensed and pulled back. “I said the

d to hear something positive right now.”

look almost nervous. “Alpha, did you have a chance to talk to Adira before she was taken?”

Zay?”

ok a look at Adira’s blood that we found. She didn’t have the same evidence of that spell in her blood, but I did see

nd what was going on. Normally, Zayla was extremely blunt. “Just spit it ou

ting.”

understanding what she was saying.

t.”