Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Two Hundred and Eighteen

I couldn’t leave him behind, so I stood beside him. “I’m not leaving you here.”

He seemed about to argue but thought better of it. From the woods emerged five figures. Not people—I’d seen them before. The undead. Hellish, blind creatures, dead but somehow still alive.

Without hesitation, Ash drew a gun I hadn’t realized he was carrying and fired. I pressed my hands to my ears in an attempt to block out the deafening sound, but it did no good. Soon, the five creatures were on the ground. They weren’t dead–the bullet in their heads didn’t kill them, but it was enough to buy us some time to escape.

Ash was fast, but he had to slow down for my sake. I could hear the creatures pursuing us, closing in with each passing second. Of course, this was the moment I had to trip over a rock. I fell to the ground. One of the creatures grabbed hold of my leg, and I let out a scream. Ash pried it off me and somehow managed to toss the creature- roughly the size of a full–grown man–away.

Soon, I spotted the clear road, and I had never been so happy to see the worn–out car. I made my way to it, and Ash followed. He started the car and drove off.

“They’re spreading,” Ash said. That was the very same thought on my mind. This wasn’t just an issue for Aureonna City. Soon, it would be a global problem. That had been what Julia had tried to explain to the Alpha King, but he hadn’t understood how dangerous these creatures were.

“Ash, you’re bleeding.” I pointed out, and he looked down at his arm, only then noticing the bite mark. I hadn’t even realized when it had happened, and from the look on his face, neither had he. It must have been when he was prying one of the creatures off me.

it doesn’t

bite was turning a bit greenish,

“I’ll be fine.”

do you know

I’d left the castle on my

wolf form–who held them off before Trian found me. But in the process, he’d gotten hurt. One of the flesh–eaters had bitten into his neck–I could still vividly remember

always there, trying to protect me. I couldn’t pay him

sorry.” I said to him,

he said.

I asked, referring to the new

but it’s nothing serious. It

glance at him. I’d have to hope wherever we were heading was close; that wound needed to be treated.

we going?” I finally asked.