Chapter 186: Mousetrap

Moana

“Don’t worry, you two,” Kelly said as she turned around in her seat to look at us. There was a sick, twisted grin on her gaunt face. She looked even more skeletal than before, as though she hadn’t eaten or slept in days, maybe even weeks. “I’m going to take you far, far away. And I’ll make sure that Edrick never finds you.”

“K-Kelly?” I whimpered. I tried the car door again, but it was still locked. And it was too late now; the light turned green and Kelly hit the gas, speeding down the mostly empty street.

“Didn’t expect to see me, huh?” she said, laughing almost maniacally as she gripped the steering wheel tightly. Even in the dim light of the car, I could see that her knuckles were as white as a sheet.

Ella, who had caught onto the danger by now, was beginning to panic. I felt her little arms slip around my waist, and when I looked down, she was looking up at me with terror in her eyes. I pulled her close, holding her tightly, and took her head and buried it in my side so she wouldn’t have to see in case Kelly did anything insane.

“Kelly, what is all of this?” I asked, my heart practically pounding out of my chest. “Do you know Olivia? Why are you here?”

into a seatbelt as I mentally prepared for Kelly to do something rash like

with what?” I

little snot-nosed brat,” she gestured over her shoulder at Ella with her thumb, “and then you, with your stupid pregnancy.” Her eyes met mine in the rear view mirror then. They looked hollow and pale, like ghosts of what they once were. Kelly

Edrick,” I growled. “He can’t

whipped around in her seat, her eyes shooting daggers. Her face was twisted into such an evil expression that she

I come

me to stay quiet, as she seemed so unhinged that I wouldn’t have put it past her to intentionally run the car into a building

Kelly hit the gas once more, causing us to lurch in our seats. I heard Ella

actress or simply a horrible person who led us right into a trap, I felt more maternal over Ella than

I’m the only

now, you can have him,” I begged.

him down by getting pregnant. I don’t even care if it’s his baby, honestly. If I need to get pregnant

sharp turn, and by now we were headed into the Rogue district. I felt my stomach twist inside of me as

— which you weren’t supposed to, by the way, in case you already didn’t know — my parents have been punishing me. I’m sure you remember how hard it is to be a peasant. I’ve been miserable. Edrick

I could use to defend Ella and myself or escape with: a heavy flashlight, an ice scraper, anything that could have been in the back of the car. But there was nothing. Outside the car, the streets of the entry of the Rogue district were

and how she had been cut off. All the while, I desperately searched for ways to escape. I even pleaded with my wolf to see if I could shift once the car stopped, but I couldn’t. It was too early, and she was too weak. I was certain that Kelly somehow knew that, and that was why all of this came together on

streets to dark and ominously twisting alleyways, and soon the city lights were nothing but dots in the distance. Even in the car, I could feel the weight of the darkness and the silence all around us as we went further and further

Ella could shift when we got out of the car and make a run for it. At least she could stand a

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