#Chapter 42 – To the Rescue

Victor’s phone rings on his desk. He glances on it, frowning. Edgar? He was off duty tonight – what he could he possibly want, so late?

“Hello?” Victor’s answer of the phone is short, impatient.

“Victor!” Edgar yells into the phone – Victor can hear the howl of traffic behind him, horns honking and the screech of tires. “Quick – Evelyn!”

Victor’s body goes immediately rigid. “What’s wrong,” he demands.

“Evelyn – you need to – NOW, Victor! Her house! Something’s wrong!”

“I’m going,” Victor says, hanging up and shoving his phone in his pocket as he bolts out of his office.

“Victor?” He hears Amelia call after him as he bursts through the back door. “Where are you –“ Her voice fades into the background.

Victor launches into a sprint as he crosses the back yard. His mind is blank, his whole body focused on action – get there, get in, help her.

Soon the cottage is in sight – the back porch – the door. Victor hurtles up the steps and crashes through the back door, breaking the lock.

He loses his breath at the sight before him – Evelyn, unconscious on the ground, her hands tied behind her, blood oozing from a cut on her cheek – gagged –

He hears a screeching cry and his head snaps to the left to see his boys – his boys – likewise tied up, sobbing on the couch, gags around their mouth. But where –

Suddenly, Victor feels someone leap onto his back. They are fast, agile, reaching around him to scratch at his face – his neck –

Something snaps in Victor and he lets out a roar. In a single move he reaches behind him, grasps the assailant, and flips her over his shoulder, slamming her to the ground. She lets out a pathetic cry, her leg twisted under her – clearly broken.

himself on top of the woman, a hand to

are you!?” He hurls the words at her, fury in his throat. She

starts to turn purple as she leers up at him, baring her teeth, her eyes

her head, aiming for her temple. The woman lets out a cry of pain and then

still, and then dashes to the boys, who continue to scream through their gags. “It’s fine,” he says, reaching them, pulling their gags free, sweeping his eyes over them to ensure that they

on Evelyn. “Ian,” he commands, moving over to their unconscious mother.

boys, responding to his cool command, lessen their screams to sobs and Ian – with shaking hands, complies, working quietly on the knot around his brother’s

alive. Softly, he removes the gag from her mouth and assures himself that she’s breathing.

foot on either side of Evelyn, protecting her unconscious body beneath

registering that it’s Edgar, his own Beta, slowly makes himself move out of his

Victor to let him know that it’s okay, and then throws himself to

Victor murmurs, coming back to himself, hiding his wolf away inside him now that it seems the

Edgar asks,

about the assailant. He gestures towards her form, thankfully

“Dead?”

moves towards the assailant, Victor turns his attention back to his boys, who have just finished untying the ropes around

dripping tears. Victor’s heart leaps into his throat, seeing them so raw, so unsure of their world. God, he

boys, placing one hand on each of their cheeks. “You are safe, boys. I am so, so sorry this happened.

they trust him. He means it, too – he will do anything – anything

he can’t even protect them in his own back yard. Victor’s face hardens, steely. Changes would have to

of your mother right now, Ian,

sniffing. “Can

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