Chapter 377 The Engine Roars

Third Person POV

Shadowmoon Pack.

Finished

Hudson hurriedly brought Leon to the drying ground. Because it was winter, the fish didn’t spoil easily, and many were laid out to dry–but the vast site was empty; Aubrey had clearly driven everyone off.

Arriving and finding no sign of Aubrey, Hudson panicked and called her.

“Where are you?!” he demanded.

He hadn’t come alone; he’d brought more than twenty gamma bodyguards. He hadn’t hired betas—his family’s decline left him short of funds–but even surrounded by so many guards, the open emptiness made him uneasy. The sea was close; when the cold wind blew it carried a metallic tang that smelled eerily like blood.

“I’m here.”

The voice came from the phone–and then from behind him.

Hudson spun and found Aubrey standing there alone.

In the late light of the setting sun she was outlined in gold; her black leather ankle boots flashed coldly. For a moment Hudson felt irrationally afraid, then scolded himself–she was only an omega! He was a capable beta warrior.

So he straightened up, but still kept himself shielded inside the ring of his dozen or so guards.

come. Aren’t you going to let him go?” Aubrey said first, her eyes flicking to

fight, but when he saw Aubrey he strained mightily against his restraints. Guilt filled his

forward. Instead he asked cautiously, “How do

car parked not far

in that car. If you agree, release him. My people will come to collect him; he walks toward the car and I’ll

you. Fair?”

in such an exposed place, with Aubrey

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safe.

considered for a moment, then

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he tore out the gag and tried to run to Aubrey, only

go the other way,”

“Don’t worry. He owes me a favor. He

things, but his shame at being so useless was overwhelming–he hated that the

you into this,”

into it,” Aubrey answered lightly. Her gaze landed on the crosshatched

“Go–your brother is waiting.”

clenched his teeth but

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