Chapter 109: At the Cost of Her Own Life

Troy

Hayden was sitting on a rock, chewing loudly as he snacked on what looked like a piece of jerky. I grimaced at the sound, shifting my weight to sit more comfortably on the cold dirt floor of the tunnel.

“You’re welcome for the clothes,” Hayden quipped, “I fig ured I could offer you one last kindness by not having your balls dragging in the dirt while we wait for, uh, whatever hap pens.”

“And what exactly is going to happen?” I asked tersely. Hayden shrugged. “Why are you here, exactly?” | asked, gen uinely confused. Hayden was a dumbass, as thick as they come. I found it highly unlikely he had much, if anything, to offer Tasia.

“Carl took a liking to me, I think. I’m not so bad once you get to know me.”

“You’re a rapist and murderer-” | bit out. Hayden chuck led.

“Yeah, well. Whatever world Tasia and Carl are gonna make once they have the stones… it won’t matter. Everyone l’

ve wronged will be dead. A clean slate.”

“You’re the worst,” | mumbled, biting the inside of my cheek as I tried to come up with a plan.

0001 “I had been working with Damian, you know. I knew every

thing he was planning on doing with that map everyone was Tooking for. Damian sent me to Valoria to meet with Carl after you and the princess took off on that pirate ship. I figured Carl and Tasia had more to offer me than Damian did. They said I’d be an Alpha, that I could live in the castle. Stuff like that.”

“In exchange for what?”

“Betraying Damian. Killing him when he returned to Valo ria with whatever the God’s name is… Lyon, whatever-”

“Lycaon,” I corrected.

“Yeah, that’s what I said. Anyway, Damian never came back, and then we got word that the princess had returned to Winter Forest, so… I just hung out with them. Like I said be fore, I did have sex with Tasia-”

“Cool,” I replied dryly. “You realize these people are going to kill you, right? You’re not like them. You’ll be useless to them when this is all over.”

He ignored me, biting into another piece of jerky he had fished out of his jacket pocket.

“I bet they’ || spare Maeve, you know? They’ll need her blood, or whatever.”

| swallowed against the fury, willing myself to keep my mouth shut.

“I bet if I asked, they’d give her to me, you know, as a prize for helping them,”

I bucked against my restraints, the rope binding my hands

behind my back going taunt and biting into my skin.

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“Oh, calm down, Troy. I’ll be gentle=”

A bang rang out through the tunnel, then the sound of falling rock. I turned my head toward the broken door that was leaned against the entrance to the room, then I heard voices raised in alarm, then snarling.

echoed through the tunnel, and I slowly turned

guys, or yours?” | asked, running my

scream ripped through the tunnel, and then the space was

the dim light of the handful of oil lanterns that hung on nails along the walls. Blood dripped from his teeth as he looked at me, recog nition flashing behind his

breathed, then winced as Hayden screamed and scrambled from his perch on the rock.

the entrance of the room, panting as he frantically looked around. He looked absolutely wild, robbed of his “gentle but somewhat violent giant” look. He hadn’t shifted, but had definitely been fighting by the look of his tattered clothing and

cut through my restraints. “I don’t wanna be around for

began to beg for mercy. “Is it just you and Keaton?” | asked, rubbing my wrists where the skin

Rogue before, Troy? Creepy looking creatures. The Drogomor warriors are takin’ care of ’em, though. Rosalie ran in here alone, before we could stop her. This is a

They’re likely with Ta sia. Are… is

on the shoulder as he led me away from the grisly scene taking place between Keaton and

“They’re fine. Safe.”

took a

more of Tasia’s warriors. With no time to shift, we fought them off one by one. I took the brunt of the beating, my face black and blue with bruises by the time we took down the last man, but finally, we made it into the

shift,

true. It took Keaton a

“What? How so?

out through the tunnel. All of the hair on my body stood on end as I recognized the scream as Maeve’s, and

stepped for ward into the lantern light. He was panting, sweat prickling on his brow as though he had been chasing someone. I spun around to

is she?” I demanded, my hands clenched

second to answer before Keaton, still in his wolf form and finished with Hayden, leapt on Carl, knock ing

had him pinned to the ground, his

blood and dirt and a

Hanna… I’m not sure. And

looked down at Carl, who was grimacing under

your precious

depths of the tunnel. She was just as dirty as the rest of us, but her face was lined with terror. “Oh, Goddess, Dad, we

hang on-” I tried to go to her but

began to vibrate, their oil-lit flames trembling as the shaking began to grow

out!” Ethan bellowed, pushing Maeve toward me. I looked down at Keaton, who bared his teeth, waiting for the green light

too late! It’s over!” Carl

grabbed Maeve and pulled her to my chest, holding

people watching the safe house. The boys,

and Robbie.

hand, a knife, and gave me the most

you,” I whispered, wondering if it would be the last

protest, but Robbie had already closed the short distance between us,

hurrying her away as dust and dirt began to fall from the ceiling

the tunnel’s depths as he ran

flashing in

on impact, and he was knocked out cold. It was impressive, but I

it was pure agony. He was red and panting by the end of it, shaking as he wobbled and using the wall to support him self. He pointed to the lantern, and for the first time, I noticed the red stones hanging from

shit. Are you

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