Chapter 85: Prince Theo’s Match

Not this again.

Was he jealous for no reason whatsoever again? Now was not the time nor the place to address any of this.

“Can we go? We are on limited time. Luther could come back and see that I’m not there.”

He looked me up and down for a moment. “l would love to, but how are you going to make a run in those?”

He pointed down to my heels.

He was right. They were beautiful shoes but they were not built for escaping a fortress like this.

I went to kneel so I could unclasp the little hooks but “Tallis” had already dropped down to his knee.

“What are you—”

“Ciana.” He didn’t look up at me.

“Raise your leg,” he ordered.

I-did as I was told and raised my foot in the air without thinking. His hands made quick work of removing the buckles and freeing my foot without touching my skin.

I was still in a fog, and couldn’t believe what was going on

— the most fearsome warrior in the world, the cruei Dark Prince… he just kneeled down to unbuckle my shoe?!

I must be dreaming… or losing my mind!

Even without direct contact, I felt the heat rise to my face. Little prickly sparks moved against my skin.

When he was done, “Tallis” stood to his full height and looked down at me. “Make sure you keep up. We have one shot at this and if we don’t make it in time we will both be dead.”

“O-okay…” I realized that he had replaced my high heels with a pair of comfortable flats. I never knew he could be so thoughtful.

Less talking and more moving then.”

He turned and started jogging into the forest, I followed closely behind him, picking up my dress so it didn’ t get caught on anything.

How far away is the tunnel from here?”

He looked over his shoulder at me. “l would say probably a good ten to fifteen minutes. It’s not that far. But we just need to make sure that we don’t get caught by any of the patrol wolves.’

“You said you had mastered their changeover times.”

“l have. But you can never be too careful. You are impor-

tant to Luther and he will do whatever it takes to keep you in his possession. Not to mention you told the guy you were falling in love with him.”

I rolled my eyes at his comment. “l didn’t.”

can feel you rolling your

I am not in love with Luther. Trust me,

who would be the

mouth shut, just in time to swallow

it if I had the confidence. But I didn’t so I

•looked over his shoulder at

it wouldn’t be a

to a halt to what looked like some kind of cave entrance. There was a small pedestal off to

had collected in the small

moved back toward the pedestal. “That should have

high above in the evening sky

blood can open this pathway to freedom,” I read out loud.

only the blood of the Alpha or his descendants can open this passageway.

can’t be happening. How are we meant to get Luther to drop his blood in there? The fur was hard enough but blood? We are

the small area, my mind whirling

my absence. I had played with his trust and emotions. Luther

me alive I was sure he would not

“No. We’ll be fine.”

We need Luther’s blood to unlock this door. There is no one else who possesses the blood of the AIpha apart from him. As far as I know, he has no

that childlike faith

narrowed my eyes on him. “Now is not the time to bicker. We are in

I didn’ t voice my frustration. It

to the pedestal again and looked at it with inquisitive eyes. There was no way of bypassing the security measure they

I can go back and

with a look that read,

at this given point in time. “Don’t look at me like that. If you’ re so great, why

still and looked down at his

move. “What’s

worry that he had frozen in place for some reason, he said with a distant look in his eyes. “I can open

“How?”

produced a pocket knife. He placed the sharp blade against his skin and pressed down, gliding the metal against

fist shut, drawing out even more blood. His eyes were

he was done

that maybe his efforts had been in vain until I heard the creaking of

had blocked the entrance rolled away opening up

of what he had done. Of course, he was related to Luther. Nita was the daughter of the late Alpha of the Ortiz pack, which meant that she carried the blood of the Alpha. The same way that Theo

what I already

walked in front

eyes, willing him to tell

he

this? Why do you

again and only said.

of the lapel pin. This was him but

He kept his silence.

know the truth. I know who you really are. And whether you choose to acknowledge it or not doesn’t change

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