Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 523

Chapter 25 : The Beast

♦Lena*

Xander was gone in an instant. I screamed his name, but it was useless. Bethany had just enough time to catch the bolstered knife he’d thrown at her before he disappeared in a blur of ripped clothing and fur, his wolf bounding through the woods at an impossible speed.

I cursed loudly, catching up to Bethany in two quick strides as she reached the edge of the mist-covered clearing, her eyes wide with shock, and ten or.

“I can't shift." I ground out. making eye contact with her.

She nodded, her dark curls trembling around her ears as she swallowed back whatever exclamation was at the tip of her tongue. She handed me the knife without looking at me. her eyes focusing on the direction in which Xander and the beast had gone.

I didn't know which direction we were facing. I could still see the boundary wall behind us. but that was it. In front of us was a seemingly endless, dark forest.

‘•The farm is this way." she said shakily, pointing her finger through the trees. “We can go back-"

“We can't leave him out here!" I protested, gripping the hilt of the knife as I took it from its sheath, tossing the leather on the ground. “We're going after Xander."

I started walking to the edge of the clearing, glancing over my shoulder at Bethany. She gave me a quick, tight nod. then followed.

The woods were dense and completely dark. It was nearly impossible to see where we were going even with pale moonlight filtering through the canopy of trees. Leaves crunched beneath our feet as we followed the frantic trail of scratched dirt and broken, low-lying branches that were left behind when Xander tore after the beast. My heart was in my throat as we walked, eventually meeting up with the boundary wall again.

woods continue past the wall for only a mile or

which was nearly as tall as me. I could see scratch marks on the stone. Either the beast or Xander had struggled to climb up and over the wall during

over with an effort that took my breath away. I wasn't the most athletic, but I'd managed just fine. Bethany was up and over the wall in a split second, the muscles of her

need to shift. Lena. I can't see their trail any longer. I can pick up their scent if

back my anxiety about being left out in the woods, alone. Bethany was

she added as she began to take off her

countryside in Valoria as a child, my fingers tangled in liis chestnut-colored fur. I felt a rush of tears well in the comers of my eyes. I wondered, briefly,

flooded by our dark reality. Bethany was standing in front of me in her wolf form, her eyes glowing amber in the faded moonlight. I had no way of communicating with her now. I'd have

with one hand

violent zigzag motion as we traveled through the forest for the last mile of dense trees and rotting, autumn foliage. I held on for dear life as she leaped over felled trees and tangles of thick brambles. She knew where she was going after a few minutes. I could tell. She no longer lifted her long snout to sniff the air. We were on their trail, and I knew it was just a matter

up to us as we reached the edge of the forest. The hills rolled on and on in front of us. pockets of moonlight flooding shallow valleys as Bethany began to

felt oddly claustrophobic, almost like the sky was falling down on me and tightening itself around me in a terrifying embrace. The stars were sharp and clear out here,

plant or bush as far as the eye could see.

she ran as fast she could with me fixed firmly on her back. I knew my

Xander was pinned to the ground by another wolf, but it didn't look like any wolf I'd ever seen. Xander's teeth were white and reflecting in the moonlight as he snarled and snapped his jaws, latching himself on liis opponent's leg. which caused the other wolf to screech and move off

hit the ground. The impact knocked the breath from my lungs. I realized I'd dropped the knife as I clenched my hands into fists, trying in vain to catch my breath. My vision blurred, the stars above my head spinning in a circle as I reached

howling and snarling. Someone yelped, then screeched. I found my bearings just enough to roll to my side,

head

tore my clothes as I tried everything in my power to stop, but it was useless. My feet went right over my head one last time before I came to a stop only a few yards from where Xander and Bethany were battling for their

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