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.

wall for only a mile or so." Bethany whispered, pointing

which was nearly as tall as me. I could see scratch

knife over the wall, then pulled myself up and 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 aims straining as she gingerly climbed back down, entirely more graceful than the

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

my anxiety about being left out in the woods, alone. Bethany was right. I could

off her clothes. "I'm not a very big wolf though, so it won't be a smooth

chestnut-colored fur. I felt a rush of tears well in the comers of my eyes. I wondered, briefly, if I'd ever

of me in her wolf form,

niff with one hand while I gripped the knife with

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.

The hills rolled on and on in

itself around me in a terrifying embrace. The stars were sharp and clear

rest of the hills. There were no trees in sight, not a single plant or bush as far as the eye could see. Xander lunged over the other side of the ridge and disappeared,

panting as she ran as fast she could with me fixed firmly on her back. I knew my weight was slowing her down,

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 Xander as it tried to free itself from his

ground. The impact knocked the breath from my lungs. I realized I'd dropped the knife as I clenched my hands into fists,

howling and snarling. Someone yelped, then screeched. I found my bearings just enough to roll to my side, looking down over the ridge at the battle taking place below... but then I started

the hill I went, head over

my skin and 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

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