Chapter 169

Kennedy

When I wake up, my head is throbbing. I’m uncomfortable and when I try to open my eyes, blood drips into them. People are yelling around me and it’s making my head hurt even worse..

‘Echo‘

I’m here. I’m weak, but I’m here.

‘Do you know where we are?‘

By the smell of the two arguing over us, they’re Alphas, no one we know. I’m guessing this is one of their packs. One is Alpha Jasper, the Alpha who took us.”

“Tell me that Quirin is dead. Tell me that you didn’t take his Luna and leave him alive,” one of the Alphas snarls.

ECHO! Echo, we have to get out of here! We have to warn Quirin!‘ A ball of fear knots in my gut. No matter how upset or angry I am at Quirin, I still love him. I won’t let anyone kill him.

‘Echo, can you shift?‘ I ask her.

‘If it means saving our mate, I will.‘ I know what she’s saying. She’s saying that she would exhaust herself, force herself into exhausted silence to save our mate.

‘I have no intention of losing you either, Echo,‘ I say fiercely.

“Then let’s try to get to Quirin quickly. If I go silent, just know that I’ll do everything in my power to get back to you!

‘I love you, Echo, and so do Quirin and Raif. They won’t let you go either,’ I say, just as my arm is yanked by one of the Alphas. It hurts and I realize that I’m injured in more places than just my head. Echo is taking a huge risk by shifting, but we have to get out of here and I’m not fast enough on two feet.

‘Don’t heal me. If we get to Quirin, Mom will take care of me. Save your strength to run,‘ I say, just as my other arm is yanked but the second Alpha.

‘Are you ready, Echo?‘ I say, knowing I’m going to have to push my strength into her to help her get out of here with the injuries we have.

‘Yes. Ready?…. NOW!‘ she yells in my head.

I yank my arms out of the Alphas‘ grasps and leap, trusting my wolf to pull the shift. It’s painful, but she lands on her paws and takes off, running hard and fast.

of the Alphas say before hearing two sets of heavy Alpha paws join the warriors in the pack around me that have all turned

the Alphas, I’m assuming the one whose pack this is, because suddenly, there are warriors

my mind, Echo ducks and leaps over the warriors trying to capture us. When one gets too close, she kicks them with her back paw, slicing her claws across

looks behind us and not seeing anyone close on our right side, she lowers her head and runs full–out toward the patrols. At the very last minute, she twists agilely to the

to tackle her.

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for Quirin’s endurance training with Echo and I. She’s stronger than she was when we moved to his pack a few weeks ago and now, that strength is helping her to run while injured.

home and to keep us ahead of the warriors that are after us. I’m not sure how long we’ve been running when

on the other end latch on to the link as well, as if both of us are desperate to make contact. Whoever it is, they must know who I am

when I feel the link snap into place and his

‘KENNEDY!

shaking in the mind link.

I hear Raif howl in the distance, and Echo turns to run toward him.

but Echo’s weak. They want to kill you, Quirin. You need to be careful,‘

me,‘ Raif croons at Echo. I feel Quirin and Raif wrap themselves mentally around me and Echo, holding on to us

the fatigue of the chloroform and the injuries starting to slow her down. But then, we see him, our fierce mate, running right toward us. Only it’s not just him. I see our warriors and

says but now his voice is a snarly growl and I know he sees the Alphas behind me. ‘Get her to Luna Yara!‘ he says as he

me, just close enough that I can feel their fur brush against my body. It’s as if they’re letting me know that they are here and I’m safe. I have no idea who he told to

behind me, but Echo has faded and I’m only

the mind link, hoping Quirin heard me as Kier lifts me into his arms and begins rushing me to

Quirin POV

multiple injuries that are still bleeding. She was already weak before Jasper took her, but now she’s been injured and drugged and Echo

knew that Jasper and Brogan wanted me dead, that Echo was putting her life at

I said, feeling panicked. I can’t lose my mate and I know that Raif can’t lose

her here with

She may be the only one who can. I would have preferred to have Henry take her, but I don’t have a mind link with him, and I know he’s ready

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a second to attack. Raif barrels him over, clamping down on his back leg and snapping it before

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