Desperation grew in Anna as the sharp point of the needle came closer and even closer to her.She began to sob. “Please don’t do this. Please.”She leaned away from Damon but the Hunter didn’t seem one bit sympathetic to her cause. He grabbed her hair and with a sharp tug, stopped her from being able to move.The needle went in, and Anna felt pins and needles on her neck where the unknown substance was injected.“You will either live or die, Anna,” Damon said to her, sounding very indifferent to her suffering. “Pray that you live.”As soon as he finished with the syringe, he removed it from her neck and released her. Tears rolled down her cheeks and Damon trailed the pads of his fingers gently over her cheeks where trails of tears were.Then he pressed his fingers into her skin and she let out a yelp, as his grip was hard and unforgiving.“That’s enough out of you now. No more tears, Anna. Or you will get a reason to cry.” He sounded like he was speaking about the weather. “Let me gu
The two men immediately fell silent. William and Ethan waited, listening for any more sounds. They had no doubts that the Hunters were outside, probably knowing that someone was back in the apartment.It only took a split second, and the door opened, and suddenly a dagger flew in from the dark outdoors. It was aimed directly at Ethan, who dodged neatly.In the next moment, three Hunters rushed in, and began to attack.William growled threateningly at them as they advanced.Finally, he thought, and his claws extended, and canines elongated as they charged at him and his brother.The Hunters were certainly well trained, and William and Ethan spent more time dodging their blows one after the other. The daggers the Hunters held glinted under the light.Ethan took on one of the Hunters while William faced the other two, parrying their blows and aiming some of his own at them.Adrenaline rushed through their veins. A predatory smile was on Ethan’s face as he disarmed the Hunter he faced. Th
The only reaction from Anna made in her unconscious state was a small grunt and her breaths becoming a little louder.Aiden hummed to himself as he capped the syringe and put it in his pocket. He would dispose of it once he left the room.The blonde Hunter was surprised to see that she was still alive. The substance (named Virax after the two Hunters that created it) that had been injected into the redhead rarely led to a favorable ending for most Hunters even with the first dose.Gillian had nearly died, if not for the quick response team that flushed the first dose of Virax out of her body. Aiden had barely been able to take a second dose, and had to wait a long time before he got it. He hadn’t gotten the third dose yet. And likely, he never would.Out of the entire Hunter population, only he, Damon and two others, had been the successful results with Virax. And now, Anna.He murmured to himself. “For a human with no combat skills, you are pretty resilient, aren’t you?”Did it have
An object clattered to the ground and instantly, smoke filled the area as the smoke bomb erupted. Sounds of footsteps filled the air as William and Ethan ducked immediately.The gas was thick enough to obscure werewolf senses (particularly vision), and William knew this had to be another of their specially formulated weapons.He quickly covered his nose, lest the gas be poisonous, but after a few seconds, he became more alarmed as he heard his brother’s pained growl.“Ethan?” William called for his younger brother. He could smell blood. What might have happened?However, before he could do anything more, he heard the tell-tale sounds of clothes ripping and muscles growing and reshaping.The smoke was slowly dissipating after only a couple of minutes and William’s claws elongated as soon as he saw the various weapons aimed at he and his brother - who had shifted into his wolf form. A bloodied arrow lay on the ground, a sign of the attempt to attack Ethan.The Alpha idly noticed that th
Within an hour since Aiden’s death, the city was on lockdown. No werewolf would be able to leave without Damon knowing, and his men went out into the city towards known rogue haunts and began to take each of them down.All of Damon’s men were active, no longer on standby. With Aiden gone, he would have to apply stronger measures.“Cousin, if you need us to come in, all you have to do is say so.”That was Victor Erikson (actually Victor the second, son of the scientist that had formulated Virax over two decades ago) on the phone with Damon.The golden eyes Hunter breathed out slowly, leaning his head in his fingers as he sat in his penthouse apartment. Aiden’s Hunter ring sat on the table in front of him, overlooking the skyline that glittered with bright lights from skyscrapers.If anyone looked upon the scene, they would have assumed Damon was in mourning, that he had just lost his friend and sister in one day. But that wasn’t why he was on edge.He was on edge because the two pawns h
William was glad he managed to return before his mother could figure out what was going on.“Mother.” He called her name.“William, what’s going on? Why is this girl here? In such a state of mess?” she asked, sounding panicked.Ethan could tell his mother was not going to rest easy without getting a proper answer and so he smoothly took Anna from William, acting the part of Anna’s boyfriend.William and Ethan’s gazes met as he did so and Ethan silently gestured up the stairs, and William understood.He may have not trusted his brother but now he had to rely on him to play this part and fill their mother.As Ethan went upstairs to take Anna to a bedroom, the Alpha wished he could have been the one holding his mate right then.Clearing his throat, William began the task of explaining a half-truth.“Ethan called me for help this evening mother,” he started with. “Anna had been caught by Hunters.”“Oh my!” She gasped and covered her mouth. “Is she okay?”William replied, “She’s unconscious
143.There were loud sirens in her head, different types, screaming at her one after the other like a ceaseless cacophony of sounds.She could hardly shut her ears to it, because there was no way to do so. She couldn’t feel her hands, her body.She was drowning, sinking deep into terrible nightmares that she couldn’t fight her way out of. A scream threatened to rip its way out of her throat.Anna jerked up, her eyes wide with terror as she panted. The first thing that caught her attention was how much her eyes hurt.Everywhere was so damn bright. What was going on?“Miss,” she heard an unfamiliar voice and her eyes snapped to the door, only to find that a girl was staring at her.What was going on? Where was she?Her mind whirled; the only thing she remembered before she was being trapped by the Hunters.Immediately, she stood up and her feet felt like jelly as she stumbled toward the girl.Grabbing the girl’s shoulders, she could barely fight the nausea that bloomed in her gut and wou
Lily could hardly contain her scowl as William entered the bedroom with Anna practically in his arms, holding to him for dear life and trembling like a leaf.She had to be enjoying this, the werewolf sneered at the redhead as she disappeared with LILY’S fiancé behind the door.“Are you going to explain what happened just now?” She turned to Ethan, as no one else would be able to explain. He looked unbothered strangely about his woman being with his brother and relying on him when she had lashed at everyone else.“Whatever do you mean?” The younger brother of the Alpha noticed the tic in Lily’s beautiful face; she looked more than a little pissed off, and confused about the situation to boot.But Ethan had no interest in catering to her whims now. All he wanted to do was make sure he didn’t get wrapped up on much more than he already had.If he could leave the damn city now he would, he thought furiously.“Don’t play games with me, Ethan,” Lily snapped at him. Luckily, the two men’s mo