Chapter 78

Stacey

When we enter Jaden’s office downstairs, as we open the door, an overwhelming scent of blood, sweat and petrol fills the room. Hunter and Pax stand to greet us. They both look broken. Hunter’s face and chest are riddled with deep claw marks, the skin around them angry and red. His hair is matted with dried blood and his normally tan skin is deathly pale. Pax’s skin is dotted with shards of glass, and his skin is dirty with sweat and petrol. His nose looks broken as a large bruise forms under both his eyes. Both men are wearing only joggers, their bare chests and arms slick with sweat from running here, having shifted back just recently. Their eyebrows shoot up, darting from me to Jaden as he leads us around to the back of his desk.

With a grunt, Jaden plops down in his seat and mutters, “Take a seat. You look like shit!” I glance at both his beta and gamma before scanning the room for an empty spot. Just as I consider perching on the edge of his desk, Jaden grabs my wrist and pu