Chapter 91

91 Chapter Ninety One

Cole hadn’t wasted any time in rushing to his mate. He knew who she was now and had no intention of letting her go. He had harboured his own innate hopes that the bond he felt with her was real and he’d been right. A predicament that made him feel like the happiest man on earth. He had many questions. They swarmed his head, buzzing uncontrollably, but he couldn’t allow them to cloud his mind and deter his mission just yet.

Sandra had broken protocol to stop him from asking questions. Everything around the secrecy of Katie being a werewolf was still a mystery to him, but it was what it was. Clearing his mind, he reached the tree line into the forest and shifted, following the alluring scent to its source. From what he could tell, now that he knew she was moving, she was not heading for the festival at all, but her path seemed to pass remarkably close.

It would make sense for the others to be worried about her making a commotion. ‘What am I thinking? She shifted because of the moon yet...’ the question that she’d asked him during the very first lesson they’d had together came back to him. ‘So that’s why you asked me that?’ Back then, she’d wanted to know if werewolves had trouble controlling themselves under the full moon.

Today was the night before her birthday and the moon was full which was a rare occurrence. Once a wolf turned that age, their wolves became a more prominent part of them and in case she was taking those suppressing drugs that Ash had talked about, she was bound to shift this night.

Trying to shake off the bothering thoughts, he felt stupid for having not seen the signs. Katie’s appetite, her wild emotions, the sparks he felt every time he touched her. She knew everything as well, which meant she wasn’t feigning ignorance when she got close to him. She knew they were mates and made sure to keep him close, or at least that’s what the male would like to think.

He continued running, his wolf alerting him of their close proximity. He notified the others of what he knew of the route she was taking. Getting in her path, he waited, the scent growing stronger and stronger. What did her wolf look like? Was she going to be out of control? Would she be happy to see him? What was she running after? He knew she wasn’t going for him.

The rapid sound of paws striking the ground caught his attention. She was coming straight for him and wasn’t making a turn. It was the first time that this scent was finding him instead of running from him. His werewolf vision seemed to clear up even more as he looked into the darkness of the forest from which she was to emerge.

Right when the footsteps had reached their loudest, something emerged from the cover of the trees, the moonlight bouncing off the silky white far of a majestic White Wolf. The wolf was unbelievably white without a stain on its pelt. Its eyes shone a bright blue that stunned the male. When the wolf took notice of him, its eyes widened in surprise.

Cole, who’d been expecting a wolf that was on a rampage was rather confused. The wolf before him did nothing to slow down and instead leapt into the air, the sounds of snapping bones filling the air as she rapidly reverted to her human form. “Cole,” her voice rang out her arms spread out wide. The black wolf’s reflexes kicked in and allowed in to catch her just in time.

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‘Katie, what’s going on... What...’ the man asked, opening a mind link with the girl to receive answers.

“I’ll tell you everything later. Follow me,” she got up and dashed off in the same direction. Everything happened so fast that he barely had enough time to gather his thoughts. He shook off his confusion and caught up with her allowing his questions to come out in order this time instead of stuttering.

“Katie, where are you going?” he asked her.

“When I shifted, my nose picked a scent. I know who it belongs to and I won’t let him get away,” she said, determination shining through her eyes.

“Who is it?” he asked.

“Well, it’s the only person that has managed to piss me off this much since I was born, Kyle Dwyer...” Cole relayed the information immediately to Jason along with the details of the direction they were headed. If it was true that the coward was still close by, then he was bound to be prepared.

After running for a bit, something struck him as odd. The girl was not shifting back into her werewolf form. “Why aren’t you shifting? It would be easier to run that way.”

“I don’t know about which form is easier to run in, but the truth is that I don’t know how to shift. I only shifted back because you showed up. My wolf was calmed immediately and allowed me full control again,” she explained.

“What were you planning on doing once you had Kyle?” he asked her.

“Well, I can tell that he is not alone, so I was planning on killing all his allies and enjoying my time torturing... Oh, sorry, I went a bit too dark there. I was going to turn him into the Hunter’s Agency,” the answer came vaguely.

“That must be the weirdest answer I’ve had all day. What was all that about torture?” he asked.

“Hey, I was going to hand him over to the Hunter’s Agency first, then take my time asking for permission to torture him. What am I saying? That’s exactly what’s going to happen,” she confirmed.

Messages from Jason came through asking him to slow down... “Hey, Katie...”

“We aren’t slowing down. This is the only time we can get him. I don’t what he is still doing here, but he knows that he’s not supposed to be close to this town or else I’ll get him. I have a feeling they gave the wolf that I found yesterday some time to return. I can trace his scent here. How do you do it? Everything smells like a werewolf,” she said.

“You get used to it. Although I must say that yours is a bit too strong,” I chuckled.

“Maybe it’s just because I don’t know how to block it yet. Other than you and the forest, I haven’t smelt anything that pleasing. It was giving me a headache,” she groaned.

“And yet you still ran in one direction...”

“Kyle has to pay... for Ash’s death,” she said with conviction. Since Ash died, the feeling of helplessness had not left the young hunter and now that there was something that she could do to avenge the girl, she wasn’t going to fail.

“Your parents are worried. They’ve said you should be careful,” I said to her.

“Hush, we are getting close. From what I can tell, they are about five of them, Kyle included.

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Kyle lay in a makeshift hammock that he’d got one of the rogues to tie between two trees. This was his idea of good night sleep in the forest surrounded by ‘sub-ordinates.’ The boy knew just how much he was entitled to as the Rogue King’s golden goose. The wolves around, the alpha included, were below him in rank just because of the information in his skull, “I told you. He won’t be back. Katie has probably already killed him,” he groaned, boredom racking his bones.

Two rogues sat on tree stumps playing a game of cards beneath his hammock, “He’s the most skilled stealth specialist that’s been sent this way since we found out about the Rogue killer. If anyone can survive this, he can. Although your confidence in the Rogue killer’s destructive power is quite questionable,” one of them said.

“You sure all those drugs that you take didn’t get to your head and mess up with some of your bolts or something?” the other asked.

“Are you implying that I might just be crazy?” she asked the man.

“Oh no, I would never say that about the person that is supposed to give a report to the Rogue King,” he defended himself, “I just fear that we are going to risk too many of our men for something that might not be the big deal.”

“What makes it so hard to understand? We are already in hiding from four of the most powerful human beings in the world, the Four Mighty Hunters. Have you heard of them? Their power is comical. What makes you think the stories that I narrate are unbelievable?”

“The four Mighty Warriors are old men that have been training for far too many years. We understand their power and believe because the experience shows,” one of them argued.

“What of the one from the Chase family? He’s the youngest of them. And worst of all, he possesses both Prometheus gifts,” Kyle said.

“So, what has that got to do with anything?”

“The rogue killer... possesses both gifts...” Kyle was satisfied by the expressions on the faces of the rogues when he revealed this information. It was enough to shut them up for a while. He’d spent a great portion of his life trying to come to peace with this fact as well, “Demitri is not coming back... We have to go. If by some miracle he survives, he’ll just lead the Rogue killer to us. We won’t have anywhere to run if that happens.” As Kyle said it, he realised the grave error he had made in sending Demitri to Brigadia. He’d been mad about the man’s arrogance and made a grave error in judgement. Just as he was about to give the order for them to depart, the alpha burst from the door of the cabin.

“Someone’s coming,” he said... sending Kyle’s heartbeat into overdrive.