ZADE.
I leave the house once Iâve showered, trying to get in contact with Damien again. I get on my bike, wondering if something has happened to him when he calls back. I pick up not answering just in case itâs not him and wait for him to speak first.
âBoss.â Heâs fine and alone.
âWhere have you been?â
âI got attacked⦠Iâm ok, but Iâve lost a lot of blood. I managed to escape and home, but⦠Iâm not sure what it is but I ainât healing.â
âWeâll figure that out. Iâm heading to twelve and seven. Meet me there. Itâs urgent. Bring Anthony.â
He grunts his response, and I frown as I hang up.
These attacks have been carefully thought out. I stop at the garage, ignoring the pile of letters that were pushed through the letterbox, before I park the truck inside and walk through the garage to the other side, where I have a black SUV, one with bulletproof windows hidden in the back. One of my five rides.
This is the car weâll travel in and I can trust Damien and Anthony to keep an eye on things here. I donât trust fast, but both Damien and Anthony have helped keep an eye on Valerie for me, as well as being there since Iâve been out of prison. Theyâre trustworthy enough.
I run my hand over my bike before looking around my garage. I had made something here⦠but guess it just wasnât meant to fucking be. I look down at my bike and sigh.
âIâll come back for you,â I murmur, brushing my hand along the paint of my bike.
Fuck this.
I take the SUV out and lock it up before I get back into the SUV and drive close to the spot that I asked Damien and Anthony to meet me at, parking a few roads away. I walk the remaining distance to meet them, you can never be too careful.
I scroll through my phone. The media has already reported on the housefire⦠I still feel uneasy about how that one was handled, but itâs too late to do anything now.
I stay in the shadows, my hood up as I take out a cigarette and light it. Itâs been a long dayâ¦
I spot them sitting in the car a few metres away, on alert, but theyâve not noticed me⦠I tilt my head, the urge to scare them entices me, but nowâs not the time.
Itâs intriguing how so many of them just donât notice my presence, even those who are skilled like these two⦠Iâve mastered the art of stealth far better than anyone I fucking knowâ¦
Taking out my phone, I ring Damien, watching as he answers it.
âYes, Boss, weâre here.â
âYeah, I know. Iâve watched you two sit out here for the last few minutes, and neither of you managed to see me. Get out, seven oâclock to you.â I hang up as both turn towards me, before they get out and make their way over.
Damienâs hurt, I can see that from the way heâs dragging his leg.
âBoss,â Anthony says.
Not replying, I turn, leading the way down the alleyway until I reach the end and lean against the wall.
âIâm leaving town for a bit, keep an eye on one another, and stay safe. Times are a little dangerous out here,â I say, glancing around the alleyway, my ears honed in on any small sound from around us.
âWhere are you going?â Anthony asks.
âTo find a solution to this entire fucking mess. Those chips will be abolished one fucking way or another⦠and so will the Arkan,â I say, my eyes flashing.
âYour aura⦠itâs changed.â Anthony adds, seeming distracted by it.
âDid you hear what I said?â Itâs because Valerie and I marked one another.
âYeah, but your auraâ¦â
âYou found our Luna?â Damien asks sharply.
I look at the two of them./
âI have.â
âThen, letâs be a pack!â Anthony says, his eyes blazing. âYou will only get stronger.â
âIâm already strong,â I remark.
+15 BÃNUS âBut heâs right. You need to hold an official title of Alpha, even if itâs just the four of us,â Damien says from where heâs leaning against the wall opposite.
Six of us⦠If Ada makes it.
Iâm silent.
This is something⦠Inevitably as an Alpha⦠Iâll hold more power in that council⦠it would give me more of a voiceâ¦
âVery well, letâs do it,â I say quietly, pushing away from the wall as both Anthony and Damien lower their heads, their auras surging around them; their wolves stepping forward.