Alpha Initiation (Alpha Blood #1) (Werewolf Romance) Read Online Free Page B
Author: Mac Flynn
man one last chance to redeem himself. "Or you could just let me go. You could blindfold me and put me back at the club where we met, and I won't tell anyone about you or this place."
Luke sighed and shook his head. "I'm afraid that just isn't possible. We've gone too far to go back, and you'll know soon enough why that is. Until then, rest easy." He left and locked the door behind him.
I didn't waste a minute of precious time. The night was only so many hours, and I needed all of them to hide me. I hurried over to the door and put my ear against it. All was quiet, so I snuck to the window and pried the board loose. That single freed board made a whole large enough for me to scrunch through, but first I had to deal with the glass. I gathered up a pillow and stuck my hand into the casing so the stuffing was in front of my hand. I peeked out to make sure the coast was clear before I smashed my covered hand into the glass. The pillow muffled the sound of shattering glass and protected my fist from the shards. The pieces fell and hit the soft grass beneath my window.
I tossed aside the pillowcase, grabbed my makeshift cloak of bed blankets and crawled headfirst out of the window. I jiggled the vines with my hands and found them thick and sturdy, so I pulled myself up a few feet so my legs could slide out. My hands shook so badly I thought I would fall, but somehow I scurried down the vines without slipping and dropped to the ground. The vines traveled past one of the lower floor windows, and there was a light on in the room. I peeked my head in and saw it was a study lined with bookshelves and a large desk near the window. There was a chair behind the desk with the back turned to the glass, but I could see Alistair in front of the desk staring at someone in the seat.
"Are you certain this girl is the one? Many others have made mistakes," Alistair questioned.
"I'm absolutely certain, but I get the feeling you don't approve of her," replied the person in the chair, and I recognized the voice as belonging to Luke.
Alistair frowned. "She is very unknown to our world, sir, and ignorance is a threat to us."
"Ah, now we get down to something else. What really makes you worry so much, old friend?" Luke asked him.
"Your influence over the others is very precarious right now. If this would go wrong they could see you as unfit of your title and position."
"I'm sure things won't go so badly, but once I completely change her I'll be sure to stabilize my position."
"Even if that means skirmishes with the competing lords?" Alistair asked him.
"Even if that means war," Luke firmly replied. "We can't let them win, no matter what."
I'd heard enough to realize how insane were the pair of them, and stepped away from the edge of the window. I slunk across the lawn, careful to keep out of the lights from the windows, and reached the edge of the trees in a minute. I turned back and got my first, and hopefully last, full look of the house. It was a two-story colonial house made of bricks with white edging on the roof and several old chimneys. It was a nice place if it hadn't been such a terrifying prison for me. I turned away from it and slunk into the trees with the dark blanket of night wrapped tightly around me.
Chapter 5
I picked up on a trail that ran through the trees and followed that for several mile, aided by the light of the almost-full moon. After an hour's panicked walk I reached a wide, swiftly-flowing creek where the path split in two. Water usually meant civilization somewhere along it, so I could follow upstream or downstream to hopefully find sane people. By the time I reached that branch in the path I was covered in sweat and exhausted. I promised myself that come freedom, I was going to lose a few pounds. The path branched off to the left and right, both following the bank. Neither gave any sign of civilization, so that meant all possibilities were on the table. Either one led to safety, both led to safety, or none of
Luke sighed and shook his head. "I'm afraid that just isn't possible. We've gone too far to go back, and you'll know soon enough why that is. Until then, rest easy." He left and locked the door behind him.
I didn't waste a minute of precious time. The night was only so many hours, and I needed all of them to hide me. I hurried over to the door and put my ear against it. All was quiet, so I snuck to the window and pried the board loose. That single freed board made a whole large enough for me to scrunch through, but first I had to deal with the glass. I gathered up a pillow and stuck my hand into the casing so the stuffing was in front of my hand. I peeked out to make sure the coast was clear before I smashed my covered hand into the glass. The pillow muffled the sound of shattering glass and protected my fist from the shards. The pieces fell and hit the soft grass beneath my window.
I tossed aside the pillowcase, grabbed my makeshift cloak of bed blankets and crawled headfirst out of the window. I jiggled the vines with my hands and found them thick and sturdy, so I pulled myself up a few feet so my legs could slide out. My hands shook so badly I thought I would fall, but somehow I scurried down the vines without slipping and dropped to the ground. The vines traveled past one of the lower floor windows, and there was a light on in the room. I peeked my head in and saw it was a study lined with bookshelves and a large desk near the window. There was a chair behind the desk with the back turned to the glass, but I could see Alistair in front of the desk staring at someone in the seat.
"Are you certain this girl is the one? Many others have made mistakes," Alistair questioned.
"I'm absolutely certain, but I get the feeling you don't approve of her," replied the person in the chair, and I recognized the voice as belonging to Luke.
Alistair frowned. "She is very unknown to our world, sir, and ignorance is a threat to us."
"Ah, now we get down to something else. What really makes you worry so much, old friend?" Luke asked him.
"Your influence over the others is very precarious right now. If this would go wrong they could see you as unfit of your title and position."
"I'm sure things won't go so badly, but once I completely change her I'll be sure to stabilize my position."
"Even if that means skirmishes with the competing lords?" Alistair asked him.
"Even if that means war," Luke firmly replied. "We can't let them win, no matter what."
I'd heard enough to realize how insane were the pair of them, and stepped away from the edge of the window. I slunk across the lawn, careful to keep out of the lights from the windows, and reached the edge of the trees in a minute. I turned back and got my first, and hopefully last, full look of the house. It was a two-story colonial house made of bricks with white edging on the roof and several old chimneys. It was a nice place if it hadn't been such a terrifying prison for me. I turned away from it and slunk into the trees with the dark blanket of night wrapped tightly around me.
Chapter 5
I picked up on a trail that ran through the trees and followed that for several mile, aided by the light of the almost-full moon. After an hour's panicked walk I reached a wide, swiftly-flowing creek where the path split in two. Water usually meant civilization somewhere along it, so I could follow upstream or downstream to hopefully find sane people. By the time I reached that branch in the path I was covered in sweat and exhausted. I promised myself that come freedom, I was going to lose a few pounds. The path branched off to the left and right, both following the bank. Neither gave any sign of civilization, so that meant all possibilities were on the table. Either one led to safety, both led to safety, or none of
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