Total pages in book: 75
Estimated words: 69734 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 349(@200wpm)___ 279(@250wpm)___ 232(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 69734 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 349(@200wpm)___ 279(@250wpm)___ 232(@300wpm)
Sebastian had the most horrified look on his face as he stared at me and then looked at the creature, who I heard moving closer, so loud and heavy that the very ground vibrated with every step he took.
The look on my mate’s face told me one thing. He knew getting out of this was going to be nearly impossible. His expression also told me one very cold, hard truth.
This was the first time he’d known real fear.
A sob tore through my chest at the thought of it ending here. I’d tried so hard focusing on staying alive, not just in the human world, but even being captured by the Assembly before being thrust into this hell.
I refused to go down this way.
I didn’t know how we’d get out of this, but I wasn’t going to take it lying down.
Sebastian ran full speed toward me. I reached my hands out, wanting to throw myself against his body and let him wrap his arms around me, when suddenly I was airborne, massive clawed hands snug around my waist as I was lifted up.
“Diablos!”
My ears rang as Sebastian screamed that one strange word.
“You motherfucker. Let her go.”
We were airborne but hovering ten feet in the air, as if taunting Sebastian to try and get me. The creature chuckled again and dug his claws into me until I cried out.
“Don’t fucking touch her. Fight me, you Diablos motherfucker.” Sebastian snarled and gave this war cry.
I screamed and kicked out, twisted in his arms, and reached behind to drag my nails down his face.
He snarled and snapped those sharp teeth at me, and I jerked my hand back.
I turned and cried out for Sebastian, still reaching for my mate as he tore through the short distance that separated us. But I was too high up now.
Sebastian’s roaring startled the entire forest, causing creatures to take flight into the horizon.
“Ada,” he screamed, still making the most awful sounds I’d ever heard as he reached for me.
And then he was running full speed through the forest, following us as I was taken away.
Chapter
Thirteen
Ada
I’d heard Sebastian roaring as I was taken away, had seen him racing through the woods, following us, swiping at tree trunks, and tearing out the foliage in order to make his path clear.
But the creature holding me tightly with one arm was far too fast, the wind whipping around us the higher he ascended.
I’d heard this beast of a… whatever the hell he was, laughing as if hearing my mate roaring in clear torment and giving chase was something humorous.
I wasn’t proud of how I’d spit curses at him, called him every name in the book, and promised to cut off parts of his body at the first chance I got.
He never responded, just holding me tightly to his chest and giving little snorts as if my fit was akin to being tickled.
I now figured “Diablos” was what he was or at the very least his name. Maybe he was from the Assembly facility. I had to assume that, seeing as Sebastian had used the term, seeming to know of him.
I didn’t know how long he flew, but after a while I started to become exhausted. Of course a hard fucking by your mate would do that on top of being kidnapped.
But just as I started to feel my eyes growing heavy—as unbelievable as that sounded given I was being carted through the air—we landed with a heavy thud.
The top of a damn mountain. That’s where he’d taken us.
I glanced twenty stories down, watching pebbles and rocks scattering around his feet where he landed, and falling over the drop.
And now here we were, hours later if I were to make a guess, sitting in this nasty, dank cave, the horizon starting to turn shades of orange and pink.
I felt dejected at seeing the sun rise. Because I knew for a fact that Sebastian wouldn’t stop until I was found, but there was no way he could safely do that while it was daylight. I just hoped I was still in one piece when he did come.
I kept myself pressed to the corner of the cave, my knees pulled to my chest and my arms wrapped around them as I eyed the Diablos. He paced the tiny interior, and his movements reminded me of an agitated tiger.
He was murmuring in a language I had never heard, the words broken with grunts and clicks of his tongue making up whatever dialogue he was saying.
He kept glancing at the entrance of the cave, a very clear scowl on his face before he continued pacing and talking to himself.
When I turned my attention to the entrance, I watched as the sun started to rise, streams of light filling the first five feet of the cave. I also didn’t miss how he stepped farther into the darkness.