Chapter 448
Chapter 448
Brax
Madison’s chestnut eyes find mine. “Are you sure? What about the others? What about Neah and Dane? We are doing this without even telling them.”
“They will understand.”
“But I don’t.”
“Then why are you coming with me?”
She sighs. “Probably because I’m an idiot. I mean, it’s not like I can help you in any way, is it?”
“We can go back.” I offer, “I can take you back to the safety of the pack, but I need to know what’s happening to me.”
Madison looks back over her shoulder in the direction of the pack. We were completely out of sight now. The Wolf on the gate had probably already told Eric unless he didn’t bother reading the note.
“If I don’t find out what is happening to me, I am more than useless to them.”
She frowns at me.
“That is not what I meant and you know it.” I scowl back. “They brought me here for a reason and I am no longer holding up my end of the deal with Dane.”
“I’m sure if you explain…”
“I can’t explain it, Madison. I don’t know what’s happening to me. Even as I stand here, looking at you, your soul is getting harder and harder to see. It’s like my Hunter abilities are slowly being sucked from me. Tomorrow I could wake up and I will be a bog standard Wolf.”
“You really think there is something at your old house?”
“I don’t know, it’s worth a try.”
She pouts and slowly nods her head. “I will come with you.”
“Then let’s go. I have a car parked up the road.”
As Madison climbs into the passenger seat, I see how she is rubbing her neck again. “Still sore?”
“It comes and goes.” She shrugs like it had just become a part of her daily life, but it bothered me. I had even felt her neck to make sure nothing had been injected under her skin.
“Blair said that once she lost her abilities, she noticed changes.” Madison tells me. Blair seemed to talk more freely to her just like I expected. They shared something in common. “What kind of changes?”
“Like you feel aches and pains more because you don’t have the ability to heal. Sometimes, even lying funny makes me ache now. I guess we just healed before, even little things like achy muscles weren’t even a thing. My scar still itches like a bitch.” She points to the long
thick scar that runs over her eye to her chin. Luckily she hadn’t been blinded.
“It is where he injected me.. I think. Maybe it’s more in the head than it actually hurting.” She shrugs her shoulders.
“Why haven’t you said anything?”
“Because it annoys you when you can’t fix something. And this is one of those things.”
I glance over to her. She has an elbow propped up on the door, staring out the window. I could fix it if she was willing to be bitten. But I don’t bring up the topic. It upsets her every single time.
“This is your home?” She mutters as I pull up next to it.
“Yes.” I reply, glancing up and down the street. Something felt off. It was the middle of the afternoon and there was no one. No one walking their dog. No one is running or cycling. As much as Humans annoy me. They were predictable with their habits.
Madison moves to get out of the car. “Don’t,” I mutter, grabbing her arm
“What is it?” she whispers back.
“I haven’t been back here for a while and it looks like Rogues might have moved in. I’m pretty certain that we are being watched.”
“What do we do?”
“You don’t do anything.”I reach in the backseat for my shotgun. “You stay here. You lock the doors behind me. You do not open them until I come back.”
“What if….?”
“No what if’s. You do exactly what I say. Understand?”
She nods as I quietly exit the car. I watch her press the locks down and something slams into me, sending me to the ground. My gun slides across the road away from me, just in time to see another Rogue moving towards me.
Blood from a recent kill coated its face. It drops down on to all fours, picking up speed as I reach for the gun in my belt. A bang makes my ears ring and I watch the Rogue drop to the ground.
I turn to see a wide eyed Madison, poking one of my guns through the small gap in the window, both hands clasped around it
The first Rogue attacks me from the side. Claws sinking into my shoulder before hurling me through the air.
As I land on my stomach, the air is knocked from my lungs. Screams come from the direction of my car. Rolling over, I see the Rogue desperately trying to get to my mate as he forces the window down.