Chapter 471
Chapter 471
Cooper’s lips almost become non-existent as he presses them together. I’m sure that if he wasn’t blindfolded, I would be able to see the fury in his eyes.
We drag him forward and he starts calling for Eris. She glances over her shoulder at him, but then her eyes shift to me before she catches up to Neah.
“Eris, I saved you!” Cooper called out
The words stop her in her tracks. But this time, she doesn’t look back.
“You took away her abilities.” Klaus growls at him.
*Two birds, one stone. She was on the run and she needed to be punished. I punished her and they couldn’t find her. I saved her. I save them all.”
“Is that what you think you are doing, saving them?” Klaus demands. “Taking away their abilities is not saving them.”
Cooper doesn’t answer. And I glance up to Eris who has shoved her hands in her pockets and dropped her head forward as she followed the others. Was it an agreement? Klaus had said she had been Cooper’s prisoner, but what if it hadn’t started that way?
“No more.” I mutter to Klaus. We quicken our pace, lifting Cooper so his feet can’t touch the floor. He tries desperately to get us to talk, making threats, asking questions, but mostly pleading with Klaus to help him. The realisation that it wasn’t working was soon becoming reality.
The women disappear around the corner that leads up to Black Shadow’s gates. By the time we get there, the gates are wide open and I could already see a huge number of shifted Wolves and Lycans waiting with Neah and Dane standing at the front ready to hunt.
“What’s happening?” Cooper demands as we come to a stop. Klaus and I lower him until his feet are firmly on the ground. He struggles against us and Neah nods at me.
Letting go of his shoulders, I release the belt locking his wrists together. He frantically pulls off the blindfold and stills.
*You think this scares me?” His eyes move across the waiting creatures. He starts muttering something beneath his breath. I slam my fist into his jaw for a second time.
“Fucker!” He growls as he holds his jaw
“It seems that you enjoy playing games.” Neah’s voice is cold and her eyes are dark. “So let’s play a game.” *You will have five seconds.” Dane smiles at him
*For what?” Cooper demands
“A head start. I will start counting the moment you enter the forest and then, well, I will let you figure out the rest.” Cooper snorts. “You can’t find me if you can’t scent me.”
Brax creeps up behind him and slices a blade down the length of his back. He takes a piece of fabric and rubs it over Cooper’s blood.
“Bastard.” Cooper growls
*Thanks.” Brax smiles at him as he takes the bloodied cloth to the crowd and passes it around. Everyone inhalesthe bloody scent.
“Can’t hide the scent of blood.” Dane mutters. “I wouldn’t bother trying to wash it off either. It lingers.”
Cooper looks to Klaus. “He can’t be serious.”
“It was mine and Neah’s idea.” Klaus steps up to him. “You should have stayed dead. This is going to be painful and this time, there is no survival.”
“Whenever you are ready.” Dane tells him
Cooper scans the crowd, settling on his sister. “Sam. Don’t let them do this.”
She doesn’t answer and moves to stand next to Neah.
*Control is a funny thing.” I mutter. “You have it right up until you don’t and when you take it for granted, that’s when you lose it, and you lose all of it.”
He glares at me.
*And going by Eris, the moment Klaus snapped your neck, everyone you screwed over gained their abilities back. If by some miracle, someone here doesn’t kill you. Those prisoners of yours will come for you and I will be happy to help them.”
He spits at me and looks back at Neah.
*Run.” She growls
He turns towards the open gate. Ryken and a few others including Blair block his way. His choice was the forest or nothing.
He starts walking backwards in the direction of the forest. Keeping an eye on us, he pauses just before he reaches the trees
“Fuck you!” He bolt’s into the trees as Dane calls out “Five.”
Everyone crouches ready to charge.
*Four”
Dane starts stripping, ready to shift.
*Three.”
Eris stares at me looking completely confused about what is happening. I need to know more on how she came across Cooper.
“Two.”
The Lycans and Wolves are growling and I turn to face the forest. There was no way I was letting him get away.
*One.”