Destined to Run by J. Kearston

Author:J. Kearston [Kearston, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00

By the time we agree to stop for the night, I’m a jittery mess. Not only from having someone literally in my head, but the closer we get towards the city the more nauseous I feel. Who knows what all my father or Jax’s family have done by now. Did they report me as a missing person? Should I dye my hair? Are they blaming Jax’s death on me or Osiris? The news has been scarily devoid of any mention, so it was easier to push to the back of my mind when I was so far away it felt like a different world. Now? It’s almost a constant state of looking over my shoulder.

“Ares can take you home, you know,” Ozzy offers, head resting on his paws on the seat beside me. “Cole and I can handle this.”

Was I projecting again? I can still barely wrap my head around this, let alone getting a grasp on the fundamentals.

“Nah, you’re just easy to read. You’re as tense as Ares up there.” He tilts his head to where his brother has a death grip on the steering wheel to prove his point.

I take a steadying breath, but don’t magically feel any more confident than before. And let both of you get killed? What happened to pride before the fall?

He snorts, both in my head and out loud. “I was right. You’re worse than Cole.”

“I should go check us in,” I state, unbuckling. “You guys stay here and out of sight, if possible.”

Ares pivots in his seat. “You shouldn’t go alone.”

I smile at the overprotective tone, but if there’s one thing I’m confident in, it’s my decision to protect them. “We have no clue what could be waiting for us, let alone the fact we’re trying to pull off an abduction. The less memorable we are at any given place the better, and a shifter strutting around in any town will be not only pretty fucking memorable, but seen as a threat. Add in you two as well? We’ll be lucky not to end up in a confrontation just trying to grab dinner somewhere.”

Ozzy whines low in his throat and Ares looks like he wants to argue. Cole, on the other hand, cracks the window and gives me a sad smile. “We’ll keep an ear out for trouble, beautiful. Just shout if you need us to swoop in and save the day.”

I lean forward to awkwardly kiss the back of his shoulder before getting out, taking a few deep breaths of the crisp night air. When I feel less like I’ll come across as someone on the run and more just a weary traveler, I stride across the parking lot and into the motel lobby.

It’s nicer than the one Ozzy and I stayed at on our way out of the city, but certainly nothing noteworthy. I’m actually a little hesitant if they’ll accept cash or demand a credit card for booking a room, and resign myself to the fact we might be sleeping in the truck tonight.

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