Rising Moon: The Dark Wolf Chronicles by Elle A.H

Author:Elle A.H. [A.H., Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-12-16T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 46

October 28th

All hell broke loose. Raven's men kept emerging out of the trees, snarling and growling until they were surrounding the truck. Leo's men fought with more force than I could ever imagine but they were vastly outnumbered and I could only see this going one way.

“Mateo, call for back up,” Leo ordered, his face creased with worry as he jumped off the truck and dragged me by my wrist with him.

He fought through what had become a battlefield, defending us both from approaching attackers. One he kicked in the stomach so hard that he flew back and hit a tree, his body instantly turning limp, another he slashed across the throat with a knife, blood spurting everywhere.

I took a deep breath in and clenched my jaw unable to process the violence around me.

“When the coast is clear, I’m going to tell you to run” he said, pulling me behind a tree but keeping his eyes scanning all around us. “And you will run as fast as you can South until you find the next line of Stella defence. They’ll look after you. Understand?”

I hesitated for a mere second, “I said do you understand?” He asked, shaking my shoulders.

I nodded and swallowed, “Y-yes.”

“Okay,” he replied in a softer tone.

He glanced around once more.

“I love you, Nelda,” he said, “Now go.”

His words took a second to sink in. I froze, blinking as I looked into his eyes.

“Go!”

I turned and didn’t hesitate to race away, the panic in his voice spurring me on. I had no idea where I was or where I was going. I just had to follow Leo's order to simply run South.

Just as I picked up my speed, I caught sight of a man heading right for me. He was tall, strong and menacing so without hesitation, I changed my direction and moved my short little legs faster than I ever thought they could go.

I glanced over my shoulder. He had closed the distance between us and his glare had grown murderous. Although much faster than me, he was big and I had little faith in his agility. So I ran in a zigzag, weaving through the trees and slipping through gaps in the branches.

Never run in a straight line if a crocodile is chasing you. They’re muscular and fast but struggle with corners and turns. This man was the metaphorical crocodile and that made me a capybara.

But the crocodile was adapting. He was finding short cuts around my weaving excursion and gaining on me again.

Ten metres away.

If only I could shift.

Five metres away.

With only the very brief knife fighting lesson from Leo, I was doomed.

Four metres away

Goddess, please.

Three metres away

I took a deep breath before turning around, the knife firmly in my hand, but it wasn't the face of the Eclipse man I was faced with. It was Mateo's back. As he turned around, the man was lying lifelessly on the floor.

“That was nearly you dead.”

“Thanks-”

He grabbed my arm and hauled me into his chest as a knife shot through where I had just been standing.

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