The Arena Wars by Samantha Hoffman

Author:Samantha Hoffman [Hoffman, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Shapeshifters, Werewolves
Amazon: B013O33LT6
Published: 2015-08-07T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

When the alarm clock by my bedside table showed eleven thirty, I dressed as quietly as possible, hoping not to disturb Ray. It had taken Jax, Quinten, and I to keep him from charging after Roger and getting himself killed. He wasn’t happy about waiting, but we convinced him that it was the only thing to do. He would hopefully understand later.

I climbed out through my bedroom window, and dropped silently to the ground. I snuck around the front porch, and stopped.

Quinten sat there on the front steps. His head was cocked to one side, and I knew that he was listening for the slightest sound that would end up giving me away in the surrounding silence. How he’d known that I was sneaking out tonight I had no idea. I was sure that I’d managed to keep my plans a secret.

I stopped beside him; it was no use trying to sneak past him. He’d most likely hear any of my movements.

His head tilted a fraction towards me. “Where do you think you’re sneaking off alone to in the middle of the night?”

“Roger kidnapped Ilene. He left me a note saying to meet him at his place at one o’clock, alone.” It was amazing how calm I sounded. “I didn’t want Ray and Jax to follow me. He’d kill them, and Ilene.”

“So you were just planning to sacrifice yourself…again…after you and Ray just had your talk? Alanna, you’re stupid,” Quinten said.

I flinched, and took a seat on the porch step beside him. I didn’t really have the time to spare, but we needed to have this talk or I’d never get away in time for the meeting with Roger.

“Quinten, I have to do this. She’s been acting up lately, but she’s still my sister. She’s just going through a rough patch. Roger’s note said that she didn’t even scream when he grabbed her because he threatened to hurt me. She’s not as far gone as I thought.”

He sighed. “Go back inside, wake everyone up, and tell them. Ray and Jax can back you up.”

“I can’t! Don’t you understand?” I whispered fiercely. “If I do, he’ll kill Ilene. He’ll let her go after I give myself up. I have to save her, I have to.”

He rubbed the back of his neck. “Alanna, don’t do this, please,” he pleaded.

“Quinten, if I have to knock you out to get away tonight, I will. I don’t want to hurt you, but doing this is important to me.”

“Alanna–”

“If you care about me, you’ll let me do this.”

He didn’t say anything for a minute, and I sighed.

“Quinten, please.”

“I’m coming with you,” he said finally.

“No, you’re not.”

He glared in my general direction. “Dammit Alanna, if you don’t let me come with you, I’ll wake up Ray and Jax, and they can drag you back here kicking and screaming if he has to.”

I studied him in the moonlight; he was dead serious. If I tried to leave him behind, he’d get Ray, and then I would never be able to go anywhere.

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