GoodReadChapter 187 I turn away from Bianca and make my way to the door of the shabby cabin. The wolfsbane is still coursing through my veins, making every step feel heavy and labored.
But despite the poison, I feel alive and invigorated from the adrenaline rush of the fight. My senses are heightened, and everything aroundfeels more vivid. But there's no tto savor my relief at my escape. Rhett's call means he is probably sending others to help Bianca at any moment. I have to get out of here while I still can.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHeart pounding, I race for the door, desperate to escape this nightmarish prison. To get back to my family, my pack.
Back to Soren.
I burst out of the warehouse into the cool sun-filled air, gulping deep breaths to steady my racing heart. The sudden openness feels almost dizzying after the suffocating confines inside; I clutch my knees and look around to find I am on one of the piers, huge ships docked along one side, and I stare out over the water before turning my gaze to the building I just escaped. It's only a single level, makingwonder where they movedfrom as I peer over the side of the railing to see the water. Knowing I can't stay here, I start running towards the end of the pier toward land.
However, the movement ahead snaps my attention forward. A familiar figure stands frozen several yards away, halted mid- stride.
0.00% Soren. My breath catches, my pulse stuttering. Relief and worry war withinat the sight of him. Part ofwants to rush into his arms, to be back in his embrace. But another part is unsure if I can bear to see hatred or disgust darken his eyes after everything I've done, We stare at each other across the distance, the silence stretching taut between us. Soren's expression is unreadable, and his posture is rigid and tall. Is he glad to see me? I don't know anymore.
"Aubrey..." he says finally, my nemerging somewhere between a prayer and a question. My steps falter hearing him use my full nand not my sister's.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHe takes a step towards me, hand outstretched. Longing and fear tangle in my throat. I want so badly to reach for him, but I'm terrified of his rejection, his anger. I notice Damian standing behind him not far away as more cars screech into the parking lot around the docks. I stagger forward, knowing I can't run from him, not that I want to.
Soren advances another step when something urgent and almost desperate contorts his features. It sends confusion, skittering through me. Why does he look so afraid? A thunderous crack shatters the air at the stime; I hear the door to the little office cabin-looking thing I was kept in hit the wooden walls. Gunshot.
Soren lunges forward with extraordinary speed, slamming intoand knocking us both to the ground. Pebbles bite into my back as we hit hard, his body covering mine. More shots ring out, bullet strikes pinging off the pavement near our heads.
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Shouts of alarm rise behind us. I glimpse Damian grappling with an blood-soaked and enraged Bianca, fighting to wrestle the gun from her grip as she snarls and struggles.
Soren curls himself tighter around me, shieldingfrom the firefight with his own body. His heart hammers against my chest, breaths labored against my hair. "It's okay, I've got you," he murmurs, fierce and reassuring at once. "I won't let them hurt you. Never again."
I cling to him, tears threatening at the protective ferocity in his voice. At the unshakable knowledge that he would die for me, even now. Even after everything. Chapter 188
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