chapter 136 Thirty-Four


    Evelyn’s POV


    It was finally Monday, Orion, Thaddeus, and Rnd left Sunday night to go god knows where and I


    didn’t ask knowing I could escape this ce for a few hours. Thaddeus said they would be back


    Tuesday from wherever they were going. Getting up early, I quickly get dressed before heading to the


    garage. I managed to find Thaddeus car keys in his car. Like seriously that’s just asking for it to be


    stolen, not that anyone would find this ce anyway, I only know which direction to drive, knowing that


    eventually I woulde across a sign telling me which way to continue. I know Leven is halfway


    because we stopped there for petrol on the way here from his parents’ house.


    Getting in the car I carefully reverse it out, groaning when I see the tyre marks. I will definitely have


    to rake the grass when I get home, I know they won’t miss that with the eagle eyes.


    The drive took over an hour and half, pulling into the first service station I came to. I put gas in it,


    took me ten minutes to figure out how to pop the fuel cap but eventually I figured it out before heading


    to the park. When I got there, I was early, and I couldn’t help watching the time on my phone. Spotting


    April’s Volkswagen pulling in, I got up and walked over to her car opening the passenger door for Lana.


    Lana squealed excitedly wrapping her arms around me and hugging me tight and I hugged her back.


    April got out; she looks tired but smiled softly to me which I thought was a little odd considering her


    parting wordsst time I spoke to her. She walked over wrapping an arm around my shoulder and I


    figured she was just ying nice because Lana was present.


    “I’m sorry aboutst time Evelyn, I shouldn’t have said what I said. I was tired and hadn’t been


    sleeping well. I know the fire wasn’t your fault” she said, and I nodded before Lana started pulling me


    toward the swings. We both sat on the swings and April sat over at the table and chairs reading a book


    while keeping a close eye on us. We spoke about her new school, her grades. Lana had even got an


    after-school job at the local deli for a few hours a day.


    Around lunch time, I was going to suggest we go to a café I drove past on the way to the park


    when April told me she actually made a pic basket. We sat on the grass on a rug eating for a bit.


    “So where are you living now Evelyn?” Asked April.


    “Not far from here I don’t know the name of the suburb” I answered vaguely, remembering what


    Rnd said about not telling anyone. April nodded realising I wasn’t going to answer.


    “How is work, obviously you’re not working at Parse hospital anymore?”


    “Yeah, we moved for work. I work at a doctor’s surgery now,” she answers.


    “You will have toe visit the new house; you will love it. Right near a reserve so peaceful out


    there,” she states giving me a warm smile.


    “So those men you were with, who are they? They look familiar” Asks Lana. I didn’t like this line of


    questioning, but I didn’t get a chance to answer when their eyes darted behind me.


    “Her mates” His deep voice said directly behind me and I felt the blood drain from my face. His


    words sounded normal, yet I could hear the anger they wereced with having grown ustomed to


    their different tones.


    “Hi, I am Rnd,” he says holding out his hand for April to shake. She nervously shook his hand,


    and I could see the terror in her eyes. Rnd was a very intimidating man even if they weren’t my


    mates, I would run at first sight of them. April looks to Lana and smiles, but I noticed the tremble of her


    bottom lip.


    “Well, we better be off, you will have toe visit soon Evelyn. I have an early shift in the morning


    need to get back before dark” she says. I help her pack everything up, dying when I have to deal


    with Rnd’s wrath that I could feel festering through the bond.


    Walking Lana to the car, I could feel Rnd’s eyes watching my every move. Dread filling me. How


    did they know where I went, and why were they home early?


    “Oh, Evelyn I tried ringing you earlier, is something wrong with your phone?” Lana asks when she


    winds the window down.


    “Sometimes I don’t get reception” I tell her. April leans across Lana to speak to me.


    “We cane see you next Friday if you like. We can meet here again I have next Friday off” she


    tells me, and I nod.


    “Okay sounds good”


    “I will ring you” Lana states before eyeing Rnd behind me.


    “Nice to meet you” he says waving to her, and she smiles nervously and waves back. I watch as


    they pull out and drive off. Nausea rolling over me as I turn to face Rnd. His expression alone


    making me want to run.


    “You’re back early?” I announce. He res at me taking a step forward and I take two back, almost


    about to run but as soon as I turned to run, he pounced on me. His arms wrapping around my waist


    and ripping me toward him.


    “Do you have any idea how much trouble you are in when we get home?” he growls, his voice


    sending goosebumps all over me.


    Rnd reaches into my back pocket pulling out Thaddeus keys before letting me go.


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    “Get in the fucking car Evelyn” He yells at me making me flinch.


    “No, I am not going anywhere with you when you are this angry” I stutter out stepping away from


    him. His eyes turning pitch ck before he steps forward and grabs my arm roughly walking me to the


    passenger side. He rips the door open before pushing me in and mming the door and walking to the


    drives side.


    Rnd gets in starting the car and tearing out of the car park driving rmingly fast. So fast he


    was passing other cars like they were standing still.


    “I can’t believe you would be so stupid to leave without telling us and you actually thought you


    would get away with it?” he says taking his eyes off the road and looking at me.


    “I didn’t tell them where you lived okay, geez I don’t see what the big deal is, and April was nice” I


    tell him. He growls loudly and I could feel it vibrate through every cell in my body.


    “You are lucky I was able to talk Thaddeus out ofing to get you, this would have ended badly if


    he came” Rnd says speeding up even more.


    “Please slow down” I tell him when he hits a bump and I nearly smack my head on the roof. Rnd


    chuckles darkly before going faster.


    “Please Rnd you’re scaring me” I tell him gripping the seat petrified as he zipped between cars


    on the highway.


    “Scaring you, I am scaring you? Now you know how we felt when we returned to find you gone” he


    says not slowing down. With Rnd driving the trip took less than half the time. I was beginning to feel


    car sick when I saw the hidden turn off. Rnd not even slowing down as he turned the car sharply


    making it skid along the driveway and making me m into the door. His hand reaching over and


    gripping the front of my shirt and pulling me back onto the seat. He mmed the breaks on as he


    pulled up and I put my hands out to stop from hitting the dash, jarring my hands before being thrown


    back wards in the seat, my hands tingling painfully.


    I managed to get my seatbelt off, my hands shaking violently as I open the car door before puking


    everywhere narrowly missing the side of the car.


    When I hear the front door m open against the outside of the house, I look up and see


    Thaddeus. His re making a shiver run up my spine and my blood run cold. I panic, taking off heading


    toward the forest surrounding the property.


    I know they warned me about running from him, warned me so many times, but I wasn’t thinking


    straight. Fear making adrenaline pump through me and flight or fight took over. I knew I could never


    fight them off and I also knew I would never be able to outrun them but that didn’t stop my body from


    acting as any sane person would by running for their life.


    I hear a feral growl rip through the air, birds taking off from the trees as it echoed and bounced of


    them. I didn’t even get ten metres before I felt my feet leave the ground before being mmed onto the


    grass knocking the air out of my lungs. Thaddeus ck eyes staring down at me as he pins me down. I


    hear Orion scream out to him when suddenly the grass catches on fire forming a circle around us. I


    watch the mes get closer moving in around us.


    His entire body is shaking in rage. I feel it through the bond making my blood run cold as ice.


    Thaddeus rips my arms above my head and leans down his nose going to the crook of my neck as he


    inhales my scent.


    “You’re scared,” he states. His words cold and I feel tears start to brim. “You should be,” he says,


    and I struggle against his grip, feel the mes moving in closer licking at my fingers and I cry out at the


    pain.


    Next second, I feel his fangs sink into my neck making me scream, pain radiating everywhere


    before I finally pass out.