Page 50 of Knot a Chance in Hell

Bursting into another round of sobs, I cried so hard I started to cough and tears splashed the visor. I missed my Alphas already. I missed them so much it physically hurt. The agony echoed between my legs and suddenly gripped me with a powerful ache that had nothing to do with matters of the heart.

I curled up into a ball, shaking with the need for my Alphas. No. I was past the climax of my heat cycle. This couldn’t be happening.

Forcing myself back to my feet, I stumbled to the snow machine and sat on it. I hadn’t turned it off, so it still rumbled under me. Without thinking, I launched forward on it and turned straight for the mountain.

“No!” I couldn’t go back. The pack was better without me.

I couldn’t stay here. Nor could I go to Shae’s or even Savva’s. Where then?

Another clenching of my abdomen had me nearly fall off the snow machine. I needed help.

My brain scrambled for ideas. I was too far away from my family and friends. Nothing would be open in town right now, probably not even the clinic.

Doctor Berg!

“Yes, that’s it!” I directed myself back to town. Even if the clinic was closed, she lived one block away from it. I still had her card in my coat pocket in case I needed it, but if I could find the clinic, I could find her house.

Katherine would know how to help me through this. And being my doctor, she wouldn’t be able to call the pack if I told her not to. Medical confidentiality. None of the guys would think to look for me at her place either.

I raced across the airport tarmac and headed toward town. Slick soaked through my layers, and while the seat was warm, the wind was not. It was like tiny ice shards piercing my inner thighs.

Faster. I pushed the snow machine to go as fast as it could. I bumped over rocks and dipped into a ditch before jumping out of it. There was no way I could slow down. I needed to get to Katherine’s house, and I reined in all other thoughts.

My bite marks throbbed just as much as my core. Fuck, I wanted my Alphas.

But I couldn’t have them. Not ever again.

The headlights flickered. I glanced down to check the fuel. It was low. Too low.

I didn’t stop. Pain and need wracked my body. I had to get into town.

It happened in less than three seconds.

A trio of deer leapt out in front of me. I screamed and jerked the snow machine to the side to avoid hitting them. A treesprang up in front of me, and I threw myself off the machine before it crashed.

I rolled along the ground and was stopped by another tree. Hitting it with a good force, I cried out and cradled my side. I hadn’t heard a crack, but if I didn’t break a rib, I was going to have a serious bruise.

The deer were gone, and the noise of the snow machine cut off as I gingerly sat up.

To stare right at a massive grizzly bear.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE – Kodiak

“Where the fuck is she?” I stomped out of Nicolette’s bedroom. There wasn’t a sign of her in the house. Nor was she in the sauna. I would destroy the world if anything happened to her.

“I told her to stay here.” Ezekiel peered in her bathroom and under the bed.

“Like she listens to anyone.” Silas smirked at that, like he was proud of that fact, but his brows remained furrowed with worry.

“When I find her, I’m going to lock her in her room and never let her out again!” At this moment, I truly would. I couldn’t stand not knowing where she was. After everything that happened, now she was missing. “Could she have gone to Shae’s?”

My dad huffed and shrugged. “I’ll call Shae.”

“Her suitcases are gone!” Ezekiel flew out of the bedroom and skidded to a stop by the front door with panic in his eyes. “Fuck. So are her boots and coat.”

His alarm was contagious. Nicolette should be here, safe in my arms. My fury mixed with fear for her well-being. The wind and sky were still raging outside. “Where would she go?” I hit the wall and winced as it reverberated into my injured ribs. “There’s nowhere to go in this storm.”

“Not at Shae’s.” My dad called and continued to talk quietly to her on his cell.

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