Page 186 of Wanted

Getting out of the vehicle, Matthias says, “They’ll hear us coming from a couple of miles away.”

“Doesn’t matter,” I say. “Fuckers are probably already expecting us.”

“You sure about this?” Asher asks and looks at me.

I nod my head.

The wind is blowing in hard from where the doors of the SUV are missing. We ripped them off before leaving.

Every second will count when we reach the church. And we don’t want to waste time opening doors when we roll up. Everything we do must be fast.

Any type of delay on our part will only help the Order repel our attack.

“Dav says the front doors are guarded by hunters and there are gargoyles positioned on the roof. But the gargoyles look like they’ve turned back into statues,” Matthias says from the front seat. “The witch used far more power than was wise... Fucking animating gargoyles cost him a lot of energy.”

“So, what’s the plan, Raph?” Asher questions me.

“We can’t keep the fight outside. We have to breach the church to save Alena,” I explain. “They’re prepared for vampires, but not the pack. Dav’s going to send a couple of squads to harass the hunters guarding the perimeter. They’ll be divided between fighting us inside or the wolves outside.”

“Dav’s also been told to remove the head of any hunter that goes down. We don’t need vampires popping up behind us,” Matthias adds.

That was fucking good thinking on Matthias’s part. The last fucking thing we need is more vampires from the Order coming after our hides.

Asher nods. “So how do we breech the doors?”

“We don’t.” I grin at him. “Those fucking things are locked down and reinforced from our previous attack.”

“So…” Matthias says as we turn onto the street of the church.

I turn to Maddox. “Remember Berlin?”

A look of sadness crosses Maddox’s face as he shakes his head. “Not again.”

“Sorry, buddy,” I say. “We’re going through the wall.”

Laughing, Asher reaches across me to smack Maddox on the knee. “Come on, that was a great time!”

“For you,” Maddox growls.

“Hey, at least there won’t be a cannonball involved this time,” I point out.

“I don’t like any of you,” Maddox says quietly before turning to look outside.

A massive wolf crosses the street in front of us, carrying a limp female body by the back of her hunter uniform.

“Holy fuck!” Caden asks from the driver’s seat. “Was that Dav?”

Asher turns his face to the wind and takes a deep breath.

Then he shakes his head. “No. That was his second in command, Eric. He’s not as big as Dav, but he’s fast.”

Turning around in my seat, I try to follow the wolf, but he’s already darted into an alley.

Asher hefts up a giant wrench from between his legs. “Time to go lay some pipe, boys.”

Even with the fury swirling inside me like a fucking tornado, I find myself smiling at his inappropriate joke.

I’m different now that I’ve bonded with Alena.

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