Page 131 of Psycho Alphas: Part Two
Finally, the door opened again, and Bella’s Alpha reappeared, nodding toward us.
Ace smiled. “Bella can count her lucky stars today.”
My mouth remained closed.
Right now, all the power was with Ace—not our pack, and not even Thistle, who had him in a heat bond.
None of us had enough information.
THIRTY-FIVE
THISTLE
Bella wasn’t dead.
We were leaving, but Bella wasn’t dead.
Each step felt as if my boots were made of stone. Ace’s fingers were tangled in mine—they were firm.
“I will give you everything you’ve claimed…”
I didn’t understand those words.
Knox was mine.
But… Ace had said something to Bella. Something none of us had heard. A flicker of hope bloomed in my chest, and I fanned it, glancing up at him as we stepped up to the doors to Bella’s home.
If we left, would I ever have a chance to bond with Knox?
Ace’s jaw was set, and he looked as calm as he’d been this whole time.
He won’t lose, Bunny. We gotta believe that.
He has a plan.
We crossed the exit out into the night air, and down the first few steps before Ace drew me to a halt.
“There was a complication.”
I frowned.
What did that mean?
Ace glanced at Rogue. He’d been wounded. I eyed the way he was holding pressure on his side, but he wasn’t in pain so it was hard to tell. If itwasbad, there would be more blood, I thought.
We’d made it out alive…
But so had Bella.
And there were so many more layers to these monsters than I’d faced before. My mind flickered to the crimson marker I’d used, something in my chest twisting?—
“You’ll go to the car first,” Ace said. “Deal with it. We are leavingwithouta scene.”
“What?” I asked, looking back up at Ace.
Deal with it?
Deal with what?
