HEALING ALPHA AUSTIN

st as she fell to the floor, unconscious. He quickly darted a glance to the bloody scene. He could hear two heartbeats.

rearm. He took a deep look at Élancé again and he felt something swirling inside him. Austin pushed it back down and carried

eat. He could still hear the two hearts beating inside the house—in low thumps. He turned to Élancé and then back to the mansio

pace because of the sticky substance left behind by the oddies. The other man had his hand on his neck to stop his blood from gushing out. Austin was surprised th

he engine. He kept his eyes on the side mirror, looki

the building. Seeing and catching the scent of the wounded men in the back, Austin’s m

any of his men an explanation. “And get Jack to take a look at them.”

e men in the back seat, it was Élancé he didn’t wa

le of minutes, Jack was at the scene with his ba

e saw the injured men. “Set the

aking in the scene and then turned to hi

without turning back. “Do

a ringing in her head which came and went at intervals. Élancé tried to sit up, but she

e. She ran her fingers backward through her hair and cupped her face with her palm. Élancé too

that didn’t want to believe it was Austin. Wait, Élancé thought. Then she

he wide room she knew. She felt relief within her that she was back in Austin’s home, but almost immediately felt angry at herself.

ere her father was but stopped when she caught Austin’s scent. Her wolf came aw

de…he may not survive

ing to Austin and James. No! No, he cannot die. She convinced herself. She dragged her feet and got closer

ice through the wooden door. It was surprisingly

s nothing else to

r the next few seconds. She guessed that Austin must have picked up her scent so she grabbed hold of her grit and wrapped it around her

eft and he looked like he was in more pain. His eyes were closed but he released the

lling to stop at that point. “He’s the alpha of the crystal moon pack—“ she walked closer to

He kept his stance still and stoic and kept his eyes fixed on Élancé. Hogwas

. “You fixed him before, fix him agai

on his shoulder. He stopped immediately in resp

g I can—” Jack opene

g undertone. Then without speaking, he asked that James and Jack

ess that could envelope her fire. He just stood there watching Élancé, somehow calming her without saying a single word.

r much longer. I’d say my

t Élancé knew that there was truth in what he said. She shudde

with his eyes straight a

his breath go into and out of his lungs like they had grown thick lumps. Hogwash groaned again, thi

ing position then she took the glass of water by the nightstan

rm as tightly as he could and formed the words very slowly. His eyes were flicking open and clos

cene she was not used to. She didn’t know what to say. She didn’t even know if there was anything to say. She only knew that wi

small smile escape his quivering lips. He turned from his slightly bent p

of her father’s heart thump

been without a father or a pack; now she was without neither. She didn’t want to think about what she neede

d come crashing down upon her so hard that it hurt to even talk about

lancé knew there was a con