Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games novel Chapter 51

Chapter 51

Sneaking a look around, I realized I really did recognize more people than I imagined. Wout of those here worked in headquarters and I even knew a lot of their names. Trying to reconcile them all as wolf shifters was a whole different thing, though. I stopped short, wishing I hadn’t let that thong

surface.

Wolves? All of them? How could it be? Mom always said to steer clear of the wolves. She meand steer clear of these people before me. I needed to shift and run and get far, far away.

I started to move when I felt a warm hand on my lower back. I shivered and began to calm.

“You got this,” he whispered, guiding me the remainder of the way to my friends.

“So? What’s the final results?” he asked, feeling relaxed and confident beside me.

“Okay, y’all hush it up. Everyone quiet down for the results.” Liam spoke up loudly, causing a hash across the crowd.

“First mile,” Lily yelled so all could here, “Kyle and Kelsey were dead even at 65 seconds.”

“Wow!”

“Oh my gosh!”

“Can you believe it?”

“Quiet down!” Liam yelled again.

“Kyle finished the 5 mile stretch in 4 minutes 37 seconds, beating his previous record of 4 minutes and 53 seconds.”

Shouts of praise rang out across parking lot.

“Kelsey finished the 5 mile stretch in 4 minutes 11 seconds!”

Gasps came from everywhere as the crowd grew silent in shock.

“Kelsey was clocked at seventy–one miles per hour in her last mile. Kyle was just ahead of his fastest

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time at sixty–four miles per hour. We have some new records for the books!”

Cheers went up all around.

Seventy–one miles per hour? I couldn’t believe it, and from the looks on many faces, neither could they. I knew I was fast, but that was well over what they told me was the fastest recorded time in history.

Several people began coming over and introducing themselves and congratulating me. It was awkward for me, and from what I could tell, for many of them too. Kyle was right, they did seem curious about me, but I couldn’t understand why.

He was true to his word, though, and never left my side. As the group started dying down finally, I ‘realized I was suddenly very very tired. How could it possibly still be the same day? The day I found

out the truth about wolf shifters. The day I was suspecting would never end.

“You look tired, are you ready to head home?” Kyle whispered as I was saying goodbye to two of the other admins that I actually did know.

“YES!” I wanted to hug him just for suggesting it.

“Come on, let me grab the keys to one of the company cars and I’ll drive you.”

“Kyle? You can’t miss dinner.”

“It’s fine, they’ll understand.”

“No, Elise is right, Kyle, you can’t miss tonight. Daddy stopped me on the way out this morning to make sure I got you there. You have to make dinner tonight.”

He ran a hand through his hair, clearly torn.

“Kelsey’s been through a lot today. We can’t just leave her now.”

“It’s okay, I can get myself home. Go. You guys have done plenty for one day, and I have a lot to think about.”

“No, Kyle’s right, Kels, we shouldn’t leave you alone tonight. Come to dinner with us.”

Kyle looked hopeful, but I couldn’t possibly intrude.

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“No, I can’t do that. Tuesday’s are your family time. Go. I’ll be fine.”

The look of disappointment on his face caused an ache in my heart. I wanted to reach out to him, make it right, whatever it took.