Mated to the Alpha and His Beta (Lanie Stanton) novel Chapter 442

Chapter 442
Zane

At Stella’s words, Xander was instantly on his feet. Stella took his hand again. She tugged it gently to get him to look at her.

“Daddy, she’s fine. She’s got a man with her.”

Xander scowled. “What man?”

“He’s a doctor.” Stella tilted her head, her gaze going far away. “He’s an eye doctor. She was sensing that something was using her vision, and she stopped it by shutting her own eyes down. He’s helping her. She’ll be fine. The twins are fine, too.”

“And the High Council? What are they doing?” Xander demanded.

“They already knew we’re gone and where we’re going. They…” She paused. “When she refused to let them see through her third eye any more, they destroyed the scrying device, hoping it would kill her. But it didn’t! She’s free!”

“Won’t they be attacking Brightsky, then?” Mason interjected.

Stella laughed, bubbling with joy. “No! They don’t care now! They’re so focused on us, they’re all coming. Every last one of them is set on destroying us!”

“They’re cutting off their noses to spite their own faces,” Lanie said.

“They have no choice but to do their best to annihilate us,” Stella said. “Not after they’ve spent so much time working everyone into a frenzy about vampires taking over and hybrids being at the root of the wars. All of their lies need to be supported, or they’ll find themselves destroyed.”

Brightsky’s safety was good news, but I couldn’t get too jazzed about us being the sole targets. Nothing had changed except the number of people on our trail, but it still felt worrisome.

Lanie had fallen asleep, and I didn’t want to disturb her. Xander and Mason were silently playing a game of cards that neither seemed interested in winning. My Beta senses told me I’d done all I could for them so I decided to take myself up on deck.

I spotted Stella at the back of the boat, sitting on the small lower deck used for swimming. For now, the sea was calm enough that she was in no danger…well, other than the danger we were already in.

“How close will he be able to get us to the island?” I asked her as I approached.

She jumped at the sound of my voice and let out a gasp. “Oh! Papa! You scared me!”

It seemed strange that I’d been able to startle her. Maybe she wasn’t so all-seeing and all-knowing as I’d thought. Or, more likely, she had so much on her mind that she hadn’t been paying attention to me.