From Rejected Luna To Lycan Queen (Eloise and Edward) novel Chapter 316

16:19 Mon, Jun 22

Chapter 316 The Choke

Chapter 316 The Choke

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“Do you remember a guy who would torch buildings by lining the perimeter and doorways. with gasoline?”

“Shit, that sounds…” Seb is quiet for a long second. “Are you talking about The Choke?”

The Choke.

Berth Toliver.

Nicknamed for his preference for strangling.

It all slams back into my memory. The Irish piece of shit that worked for one of the Alphas that I wiped out together with Seb. I had heard that they were trafficking girls, little girls at that to other people who were using them for sex slaves and I couldn’t have that, so I wiped them all out.

He was a psychotic bastard. About my age, grandson of the Alpha, and second in line for taking over as head of the family. He was full of entitlement and evil as they come.

“Did we not kill him?” Seb questions.

When I shake my head as I accelerate down the road. “Asshole was arrested two days before our hit, for killing a family of four. And I think he burned their house down, just like this. Which is why it felt familiar. But he’s in prison. He got a fucking life sentence, no parole.”

“Hold on,” Seb starts typing on something.

“He’s in prison,” I repeat.

“Fuck,” Seb’s curse chills my blood and dread fills me, because I know what he’s going to say. “He’s out.”

I

press the gas pedal all the way to the floor. “How?!”

Seb is moving too, filling the line with noise.

“Technicality. Evidence thrown out.”

“I didn’t put any alerts on his name because he was supposed to be in prison until he died. Fucking stupid! And why the hell would he torch…”

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Chapter 316 The Choke

I trail off, the weight of the world pressing against my chest.

“I’ll be right behind you,” Seb says through the line.

Volcanic rage flows through my veins, pushed through by fear.

“Eloise.” I can hardly get her name out. Can hardly make myself say it.

He’s going after Eloise.

This madman is going after my family, because I murdered his.

“Right behind you.” Seb’s words remind me that I’m the closest.

That I’m the one who needs to save her.

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“Open the fucking gate!”

They can’t hear me.

They can’t hear fucking anything, because none of the phones are fucking working!

I lay on the horn, flashing my lights as I race toward the end of my driveway.

I’ve been trying to call everyone. Eloise, Mary, the gate house, the staff house, and nothing has gone through. I had Seb try too but it’s jammed. The fucker found a way to jam the cell service on my property.

Because he’s here.

I roll my window down and wave my arm out. Shouting the whole time.

They finally recognize my SUV, and the gate starts rolling open.

I’m barely slow. Barely make the turn into the driveway.

When the house comes into view, I see men running toward our dog who looks panicked.

And fear, as I’ve never known before, stabs me right in the heart.

If I’m too late…

Please don’t let me be too late.

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ELOISE.

The floor creaks and I let out a sleepy moan.

I can hear Damon on his side of the bed, finally home.

I turn my head and slit my eyes open, but he’s

already turned off the lamp I left on for him.

Good, he plans to sleep for a while too.

There’s a faint smell of gasoline, and I remember he went to the hall to find out what happened with the fire.

I blink into the dark, trying to wake myself up. “Was everything okay?”

Damon doesn’t answer, but I feel the mattress shift as he climbs into bed.

And that’s when I hear it.

Our dog’s frantic barking is coming from outside.

My eyes are starting to adjust, so I see the shadow of Damon’s hand as he reaches out for me.

But when he touches my bare arm, something doesn’t feel right.

“Damon?”

The touch is searching, like he’s trying to figure out what part of my arm he’s grabbing.

And then I notice it. The texture. The leather. The glove.

“What…”

The hand locks down on my arm, hard.

Before I can scream, I’m being dragged across the mattress.

I struggle.

I try to shove the man away, but it’s still too dark.

And I can’t…

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Chapter 316 The Choke

Something slams into my check and my head blooms with pain.

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“Don’t worry, pretty girl,” a male voice I don’t recognize laughs, “I’m only here to kill you.”

I thought Damon taught me the meaning of fear.

I thought I knew what it meant to be afraid.

But I was wrong.

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