I Bought A Male Escort, Turns Out He's The Lycan King (by lg savage) novel Chapter 198

Chapter 198

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I called in sick on Friday.

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Technically, it wasn’t a lie. After I’d walked out of Hunter’s office, I’d cleaned up and then sat at my desk, shoving down every emotion and every thought until I was numb. I hadn’t realised the time until Edward had messaged to ask if we were still on for lunch.

I shouldn’t have gone. My fists balled at my sides just thinking about it.

Even though I was outwardly calm and I’d masked the most dangerous emotions flowing inside me, the whispers had been enough to make me snap. I’d forgotten what the cafeteria downstairs was like. Always full of busy bodies, people with nothing better to do than watch everyone else.

“Look, it’s true. She thinks she’s better than us now because the Director bought her expensive clothes.”

“As if he would stoop that low. Look at her. That’s the definition of cheap, if I ever saw one.”

Still, their envy was heavy in the air. It clung to every surface in the room.

The humans had continued to gossip, but a few heads had turned to me, their noses flaring. I knew who they could scent on me. When I joined Edward at his table, most of them had eaten quickly and left the room.

But those damn whispers hadn’t stopped. I’d still been raw, still gripping my emotions tightly because my life depended on it. Then the whispers that set me off started.

“I’ve never seen him, but looking at her, I think I might have a chance,” someone said with a giggle.

“I have. In the lobby the other day,” another said. “Tall, dark, and handsome. Definitely someone I’d ride.”

I should have left at that point. My fists had already balled on my lap because my wolf’s possessive instincts had risen up my throat and almost choked me.

“I saw him, too. All I’ll say is if he wanted to choke me while he stuffed me full, I wouldn’t say no.”

The temperature in the room dropped so fast it felt like winter had crashed through the walls. Shadows crawled from the corners, thickening with every breath. They swirled along the walls and ceilings. I could still see their faces as they’d lunged for the staff

And then the screams started. Chairs were shoved back, tables overturned, trays of food dropped. People fell over themselves as they ran.

Edward had grabbed my hand to run, and only then had the full horror of what had happened hit me. By the time we’d joined the others running out through the security barriers and out of the building. I’d already pulled the shadows back in and caged my wolf.

I’d gone home for the rest of the day and waited for those National Security guys to pick me up. But by nightfall, no one had come for me, and my control was fraying. I didn’t dare fall asleep in case my magic called them right to my door

So I called in sick.

My head was a mess, my magic was unstable, and if I went back to the Bureau in this state, someone was eventually going to connect the dots between me and the spikes they were tracking. Hunter had bought me time in that meeting by taking over the investigation, but that was all it was. A delay. Not a solution.

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The only good thing that had come out of the incident in the cafeteria was that it pushed Hunter out of my head. I hadn’t thought about what we’d done, even when I sensed him outside my apartment again.

Mr Stevens from Human Resources didn’t argue when I called in. He’d told me to rest and keep my phone nearby in case anything urgent came up. I had to wonder how many people had been too shaken by my shadows to go to work.

I almost laughed. If I were in the National Security Department and I realised the unstable source of magic I was hunting had just taken a day off, I’d have to resign for missing something so obvious.

But no matter what came after this, distance was the only choice I had.

I waited for Hunter to leave before I called a taxi. Half an hour later, I was standing in the quiet street in Stockport, two blocks away from the gym. Mal had already told me where to find another set of keys in case I needed more equipment in the gym.

The metal door groaned when I lifted it, the sound echoing through the quiet underground space. Dust floated through the beam of light as the door rolled upwards.

And there she was.

My bike.

The gleaming red and black frame looked exactly as I remembered it. A beast built for speed. I ran my hand along the handlebars, a familiar calm settling in my chest as the cold metal pressed against my palm. Some things didn’t change. Machines didn’t care about bloodlines or magic or heavy crowns. They just ran.

I strapped my bag across my chest and pulled my helmet on before I rolled it out of the storage unit and locked up. Outside, I stretched my senses, searching for anyone who might have followed me. But the street was still quiet.

The engine roared to life on the second try. The vibration hummed through my arms and straight into my chest. For the first time in days, the tension in my shoulders eased.

No, it wasn’t the first time. The tension had completely disappeared when Hunter fucked me in his office.

I shoved that thought away and snapped the visor on my helmet down. Then I let my baby roar down the street. The ride out of the city was quiet. Cool morning air rushed past my helmet as the skyline slowly shrank in my rearview mirror. Traffic thinned the further I rode, until the only sounds were the engine beneath me and the wind cutting across the open road.

I didn’t let myself think of anything else.

By the time I turned onto the familiar dirt road and headed towards the mountains, something in my chest loosened Maybe it was the cleaner air. Maybe it was the forest around me. Even though it would likely be full of other wolves from the city out for a run, it didn’t feel dangerous like it had when Mal first took me to his cabin

I rode for a long time until the Private Property’ sign appeared, and then I braced myself for what was coming

My body slammed into something, and my skin sizzled. The impact knocked me off my bike, sending it sliding ahead of

What the-

I’d expected the gentle ripple of the barrier like before, but this felt like walking through hell itself. Fire lit in my veins. My wolf surged forward, lending me her strength, but there wasn’t much she could do. Even the magic in my blood muted, as if this barrier was stronger than it. A scream tore out of me as I clawed up the dirt path. I couldn’t think of anything else beyond this pain and getting past the magical barrier.

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When I finally made it through, I collapsed in the road, gasping for breath. Had the barrier been that strong before, or had it been reinforced? Where the hell did Mal get access to such strong magic?

I caught my breath and pushed myself back up. The cabin wasn’t too far; I had to get to safety before the Bureau found me.

But I’d only taken a few steps towards my bike when another barrier slammed into me, this time much worse than before. My skin started to burn, blisters forming and opening up as if I were in some sort of apocalyptic movie. I almost dropped to my knees before I realised that this magic might actually kill me if I didn’t move.

And then there was a third barrier before I’d even caught my breath. That one did almost kill me. I coughed up blood, and it flowed freely from my nose and ears. My bones cracked and snapped. Pressure greater than anything I’d ever felt before rammed into me until every part of me was broken.

By the time I fell past it to the other side, I collapsed beside my bike as my blood pooled underneath me. My wolf whimpered inside me, but I couldn’t utter a sound.

After everything, was this how I died?

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