I Bought A Male Escort, Turns Out He's The Lycan King (by lg savage) novel Chapter 244

Chapter 244

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The SUV smelled of leather, steel, and Hunter.

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Even with three reinforced layers of Mal’s wards carved into the frame, and with Nathan, Kostas, and Tanner in the car, his scent still dominated the enclosed space. Sandalwood, orange blossoms, and power. I hadn’t noticed it earlier. Or maybe I had, and something inside me had dulled it. Now it burnt my nostrils, as if everything about him was being dragged into focus whether I wanted it or not.

It should have been distracting. Instead, it made the tension under my skin tighten further.

Kostas had already torn open one more secret about my past, and now, possibly, Hunter was about to hand me another.

I leaned my head against the window and stared out into the darkness as the mountain road curved downwards. Trees blurred past in black streaks. The symbols Mal had burned into the glass glowed faintly red whenever we passed open ground, then dimmed again.

The witches had not attacked, but that didn’t mean they weren’t there. Tracking us. Just waiting.

Every few miles, another vehicle appeared in the mirror before peeling away again. Hunter’s people. Even without looking directly at them, I knew where they were. Lycan auras were different and more terrifying than werewolves, but even they felt small compared to what brushed against my awareness outside the car.

The closer we got to the city, the louder everything became in my head.

Hunter sat beside me in the rear seat, one arm stretched along the backrest, his body angled slightly towards mine, his protective instincts still engaged. We’d rested, and the pain in my body was gone. I could defend myself if needed.

But I didn’t say anything, I didn’t even look at him. His actions didn’t matter. All I wanted was what he claimed was the truth. After what Kostas revealed, I knew one thing for certain. Everything I’d been told growing up had been carefully shaped. Meticulously controlled. There hadn’t been a single whisper that the king and queen had been that merciless.

But that thought didn’t unsettle me.

Even the memories of Hunter-of the lies, the manipulation, the moment he revealed who he really was-felt distant. Even the bite. Even those words that still echoed in my head sometimes.

“The world is better without your disgusting bloodline, Christos Lordswood.’

The words just existed. They didn’t hurt.

Kostas sat in the middle row in front of me, staring out of the window. He hadn’t said anything since I woke up. Not about where he’d been, or what he’d done after he left home. A part of me didn’t know if I could trust him again. How long had he known our parents tried to kill my wolf?

My wolf stirred faintly at that thought, and then the magic silenced her again. Even with strength back in my

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body, my wolf was still trapped. Just silently waiting and useless. Even the shadows were quiet. Mal had said I needed harmony. I had no idea what that looked like when everything inside me felt like it belonged to something else.

Nathan sat in the front passenger seat with a weapon resting across his lap and his jaw locked tight. As if any weapon would help him against the power that those witches held. The thought almost made me laugh.

We’d left April with Mal. Maybe that was what had him wound so tight. The part of me that didn’t really care if he was there or not wondered why he’d even bothered coming, when it was so clear what the distance from April was doing to him.

I absently rubbed at the dull pressure in my chest. It wasn’t the constant stirring of the witches, but that stupid bond. I could feel it more. Even after all my attempts not to feel anything for Hunter, that stupid link that would be with me for the rest of my life was still just digging into my chest.

“You’re thinking too loudly,” Hunter said, breaking the silence that I hadn’t minded.

“You should be grateful I’m only thinking.”

He hadn’t argued when I’d locked my door before falling into a deep sleep. It had been nightfall when I’d opened my eyes again, and everything had been ready.

“Kitty,” Hunter said, his voice low. “I need you to be prepared.”

That made me turn. He wasn’t provoking me; he was serious. He was worried. Something shifted in my chest. It wasn’t concern, but awareness. Curiosity that had made me follow him. That and the challenge in his voice. I wanted to see if this truth would be the breakthrough I needed to deal with this thing.

“You don’t need to worry about me, Mr Sterling.”

Tanner’s eyes flicked to the mirror and then back on the road.

“This is going to be a fun day,” Nathan muttered.

I ignored them both and looked back at Hunter. He wore black from head to toe, sleeves rolled, exposing the hard line of his forearms. His face looked rested, and I could feel the crushing Lycan King aura he was trying

to mask.

“What about Bronson?” I asked. Bronson was a whole league above Carter.

“Minimum security personnel will be present, so he shouldn’t be an issue. But if he’s got his people there, Tanner will handle it.”

To be so confident that one of his Lycans could take out Bronson’s specially curated team, he had to have some ace up his sleeve. It made me wonder-if things had been different that day, if I hadn’t been weakened, if we’d faced Carter properly, would Hunter have lost? Somehow, I didn’t think so. Something told me Hunter would never have let anyone stomp on him like that.

My hand clenched slightly against my thigh as I looked outside again. That thought annoyed me. Perhaps it was still about the challenge. About finding prey worthy of my efforts.

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The city lights finally came into view, and after a while, we drove past the park. My senses told me that wasn’t where the danger was anymore. They’d led us there twice, but they were not anchored there as we’d first believed.

Long before the Bureau building came into view, Tanner slowed, then turned sharply off the main road into an alley. The agents in the vehicle behind us stopped at the entrance, blocking it cleanly.

My eyes tracked everything on the unfamiliar path, keeping track of every turn, until we turned straight through a set of rusted industrial gates, half hidden by overgrown hedges. From the outside, it looked like an entrance to an abandoned building. Cracked concrete, old delivery bays rotting under rain stains.

But wards hit me, even over Mal’s protection, and I realised it was all a facade. A’fog rolled in over us, and the moment we cleared it, everything changed. Everywhere I looked, I saw concrete walls and reinforced steel. We were in an underground tunnel. It wasn’t until we stopped half an hour later that I realised we were underneath the Bureau.

Way underneath.

My pulse changed instantly. My instincts pricked.

“You feel it,” he stated.

“Feel what?” Kostas asked.

I realised that this was my wolf’s gift. Or perhaps a gift granted to me through the bond. I could sense far more than my strong beta brother could.

And what I felt added more tension to what was already slowly brewing in my chest.

Power, secrets, and predators behind polished walls. We were not alone. The place thrummed with controlled danger, like we were in the belly of a beast. When we stepped out of the car, the air became heavy, and the pressure of multiple auras hit me at once. Was this the infamous prison in the basement, where hardened criminals went in but were never seen again? The place I’d once feared would be my final destination?

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