My Alphas' Dark Desires novel Chapter 63

Chapter 63: It’s Not a Lie

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Chapter 63

~Valerie’s POV~

I didn’t answer. Not because I didn’t want to, but because I could finally feel my wolf shifting inside again.

Astra had been quiet since the explosion. Still. Dormant. But now her energy pulsed faintly under my skin, like a heartbeat aligning with mine.

"We’re close," she whispered, voice shaky but present. "I can feel the city again."

"We’re going the right way," I told Xander.

We hiked through another patch of undergrowth. Vines clung to our legs. Burrs caught in my trousers. Sweat slid down the back of my neck, and my body still ached in places from the earlier hit. But I didn’t stop.

I couldn’t. Not until we were out of this cursed forest.

"Who do you plan to contact when we reach the edge?" Xander asked.

"My cousin," I replied without hesitation. "Solstice. She’s the only one who won’t report it to the council or the school until I tell her to. She can get us transport—or at least shelter."

He nodded. "Good. Keep that watch close."

"I intend to."

We reached a small hill, and at the top, I paused, scanning the view below.

There, just barely through the mist and trees, I spotted the dull shimmer of car lights. Roads.

And maybe two miles from here...

"The club’s that way," I said, pointing south. "We just have to make it there."

Xander looked toward it. "Lead the way."

He didn’t question me. That was new. But I didn’t comment. I just kept moving, faster now, fueled by the single hope that the club would be open and someone—anyone—would be there to pick up when I called.

But even as we walked, something tugged at the back of my mind.

Because this still didn’t make sense.

The rune wasn’t designed just to explode. It was crafted to take. To displace. That level of magic didn’t belong in a training simulation.

Which meant someone powerful—someone with deep access—wanted me out of PSA.

Permanently.

I glanced at Xander again. He wasn’t asking questions, but I could feel them under the surface. Just like I knew he wasn’t telling me everything about that gem he used to teleport us here.

Fine.

One step at a time.

Get to the road. Call Solstice. Get back safely. Then find whoever did this.

And when I did... They would wish I hadn’t survived that blast at all.

Just as I wrapped my head around those thoughts, Xander’s voice broke my focus.

"Why were you sneaking out of school the other day?"

I froze in my steps, but before I could turn to look at him, he changed his question quickly. "No. Do you know of anyone who is willing to take you out in high places?"

I smiled and then turned to look at him. Judging from the shock in his eyes, Xander wasn’t expecting that reaction.

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