My Promised Rejection (Olivia and Ace) novel Chapter 63

Ace POV

I can sense we are getting close to the pack. I feel like we have been running for hours, but I can’t be sure. Ryker has been in control the whole time. A scent that is all too familiar invades our snout and Ryker immediately stops running. We look around, but there is no movement, but I swear we can sense him. I thought she allowed us to leave far too easily. I had hoped the shock of us fighting against whatever the f**k that pink powder was threw her for a loop but I guess that was wishful thinking. “Ryker, we need to get back to the pack.”

“I’m not afraid of that blood–sucking pr*ck. In fact I’m ready to deal with his disgusting a**, right now,” Ryker says. “I’m not afraid of him either. What I am afraid of is that crazy a** witch. She knows we are a Lycan now. She is the reason that we lost our father and mother. We can’t face her alone, Ryker. We are strong but she has powers.” My words finally seem to sink in, and he takes off again. I can see the border of the pack when we are knocked off balance by that pr*ck Nicholas.

Ryker manages to stay on his feet as we turn to face the ba**ard who is baring his fangs at us. “I don’t think that mistress gave you permission to leave Ace. She wants us to bring you back in one piece but that doesn’t mean unharmed,” he says. “F**k you and f**k her,” Ryker says. “Such language. Do you kiss your little girl with that mouth Ace,” he taunts me. He is too stupid to realize that Ryker is in control.

“You would do well to remember what a Lycan is capable of leech. Ace isn’t in control right now. If you talk about our daughter again, I will rip your tongue and fangs out before I kill you slowly,” Ryker says. Nicholas throws his head back and laughs. “I guess we are both full of surprises. I’m a vampire and you’re a Lycan. A Lycan that was supposed to be dead. Looks like the goddess favors the weak,” he says. Ryker growls and starts to circle him.

“You need to be careful, Ryker. He is not alone.” “I don’t care how many of these pathetic a**holes come at me. I’ll kill everyone,” he says. I have no doubt he could take on the vampires. I just pray that Cassandra sent her puppets to do her dirty work. Nicholas lunges at us and Ryker easily grabs him by the throat. Fear flashes in his eyes before he focuses on something behind us. Ryker spins, never releasing his hold on the a**hole.

Dumba** number two tries to run his claw across Ryker’s stomach, but he easily dodges. He throws Nicholas. against a large tree before he grabs the pr*ck. Without a second thought, he rips his head from his body. Claws dig into the flesh of our back as another rogue attacks from behind. Nicholas is lying motionless, but I’m sure he isn’t dead, only knocked out. Ryker flips the rogue off our back to the ground in front of us.

He lifts his paw and slams it down on the rogue’s head. The crunching sound has bile rising in my throat. “Better get a stronger stomach doc” he says, mocking me. The sound of movement to our left has him turning just in time to grab the rogue by his arms. He hisses and bares his fangs like a damn cat. Ryker roars and I stifle a laugh as the scary vampire pisses himself just before Ryker rips his arms off.

We look back by the tree and Nicholas is no longer there. F**k, I really wanted to be done with that a**hole. “Don’t worry, he won’t escape his fate,” Ryker says, before he starts running again. We shift before we reach the border, grabbing a pair of basketball shorts. Patrol guards are shocked to see me as the large brown wolf shifts. “You alright doc? I’ve never seen you out here. It isn’t really safe to be outside the border,” he says.

“Sorry, I didn’t realize how far I’d run until it was too late. I’ll be more careful.” He nods and shifts back before the three warriors take off. I turn around in time to see Nicholas step off behind a tree in the distance. I debate about giving Ace control to finish him before he can run back to his puppeteer, but I think better of it. The only thing that matters right now is getting to Olivia and Della. As soon as I hold my girls, we need to talk to Hudson. He needs to know about Cassandra’s betrayal. A feeling of dread washes over me. What if she goes after my father and his men since I escaped? I pick up my speed, which even in human form, has definitely increased.

I appear in front of the building that was Hudson’s false salvation. Before I take a step, I realize something is wrong. The barrier which had nothing to do with protecting the f**king Lycans and everything to do with alerting me if Hudson dare step outside is gone. It’s like something powerful wiped it out. Impossible, I think as I rush up the stairs. I throw open the door and move from room to room. F**k, I scream. He and the rest of his men are gone.

Who could have done this? Do they know another witch who can match my powers? How would they find one? No member of my coven would dare defy me. They know the penalty for disobedience. No, there has to be another explanation. I think it’s time to personally pay a visit to the pack again. I have a feeling that Ace has found his dear old dad and, if that’s the case, Hudson is definitely hiding in that damn wolf pack.

A smile spreads across my face as I close my eyes. “I think it’s time to visit the pack again. Be ready to cause a bit of chaos, my love,” I say before cutting my connection. I teleport a few minutes later to the large log cabin, and he stands on the porch amiling at me. I move until I’m standing in front of him. He immediately slams his lips down on mine and I melt against him. Even after all these years, he can still set my body on fire. It’s too bad our pup died. Then again, it was male, so there was no chance of the pup being the midnight wolf.