Stars Above Lonely Nights — Michael Brown novel Chapter 43

Nova POV:

“So..are you ready for this?” I hear Luca ask me as he joins Jax and i outside the pack house. We are waiting for Caroline to arrive with the Gamma from the White Mountain Pack.

“As ready as I’ll ever be” I sigh when I hear the noise of vehicles in the distance. “They’re almost here” I let them know. We wait as we see an ambulance and 2 cars one at the front and one following coming up the drive to the packhouse causing me to burrow my brows in confusion.

“Everything alright?” Jax checks sensing my confusion through the bond.

“I thought it was more than 3 vehicles” I shrug, “I’m still getting used to being able to hear so well. Maybe I was wrong.” Seeing his eyes narrow slightly as his lips purse I can tell he has more faith in my assumptions than I do.

“I’ll go down and meet them with Luca, we will double check the vehicles they brought” Jax informs me as he squeezes my hand reassuringly. “Laurence stay with your Luna” he instructs as the Beta appears beside me. Happy to be staying back so I can avoid seeing Caroline for now I nod in acceptance and watch as my brother and my mate walk down to the waiting vehicles with a strong air of authority surrounding them.

“How are you feeling Luna?” Laurence asks quietly.

“Nova Laurence honestly, it’s only us two” i mutter.

“I know but I also like acknowledging we have a Luna” he smiles at me slightly embarrassed. Hearing that my face softens at his admission.

“Oh..that’s actually really sweet. Thank you” I say softly before adding on “Beta” which a smirk.

“Touché” he whistles making me snigger.

“To answer your question I’m ok. I have to admit everyone has been great at allowing me to keep myself busy and distracted, I just feel uncomfortable not knowing what’s going to come of the next few days you know” I shrug.

As we wait for Jax to come back I tap my foot slightly impatiently as I begin to feel more anxious. Suddenly I feel Kia’s ears prick up as something comes to my attention, lifting my head up to the sky I take a deep breath and freeze once I understand what I’m smelling.

“Shit” I exclaim.

“Jax is Caroline bleeding?” I link him quickly seeing him spin to face me with confusion on his face. As he runs to look in the back of the ambulance I link him again, “quick I need to know.”

“No..no she’s not. It just looks like she’s asleep with a lot of wires” he links me back.

“Shit shit shit, Laurence with me” I order before sprinting down to Jax and Lucas confused faces. “I smell blood, I need you with me” I order before shifting and allowing Kia to scent the air. “NOW” I link them shocking them.

“Theo and Flo I need you to come and stay with the Gamma from the White Mountain Pack outside the front of the packhouse and protect the ambulance. I will explain later” I hear Jax link them as he keeps the link open to me.

“Luca on second thoughts stay with Theo and Flo, you can be the link between them and your warriors if necessary” Kia links him allowing Jax to hear as we bound away with Zeus close behind. “Sorry Jax I wont make a habit of correcting yours or Novas orders I just found it to be more suitable and as I could link I thought it would save time” she links Jax as we run.

“Don’t apologise it was a smart decision” Jax instantly responds showing his trust in her. Following the scent of blood as it grows stronger I hear Zeus growl menacingly, “where are the patrol teams?” I ask Jax.

“They’re all currently out doing their rounds, everyone is where they are supposed to be” he assures me.

“I heard the vehicles arrive and thought they were the escort for Catherine but now I think it could have been a combination. Im sure what I heard wasn’t the sound of 3 vehicles alone” I worry to Jax. As we draw closer Kia speaks, “I scent humans” she informs us all causing snarls to be heard from the two wolves behind me. “They’ve gone I cannot hear their heartbeats and we are too close to the source of the blood for me not be able to if they were still there” she growls in frustration.

Bursting through the trees we reach a small clearing where I see a large body draped over a log with blood pooling on the ground below. “No” I gasp as I realise who it is.

“It’s Andrew” I cry to Jax. Shifting I don’t care about my nudity as Jax and Laurence do the same. Seeing his leg is bleeding heavily from a deep wound and he has a gun wound to his shoulder i hiss in annoyance.

“I need something long that I can use to tie round his leg, we then need to keep it elevated until we are at the pack hospital otherwise he could lose that leg. Reaching over his shoulder I look at the bullet wound, “fucking silver” I growl.

“Andrew I’m not sure you can hear me but I need to get this bullet out of you asap, it’s silver and the longer we leave it in the more damage it will do. It will hurt like hell for a moment but I’ll be as quick as I can ok” I say before I extend a claw out and make a quick incision making it easier for me to reach the bullet.

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