The Lightning Wolf Chronicles (Evelyn and Nadia) novel Chapter 126

Chapter 126: Those People Are Watching You

Evelyn’s POV

My phone screen lit up while Aria was grabbing a towel from the bathroom.

“Crap, I forgot! Today’s Nadia’s birthday, I groaned, smacking my forehead. ‘Need to call her later.”

“How old is she turning?” Aria asked, returning to the room.

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“Seventeen, she is a few months older than me,” I smiled. “Next year she can finally confirm if Milo’s really her mate. The thought made me laugh. “You should’ve seen how he changed around her. Completely awkward but sweet.”

‘What about your other friends? They must have their eighteenth birthdays coming up too, right?”

‘Yeah, those guys’ birthdays are all bunched together within a few weeks.”

“When’s yours?” she asked.

“May,” I replied. “What about you?”

She closed one eye dramatically, then peeked with the other. “June.”

“Hey, we’re pretty close!” I laughed as she headed to shower.

After we both cleaned up, exhaustion hit me hard. The clock read 4 AM – we’d been awake nearly twenty-four hours. We set alarms and crashed immediately.

When my alarm blared, I jolted upright with a frustrated groan. Despite only three hours of sleep, I was annoyingly wide awake. I woke Aria, deciding to call Nadia with birthday wishes before starting our day.

The phone rang forever before connecting to a blurry close-up of Nadia’s face, which broke into a huge smile when she recognized us.

“Oh my god! How are you guys?” she exclaimed.

“We’re good! Happy birthday!” I practically shouted.

“Thanks!” Her smile faded slightly. “Not to be rude, but you both look like hell. What happened?”

Aria and I exchanged glances. “Mission. All-nighter, Aria shrugged.

‘Wait, what mission? A familiar male voice came from offscreen.

The camera shook violently before Milo’s face appeared. ‘Lightning Girl, what miion? You’re supposed to be training, not running ops. You’re not even old enough! How could Taric let you?”

“Hello to you too,” I rolled my eyes. “Thanks for the vote of confidence. Toric led he team himself with Conrad and other senior Sentinels. Chill out.”

‘First-name basis already? Moving up in the world,” he tried looking serious but uldn’t maintain it. I was hoping to see you at the training center, but you weren’t even there, huh?”

“We’re undercover. Titles would blow our cover, Aria explained. ‘We’re in the northeast region. I’m Aria, by the way.”

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Chapter 126: Those People Are Watching You

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“I completely forgot you haven’t met,’ I said. “Aria, this is Milo, our future Delta nd currently Nadia’s boy toy. Milo, this is Aria. Her dad’s one of Alpha King’s direct warriors.”

‘Nice to meet you,” he nodded, then raised an eyebrow. “Wait, whose boy toy?”

‘Didn’t we interrupt something?” I smirked. “You’re her toy. She plays with you when she wants, and you love every second of it.”

“Okay, fair, he laughed. ‘But ouch my pride. I might need therapy to recover. He made an exaggerated wounded face, glancing back at Nadia. We all cracked up.

“Give me my phone back, Nadia’s voice came through before her face reappeared on screen. “So what have you been up to? What were you doing last night?”

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Milo wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder. They fit together so naturally I really hoped they were true mates.

“Nothing special,” I said casually. “Running in the woods, meeting college students, building intelligence. Just reconnaissance stuff.”

“Which university? Where exactly?” Milo pressed.

“Northern University area, Aria replied. “We’re posing as students to gain their trust and gather intel.”

“So you spent the night with strange college guys? Did you know them before?” Milo’s tone suddenly sharpened.

“I knew a few. Met the rest last night,” I frowned. “Why?”

“No wonder the triplets have been blowing up my phone asking if I’m okay,” he said. “They felt something wrong. Not about me – about you being in

trouble.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Your connection with those guys has always been weird,” he said. “No matter how far away, they somehow sense when you’re in danger.”

“That’s impossible,” I shook my head. “Aria and I both have Sentinel marks now. Those emotional connections should be blocked.”

“You have a Sentinel mark?” Milo’s eyes widened. “You’re not even old enough! What’s going on?” His expression grew serious. ‘Guardian Griffin told me about those marks. You got it around Thanksgiving?”

‘Yeah, why?” I asked, confused how he knew this.

“You said you don’t have a connection with them,” he tightened his arm around dia. Around that time, when several of us were together, we all collapsed in pain simultaneously. Alpha Adam gathered everyone to help, but nobody knew why. Elliot puked all night, then slept for three straight days. The triplets had trouble breathing for hours, said it felt like something was being ripped from their chests. They stayed glued together for days after. And me,” he rubbed his neck, “I was on high alert, bouncing between everyone, couldn’t turn off myotective instincts just like Orion. This has to be some connection between us and you, Evelyn. Only explanation, crazy as it sounds.”

I’ve never heard of anything like that,” Aria said.

“Neither have I, but weird stuff keeps happening, Nadia added. “I’ll ask my mom hout it. I wonder if Alpha King Nathan knows about this connection between you six?

“We’ll discuss that later,” I changed the subject, turning to Nadia. Since you have such an important guest,” I glanced at Milo, “how are you celebrating your birthday?” I didn’t want to talk about those boys anymore it just made me homsick. And if my mark really hurt them, I’d feel terrible.

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“Just one special guest,” Nadia smiled softly, radiating happiness.

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