Chapter 5!!
Duinn’s POVI
She shrugged, smug. “Still more than you.”}
That was it.!!
I slapped the phone from her hand. It clattered to the ground.
Then I lunged, my hand flying to her throat before I could stop myself.)
The bottle slipped from Nina’s hand and hit the floor with a hollow clink. The sharp, unmistakable stench of gasoline exploded air, hitting my nose like a slap. It burned the back of my throat, filling the room in seconds.
into the
a lighter, or maybe it was her
We struggled–pushing, grabbing, stumbling over each other. Then she kicked something–maybe it was a lighter, own claw striking against metal.
Flames erupted like they’d been waiting for a reason to consume us.
Smoke swallowed the room. My freshly healed body couldn’t keep up. I choked, coughing violently, my legs collapsing beneath me. The last thing I saw before darkness claimed me was fire crawling across the ceiling.X
“Quinn”S
“Alpha! It’s too dangerous! You can’t go in! Let security handle it-
“Out of the way! Quinn’s still in there!“?
-The sound of Zane’s voice tore through the smoke. I tried to open my eyes. Had I imagined it? Did he really say my
care?
“Zane, I’m here too. Please save me and our baby!“”
For & moment, I almost believed he was coming for me.
name? Did he still
5 still
It was pathetic, really. That tiny flicker of hope that burned inside me just from hearing my name fall from his lips. Like I was someone he’d fight for
But of course, reality slapped the fantasy right out of me. He hadn’t come running in because he missed me. Not because he cared. He’d stormed in because he wanted to save face. Wanted to be the Alpha. The hero.
And when Nina cried out? He didn’t even pause. Just scooped her up like she was some precious gem while I lay there–smoke choking the last bit of strength out of me.”
Half an hour passed.
After making sure Nina was safe, he tore through every hallway of the estate to find me.8
Eut I was gone.
I stl wasn’t sure how I’d made it out. The flames were everywhere, roaring in my ears and stealing every breath from my lungs, Smoke clawed at my throat, filling me with dizzying heat. But when Instinct finally took over, it wasn’t my human side that saved me. It was my
I shifted mid–cough, bones snapping, fur exploding across my skin in a rush of pain and power. Everything became clearer and sharper Even through the haze, my wolf’s focus locked onto one thing survival.
My bag lunged for it, grabbing the strap between my teeth. It tasted like ash and desperation, but I clung to it. Then I leapt through the shattered window
Glass scraped my sides, as I crashed through, landing hard on the grass outside My legs buckled, my chest heaving. But I was alive,
And I didn’t look back
One of the side hallways must’ve been untouched, or maybe the fire hadn’t reached that wing yet. I dragged myself down it blindly, lungs screaming barely able to stand, until I reached the back service door. I collapsed outside in the cold night air, coughing so hard I thought
saw me. No one followed
dn’t stop. Not even when my knees buckled. Not even when I had to use street signs and park nat i stopped I let myself get caught again–I knew I wouldn’t survive it this time 2)
parked cars for support. I just kept
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