Twice Tempted: Between Two Alphas (Mia and Cameron) novel Chapter 74

Chapter Seventy-Four

MIA

“Go below deck,” Eric tells me.

“What? Why?”

He’s on his feet. His legs are braced apart. His arms flex at his sides. He hasn’t shifted, but his wolf is at the surface. His eyes flash pure gold, then they flutter as he’s talking to…someone.

“What is it?”

Then I hear the whomp-whomp-whomp of helicopter blades and I realize we’re about to be boarded.

“No!”

“It’s going to be fine.”

We left the dinghy at the dock, thinking it could’ve been compromised. We’re in the Pacific Ocean. There aren’t even any islands or hints of land in sight.

They airdropped a slew of wraiths onto his lands. We were ambushed by more wraiths in New Orleans. Those came in with the mist and dropped out of nowhere.

“Please,” Eric says. “There isn’t a lot of time. I can’t fight the way I need to if I’m focused on keeping you safe.”

I hesitate. Not because I’m afraid or don’t want to risk my life, but because I don’t want to distract Eric. If something happens to him…

“Go. Please!” He pushes me to hide.

He storms off for the upper deck, taking the stairs three at a time.

I stand here next to the sundeck, debating.

The staff is nowhere to be found and that’s a blessing. Should this take a truly terrible turn, then we can’t afford for them to see our true forms.

No paranormal creature–not wolf, nor witch, nor vampire or demon, or any other preternatural being will reveal themselves to humans.

But there are at least a dozen of them on this boat. People with families and kids and lives outside of this crew. There is a very high chance they’ll be caught in the crossfire or simply executed to ensure their silence.

I can’t let that happen.