Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Seven
It had been so long since | spoke with my mother the distance between the two of us-I noticed-would forever be
present, and maybe apart ofwas afraid.
It felt like every t| went to her, she always had a secret to reveal, but ssecrets are meant to be kept
hidden. | had forgiven her after the promise she made to me, yet I still felt the need to keep my distance.
Things were different now than they had been in the past. | hid a lot of things from her as she did fromtoo.
With so many secrets between the two of us, our relationship could never be the same, but at least | was making
an effort; | was going to visit her.
My thoughts were cut off; was that a knock on the door? I listened in but heard nothing- maybe it was all in my.
head.
Tap, tap, tap.
Okay, maybe not my head; that cfrom the window.
1 walked to the window. It felt strange that someone would be out here. | pulled open the window, doubtful. |
looked down, but just as | thought, there was nothing out here. | was about to close the window when | felt hands
gripping my hair. | was caught unaware, and attacker had managed to pull my upper body outside the window.
my
| clawed at anything I could get in contact with and somehow, miraculously, | pulled myself back in. Two figures
slipped through from the window; there was something very disturbing about them, and for sreasons, | was
reminded of the squad Beatrix had sent to months
ago.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe door to my room was locked from the inside; if | could actually outrun them, reopening the lock would slow
| would never make it to the door and outside in time, so | headed for the drawer, which was only a few steps
away, and | picked up the gun.
A third figure joined them and then a fourth.
| pointed the gun at them.
“Don’t you dare take another step closer,” | snarled the words at them.
One of them chuckled, like what I had said was funny in any way.
“Get her; she won't shoot,” the one in the middle who seemed to be the leader said, and just then one of the
four moved towards me. They didn’t think | would shoot the gun, and maybe they were right; Riley the Omega
would never shoot anyone, but Riley the werewolf queen would.
| shot.
There was complete silence after
that shut; | couldn't see their faces,
but | could read the shock off them
as they watched the man spate
his deafly FoQu ahd | had
gen him in the heart. They came
all at once next, so | shot wildly; the
first shot hit one of them on the arm,
the other on the chest—not quite the
heart considering he didn't die; the
next two shots missed; before | could
shoot again, they had covered the
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One of them held my hand, twisting
till the gun fell off and the other
bowed to pick it. | kicked at his face,
right in his nose, satisfied by then
crack. ts tg ae far from
thei each. | was slammed to the
wall, my breath knocked out of me.
The pain was intense considering my
back still ached from the last
incident; there was no tfor
weakness, but before | could act, |
felt a punch to my gut, and | doubled
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The room was soundproof, but the
window was open; the gunshot might
have been heard from those close by;
all I needed to do was to stall untill
someone cin. | slammed my
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head intq my, oRpaNérts nose, and
{SH TkethS other, there was a ‘crack’
sound. The man groaned in pain. |
took the glass vase, slamming it on
his head. He fell to the ground, and |
climbed over his body. | dug my
fingers into the bullet wound | had
inflicted on his chest, and he groaned
in pain. Just then | felt an arm wrap
around my throat, cutting off my air
intake. | struggled, crying out when |
felt the sudden pressure on my ankle
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