The Alpha's Penalty

a jolt of pure, primal

re ghosts. They didn't leave witnesses, they didn't leave bodies, and they didn't negotiate. If

as the

all emotion. He was already moving, striding

ously toward the door. "Heavily armed. Silver bull

A silver bullet to the heart would ki

slid back, revealing a safe. He typed in a rapid code, and the safe sw

a sleek, black pistol and check

r, not a hitman," I snapped, my

mall, silver dagger to Marcus. "We're going out through the east corridor. Ther

elevator," Marcus argue

wing a terrifying, brilliant silver. The air around him seemed to

f a second. "Stay close to me. If I tell you to run, you

throat too ti

the emergency lights flickering. The distant sound of

Kael c

r

by my side, his body a massive shield between me and the unknown. Th

the corridor when the li

owl rumbled from t

Kael s

hrough the space where my head had been a split second before. Kael didn

echoed as a bod

pulling me back to my fee

concrete hallway. The service elevator was at the end, its b

eet away when th

ctical gear, their faces obscured by masks, but their ey

ffled and harsh. "The Council has no quarrel with

. He simply raised

ff the concrete wall. The other two raised their weapons-ugly, matte-black

fsb

ind the pillar

ue, driving him into the wall with a sickening crunch of bone and co

, my chest heaving. The third rogue, the o

raised the gun, the green via

. I felt my bones begin to snap, my skin begin

A silver dagger embedded itself right bet

ilver eyes blazing. He was covered in blood-n

, grabbing my arm and

his forehead. He slammed his hand against the el

ggle to his feet. He didn't try to follow us. Inste

VIP garage," he rasped.

ce draine

Seven?" I asked,

ntly. The lights flickered, and the cabin came to a

is voice dead calm.

ha

groaned, and then t

amed, clutching Kael's arm as gravity tried to pull us to t

a halt just before the bottom of the shaft. The impact threw me to t

grunted, pushing a piec

" Marcus

loors, the concrete wall of the shaft looming ahead. B

oosting Marcus up fir

aist pushing me higher. We tumbled out of the h

d up, brushing the dust from his s

e we?" I

id. "The tunnels lead to t

hoed through the darkness. It was s

Kael? Your car

fro

y styled silver hair and a face that looked like it belonged on a magazi

w clenche

spreading across his face. "The Council sends t

ibrating with barely contained rage. "You're n

from the shadows behind him, a dozen more red-eyed rogues stepped forward, their weapons dra