Mated To Four Alphas

ating form, a riot of emotion

on tried to take the bag from me, bu

ight about me-I wouldn't be a burden or a freeloader. I shoved my arms through the straps and hefted the backpack

ly didn't. I had a vague idea that east was behind us, where the sun hovered l

e room, and I found myself walking between them. R

ush. I did have questions, but there were so many it was hard to articulate any of them. And there were several I wasn'

squinting against the morn

the teasing tilt of his lips, he looked dangerously handsome and wild. I ripped my gaze away from

urt when y

hanging branch, his lips pursin

er-eventually you don't really feel it at all," he explained, his voice carrying a hint of nonchalance. However, his analo

ked, my curiosity getting the better of me.

e responded, his words surprising me. I turned to l

I inquired, eager to grasp th

me. The realization hit me like a bolt of lightning. If the men were correct in their assumptions, and I was also a subject of the Taren's experiments, why had

uestion towards him, wanting to u

yatt replied, his voice tinged with a hi

shifted to River, who briefly met Wyatt'

look between River and Wyatt stirred a sharp pain within my chest. It was a simple glance, b

fore that. But whatever trials they had faced, it had forged an unbreakable bond among the four of them, a connection stronger tha

ing out before I fully registered the pain behind them. My voice quivered as I struggled to regain composure. "She

tness in his amber eyes dimmed slightly as he looked down at me, his voice filled with a mixture of s

ard. I teetered precariously, on the brink of falling onto the soft ground. In that moment of vulner

icker of realization began to dawn upon me, a deep-seated intuition that had been silently

nowing she wasn't my real mom should've been reassuring-but it wasn't. It didn't change the fact that I'd loved her for as long as I could remember. It didn't cha

bably bought you on the black market or snatched you from the foster system when you were little. That's how they go

th pity, until I realized I was also

voice was hard a

bag bearing down hard on my back, but I pushed the discomfort away. "Why? Why go to all that trouble? I lived at the Taren complex for years. Since I was eleven.

with the kind of pharmaceuticals they h

That was such an elaborate setup, just to make me think I

on's voice came from behind me, his w

stles for us," Wyatt added, his tone tinged w

up in my eyes, streaming down my cheeks in burning trails. I blinked rapidly, refraining from wiping them away. I didn't want to draw attention to

e sound of our footsteps crunching on the ground. With each step I took, I

. Fear of the unknown clung to me like a heavy burden, causing every step I took to feel slugg

However, being outdoors and functioning with limited sleep, inadequate sustenance, and water was unfamiliar terr

ated incessantly as I pushed myself forward, stumbling over tree roots and jagged rocks more frequently as my stamina and coordination waned. Y

ched my bre

ands and knees. The backpack slid to one side, its weight nearly toppling me over. Clutching

on's face appeared before me, his pi

" I mumbled, my words

me in sitting up and removing the backpack from my shoulders. Suddenly

the movement was too abrupt, causing me to almost lose my balance once again. He

gth this time. Pride and anger surged within me, injecting my bo

and casually slinging one strap over his shoulder as if the

ion she's been confined within a bunker. Hell, her wolf hasn't even awake

nd in front of us. His hands clenched into fists, and I noticed his

ltering everything for her! This isn't some damn Disney cru

on's voice

f us signed up for this, Marcus. We all got dealt a lousy hand. Keep that in mind, or when we finally find Sariah, yo

have to find a new vehicle. No harm in catching some shut-e

estination. The place where the enigmatic and perhaps mythical "Lost Pack" resided. And I was embarking on this journey with f