Mated To The King’s Gamma
Chapter 55

Chapter 55

My feet ached from running, my muscles ached and my body screamed at me to stop. I wantednothing more than to lay down, to catch my breath as I ran blindly through deserted dark streets. Ihad no idea if I was even running in the right direction, or how far the town was, making decisionsat each corner harder.

The fact I couldn't read any of the signs made it even harder. Yet still I ran praying that Ivy was onher way to me. Praying she picked up on my subtle message, hope was all I had especially once thehowls rang clearly through sky.

His voice in my head demanding me to return to him, yelling and screaming at me. Then he wouldtone it down, trying to make out he wasn't a monster.

"You tell me your whereabouts love, I will come get you. You stop at anyone's door and handyourself in and we can go home and put this past us.” He tells me though I knew what waited forme if I did.

“Fucking whore! When I replace you, I will make sure you can never run from me again!” he snarlsangrily after a few minutes. Then back to the coaxing in gentle tones, only for his true colors toshine through.

By the time I was out of the town and on a long stretch of road, my feet were bleeding, my shirtdrenched with blood and I was limping worse, then when I started. My hand pressed firmly againstmy side as I tried to stem the bleeding. Yet hope came in the form of a service station. It's light aburning beacon, and I picked up my pace, nearly there, yet I'm not oblivious to how the howls grewcloser and the sound of revving engines of cars tore up the town behind me, headed my wayReaching the service station. I rush inside, scaring the man behind the counter as i locked the glassdoor.

“Ma'am?” the man says as I peer out the windows. Turning around, his eyes run the length of mewhere I was dripping blood on the floor.

"Someone is after me! I need your phone!” I gush, moving toward him. He seems stunned by mybloody appearance before shaking his head and looking for his phone. “I have a first aid kit,” he tellsme after passing the phone. He asks questions and unlocks the door while peering out. I reach intomy pockets to replace the piece of paper with the number on it that Alana gave me, while trying toanswer him too. My hands shook as I punched the number into the corded phone to ring Ivy. Imean Azalea. I'm trying to wrap my head around her new name but seem to resort to the old oneout of habit. When the phone starts calling, I hold it to my ear.

"Pick up. Pick up.” I whisper, not realizing the call had already connected.

"Abbie?" she asks,

“There should be a microphone picture. Press it so I can hear,” Dustin says in the background, itsounded like they were in a car. “Are you there?” I ask while glancing around the windows.

"Yes, can you hear me?” Ivy asks, the phone volume turning a little static and crackling.

A sob escapes me. “Ivy! Oh please, thank God!" I gasp.

“I'm right here,” Ivy tells me. And I can’t seem to get myself together enough to speak.

"Did she answer?” the man from the service station asks. “She answered,” I tell him, peeking over athim as he watched out the window.

“Thank you so much,” I quickly tell him, before listening to the static through the phone.

"You there still?" I ask.

“Yes, I am. I am...” The phone crackles before the phone drops out of reception. I curse and hitredial, it immediately starts ringing again, and Ivy answers it “Abbie?” she asks.

“Listen, I need you to come to get me. I was wrong about Kade, Ivy. Send Gannon. Please! I want tocome home! I am...” she falls silent.” don't know where I am. I can’t read the sign. I am... Where am17" I ask, turning to the service station manager.

“Metro service station. It is in Langley,” he tells me.

“Metro Service station in Langley. Abbie is there!” Ivy tells Dustin, obviously hearing him in thebackground.

"Are you okay. Abbie? We are nearly there,” Ivy tells me and I sigh.

"You have to be quick. I know he already knows I ran. Wait, you are nearly here?” I ask.

“You never said it back,” Ivy tells me, and I break down sobbing into the phone. She knewsomething was wrong. I hoped she picked up on it during the call. Inmense relief floods me.

“I thought you didn’t figure it out!” i choke, wiping my eyes on the back of my hand, and the phonegoes grainy again.

"You always say it back,” she tells me and I nod my head.

"What sort of car did you say your boyfriend drives?” the man asks beside me when a car pulls intothe service station. Kades car. I gasp. “A black one.” I murmur when I see him climb out of his carand I duck before I hear a bell chime as the door opens.

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"Get down behind the counter,” the man says, and I hold my breath, dropping to sit and lean againsthe counter, with the phone still clutched to my ear.

"He found me! Hurry!" I whisper into the phone. I hear the service station attendant speak above meand I glance up at him

“Can I help you, sir?” he asks before I hear Kade's voice.

“I'm looking for a girl. Abbie, come out. This human won't save you from me!” Kade’s voice growlsand I flinch at his tone.

"Sir, I have not seen a girl,” the man says.

“I can smell her. Now come out Abbie, before I kill this man!” I hear Kade growl out.

I swallow and my skin prickles with goosebumps as I hear his footsteps grow closer. When the manis suddenly grabbed by the collar of his shirt and ripped over the top of the counter. I screamjumping to my feet in time to see Kade snap the mans neck. His eyes dart to mine and I drop thephone racing toward the rear of the building where I saw the man go to retrieve the first aid kit.Kade snarls and gives chase and I replace a door. My palms hit hard and it burst open. Once outside Ilook around briefly before taking off across the road toward the mountain so i can hide in theforest.

“Abbie!” Kade snarls and adrenaline pumps through my veins dulling all my pain as I run for my life.The howls grow louder in the distance as his pack closes in. I slip on the loose dirt and twigs as Iforce my body to start climbing up the mountain only to be tackled. Kade's fist slam into the back ofmy head before my side making me wheeze and I feel my ribs crack. My scream is deafening andhurt my ears.

*Think you can run from me! Who were you on the phone to?” He says, ripping me backward by myhair.

** Fuck you!” I spit at him, just as I hear a loud crash like a car accident, coming from above. I kickedand thrashed while screaming for help.

A furious growi tears out of Kade, and he tosses me into a nearby tree. Pain washed over me as I gotto my hands and knees, only for him to grab my hair.

“Ivy!” I scream out clearly through the forest praying she could hear me when he starts dragging medown the mountainside with my flailing and thrashing.

Kade drags me out down the hill and onto the grassy patch. I escape his clutches and begin runningagain when his body hits mine from behind and he pins me to the grass of the small meadow at thebottom of the mountain.

My eyes try desperately to scan my surroundings, my vision attempting to correct itself. Buteverything looks extremely fuzzing except the neon sign which blinks frantically. All I can hear is thestatic noise emanating from it. The service station is about 300 meters from me and across the road.I scream when Kade starts ripping me backward from the woods. Kicking and screaming, I thrasharound trying to loosen his grip begging him to let me go. Those pleas fell on deaf ears, however.Kade ignores me as he rips me out of the treeline once again.

When I hear noise off to the side and I pray it's help and not his pack members when I startscreaming, letting them know I don’t want him as a mate. Isn't there laws? I wasn't sure, but I waswilling to do anything at this point.

“I reject you! I reject you!!” I scream. Kade tosses me to the ground, and I try to crawl away from himas I struggle to get back to my feet.

“Doesn't work like that, love. That is not how you reject someone!” he growls at me, stalking towardme. On my hands and knees, I was struggling to remain conscious when I heard a scream makingme peer over my shoulder to see Kade spin around. Ivy comes from God knows where, drenched inblood, twigs and dirt covering her and I realize it must have been their car I heard crash on the roadup the mountain. She rushes at him with a rock in her hand, Kade deflects her blow and she crasheson top of him.

The rock flies from her grip as he lands on top of her and it rolls away, stopping next to me. Kadegrowls, trying to pin her. “What are you doing here?" he snaps at her, holding her down on herback. Snatching the rock I get to my feet staggering toward them. I raise both hands above my headclutching the rock and slam it down on the back of his head. Kade abruptly freezes before he growlsand looks over his shoulder at me.

Kade's blood runs down the sides of his face and drips onto Ivy from where [ hit him with it. Kadeturns to attack me, but Ivy grabs his ankle, tripping him, and 1 lift the rock again and smash him inthe head with it again, and he goes limp on the ground, face down and unmoving.

Ivy sits up and 1 look at her, then rush over to her. Tears stream down face, as I take her in. Dirt, andtwigs in her hair, she is covered in the same dirt as me. The rock dropped from my hand as Istepped over Kade and moved toward her to help her sit up. Ivy clutches her stomach, which wasbleeding like a steady stream and saturating her torn and filthy pants.

“Ivy!” I gush, clutching her arms; I haul her upright. A sigh escapes her, and I grab her face in myhands, sobbing uncontrollably. Only when I do her eyes go behind me. “Abbie!” Ivy gasps. My headturns seeing him get to his feet and I rip Ivy to her feet with a strength I wasn’t sure how I possessedgiven the state we were both in.

“Can you shift?” Ivy asks me, but I shake my head. “You?” I ask and she looks down at her bleedingwound and also shakes her head. I whimper, and Kade groans when howls in the distance ring outloudly, sending my blood cold. An icy shiver slivers up my spine.

“The pack! He called his pack!” I panicked, knowing we needed to get out of here before they replaceus.