Twisting Her Fate
Chapter 101

Evie's head drops and her sobbing becomes uncontrollable. It is not that she doesn't believe the girl, the opposite is fact, it is because she actually believes the girl, it is just that she has no idea how to function in real life anymore. Escape? She had long since lost hope, she has been waiting for death for so long yet too scared to take her own life. When she assumed that death was her only way out, it is strange to hear a deviation from the plan. The thought of life now is a lot harder road. "Shh, shh its okay, no one else is going to hurt you"

Leilani patiently coaxes as she works on untying the girl from the degrading position, stroking her hair and trying to calm her down in the process. Leilani's is the first friendly touch that Evie has felt in a long time, the first touch that she doesn't flinch back from. Leilani works gently but quickly, saying a lot of gentle nonsense words, nearly soft sounds as she puts her full concentration into linking the boys. The circumstances have changed. They were at most hoping to catch the perpetrator and replace out some information about the dead girls. Maybe if they were really lucky the latest girl to go missing, Rosalie, might be alive and maybe at least there would be a rescue, but they knew that would unlikely, but for Lani to come across Evie, who has been missing for over four years, they never dared to hope that she would still be alive.

Lani's entire head is pounding as she pushes desperately through the haze.

Finally, the haze gives way to a certain level of clear, but it isn't the sort of clear one would hear in a quiet room with no other people. It feels like she is in a room with a quiet chattering but she can't make out any words. It is the exact feeling that she got the first time she was inducted into Finlay's make shift pack on her eighteenth birthday, cutting off her link with the half moon before it had a chance to truly establish.

Like her brothers are right there beside her. Just waiting for her to speak. She breathes her sigh of relief.

'Emergency extraction, we have live girls, number unknown. I am standing beside Evie right now'

The brothers are just scouting the entrance of the mine shaft, they are still in their human form, they can shift easily so it is just easier this way, especially with Terrance present. It makes communication easier and it isn't so easy to dress after shifting back, but they can easily shred clothes as they shift.

The boys all stop in place, Levi puts a hand on Terrance's forearm, pausing Terrance's movements.

"Lani finally linked. She is beside Evie, Evie is alive. She is unsure how many others there are"

Madden links back instantly.

'What about the perpetrator?'

'Unknown, still present, can only sense one'

'Okay, we will move now'

Even if there are others, they will work back and catch them, each and every single one. Right now, the most important thing is to secure the girls. If they have one live perpetrator, they are well versed in t*****e. If he won't talk, they will make him. 'Hold tight, we are coming in now'

Finlay looks at Levi.

"You and Terrance set up anything we could need, retrieve the laptop from the SUV, we need to contact the families of the hostages, Terrance. we will need you to treat anyone that needs it" Terrance nods but looks at Finlay.

"It isn't likely to be physical injuries, it is likely to be mental"

At one stage, Terrance was thinking about studying to be a doctor. He wanted to heal, he also looked at the prospect of psychiatry, but nothing came of those ambitions and he is not even sure why.

"I know, do you have anything that can help?"

Terrance opens his bag and looks inside. He has a small amount of sedative and something a little gentler.

"I have a small amount but I have ingredients to make more"

"Good do what you need to do"

Finlay looks at Levi with a bit of regret on his face. He knows how much Levi loves being in the action, but the work they have outside is just as important as the work inside and Levi needs to make sure Terrance is protected. "I know, I am fine"

The rest of the boys run straight into the mineshaft without another second of delay. Terrance looks at Levi.

"Is Lani okay?"

"Of course, she linked us, she is fine"

"No I mean.."

Levi nods, grabbing Terrance's hand and squeezing.

"She is always fine on the outside, but it is hard to unsee somethings, depending what is going on in there. I can't imagine that it is very good. Lani always worries about others first before herself, she will take everything on board and you will never hear a word of complaint from her"

Terrance nods and pulls his phone out of his pocket. He sends Connor a location.

Terrance: 'They have something, it is going to be big if you want to be here to be Leilani's support'

Connor, who is sitting in his study, looks at his phone when the notification comes through.

Connor: 'Nothing would make me happier. Is there anything I can bring?'

Terrance: 'We don't know the exact situation yet. I will let you know'

Connor shuts down the work in front of him without a second thought, linking Harvey, as, depending what the situation is, it wouldn't hurt to have a little extra backup. He is feeling good, the Maggie rejection done and the elite squad is not too far off winding up the situation, which means that Lani will be his earlier than he could have ever dreamed. Posted by Narugi.com; visit us for more free novels.

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In the half moon pack, Ryan and Jameson are still sitting on the edge of the cliff staring out into the abyss.

While in theory, it all sounds good for Jameson to support Ryan, there are a lot of obstacles and the chance of it being a smooth transition from one to the other is unlikely.

Lance brought Ryan in, but has he really thought through the consequences? He knows nothing about Ryan and will want the half moon pack to run as it was before, because it's not likely that Lance will like the way Ryan will run it. Ryan will run it with the same ideals that his father, Adrian, runs the somerset pack where everyone is treated fairly instead of having an ultimate overlord. It is not the way that Lance will like or the way that the half moon pack has ever been run before. Jameson sighs as he pats Ryan on the shoulder.

"Lance just linked me and the entire pack to let us know that there is a pack wide greeting dinner tonight"

Ryan leans back on his hands, stretching out his neck and back in the process as he curses up at the sky, the day is slowly turning into evening.

"I haven't had a chance to even see my room, I haven't had a chance to see Gabriel and I haven't even been told the process of all this and yet I am meant to be introduced to the pack in such a big way..." Ryan laughs coldly.

"....I haven't even really had a chance to process the loss of my identity, the death of my mother, the loss of my father. To even come to terms with the fact that I share DNA with such a foul creature" "You are going to be fine"

"Do you think that is true? I can't help being scared that I am just like those two. What if Adrian just managed to cover me with a nice guy blanket but once I scratch the surface, once I spend enough time with them, then my true nature would start to show?" "The fact that you can say that, the fact that you are worried about that is proof that you are not like that. Do you consider yourself a nice guy?"

"I did, but I don't know if I was just feeding off Adrian's nature"

"Blood matters little. You have spent nearly twenty years being the good guy. It isn't going to change with a little bad influence. If you stay true to yourself and if you need anyone to help you, then come to either me or Adrian. He said that he loves you, he said that he wants to keep contact, keep it, keep that good influence, stay under his nice guy blanket"

Ryan nods and jumps up to a standing position, reaching out a hand to Jameson and pulling him up to a standing position.

"You are right, I just have to keep the good influences close to cancel out the bad"

Jameson and Ryan walk side by side back to the pack house. Lance eyes Jameson suspiciously, surprised that the beta managed to replace Ryan so quickly and not sure of the man's motives, but at least Ryan is back.

"We have a dinner tonight to introduce you to the pack"

Ryan stares at this so-called father of his with emotionless eyes.

"I have heard"

While Ryan looks completely disinterested, Lance feels like he is making progress because Ryan doesn't fight him on the fact. Ryan has other things on his mind. After hearing Jameson's story of the present half moon, after hearing his father's stories of the past half moon, Ryan has decided that the whole pack needs a shakeup.

If Lance wants him to be the new leader, then he is going to take that role and crush it, he is going to half moon unrecognizable, whether or not Lance is going to regret his decision or not, Ryan doesn't give a flying f*ck.

Half-moon needs a new leader and a new direction and he is ready to do it, he is going to flip this pack on its head.

Lance steps forward, placing a hand on Ryan's shoulder.

"Lets get a suit organized for you"

Ryan throws Lance's hand off him and strides forward.

"Fine, let's do this"

Lance looks at Jameson once again, who just returns a slight bow of respect even though he feels none of that for the man. Jameson walks away with a new purpose-he has a new leader and he knows that the half moon pack is going to be a pack that he can be proud of in the future, but that doesn't mean he has forgotten about Karina.

Even if Gabriel is out, Maggie needs to pay for what she has done.