Chapter 101

Eleanor:

I stood, quiet, as I heard gunfire outside the bedroom.

The smell of fire filled my nostrils, and I couldn’t help but frown as the bedroom door opened, revealing Elton.

His eyes met mine for a second before he walked toward me. I frowned, wanting to move back only to find myself hitting the bed behind me. He grabbed my arm, and raised an eyebrow at me, he growled in warning.

“One wrong move, and I will be sure that both you and this thing that you are carrying are dead.” He said, glaring at me. I shook my head at the man and he turned me around to stand in front of him. He put a gun on my lower back as he pushed me forward, and I took a deep breath.

“He is going to kill you when he finds you, Elton.” I said, giving him my warning and he chuckled.

“And that is why you are here, little wolf.” He said, mocking me. He pressed the cold metal against my back, giving me his silent warning, and I took a deep breath. “And if he thinks that he can take my life, then I will be sure to take yours. Either way, the two of us know that he won’t be getting you.”

“You are crazy,” I said, shaking my head at him and he chuckled. 

The man was a maniac, and not just crazy. It was something that I always knew, and the man knew for fact that I was more than willing to fight back if I had to. I wasn’t dumb, and neither was he. He saw that I was no longer the weak wolf that he broke for years, and that wasn’t something that he liked.

“I was called worse.” He said, making my chest ache as the two of us walked around the house. 

“People are dying here, Elton. You can still save yourself, you know that.” I said, grabbing the mirror shard that I broke earlier. It was the one weapon that I managed to take with me, and I was more than a little thankful that no one heard me breaking the thing due to the racket that was happening outside when it started.

Flashback:

“What are you doing?” My wolf said in my head. I ran inside the bathroom carrying the chair that I had in front of my dresser, knowing that I had to be quick.

I threw the chair on the mirror, watching as the mirror broke, and my wolf let out a low growl that I had to control before it echoed through the walls around us. The last thing that I needed was to be caught, and I knew that it was only a matter of time before Elton came to the room to look for me. And the last thing that I needed was for him to see the glass right now.

“I am making myself a weapon.” I said, grabbing one of the shards. I slipped it inside my sleeve, and ignored the small cut that I made on my finger. It wasn’t one that I cared about, and I knew that the smell of blood, judging by the number of bullets that were being fired, was going to muffle the scent. My heart raced, and I ran back toward the bedroom, closing the bathroom door as  did. My heart raced, and my hands shook before I forced myself to take a deep breath. 

“Killian is going to need our help, and knowing Elton, I know that he is going to use me to try and get his way.” I said, looking at the door as I calmed myself down completely. “But we are going to be prepared, and I am going to be sure that Elton is not the one getting the final laugh…”

End of Flashback.

The smell of blood filled my nostrils, and it wasn’t until two bullets were fired, making my heart drop, that we both stopped. Elton grabbed me by my neck, pulling me to his chest as he held the gun to my temple, and I took a deep breath, calming myself as my mate’s scent filled my nostrils. 

I kept my hand open as I held the shard in my palm, keeping my thumb on it, holding it with it. I kept my hand facing my leg, hiding the shard between my hand and thigh. And it wasn’t until I heard Killian’s low growl that a small smile formed on my lips. 

Elton’s heart raced against his chest, but I didn’t move. I didn’t need to, not yet anyway.

“Let her go, Elton Bernardi.” Killian said, giving him his warning as both he and Vladimir walked toward him from both doors. I knew that the building was burning, though I wasn’t sure which floor had the fire, nor did I know how the fire started to begin with, but I knew that it was only a matter of time before things escalated faster than we could keep up, and if that happened; we were in big trouble.

“Over my dead fucking body.” Elton said, and Killian chuckled. He loaded his gun and held it at the man, letting him know that he was going to go all the way for that to happen. Elton pressed the gun to my temple, and I gulped before reminding myself to calm down. “I am curious, how much would it hurt you to lose both your mate and unborn child on the same day? Though, I have to admit, I did plan on allowing the child to take its first breath before giving its body to you, it seems to me that I am going to have to change my plans.”

Killian growled in both anger and warning, and Elton chuckled from behind me as he tightened his arm around my neck.

“Step aside, Killian Ivanov. IF you want the woman to live, I do fucking suggest that you step aside.” He said, and my mate frowned. “And I do suggest that you have your beta move from the door behind me. You are going to be forced to deal with more consequences than you would want to deal with, and believe me, I doubt that you would want to mess with me right now, Killian.”

Killian’s eyes met mine for a second before he took a deep breath. I could hear Vladimir moving from behind Elton, and the man smirked, thinking that he got his way. My heart raced, and I slowly lowered the shard on my hand, catching Killian’s attention. My chest ached, and I couldn’t help but frown when I noticed that there were stairs by the door, leading downstairs toward, I assume, the exit. 

“It is a shame that you came all this way for nothing, Killian,” Elton said, pulling me toward the stairs. My heart raced, and I took a deep and slow breath before shaking my head as I raised the shard to his hand, scratching it before he could process. He wailed, clearly surprised before I turned to face him, catching him off guard before pushing the shard inside his chest.

His eyes widened in surprise, and I kept my eyes on his for a second before shaking my head. 

“He came here for his mate, Elton Bernardi,” I said, glaring at him, my eyes widening as he tripped. I watched as he rolled down the stairs, and I couldn’t help the cry of fear that escaped my lips as I saw him dropping to the ground just as the sound of an explosion filled my ears. 

Killian wrapped his arm around me, pulling me to his chest, shielding my body with his. It took a second, but it wasn’t until the building shook under our feet that Killian forced me to look at him as the two of us pulled away from the hug.

“I want to ask if you are okay, but we are going to have to run, Eleanor.” He said, looking me dead in the eye. My heart raced, and it took me a second to process his words before I shook my head. He frowned in confusion, trying to understand what I wanted to tell him.

But I did the one thing that I could think of despite the chaos that we were in.

I kissed him…