Christopher Robinson
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“Just shut up and get it ov–” Holden growled, but his words were cut off when Roman’s fist hit his jaw. “No one told you to talk!” He snarled. Holden tasted the blood that pooled between his lip and his teeth. Roman took a deep breath. “I am here to inform you that your services are no longer needed,” Roman stated. “But also, to let you know that the kill order on Alice has been canceled.” Holden’s brows furrowed. “How?” he asked through bloody teeth. Roman smiled…
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He didn’t know how much longer he could stay in this place. It had already been ten hours since the lab’s destruction had begun. The standard protocol would have a team sent from Spring more than three hours ago. The small bunker was designed to withstand the self-destruction sequence, a fall-out shelter for any scientist that might have been in Wonderland. Of course, the destruction in the upper levels was never supposed to have spread to the lowest lab. Still, he suspected Alice had been the cause…
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At Axel’s request, a scan was done on Alice’s brain. The news was not good. They found that both the frontal and temporal lobes showed signs of lesions. It was likely a side effect of long-term damage to her brain from the Bitter Night. Her body had stopped healing almost altogether now. The surgery was finally finished, but the end result was impossible to guess. The surgeon was brutally honest with Axel and told him there was a very strong chance that she might never wake up again. For three…
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The convoy returned to Summer as quickly as they had left. Alice was immediately rushed to the hospital when they arrived. While she was sent to surgery, Ashleigh gave Fiona and Caleb a full debrief. Then, they argued about sending a team to investigate the lab. In the end, it was decided that they would wait a few days. The chances of Spring having already dispatched a team to clean the building were too high. Right now, they already had too many of their resources spread out to the lesser packs. They…
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Holden scurried forward and grabbed the knife that had fallen from his hands. He got to his feet just as Ashleigh moved forward. He quickly tried to block her, but she was faster. Finally, her knee found its target against the side of his body. He let out a groan as he stumbled to the ground. Ashleigh's fist came down at him, but he managed to roll away. Holden got to his knees and tried to quickly stab back at her, but she succeeded in knocking the knife out of his hand. He got to his feet and tried to…
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Ashleigh covered her face with her arm, trying to push past the heat of the flames, but each time she attempted to enter the room, the heat grew. ‘Go back.’ ‘She chose this.’ ‘There is nothing to do.’ The voice had been whispering nonstop since she entered the building. She would be lying if she didn’t admit that she was tempted. At this point, she wasn’t even sure she could safely guide Alice back up the stairs. ‘Go before it is too late!’ ‘She knew the risk!’ ‘They will…
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Ashleigh hesitated but hurried the children out the door as it closed behind them with a heavy thud. Alice and Holden were all alone now. “Do you feel better about yourself?” Holden asked. “That you saved them?” “It has nothing to do with me or how I feel. It’s just the right thing to do.” Holden laughed and then sighed. “We need to leave,” he said. “I don’t just mean the lab; we need to leave this part of the world. Start over in one of the European packs.” Alice…
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“What?” Ashleigh asked with shock and confusion. “Human? How is that even possible?” “They saw what worked with me and repeated the experiment,” Alice sighed. “You saw the files. There were supposed to be twice as many in this room.” Ashleigh remembered seeing the children’s files and wondering what had happened to the rest. “The conversion from human to wolf, even with the combined DNA, is still incredibly dangerous,” Alice said. “The last time I was here, I was locked in my…
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They talked about the time when Holden met Granger at Ashleigh’s birthday party and how he had continued to whisper in his ear after that. How Alice had heard Holden whispering about an attack on Winter. She didn’t know when or where, so she had sent a message to Caleb to be vigilant. “What about Axel?” Ashleigh asked. “Granger attacked him that night. He almost killed him.” “I didn’t know, and neither did Holden. Though if Granger had told him, Holden would have praised him for it,”…
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Alice turned back to the computer. She pulled open a black screen and began typing things that made no sense to Ashleigh. But shortly after, there were sounds from the monitors attached to the children. She didn’t understand what was happening, but understood that Alice was the cause. “What are you doing?” she asked. “I’m waking them up,” Alice said. “What? But you said….” Ashleigh hesitated. “If they are like you, won’t it be too dangerous to wake them all at once?” “Do you…
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