Chapter 22: Mate Bond and Betrayal

-LEENA-

“Are you fucking serious, Alec? You can’t seriously expect me to stay here while my sister is literally being held hostage by your brother?”

Alec growls, pacing up and down the waterline on the beach where we made camp, unwilling to be near anyone in case things go south. We’ve been arguing this for the better part of two hours, the sun meeting the horizon as night falls, counting down the hours.

“I know my brother, Leena. It’s me he wants, once I’m there he’ll let Bri go, he has no other reason to keep her.”

“But I don't know your brother, Alec! That’s my fucking point!” My voice is shrill and too loud, but I don’t care, not with every second wasted being a second that Bri may or may not have.