Alpha's Hunt - Chapter 40
23-07-25 (05:23)
40. Forget manners
The door bursts open.
About eight men shuffle inside, rifles in their hands,
black masks on their faces. The open door lets light in
the dark room.
I feel the revolver in my hand, testing my grip. I wait
until all of them are inside, moving from between the
maze of heavy shelves we made starting just after the
door.
I hold up the revolver and pull the trigger to give the
signal.
A loud rumble shakes the floor as all the shelves
collapse on the black clad figures. Luke, Ethan and
Tyler come out from over the heap of shelves, our
ambushers groaning and struggling beneath the wood.
"Come on," Luke grabs my arm, racing down the
hallways, we take a sharp turn towards the tower we
were staying in
Luke bursts into his room, Ethan and Tyler turn towards
their own. He yanks a bag out from under his bed and
then without waiting for me, turn to my room.
"We need to get the hell out of here before they come
back." Luke says, opening my closet and stuffing
clothes in the bag
"Wait, you knew?" I ask wide eyed as he slings it over
his shoulder
"I suspected," he says "And I trust my instinct."
"The exists must be locked," Ethan says, as he and
Tyler come inside "I saw guards moving there when
we went to the party."
"That won't be a problem." Luke says, he bolts the door
of my room and the strides towards the window
"We're on the second floor," he says, looking down
"We should be able to make it."
Tyler goes first, then Ethan. I bite my bottom lip hard,
staring down at the ground hesitantly. Luke turns to
me;
"Hazel, we have to go." He puts a hand on my
shoulder and squeezes
"I know," I mumble, my fingernails dig in my palms
"Jump, I'll be right after you."
"What if I fall?"
Luke takes a breath, as if its costing him to say; "Parks
will catch you."
I swallow thickly "What if he can't?"
A beat of silence passes between us.
"If I go first," Luke says, quietly "Will you trust me to
catch you?"
I turn to look at him, his dark stormy gaze meets mine.
Since when have I associated this face with trust?
Since when have I started to believe the words
spoken by this voice?
I take a shaky breath "You will catch me?"
Luke keeps staring at me for a moment, his face
impassive granite.
He takes my hand in his and presses a kiss to my
knuckles "I would never let you fall, Hazel."
Someone pounds on the door, I jump away from Luke.
He meets my eyes for a second, then leaps down from
the window, landing neatly on his feet. Luke opens his
arms for me, my heart jumps to my throat. Don't forget to leave a Comment 
