Chapter 108: Unleashed
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The moment Kieran’s body hit the ground, Magnus Thorn didn’t waste a second. His Lycan strength surged as he crouched and swept the unconscious prince into his arms with a single motion.
"Open the damn door!" he barked at Adrian.
Adrian snapped out of his shock and rushed to the front of the car, yanking the door wide open. Thorn carefully but urgently laid Kieran on the seat, his form limp and heavy with dead weight. Felix and Adrian exchanged glances, faces pale, breath shallow. Kieran Valerius Hunter didn’t look like the prince they knew.
There was something... off.
His skin was cold, his hair soaked with sweat, and those red eyes, those unnatural, lifeless red eyes, still haunted them even with his lids now closed.
"What the hell is going on?" Felix muttered, gripping the edge of his seat.
"What was he doing out here? Alone? Like that?" Adrian added.
Magnus didn’t answer. His jaw was tight, and his foot slammed on the accelerator with a force that made the tires screech against the stone path as they peeled away into the night.
It was a wild, chaotic ride back to the academy’s central grounds.
The night had grown colder, darker, almost heavy with dread. Trees blurred past as the car sped down winding roads, headlights slicing through the gloom. The tension in the vehicle was suffocating. Kieran hadn’t stirred once, not a twitch, not a sound. His chest barely moved as he breathed, and whatever strength once radiated from him was gone.
Thorn drove like a man possessed, one hand on the wheel, the other gripping the edge of the seat as if trying to stay grounded. His mind raced faster than the engine.