Chapter 114: Dead already
"Autumn?Autumn??!" Kieran fumbled, his eyes still shut tight, his hands fished for something but only swept through air.
He rolled over, still sleeping when he suddenly started yanking and kicking."NOOOOO...Autumn NOOOOO!Don’t leave me!!"
Then he jolted awake!!
" AUTUMN!!!" Her name barely tore from his throat only for a hand to clamp over his mouth, muffling the sound.
Desperation took over.
He reacted on pure instinct.He seized the wrist, twisting it with a snarl, his claws pricking skin and breaking a bone ,but he couldn’t register. "Mmph!" came the muffled cry. A feminine voice. Panicked!
His vision adjusted...he could see metal walls, crates, a dim lantern swaying above. The scent of damp wood, rust and the creaking groan of an old hull.
"Alpha! Please..." the voice whispered, almost sobbing as she tried adjusting his grip on her wrist, "...you are going to get us killed!"
Kieran blinked rapidly, panting as if he had just run through hell. "Please Alpha! Wake up! We are still in the vessel...surrounded by water...hiding..." Vera gasped, her other hand flying up in surrender as she whispered frantically.
His grip released her wrist and he shoved her back...hard enough for her to stumble against a metal crate.
She didn’t retaliate. She was trembling."We are still sailing...en route...and it seems...," she choked out in a hush. " ...seems like we are headed towards those lands...( she did an A sign with her fingers, too scared to even name what she wanted to say)".