train is moving now too.
screeching sound that hurts ears and stench of smoke.
train lurches.
I reach out to steady Moon.
she smiles up at me.
soft.
warm.
"So," one-eyed alpha says. "What exactly are we doing with him once we get what we want?"
golden-hair shrugs, casual.
"We could kill him."
no.
quiet growl escapes before can stop it.
but they hear.
all look at me.
surprised.
golden-hair blinks.
"Don't tell meyou'rea pacifist, big guy?"
white-hair scoffs.
"He wasn't a pacifist when he was eating my men."
true.
ate many men.
they deserved it.
but bird-mask alpha...
different.
cannot explain.
do not have words.
just feeling.
like debt unpaid.
one-eyed alpha snaps.
"No one is killing the prince." voice hard, stern. "A prince who also happens to be a member of the deadliest task force in the hemisphere." pause. "I'd like to have a shot in hell atsomesemblance of a normal life after all this bullshit."
