Chapter 99 : Empire

THEO. Right. Just in time to bust us. I can’t help but curse under my breath as Ajax and Jonathan make their way down the cliff. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that they are both safe. But I would have preferred to find that out some other time, in some other situation. Not now, when they can stop Maxine and I from saving these women. “It’s Draco,” Maxine answers them. She also looks wary. “Look, I know we shouldn’t be here. But we heard the women. We heard Draco. And we just sent away one soldier who was tasked to kidnap these women and turn them into Werewolves. One of them is already bitten and one is unconscious from the situation and right now we just want to—” “Jonathan, prepare the cargo car,” Ajax orders without taking his eyes off Maxine and me. “You need to transport the women to the Human world.” With that, he slides down onto the rock and runs straight to the bleeding woman. Jonathan follows him and instructs the women to get on his back after he shifts. He carries them