I battled my way through the jungle for hours. I could hear his voice. Leo's voice. He shouted my name over and over again but my senses were so overwhelmed by adrenaline and exhaustion I couldn't pinpoint where it was coming from. It echoed all around my mind as my head spun and my heart thudded. I let out a desperate frustrated cry before stopping between two large trees to catch my breath.

"Why'd you stop?" A voice asked. "He's so close."

I jumped and snapped my head around. Luciano slowly emerged from the shadows, sporting once of his most malicious grins.

"How long have you been following me?" I asked.

"Eh, hours," he said with a shrug as he examined the gun in his hand, polishing a smudge away with his sleeve. "Kinda boring how you just go around and around in circles though."

"Is this a game to you?" I questioned.

"It was until you just stopped and gave up," he said. "You make it top easy for me."

I could still hear Leo's calls. Perhaps if I couldn't find him, he couldn't find me.

"Leo!" I shouted. "Leonardo!"

Before I could call for a third time, Luciano had grabbed me and slapped a hand over my mouth.

"Shut up," he growled. "Or one of these bullets might end up in your Alpha's skull."

"Fuck you," I hissed shoving him away from me.copy right hot novel pub