Primals (Reverse Harem 1)

I knew it wasn’t my imagination when I healed so fast after the crash. But if it’s not, what’s the explanation? Is there one?

Sebastian said he’d help me find answers.

Well, he didn’t help me. Or maybe I hadn’t given him enough time to. But did he find answers? Does he know more about me now than I know about myself? By now he has to have discovered that I’m gone. If so, is he coming after me?

You know I am.

His voice in my head goes through me with a jolt that brings me to my feet in a panic. I feel trapped suddenly, in this s

mall room with no windows. I throw open the door and find Theo already up and ready to pounce, eyes on the door to outside.

Wait. He knows?

There’s no way he could know Sebastian’s coming. But something’s got him alert. Worried. Theo paces. Fleetingly, his eyes wander over to me and he gestures for me to stay where I am. I stay still, holding my breath.

Moments later, the door opens like it had never been locked. I know that’s the case. It’s all I can do to not scream when I see Sebastian standing there. He turns his head towards me, grinning.

Missed me?

I glare, trying to pretend I’m not terrified. You wish.

“Who are you and what are you doing here?” Theo asks. His voice is hard as steel, as cold as the wind that blew across the ocean.

“I’m here for her.” Sebastian points at me. I swallow hard, moving unconsciously closer to Theo, until I can feel the warmth of his body with mine.

“Well, I won’t let you have her.” The words are a snarl, animalistic.

He pounces and though Sebastian is quick to evade, Theo is also quick to recover, grabbing at Sebastian’s leg.

“Stop!” I shout.

But Theo isn’t listening. He throws Sebastian out the window, the glass shattering, shards flying in all directions across the room.

Sebastian!

Suddenly I’m unsure. I’d been scared that he’d come for me like this. But he’d saved my life. Mad as I am I don’t want him dead.

Then Theo jumps out as well.

What the hell?

I run to the window, looking down below. Nothing.

I hear the fighting in the distance, though, noises in the streets below. I can’t see. There are too many buildings in the way, and I’m afraid someone is going to call the cops.

I have to stop them.

I jump out the window in one bound, snow splashing around my feet when I land. I run in their direction, eyes ahead, searching for them. They’ve left the buildings and have entered a park. Signs nearby point toward the zoo. I pray they’ve gone the opposite way, where the paths lead into more remote areas. Away from people. I don’t know how to explain this otherwise.

I find them deep in the trees.

Sebastian moves quickly, deftly but Theo is big, strong. I swear he must have been a wrestler once.

He throws Sebastian away like he weighs a pebble, his body crashing through some trees and breaking them in two before landing in a pit in the snow.

No!

I run over to him but stop a few feet away, just as he emerges from the pit. Crouched on all fours, he shakes off the snow. Then he opens his mouth and lets out...