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Anthony to-”
    “No!
It has to be you. I couldn’t stand anything less.” Conner was about to start
sobbing, and Harper’s heart hurt for him.
    Axel
glanced down at Harper. He didn’t want to leave her alone and wounded, but
Harper knew that he needed to catch the killer.
    “Go,
Axel. I’ll be fine. Promise,” she whispered.
    Still,
he looked torn. It went against every instinct to leave her here with another
man. His eyes turned golden as his wolf took control. Axel looked up at Conner.
His voice had dropped an octave and his wolf said, “Anthony will have to take
care of it. I’m not leaving my mate.”
    Conner
froze in the doorway. His sadness had melted away, leaving anger.
    He
glanced at her with disgust before saying, “I didn’t want it to end like this.”
Conner then pulled a gun out of his jacket and pointed it at them.
    She
was frozen with shock. Wolf wanted to ignore the threat and lunge at Conner,
but Harper held her at bay. Why was Conner doing this? Wolf had never trusted
him, but Harper had always thought it was a normal reaction.
    “I
wanted to wait, but I couldn’t risk Harper’s memories returning. My mate ruined
everything by opening her big mouth.”
    “What?”
Harper whispered.
    Axel
moved in between her and the gun. His wolf was still in control, so at least
they had some advantage. Conner’s gaze was dead, and Harper realized she was
looking into the eyes of a killer.
    “I
don’t know how she found out, but it sure didn’t make things easier,” he spat
while closing the door with his foot.
    Harper
found her voice again and whispered, “What she said… It wasn’t the truth.”
    “Of
course it was.” Conner laughed. “We were together and your precious alpha had
no idea.”
    Before
he had even finished his sentence, Axel had lunged at him. Conner wildly shot
in surprise. The bullet pierced Axel’s shoulder and Harper screamed. Conner
cursed loudly as Axel fell to the ground. Blood was pooling on the floor.
    Axel?
Axel! Harper yelled through the
bond, but there was no response but pain.
    “You’re
coming with me.” Conner stepped over Axel’s body and grabbed her arm. He had
his gun pointed at her head, but Harper didn’t care; her life meant nothing
without Axel. She kept fight back, kicking and clawing, but she froze when he
pointed the gun at Axel.
    “I’ll
kill him!” He madly waved the gun in her mate’s direction, and she held her
hands up in surrender.
    “Okay,
okay,” Harper soothed. If there was still a chance that Axel was alive, she
didn’t want to ruin it. She let him drag her outside even though every instinct
in her body told her to stay and help her mate.
    A
sleek black car sat directly outside the door. As soon as she stepped outside,
Conner slammed the gun into her head and everything went black.

Chapter
6
     
    Harper’s
spit tasted metallic. The air was musty and damp. Her cheek rested against a
hard surface, and she was lying on her side. Her headache thumped in rhythm
with her heart. She groaned in pain and then wished she hadn’t.
    Opening
one eye allowed her to see the stone gray walls of a dark basement. Her bound
hands and feet left her virtually immobile. Conner walked into her field of
vision and sneered.
    Axel, Harper cried through the bond. She
didn’t know what she’d do if he had died. Their link was oddly quiet, and she
tried again. Axel, please answer me.
    Tears
dripped down her cheek to land on the stone. Her bindings cut through skin and
burned like fire.
    “Good
morning, sunshine. Don’t even try to change; your hands and feet are tied with
silver, so it would be extremely painful.
    “Why?”
Harper’s throat hurt as she whispered the scratchy words.
    “Why
what? Why did I kidnap you instead of kill you?” He crouched down until he was
eye-level. “Everyone knew you were unhappy, so it won’t be much of a surprise
when they discover you had shot Axel. It actually worked out quite well; after
he dies, I will take over