An Unwanted Second Chance (JB Tirado) novel Chapter 78

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Chapter 78

Pax had never run so fast in his life. Kent could feel him pushing the limits of his strength. The patrols that

had been headed towards the eastern attack had returned to the west at Kent’s orders, but they only provided

brief updates about what was happening near Riley. They were vastly outnumbered. The strongest of the rogues numbers were at the western point.

Patrick was rerouting all support towards the west, but it did little to ease Kent’s worry. Riley wasn’t

responding to mindlinks. He couldn’t feel any emotions through the bond. The only thing he knew was that

she was alive. Max was also not responding to mindlinks. He had initially, but everything had gone silent.

Goddess only knew where Evan was right now

Kent’s stomach pitched at the thought of that little boy in the middle of danger. They were going through

everything to keep him safe and they had unknowingly put him right in the line of attack.

Kent could smell the blood before he got there. He saw one of his warriors on the ground, a roque tearing

viciously into his shoulder Pax barely thought as he tore through the rogue, ripping out his throat with ease,

the metallic tang of blood filing his mouth. He moved on, apping through rogue after rogue with the singular focus of locating his mate

At some point, reinforcements armed Kent started recognizing more and more of his own warriors and allies in the fray. The sheer numbers of rogues was incredible though. They may not be the trained fighters like

Kent had, but they seemed to have a never ending number of fighters

It felt like madness. There was blood everywhere. Pax had scratches on his side. Someone had bitten his

back leg but Pax had made short work of tums, Kant could feel Pax’s pain, but Pax refused to stop. His mind

was only on locating Riey

Suddenly a long hovel, one that Kent had never heard before echoed through the woods. Nearly every roque

echoed that howl, sounding like munder as it rolled through the trees

And then it was over

The howl had been a signal to fall back. All the rogues were suddenly leaving

This makes no sense, Kent said to Pax. They were winning by sheer numbers. Why fall back?

Because they have what they want, Pax replied

Kent knew he was right. The only reason the rogues would leave when they were at such a clear advantage

was because they had what they came for

Evan

Despite Patrick trying to insist that Kent go get checked out, Kent was still walking through the c***** of the battle. He canly wore a pair of shorts that someone had handed him. His feet were sticky with drying blood as

he watched the last of the wounded being cared off. Bodies were everywhere. Plenty of roques, but too

many wamors as well. Kant didn’t even want to begin counting the losses.

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He turned to see Leo walking towards him. Similar to him, Leo only wore a pair of shorts. Also similar to Kent, he was covered in blood, though how much, if any, of it was his was impossible to tell.

“We found something.” Leo motioned for Kent to follow.

“Is it Riley?” Kent hurried to follow. He had still been unable to mindlink with her. All he could tell for sure was

that she was alive, but nothing else.

“I think it gives us an idea.” Leo walked down a short embankment where Wesley and two other warriors

stood.

Kent froze.

It was the car, crumbled into a tree. All the windows had been shattered. All four doors were flung open. But it wasn’t the scene that made him stop.

It was the smell of her blood.

“Where is she?” Kent rushed towards the car, looking inside. The front airbag had deployed. There was blood

on the seat, wheel and door. He could tell from the scent that it was Riley’s. He looked into the back seat and

cringed at the sight of blood there. It was Evan’s.

“We don’t know where they are.” Kent straightened up to look at Wesley. He was also covered in blood, his

pale hair falling into his eyes. “We’re assuming Riley is alive, given you would know if she wasn’t.”

“What about Evan?”

Wesley shrugged. “We’re assuming he’s alive too. I mean, all of this has been to get him, right? I doubt this

woman wanted him dead. She claims this is her son.”

“Where are they then?” Kent fisted his hands, his teeth clenching. “Where are they?”

“They have to be back at the rogue camp,” Leo said, stepping between Kent and Wesley. “They must have

taken both of them there.”

“Then we need to go to the camp!” Kent turned towards the northwestern direction he knew the camp to be

1. in. “We need to get all the warriors we have and go!”

“That would be… unwise,” Wesley murmured.

Kent wheeled around. “Unwise?! My mate and my beta’s son have been captured by rogues – the same rogues that have been relentlessly attacking my pack for two years! I will not just leave them in the hands of the

people that want to see my pack destroyed!”

“With what forces will you fight them?” Wesley yelled. “Your beta was on the brink of death when we got to him. Half your forces are injured. We don’t even know how many are dead yet! And you saw how many rogues there were! Our estimates weren’t even close to the right numbers. We need to fall back and regroup!”

“They could kill them while we regroup!” Kent cried. “They could kill her!”

“Kent!”

They all turned to the voice. Standing at the top of the embankment was Penny. Her red hair was down and wild, her face pale.

“You shouldn’t be here,” Kent whispered.

“He’s my son,” she replied, walking down the embankment. “I have every right to be here, same as you.”

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“How’s Max?” Leo asked quietly.

She turned to look at him. “He’s still in surgery, but the last update I got was that they are confident he will pull through.”

“That’s good,” Kent breathed, turning to look back at the car.

“Wesley is right, Kent.” He swung his head to look at Penny. “I know you want to go get them. I want to go just as much as you. I understand, but we could just be putting us all at risk if we’re not careful. We have questions we need to answer. We can’t just launch ourselves blindly into an attack.”

“What questions?” Kent challenged.

“How did they know we were moving Evan today? How did they know to anticipate the car on the road? Why did they take Riley instead of kill her?”

She shrugged. “Plus all the tactical questions that Wesley wants. How many rogues are still there? How many in fighting condition? Do we have the numbers to take them? Do we need to call for reinforcements?”

“You have a good mind for strategy,” Leo pointed out.

She cast him a glare. “I was a warrior before I had Alex. I know how to fight.”

Penny turned back to Kent. “I know this is hard. I understand more than anyone here. But Kent, we have to be careful. We have to be smart about this. What if they expect you to rush blindly in? What if they know she’s your mate and they expect you to go feral like you did last time?”

Kent flinched.

“You know she’s right,” Leo said softly. “We need to go back. We need to let our forces heal. We need to scout.

Kent finally nodded. “Ok.”

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