Filed To Story: Fated is Overrated Novel Free by Brenda Minnaard
I take her advice and focus on where the others are coming from. 2 are approaching from my right, 2 from the back and 1 is trying to get ahead of me to close me in. I need to act before the one trying to get ahead has me surrounded, I think to myself. The rogues to my right are the closest to me, and they are closing in on me fast. One of them lunges toward me and I manage to dodge just in time. As I am running very close to the border, the rogue accidentally lunged himself past the border and into the royal Kingdom. Hearing the sound of silver snapping, swiftly followed by agonizing howls from the rogue, this can only mean one thing – it has fallen into some sort of trap. Well, that’s 1 down, 4 to go! And good to know the place is boobytrapped. Not that I would have expected anything else.
The second one – having obviously learned from his comrade’s mistake – is inching closer, so he can lunge towards me with less force and will be less likely to jump across the border if he misses me. From the corner of my eye I am watching him intently, waiting for the telltale signs that he is going to lunge. And just when he does, I drop to the floor and use all my strength to kick the rogue as hard as I possibly can in his belly – effectively launching him into the Royal territory, purposely this time. Having no time to dwell, I jump up and make a run for it again as the 2 from behind are closing in fast. Just as I glance across my shoulder to check how much of a lead I still have, there is a huge explosion coming from the Royal territory in the spot where I had just launched the rogue into. The explosion is so strong it knocks me over with a bang and I can feel my head hitting something hard with a thud. I immediately lose sense of my surroundings as I can only focus on the splitting headache and the feeling of warm liquid oozing from my head. Oh goddess no! Please don’t do this to me now with 3 rogues hot on my tail! I have to get up!!
Stumbling to my feet I drop face first into the ground again, f*ck! ‘Lib, some help here please…’ ‘on it. Using accelerated healing, but it’s going to cost almost all the strength that was left for me, you’ll have to do it on your own’ despite my condition. I grin at her words ‘so what’s different from normal? I am used to fighting on my own’. She just snorts at my comment and as she uses the accelerated healing I start to feel better by the second. Or minute, I lost track of time here. Once I don’t see everything double anymore, I start getting to my feet. Glancing behind me I see the rogues also took a hit and are also taking some time to gather their bearings – perfect! I need to get away from them asap. Besides, if they hadn’t already, I am positive the Royal forces are now aware of our presence with that big explosion going off. I’m not sure how long it will take them to get to the border, but I sure as hell don’t intend to stick around to find out. I have heard stories about rogues being executed even without them trespassing, so I need to get the hell out of here. Rogues are like a thorn in their side and, like it or not, I am a rogue now and I don’t intend to die here.
I glance behind me to see the 2 rogues behind still unable to get up. But when I look in front of me, I see the rogue who had come to circle me slowly getting up in his human form. He was actually really close to me too. I hadn’t even noticed how close he had gotten in the heat of the moment. Jolting away from him, I feel a tug on my ankle as I start to fall face first to the ground again. This time however, I put my palms up in time to catch my fall. Glancing behind me, I see the guy has his hand wrapped around my ankle and a devilish smirk on his face. Not having any time to waste, I use my free foot to kick him in his face with such force that I hear bones cracking. “YOU B*TCH!” he screeches out, but without letting go of my ankle. I guess he needs another lesson, I think to myself as I kick him in the face again, hard. Although clearly in severe pain, he still doesn’t let go of my ankle. That stubborn f*ck! I pull myself towards him using the grip he has on my ankle as I wrap both legs around his head, holding him in a choke hold. Unable to control my temper, I say through gritted teeth “call me a b*tch one more time, you f*cking lap dog, I dare you!”.
He slowly starts to lose consciousness, but before I can finish him off completely I hear a loud voice bellow “ALL OF YOU, STOP!”. I got so lost in the struggle I hadn’t even noticed the other 2 dimwits regaining their composure. And I for sure hadn’t noticed the small army of Royal guards closing in on us!
Lola POV
F*cking great. I unwrap my legs from the rogue’s head and put my hands up in a surrendering motion. The other 2 conscious rogues seem to be contemplating their options, not that they have any. The fact that they haven’t shot us already is a miracle on its own and it’d be best for them to comply now. One of the rogues sneakily inches towards me with his hands up in surrender, but the biggest guy from the Royal guards – the one who told us to stop – seems to notice as he bellows “LAST WARNING ROGUE! I WON’T GIVE ANOTHER!” but the rogue lunges towards me in an attempt to use me as a shield, before a gunshot is heard and the rogue drops dead a few inches from my feet. The other rogue tries to run the opposite direction and is also immediately shot. Well, that went well for them, I think to myself. The big guy – he must be the Beta by the size of him – then approaches me with a dozen of his guards. “Cuff them both and bring them in for questioning” he orders the guards. F*ckkkkk, no!! “Sir, please just let me go, I haven’t passed the border. In fact it wasn’t even my intention to come near, but I was being chased and had nowhere else to run to”. He has a stoic expression I am unable to read. He replies “there are 2 dead rogues inside our border, 2 dead outside our border, one unconscious and you are the only one standing to tell the tale at the moment. You are coming in for questioning” with a finality and order in his voice that is hard to miss. Well I do not want to f*ck with the Royal guards so it seems I have no choice. Hopefully, after relaying the story, I will be on my way again.
The rogue and I are both cuffed before we are ushered into a vehicle. The big guy who I am assuming is the beta is in the passenger seat upfront, while one of the guards drives the vehicle. The ride seems to take forever as we pass truly beautiful scenery along the way. If only this had been better circumstances I would have really enjoyed the beautiful forest, lakes and flower fields we have passed along the way. I am broken from my train of thoughts when the beta starts questioning me “where are you from? And why are you a rogue? You do know it is very dangerous for female rogues out there?”. I snort “yeah I have figured that out” I mumble softly, but of course with our heightened wolf senses he heard me. “So, why are you a rogue? And how long have you been out there?”. “Look no offense sir, but I would rather not talk about my personal circumstances. I will answer any questions regarding the situation at your border that you may have but I won’t get into my personal information”.
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