Run Away From the Cruel Alpha novel · Chapter 10 of 16
Chapter 10: Not Again
I tore my arm out of his hand.
"Mireya, no!" Rhett shouted behind me.
I ran for the front door.
It was locked.
My keys were in my jeans.
My hands shook so hard I dropped them on the step.
I picked them up. Jammed the key in. Turned.
The heat came out of the doorway.
"Mae!"
Smoke rolled across the ceiling, black and thick.
The tables were on fire. The menu board was on fire.
I pulled my wet shirt up over my nose and went in low.
"Mae!"
A cough.
From the back. From the kitchen.
I crawled.
The floor was hot under my hands.
Somewhere above me, something cracked.
A long, splitting sound.
I knew that sound.
For one second I was twenty-four again, and the east hall was coming down around me.
I couldn't move.
My arms locked. My knees locked.
Then the warm place under my heart pushed.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–8 of Run Away From the Cruel Alpha are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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