Authors: J. D. Tyler

Alpha Pack 3 - Black Moon (42 page)

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And stepped into thin air. She fell, screaming; then her back connected with the rocky ground,

knocking the breath from her lungs. She tumbled, ass over elbows, rocks gouging and scraping her skin, tearing her clothes. The slide went on forever, it seemed.

Until she came to an extremely abrupt stop that made her bite her tongue. Warm blood flooded her

mouth. She tried to move but couldn’t. She was lying mostly on her back, her body wedged in a crevice

formed by some boulders. Her left arm stuck out at a weird angle, bloody bone protruding through the

skin. Trying to move, to get some sort of leverage, only caused waves of agony to pound her battered

body.

Her radio? She moved her neck, attempted to see if she could spot it. There was nothing but rock all

around, her broken body firmly trapped. The radio was gone . . . and nobody knew Daria’s exact

location. In the Shoshone, it could take days for her to be found. Months.

Or her bones might still rest here decades from now.

She thought of her father, and of his devastation when he learned his only child was dead. Lost to

the very forest they had both loved so much. It would kill him.

Though it was too soon to attempt another projection without draining the last of her strength, she

had no choice. Ignoring the horrendous pain of her injuries, she closed her eyes. It took much longer

than usual but she found her center.

Eventually, she felt the familiar tingle, the buzzing sensation that meant she was leaving her earthly form and traveling over time and distance. Determined, she once again followed the thread to the one

she knew in her gut who would understand her message. There was no time to lose.

She flew over the trees, soaring. Eventually she found the place she’d sensed him before, the big

building in the forest. A curious place that appeared to be some sort of compound with another big

building next to it—a hangar, going by the jet parked nearby—and a third building under construction

not far from the main one.

Within moments she found herself in the hallway. This time, a woman with wavy shoulder-length

brunette hair emerged from a room, carrying a clipboard. She wore a lab coat, and Daria realized she

must be a doctor. The woman was taking care of the sexy stranger. The doctor passed by, not having

seen Daria at all.

Daria drifted into the room, her attention immediately focusing on the tall figure in the bed. Knowing time was short, she moved forward to his side.

She reached out tentatively and gently touched the face of the handsome blond man. Watched as he

opened his gorgeous, crystal blue eyes—eyes that widened as he saw her astral form hovering by his