An Alpha's Choice (Talon Pack #2)(54)

“Fuck. Meet us at the clinic. Get here, son. Get here.”

“We’re on our way.”

He sped his way down the highway, knowing he was dangerously close to getting a ticket, but he didn’t care. This was Brynn’s life. His torso ached, and he knew he’d need some Healing of his own, but that would just have to wait.

When he drove through the wards, he didn’t slow down. Brynn’s breathing slowed with each passing minute. He slammed on the brakes in front of his uncle’s clinic and jumped out of the Jeep with it still running. He went to Brynn’s side of the vehicle and opened the door, pulling her into his arms. She’d soaked the front seat with her blood, and he held in a growl. He needed to be strong for her, and freaking the f*ck out because of the sight of her blood wouldn’t help anyone.

His uncle North, a doctor, ran toward him, Hannah and the others on his tail. “Walker and the Talons are almost here. They were on their way to us anyway when you called. Give her to me, Finn, and let’s get inside.”

Finn growled. “I’ve got her.” He pushed past the others and stalked into the house, Brynn’s body shaking in his arms. Finn set her down on one of North’s medical beds and moved back but kept his hand on hers.

North and Hannah came in with Mark at their side.

“Take care of her first,” Finn gritted out. “Do what you can until Walker gets here.”

Hannah went to him and pulled him away. He reached for Brynn, but his aunt was stronger than she looked.

“Mark and North will do what they can. Let me look at you.”

“Help her. Please.” His wolf whimpered—the first time he’d heard that sound in ages. Damn it. Why couldn’t he be normal?

“They are. And I need to Heal you. You’ll both be whole, and then we’ll move on to the next thing. You aren’t doing your mate any good bleeding on the clinic floor like this.”

He looked down and sighed. Blood oozed out of his wounds but he was so numb from seeing Brynn like she was, he could barely feel the pain now.

“My helping you won’t hurt her, Finn.”

He met his aunt’s eyes and nodded. “Okay,” he whispered. “But Hannah? She’s not my mate yet. I can’t feel her. I only know she’s alive because I felt her pulse. It’s killing me.”

“They found a way, son,” Kade said from the doorway. His father came close and gripped Finn’s face between his large hands. “They found a way,” he repeated. “But first, I need to know you’re okay.”

Finn felt his mother at his side, her hands on top of Hannah’s as his aunt Healed him. It might have been the Alpha female aiding the Healer with power, but he thought it was more of a mother helping her son. Warmth spread through him as his wounds knitted back together.

“How?” Finn croaked. “How?”

“You’ll have to die, Finn,” Hannah whispered. “Just like you did as a little boy. You’ll have to die so we can put you back together again.”

Finn blinked then looked over at his mate. She hadn’t woken up, but the blood had stopped pouring. His body went numb at his aunt’s words.

Death.

He’d always known he’d died that day.

Fitting he would have to die again.

But without the connection to Brynn, he knew he’d feel like he was dead anyway. She was worth more than anything, even his life.

“Do it,” he whispered. “Kill me.”





Chapter Fourteen


“No. You can’t just kill him.” Brynn paced inside the clinic, her hands on her hips. Walker had come to Heal her when she’d been unconscious. Thanks to whatever chemical was on the blade, it had taken a lot of energy on all their parts. Her face Healed quickly, but her hip took so much damage that she’d forever hold a scar.

A scar to remind her of the day she’d almost lost her mate.

And she’d be damned if she’d lose her mate again.

“Its not a true death.”

Finn’s words brought her out of her thoughts and into the present. She flipped him off. “Fuck you. You don’t get to die to try and see if you can fix your wolf. We’re not doing that. We’ll find another way.”

Finn stopped in front of her, halting her pacing. “If it allows me to be with you in truth, then I will gladly die. They’ll bring me back.”

Brynn growled. “No.”

“Do you think I want my son to die?” Kade, the Alpha, asked. “Do you think this is an easy decision?”

“It’s not yours to make,” Brynn snapped.

Kade growled low, which made her brother Gideon growl back. Great, now there was an Alpha * challenge to deal with.

“Brynn,” Finn whispered. “It’s my decision.”

“It should be ours,” she said. She knew she sounded petulant but damn it, she couldn’t allow him to be hurt. Because the solution wasn’t just him dying. No, he had to die the exact way he had before. They’d have to break every bone in his body once again and kill him so Hannah and Mark with Walker acting as an anchor could pull him back into the land of the living. Hannah was older now, more experienced. And everyone trusted she would be able to fix the bond that had been tattered between Finn and his wolf.