Chapter 4
She immediately spotted Kevin on the floor.
Kevin saw Naya through his half-beaten eyes and almost cried.
But as expected, there was a man waiting by the side. He looked at Naya and angrily spat, “How did you—”
Naya quickly kicked him, sending him to the chairs, creating loud sounds of wood breaking. The man staggered as he wiped his sweat and coldly looked at Naya. “You damn rogues!”
Compared to other guards, he was better as Naya observed. As they fought, the man managed to grab Naya’s mask and took it off. Naya frowned and glared at the man, sending another kick and twisting his neck until he fell to the floor.
Naya stood, panting. She then quickly went to untie Kevin’s ropes.
“Captain, I heard the guards earlier. They mention something about Crimson Stone Pack,” Kevin informed.
Naya’s hands froze. She looked at Kevin with wide eyes and a deep frown. “They know… Crimson Stone?”
Kevin nodded. “…I believe so. I think they’re working together.” He winced.
“Head back to the border.”
“Captain, what are you planning?” Kevin asked in surprise and fear.
Naya looked ahead. “There’s something I have to confirm first. I will return immediately. Go.”
With that, she pushed Kevin to the woods while also knocking the head guard about to rise from the floor again. Soon, Naya pulled out a knife from her pocket and pointed it at one of the guards, its blade about to touch his neck.
“Answer my question. Where is the cargo you’re sending to Crimson Stone Pack?” she asked.
The guard trembled while being head locked in Naya’s arm. “I-I don’t know!”
Naya’s eyes turned colder. She pushed the knife further into the man’s neck. “You will tell me or I will slit your throat before you can shift.”
The guard gritted his teeth and laughed shakily, “You’re truly a rogue… I’m a beta. I can’t shift without an alpha’s order! Also, whether I know where the cargo is or not, do you think I would tell you? Hah, just kill me. Go ahead! I’d rather die than betray my pack!!!”
Naya’s cold glare trembled.
At the same time, Naya heard footsteps closing in from the distance.
“Ha, my companions are here! You’re dead meat, rogue!” the guard said with a mocking, frightened laugh.
Naya pushed and cracked his neck once more, shutting him up as he fell and lost consciousness.
Glaring outside, Naya quickly went out and was about to make a run to the woods when she stopped. About ten or so men in warrior clothes similar to the guards she threw earlier stood around her.
Naya positioned herself to fight.
The newly arrived warriors looked around, mostly at the lying bodies on the ground all unconscious then at Naya, all completely stunned. One of them even squinted and spoke, “What are you?”
Naya only coldly glared at him.
Then in the next second, Naya was fighting again. She brought down five, six, seven… Until only three men remained standing across her.
They all let out roughed, low breaths.
“Damn, you know how to fight,” one of them whispered.
Naya ignored his commentary and quickly dodged another attack and went to launch her own. At the same time, she felt her heartbeat faintly stop, her knees giving in as she fell to the ground.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
She could feel her heart ringing in her ears. Her senses were also incredibly heightened, too much that they started to fog her mind and numb her body.
Naya bit her lower lip, feeling her body about to give out. No. She couldn’t stop here. There was no way… Forcing herself to move, she pushed the ground and slowly looked up.
She saw the three men before her remained standing. Then in the next second, they all stepped to the side, seemingly making way for another person. They all bowed down to that person and greeted in unison, “Alpha Prince.”