The Shadow Alpha novel Chapter 43

“September!” a series of shrill voices rang through the air followed by Connor busting through the back door with Bradley hot on his heels, they were both the best trackers we had, but if you saw them now, you’d swear you were being duped.

Peyton, Amanda, Charlie and Taylor all emerged from the same door a few seconds later looking ready to castrate the twin devils. Once the girls were out of the house they picked up speed and were quickly gaining on the twins shouting threats of what they would do when they got their hands on them.

Taylor being the fastest runner of the group brushed Bradley’s back as she reached out to stop him which caused him to panic and scream like a girl, his distraction triggered Connor’s curiosity who turned around to glimpse at the girls and made the most rookie move of not surveying his path beforehand.

The entire yard watched as Connor’s foot snagged against a rock and his body lurched forward jerkily, the twin flailed his arms in alarm as he desperately tried to grab onto something to stop his face from meeting the ground, but his attempt was useless as Bradley’s weight came crashing into him moments later, landing both screaming guys face first on the grass in a tangled heap.

Taylor who was merely a few steps behind them was unable to stop in time despite her efforts to avoid ending up as the third person on the pile. Just as she lost her footing, arms wrapped around her and stopped her fall midway. Her hands rested flat against his chest as he held her securely by the waist, her breathing was laboured and she tried hard to get it under control.

There was an awkward silence, if it weren’t for the grumbling duo I swear we would have heard crickets as the both of them continue to stare at each other without moving an inch. The girls had long come to a halt and were now watching the tense atmosphere.

Christopher made no move to let her go just as she made no move to push him away, I saw a look flash in his eyes before he came back to reality and set her properly on the ground before stepping away and clearing his throat.

“Sorry.” He apologised quickly and walked away without waiting on her reply.

Just as she was about to call out to him I cut her off,

“Leave it.” noticing my stern expression she frowned, but did not question a thing.

“Would anyone care to explain what’s going on?” I queried with a raised eyebrow towards the group of ladies and the twins who were now sat up rubbing their bodies to soothe the pain of the fall.

On cue their eyes widened, both guys scrambled to their feet and hid behind me as if I could stop the storm they had created.

“Save us, they will kill us.” Bradley croaked anxiously while Connor whimpered at the daggers being thrown at them by the four women.

“What did you guys do?” I eyed the twins with amusement, knowing full well that whatever it was would easily justify the looks being sent their way.

They chuckled sheepishly, “So it’s kind of a funny story…” Connor trailed off and the girls launched into a full blown explanation of the mischief they created just minutes ago.

By the end of the story I was in stitches, gasping for breath. What puzzled me the most was the fact that they didn’t figure out what was going on right till the very end; that thought made me laugh even harder.

“Allison!” the girls whined as if they were expecting me to take their side, honestly what the guys did was cruel, but at the same time so genius that I felt like applauding them.

“Okay, okay, I’m sorry for laughing.” I spoke between snickers, trying my level best to stop the tears in my eyes from falling and ultimately worsening the situation, “It’s just so funny how you didn’t figure out that you were being duped till you tasted the food. How can you possibly expect these two nutcases to cook you food? Obviously they were up to something from the very beginning.” I articulated causing the guys to snigger behind me.

“Oh and as genius as that was, do not ever be deluded into thinking that I am in any way going to stop them from killing you.” before they could react I stepped away and so the attack began.

I stood to the side as the six of them rolled around on the grass, the ruckus was gaining attention, but I was in no way interested in stopping them, instead I watched with a smile.