Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 862

Norman:

I was ready to head to the hospital and fight the monsters when Kaye stopped me. He said he'd take over with the warriors, Penn, and the others. What he wanted from me was different, he wanted me to find the father.

With the Zharns, it was possible now to track him down. We had spies scattered everywhere, tracking every sign of the Zharns, marking where they were emerging.

The moment I stepped deeper into the rogue woods, I smelled it. The intense foul stench of death that didn't belong to the woods before. The father wasn't hiding anymore. He had come out. He had to. He wanted to be close enough to the monsters to control them, to guide them.

I started pacing through the woods, following nothing but that rancid trail. I had no clue where he was. All I could do was rely on instinct, on the stench that clung to the trees and the dirt.

An ogre found me first. I fought it off. Then a clutch of little snakes that hissed so loud, then a pack of Zharns. I cut through all of them. But still, no sign of the father.

I walked out of the woods again. Hours had passed and I'd found nothing, no trace, no sign of that man. It felt like I'd wasted my time roaming the trees when my phone beeped.

It was Alpha Dalton calling. All the alphas had been informed, they were already fighting at their pack borders, trying to keep the monsters at bay.

"Dalton, did you find anything?" I asked. I'd told him to try and get help from his brother. I didn't know if his brother could respond since he had moved on, but we needed backup.

"I don't know if he can answer, but it's getting risky here," Dalton said. "Ogres are attacking the borders. They could break through any minute."

"So no news on the father?" I sighed. I slapped my forehead.

"Actually, there is," Dalton said, and I felt my mood lift. "Every time an ogre dies, one of the Zharns retreats, like it goes back to find the father and tell him. The Zharns are messengers. If you can follow a zharn, you might find him."

We'd already killed so many Zharns.

"So all I have to do is kill another monster and wait for a Zharn to show up?" I asked, scratching the back of my neck and scanning the trees.

"Pretty much," Dalton said. "Most monsters are moving toward the packs and populated areas. If you're close, it should be easy."

"Okay, Dalton. That's really helpful. Thank you." I cut the call and ran back toward the mansion.

As I expected, an ogre was trying to get inside. The warriors and the others had thrown up a makeshift wall, but the beast had pushed through halfway. I drew the three-headed sword and charged. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

The ogre turned toward me and ran. I jumped, dodged, and struck him several times. Finally I landed one through the middle of his brow, into both eyes. He went down like a big tree.

Just like Dalton said, a Zharn had seen it. One of them retreated on all fours, and that was my chance.

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