Page 2 of Night Sector

Maybe a few throwing stars or—

“Perhaps you should try calling first,” Fritz suggested, interrupting my thought. “Request a meeting to discuss Quinn and present him with the vial.”

I glanced at thevialin question, my nose twitching as my vampiric half scented the familiar blood inside.Quinn’s blood. She’d given it to me in hopes that it would provide Kieran with the protection he needed to step through the magical barrier.

The spell only allowed Omegas to enter the island. It didn’t matter the type—X-Clan wolves, V-Clan wolves, vampires, Shadow wolves, W-Clan wolves, Z-Clan wolves, and several other rare species—any and all Omegas could pass through the enchantment.

But no Alphas or Betas.

Unless…

Unless the Alpha is a mate to an Omega inhabitant.

Quinn had already bitten Kieran, thus marking him as her intended. All he had to do was bite her back, but he hadn’t done so yet. Which meant the mating was only partially complete.

However, imbibing blood was the key component to the mating ritual. So, hopefully, giving Kieran a vial of Quinn’s essence would be enough to trick the protective enchantment into letting him pass.

If not, I wasn’t sure what we would do.

Because the whole plan hinged on me bringing Quinn’s gift to the Alpha Prince and convincing him to do what was needed to help her.

Most Omegas could survive a heat without their Alpha. But something about Quinn’s estrus felt… different.Life-threateninglydifferent.

I chewed my lower lip. Whatever was happening to my best friend wasn’t normal. That much I’d deduced from her pale and shaking state this morning.

Hence the reason I’d volunteered to venture into Blood Sector to face one of the most lethal V-Clan Alphas in existence.

It certainly did not help matters that he was always flanked by two other renowned Alpha Princes—Lorcan and Cillian. Also known as Kieran’s infamousElites.

“All right.” I faced Fritz fully. He’d said something about calling to request an appointment. But I wasn’t going to do that. We were short on time. I also didn’t see a point. If Kieran truly loved Quinn the way he should, he wouldn’t care about my unexpected arrival. “I’ll go in with just the blade.”

I already knew my way around Blood Sector, thanks to my stealth visits. There were weapons vaults all over Kieran’s headquarters. I could easily shadow into one of those rooms if I needed to.

Or I could just shadow right back here.

It wasn’t like the Alphas could follow me. Not just because of the magic protecting the island, but because the coordinates of the Sanctuary were unknown to everyone outside of the barrier.

I pulled my blue-black hair up into a ponytail and considered my leather jacket on the wall.

So many places to hide knives in there,I thought with a mental sigh.Alas, Fritz is right.I needed to approach Kieran with at least a hint of diplomacy.

Maybe all of this would be for naught.

But for Quinn, I had to at least try.

I pocketed the vial and nodded once at Fritz. “The Sanctuary is in your capable hands and all that jazz. I’ll be back soon.” I engaged my shadowing ability before he could reply, the drill one we both knew well.

Strictly speaking, Quinn was our queen and therefore in charge. But she hadn’t been around for over a century, leaving me as the Sanctuary’s primary leader. I couldn’t say when that designation had fallen to me; it just sort of naturally had. So I’d chosen Fritz as my second-in-command, making him the overseer whenever I left.

And while Quinn was technically within our borders right now, she was lost to her heat.

Thus, Fritz had to maintain control.

The familiar Icelandic landscape appeared around me as I illegally entered Blood Sector. I always shadowed into the same woodsy area near a waterfall renowned for its black rock formations.

My fingertips touched the icy earth below while I engaged my enhanced hearing.

As a hybrid, I’d inherited the best traits from both my parents. Shadowing, magic, and my wolf from my V-Clan mother. Inhuman speed, sharp eyesight, stealth abilities, and hunting instincts from my vampire father.