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Chapter One
Wolves Bite
Alex felt isolated as he watched Sabina and Jack chatting easily. He played around with his fork and wished he could talk to Sabina with that much familiar-ism. Suddenly Jack stood up and began clearing away the plates. Sabina caught Alex's eye as Jack disappeared into the kitchen and suddenly he found the room draped in an uncomfortable silence. The truth was there wasn't anything left to say, both he and Sabina knew it. Alex could feel Sabina's bright blue eyes boring into his, willing him to say something. "Sabina…" he started before Sabina cut across him.
"I know what you're going to say Alex but I want you to know that if things were different…" She faltered and took a deep breath. Her eyes looked haunted in the half-light thrown by a small group of candles Jack had lit in the middle of the table. The kitchen door opened and Jack swept in again. Alex met Sabina's eyes and a look of understanding passed between them and when the night finally came to a close and Sabina was picked up again by her dad he knew that this was the last time he would see her. He had known it the moment he saw her eyes. Those deep sapphire eyes that were dulled with the burden that Alex and his world had placed on her. She was scared by Alex's world; it had brushed against her own life and left its mark and it had nearly cost her dearly. Alex could see her eyes glaze over with tears as she shut the car door. And he knew he could never let her be hurt again.
Alex woke early the next morning. The sky was a wash of grey with a wound of scarlet gaping across the horizon. He showered quickly and changed into a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. As he made his way over to the stairs he paused at Jack's bedroom door. It was comforting, just stood there listening to the rhythmic rise and fall of her breath. Then he hurried down the stairs and fixed himself some breakfast. He glanced at the clock mounted on the kitchen wall beside the fridge. It had only just gone seven. Jack wouldn't be up for a while yet. Alex washed up his breakfast things then pulled on his trainers and pocketing his key opened the front door and stepped out into the crisp cold morning air.
Alex wasn't sure what he was doing but after the events of the night before he needed some time to order his thoughts. He barely noticed the Silver CL Class Coupe Mercedes Benz driving up behind him it's V12 unit, 5.5-liter engine barely whispering. Then suddenly it drew up beside him and one of the tinted windows lowered down electronically to reveal a figure cradling something in his arms. Alex's head whipped round and he caught the man's cold grey gaze. Then something hit him hard in the chest and everything went black.
Wolf opened the car door and caught Alex Rider before he hit the floor. He placed the unconscious boy on the backseat next to him and motioned to the driver to continue forward. He spoke into a small handheld radio. "This is Wolf. Operation Pick-Up successful. Waiting for further instruction." There was a pause and crackle of digital interference and then a detached calculating voice said.
"Continue to Liverpool Street."
This is my first fan fiction! Hope you liked this chapter! I enjoyed writing it. Please review! Thanks for reading! X
