Alpha Bait(35)

Using his incredible alpha strength he shoved her against the nearest tree. Fighting the urge to look around she held onto her man, kissing him.

Chain was close. Victoria knew her old alpha wouldn’t miss an opportunity to get what he wanted.

“God, I could fuck you forever.”

“You won’t be getting that chance,” Chain said, appearing behind Scorch. Victoria’s eyes widened, scared. Before Chain could lash out, Scorch spun around landing a blow to his face, sending him hurtling across the forest.

Victoria watched, looking around hoping to find one of the alphas or David waiting for them. Scorch was able to land a blow to Chain without affecting the change as the wolf knew he was protecting her.

“We’ve got a score to settle, bitch,” Lidia said, appearing on the right out of nowhere. The other woman hadn’t even registered in her mind. Looking at Lidia, she tensed as the other woman slammed her foot against Victoria’s chest.

Grunting, she collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath. The heels of the woman’s boots had hurt.

“Are you with Chain?” Victoria asked, confused.

“No, I’m not with Chain. I’m here to take my fucking place at Scorch’s side. I’ve been watching you both, and I’m sick of everything I’ve seen. I watched you leading him out here. When I saw the other male approaching I knew I had a small chance of getting to kill you. Once I’m done with you, I’ll help Scorch, and he’ll be forever grateful. You’re alone, and I’m going to fucking kill you. He’s mine, not yours, and it’s time for him to see the truth.” She charged once again. Tensing up, Victoria held Lidia off, but the other woman was close to turning. She didn’t want to resort to her wolf. Neither of them were alpha females, and so they could attack each other. Victoria heard Chain and Scorch in the background. They were not fighting even though she sensed they wanted to. Chain had his usual weapon, lashing out at Scorch. Lidia had used this opportunity to kill her. She couldn’t die. Victoria loved Scorch with all of her heart. She would fight to stay alive.

She didn’t want to hurt Lidia, but how was she going to get the other woman to stop?

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Scorch stared into the bastard’s eyes, and he knew what Victoria meant. Chain was full of evil. The wolf wanted to do something, but there were always so many boundaries. The length of steel by Chain’s side tormented him. The desire to grab the chain and kill the man was strong. He ignored the pull, waiting for the alphas to step in.

In that moment Scorch detested his wolf and the inability to change into wolf form and kill the man who caused so much harm.

“You think she cares about you? You think Victoria loves you? She knows who her alpha is,” Chain said, tormenting him.

He wouldn’t give the other man the satisfaction. Lidia’s presence was an unwelcome distraction. The lead alphas would deal with her along with Chain. Lidia would be removed from society and learn the errors of her ways.

“Why?” Scorch asked.

“What?”

“Why are you wanting to destroy you connection with your wolf?”

Chain laughed. “He gets in the way. I want all the power with no interference from anyone.” He growled when his gaze landed on Victoria behind him. “No woman will reject me again. They’ll know to bow down to me and take what I fucking give them.”

“This is about rape?” His hatred increased tenfold.

“Do you have any idea what it’s like to need something? I need to feel all my women screaming underneath me as I take them.”

The sick bastard wanted to rape women and hurt his pack. The wolf inside Scorch growled to protect, to take out the man who’d hurt the life of their packs forever.

Taking several deep breaths, he dodged the lash of the steel as Chain tried to hurt him. Scorch was stronger than the other alpha and faster. Chain was distracted by his need.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye he saw the alphas approaching. Grabbing Chain, he restrained the male against the tree without hurting him. It took every ounce of strength not to hurt the man. The thought of the pain from the forced turning kept him steady.

“Fucking bitch,” Chain said, snarling at Victoria as he saw the other men approaching. David restrained Lidia without hurting her. The alphas cuffed Chain, holding him down by the silver chains that had once been his weapons.

“Lidia will be removed and taken for punishment where she will realize the error of her ways,” Edward said.

“How do you punish when we can’t hurt?” Scorch asked, grabbing Victoria’s hand.

“We have other means to handle punishable wolves. Lidia’s desire to be your queen will be handled. She’ll have her focus altered toward her efforts of joining another pack.” Edward nodded toward Chain. “He’s too far gone. The only hope we have is of his pack finding their real leader.”