ALPHA(44)

“Why the fuck is he sending us the wrong way?”

“It doesn’t make sense.”

“Do we all split up? Half of us go there and the other half to the other location?”

“It’s a trap.”

I used my loudest alpha voice to call the room back to order. It fucking broke my heart to say what I was about to say, but this was a prime time when the duty to my pack needed to come before my personal feelings.

“We are going to the location Tyler is sending us to.”

“What about Laura?” Ethan asked, already halfway out of the door.

“Max and Liam are there, and will hopefully bide us enough time. My gut feeling is telling me there will be an ambush awaiting us at the location Tyler has sent us too. I’m hoping that means less wolves wherever he is taking Laura. I need all of you to come with me, if we have any chance of beating these bastards.”

“If you’re so sure it’s an ambush, why don’t we just go the location Laura is at?”

“The pack have been after Laura since she arrived. They took Annabelle to use as a bargaining chip, but she is not who they really want. It makes sense for them to separate the two. I’m not taking any chances with Annabelle’s life. If she’s with the bulk of the pack at this location, we need to go and get her back. Annabelle is the priority.” Fuck, I’m sorry Laura. Just hang on until I can get there.

“We don’t have time to argue about this. Let’s go.”



****

Yep, it was a fucking trap. Thanking god for the intuition which made me bring all of my men to the fight, I watched as our men heavily outnumbered theirs. The location Tyler had sent us too, was in fact on the outskirts of Grove Pack territory. Clearly, they thought being on their home turf would give them the advantage. They had forgotten about the skill of my men though, and from the minute we arrived there had been wolves flying at us from all directions.

My men and I shifted as soon as the attack started; and what they brought to the fight in anger and just plain violence, we more than made up for with skill. I could barely concentrate on anything that was going on, with the fighting happening all around me. To my left, I could see Blake fighting two wolves, who were clearly injured. Knowing Blake, he was probably thoroughly enjoying himself. To my right I could make out Ethan, who seemed to be struggling from the full force of three wolves who were attacking him. I raced over to him, hearing a distressed whine come from his throat, when I felt a huge weight land on me, and I squared off against a wolf who was clearly the alpha of the pack. He didn’t waste any time, and charged at me, using his claws to scratch deep marks down my face. I lunged for him and sank my teeth in to his back leg, blood filling my mouth and his whines filling the air. The next few minutes were filled with growls and the scent of blood, before the wolf I was fighting just turned suddenly, limping in to the woods. Pussy. My men seemed to have the fighting under control, and I shifted back to human in order to focus better, when I heard my brother’s shouts somewhere in the distance. Racing towards the trees - back in my wolf form - I ran quickly through the forest to a small house which looked to be empty, until I saw my brother Noah, running out of the door. My heart rejoiced when I saw him carrying the young Annabelle in his arms, a blanket wrapped around her.

Mid-jump, I shifted back to human form and raced to my brother.

“Is she okay?” I shouted, and breathed a sigh of relief to see Annabelle smiling and pretty much unharmed.

“She’s okay. It looks like most of the bruises were from the car accident. She says no-one has hurt her but she doesn’t remember much.”

I wanted to hug her so I knew she was safe, but I knew that nothing would be able to prise her away from her father’s arms right then. Noah had tears in his eyes, but a smile on his face, and he was squeezing Annabelle as if frightened she might vanish before his very eyes.

“Noah, I’m leaving you in charge. The fighting seems to be under control and the cowards are retreating. Ethan is badly injured, make sure he gets help. And make sure someone checks over Annabelle, too. Give me a call as soon as there are any development, and to let me know the pack are home safe.”

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to get my girl.”



LAURA



“Do you need me to get the coordinates back up?”

“I remember it.” I was sat in the passenger seat of Tyler’s car and trying to keep my head on straight while we hurtled down the road. I had no idea how Tyler knew where we needed to go when all the roads through the forest looked the same, but I was grateful to have him with me. I’d never been more scared in my life, and I needed someone who I knew would be able to keep their composure if I totally lost it. I felt safer knowing that the rest of the guys were following close behind. They’d decided not to follow us straight away, in case it looked too obvious, so Tyler had left them with the directions that had been sent to my phone, and they were going to head out after giving us a ten minute head start. The time seemed to be flying by because I was conscious we were on a time limit, but I checked my watch to find only fifteen minutes had passed when Tyler started to slow down and scope around. All I could picture in my mind was little Annabelle in the hands of these evil men, and I knew that I would do whatever I had to, in order to get her back safely.