Chapter 168
Chapter 168
Jasper
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Getting this girl down the cliff was a lot harder than getting up there. I probably should have accounted for that a bit more, but I didn’t. Once Slater told me how to sneak onto the pack lands, I came right away, bringing some of my strongest warriors and I’d hit the jackpot. I hadn’t expected her to come to me. Slater said the patrols didn’t come out this way, so I had intended to climb into the pack lands and sneak to the hospital where she apparently spends most of her time. However, when opportunity knocks, I always open the door.
After repelling down the cliff face, I stop to look at the girl. She was dead weight and repelling with over a hundred pounds slung over your shoulder isn’t easy. I’d slammed into the cliff several times when my body had begun to spin. When I look her over, I can see that she’s got some bumps and scratches on her head, back, and arms. She’s bleeding a lot from the head wounds, but she’s still breathing, and her heart is still beating, so she’ll live.
Rather than heading back to my pack, where Quirin is sure to show up and my warriors will be waiting, I head to Brogan’s pack. I didn’t tell him I was going after the girl, but I’m sure he’ll be thrilled. Now, we can move forward with killing Quirin and taking over his pack and finances.
I shift quickly, having my warriors strap the girl to my back before we take off, running quickly. I’m surprised that I don’t hear the howls go up at Quirin’s pack. I heard one howl, but then nothing. Down here in the valley, I should have been able to hear it. Have they just not realized that she’s gone yet? Not knowing makes me uneasy, so I push harder to get to Brogan’s pack.
When I get close, I howl my approach. Brogan’s patrols meet me at the border and then let me and my warriors through. I rush to the packhouse and Brogan is waiting for me.
“You fucking kidnapped her?” he growls as I rush up.
I growl in return and shift, letting her body slide to the ground as my human body stands.
“Yeah, Brogan. We talked about this,” I say.
“Tell me that Quirin is dead. Tell me that you didn’t take his Luna and leave him alive,” he says.
“Look, we needed a way to get to her and I found it,” I growl. He’s starting to piss me off. We agreed to getting the little bitch.
“I had a way that included killing Quirin! You told me that you weren’t ready to attack yet. Now, he’s going to bring not only his entire pack, but also Alpha Connor’s and Alpha Henry’s! And you thought bringing her HERE was a good idea? Or are you just smart enough to realize that he’s going to kill you for taking her and you needed someplace to dump her? Get her off my pack lands before he rains hell and fury on my pack!”
“What the fuck is wrong with you? You said you wanted the money. You said you would help me! You agreed with us taking the girl,” I yell, pointing to her body that is still lifeless at my feet.
“The girl is an ALPHA, you asshole. She has a very powerful twin brother, a very powerful father, and very powerful friends. And that doesn’t include her fucking powerful mate!” he screams. “I agreed to taking her once her mate was dead! Get her off my pack lands, now!!!”
“Fuck you, you coward. I took all the risk. You know Quirin is going to go to my pack first. MY pack is ready for him! He may already be dead, we don’t know.”
“YOUR pack can’t defeat him in his own territory with a surprise attack. Are you hearing what I’m telling you? It’s not just going to be his pack after us. There will be at least three packs raining down on your warriors. You’ll be lucky if your pack isn’t decimated when you get back!” he screams before reaching down and grabbing the girl’s arm. “Now get her off my pack
lands.”
“No fucking way! I’m not taking her back out into the wilderness where I’ll be exposed and unprotected!” I say, grabbing her other arm and trying to yank her out of his grasp.
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“This isn’t your pack! Get her out of here!” he demands, trying to yank her away from me again.
“No!” I yell, yanking back.
At that moment, she twists, pulling out of both of our grasp, shifting quickly, and racing away.
“GET HER!”
Quirin POV
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My warriors are fast, but I’m pushing hard to get to my mate. I’m going straight to Jasper’s pack and anyone who gets in my way will meet their end.
It starts about a mile outside of his pack border. Warriors begin attacking me and Raif either wounds them enough to get them off of us, or he kills them before continuing on. More and more are coming and they’re slowing me down until Kier’s wolf, Rowd, jumps into the fight and the two of us begin moving forward again. However, it isn’t until my warriors catch up that I can begin to move more quickly to find Kennedy.
Inside the pack lands, it’s much the same with warriors attacking us, but now, they have my warriors to contend with too. I don’t stay to fight, my goal is to find Kennedy. I’m already worried because I don’t smell her scent anywhere around here.
When I get to the packhouse, I shift. A wolf leaps at me, and I grab him by the throat, ripping it out before dropping him on the floor and continuing to move forward.
“KENNEDY!” I yell. I feel sick to my stomach. I’m pretty sure she’s not here, and if she’s not, she could be anywhere,
Kier comes in behind me grabbing another wolf and snapping his neck.
“Get those safe room doors open,” I command before running up the stairs.
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“KENNEDY!” I yell, banging open door after door on the Alpha hallway and finding the rooms empty. As I race to the Beta floor, I hear Kier slamming something heavy against the safe room doors. I’m on the Gamma floor checking rooms when I hear the safe room door start to give and the people inside begin screaming in fear.
I can feel the darkness taking over, the black anger of hatred at this pack that took my mate. I slowly make my way downstairs ready to kill every last one of them.
My warriors rip the safe room door off its hinges as I walk up. The scent of fear is so thick in the air that it nearly chokes me.
As I walk up, Kier steps back. “Search the rest of the packhouse. See if she’s been here,” I say, my voice deadly calm as I stare at Jasper’s pack members.
“Yes, Alpha,” he says. I’m not sure what he sees on my face, but he looks at me for a long moment before going in search of Kennedy.
I stretch my fingers, looking over the group. “I’m going to ask you one time and one time only. If you don’t answer me, I’m going to begin killing you. Where is my mate?” I ask.
They all start crying. Young mothers clutch their pups more tightly. “We don’t know. We swear!”
“Wrong answer,” I snarl, lifting my hand and letting Raif extend his claws. They scream and try to cover their heads or the heads of their pups, but just as I begin my sweeping motion to kill the first one, a hand stops me.
“No, Quirin. We don’t kill innocents,” Alpha Warren says. I snarl at him, yanking my hand out of his grip.
“They are part of Jasper’s pack. He came for what’s mine. They die too.”
“Is that what Kennedy would want? When we find her, and we will find her, will she be okay that you killed innocents because of her?” he asks me. “Remember, it’s only because I don’t kill innocents that you are alive today. I didn’t know then
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that I was saving my daughter’s mate. But just as you were not to blame for your father’s actions, neither are they to blame for the actions of their Alpha.”
I think of my mate’s face, the disappointment that I know would be there if she found out I killed omegas and pups because of her. I’ve disappointed my mate enough, more than enough.
“Alpha, she’s not here,” Kier says, rushing back to where we’re standing.
I look around. Alpha Warren and Alpha Connor are watching me closely.
“You deal with them. I need to find my mate,” I say them before turning and nearly running into my brother.
“I’m coming with you,” he says and I nod.
“Where are you going?” Connor asks.
“Brogan has attacked my pack with Jasper multiple times. If anyone knew of Jasper’s plans, it would be him. Kelvin!”
“Yes, Alpha.”
“While we’re here, burn that shack where he’s keeping that fucking silver power down,” I growl.
“We can do that too,” Alpha Connor says. “And then we’ll join you.”
I nod then turn to my warriors.
“Let’s go!” I say before Raif leaps and pulls the shift.
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