Evelyn POV
I wait until both male wolves have run off into the distance before I start to strip. I place my clothes into Pierce’s bag before I shift into my yellowy sandy brown wolf.
It had been a while since I had shifted, I hadn’t realised how long until she takes a moment to stretch out her back.
With an internal groan from me, she picks up the bag with her teeth and gives chase to the two alpha males ahead of her.
As I catch up with them both, Reuben’s wolf can’t take his eyes off mine. His ocean blue eyes now a stormy navy, that of a troubled sea.
Had we ever shifted in front of each other, allowed our wolves to actually meet? I know I have seen. his wolf before, but I don’t recollect ours meeting. My wolf seems to enjoy his eyes on her, she even wiggles her tail before I reprimand her internally.
Pierce’s wolf walks towards me, trying to sniff my neck but stops when Reuben’s teeth start to snap in a warning.
My wolf shakes her head at the two of them before leaping into the air and taking the lead.
We gain distance on the village and I can feel Donnie now through the pack bond and push on his mind.
“Donnie?”
“Alpha? Where are you?” He voice sounded relieved that I was safely near by.
“We are in wolf form in some woodlands surveying the area. Do you have any information on his location?” Please say yes I pray internally to the Moon Goddess for. Please Moon Goddess I can’t go another night without my son.
“We believe they are holding him in the old unused pub. We aren’t sure how many inside but there are five males surrounding the village.” Donnie responds and I turn to Reuben who must also be
mind–linking Nate.
With a swooshing noise next to me, Pierce has shifted back into human form and is crouched down. I dare not look at him, knowing I would see everything but then again…
With a growl next to me, Reuben shifts into human form, his eyes taking on a threatening dark glow to Pierce.
Still crouching down, I move to behind a tree to shift quickly and place on my clothes before rejoining the pair, who are now dressed.
“Any updates?” Pierce asks, seemingly keen to keep moving.
“Five surrounding the main buildings, the pub looks like our main destination…Evelyn?” Reuben
looks to me for confirmation.
“Yes that’s what Donnie said.”
“Ukay good, so what do you want to do?” Pierce looks at me and I am taken aback by his willingness to let me give the orders.
“You’re asking me?”
“It’s your son they have right? How do you want us to move forward? As an alpha I know what I would do, but as a parent…”
“I’ll go forward first…” Reuben starts to give the orders before he is swiftly cut off by Pierce.
“Reuben, Evelyn should decide….”
“You will stay with Evelyn and keep her safe….and here.”
“No!” I growl.
“Evelyn, I’m the fucking Alpha King, I know how to take five men out discreetly.” He sighs at me as if I didn’t trust his training and strength. It wasn’t about that, it was about making sure I got Rex back.
Pierce looks between the two of us as we glare at each other before adding fuel to the fire currently between us.
“I think as his mother…”
“I’m his father. So I’ll make the decision about my own son!” Reuben snarls at Pierce, completely over sharing private information, unwilling to control his anger.
“What?”
“I’m his father, and the girl’s.”
“Evelyn, is this true?” Pierce looks at me as if I had committed a massive sin, a sin more evil than what happened to me? I don’t think so.
“Yes but I have my reasons.”
“Keep her here…no matter what!” Reuben releases his aura onto the both of us and Pierce nods in acknowledgment of Reuben’s command.
“Reuben no…” I go to stand up but am held down by Pierce who also goes as far as to hold my hands behind my back.
“He’s gone. If you run after him now you’ll break his cover and endanger the mission.” He let’s go of me, placing his hands up in a surrender motion.
“I’m sorry, he was right, you need to stay safe.”
“Donnie?” I push on the mind–link.
“Alpha?”
“Reuben has gone to take care of the surrounding men. Don’t move until I say so.
“Yes Alpha.” Donnie confirms as I cut the mind–link.
Now I suppose Pierce and I had to wait until Reuben returned.
I move slightly and sit against a tree, resting my back against the trunk. Pierce remains where he
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is, keeping an eye out for Reuben.
“So married with kids?” He doesn’t look at me, keeping his eyes in front as we remain watching from the coverage of the trees.
“You make it sound so easy!” I sigh, looking to my right as I hear a branch snap.
“Reuben, easy? No, I wouldn’t say that.” He responds also looking at the direction of the noise.
I spring up slightly into a crouched position, readying myself before I catch the scent of a smaller animal.
“It’s just a fox.” I inform Pierce who after sniffing the area, nods in agreement.
“So keeping his children away from him, is that a form of punishment?” Keeping low he now joins me, sitting and resting against the tree.
“Punishment?” What was he going on about.
“For attacking your pack?”
“You heard about that?” I quirk an eyebrow at him.
“I heard about the attack, all packs did. But gossip started to circulate that it was Reuben that orchestrated it…” He starts to chuckle, which angers me instantly. Would he think finding his parents dead and pack members burning funny, I don’t think so.
“You think it’s funny?” I seethe through gritted teeth.
“No of course not…” He places his hand to his heart, correcting his approach.
“But Reuben…doing such a thing…I find that laughable.”
“How so?” My back has stiffened, my ears peeled for his response.
“Reuben is ruthless, but he’s not evil. He isn’t his father and he makes a point of not being like his father.” I let that sink in for a moment, Pierce was good at teasing Reuben but I think deep down. he idolises him. That he hides it with the mockery of him. Which means he is biased and can’t give a balanced opinion.
“I know what I saw Alpha Pierce. The images are burned into my eyes, into my memory for as long as I live. Even when I die, the flashbacks will come back on my death bed. I’ll never be rid of them. You weren’t there, you don’t know what I witnessed.” No one, not even the Moon Goddess herself
can tell me otherwise.
“So you were punishing him?”
“I was keeping what was mine safe, even safe from him. I didn’t return to my pack as an
impromptu visit Pierce, I was forced out by the very woman that is Reuben’s mate and the true Luna of the Red Stone pack. I just don’t know why he hasn’t marked her!”
“You think they are mates?” He scoffs at me.
“Yes, when she returned he couldn’t keep his hands off her. He completely shut me out. Their bond was far stronger than our marriage.”
“I can only see him being possessive of you… ssh wait.” He leans forward, placing his hand out to signal for silence.
The noise is Reuben, as he makes his way through the trees and bushes. I don’t believe it, with a male. A male who he is holding by the neck.
Reuben’s chest is rising quickly, he had to get active, he had to use some of his training skills.
He throws the man to the ground at my feet. The male struggling to breathe as his eyes catch mine.
Before the man can get up, Reuben pushes him to the ground completely, placing his foot upon his neck.
“This is the boy’s mother. I want you to tell her, what you told me.” Reuben spits out with anger.
“Please, I have a family…”
“Bullshit, if you had a family you wouldn’t be part of the kidnap of a young boy.” Reuben roars, applying pressure to the neck.
“Okay okay…the boy is in the pub.”
“Who hired you?” I ask, my wolf channeling forward and I could feel her looking out through my
eyes.
“I don’t know, everything was done by email or phone. Only the main two would speak to the person who contracted us.” He pleads with me, putting his hands out in surrender.
He’s confirmed that Rex is in the pub, which is what Donnie said. So now I want to get moving.
“If I let you go, you will return to your family?”
“Yes Miss, I promise….I mean yes Luna.” He corrects himself as I unleash my aura into him. He thinks I am a Luna because he doesn’t understand my alpha command, being a female.
“Let him go!”
“Evelyn…” Reuben protests.
“You killed the others yes? Then let him go.” I roar out.
Reuben’s stormy eyes stare back at me, considering whether to push his foot down a little more or release it.
“Reuben..” I growl at him, reminding him not to challenge me when it comes to my children’s safety.
His foot eases off the man’s neck who doesn’t waste a second, he jumps up off the floor and starts to leave.
He stops when a phone rings and he pulls a mobile phone out of his pocket. Reuben acts quickly, and without regret.
He speeds over to the man and breaks his neck instantly. He grabs the phone as the man’s body falls to the ground and puts his ear to it.
“Hello?” But the line seems to have been cut, as he tosses the phone aside.
“I told you to let him live.” I growl, my anger rising.
“He would have told them of our presence and location Evelyn, Reuben was right to act fast.”
Pierce gently assures me, agreeing with Reuben’s actions.
