He’s My Alpha by Cassandra M (Jake & Clair)
Chapter 65
Clair.
The Beta and I had been in the city center for more than three hours now.
In the beginning, he would just shadow me and let me walk ahead but after a few minutes of feeling ridiculously rude about ignoring him, I asked to him walk with me.
The hours just flew by, and it helped that the Beta was easy to talk to.
Now, I had almost checked off everything on my list and was already dead tired.
We were walking back to the sidewalk where my car was parked when he saw the ice cream parlor beside our parking space.
“Ice cream? My treat.” He nudged my arm to get my attention.
“Hmmm… Okay. But I’ll stay here and just wait for you. Too crowded inside.” I nodded at him, dropping my shopping bags at the back of my truck. “No problem. What do you want?” he asked smiling, hands in his jeans pockets while his eyes followed the two she-wolves passing by.
“Rocky Road with extra marshmallows.” I followed his gaze and rolled my eyes at him while grinning. “As you wish.” He chuckled as he walked toward the ice cream shop, sliding himself inside the crowd.
I went to the back of my pickup and opened the tailgate. I sat there while I waited for the Beta to return with my ice cream.
My eyes scanned the area in front of me, looking at the others doing their own thing when I heard a sudden thud at my back as if something had dropped in my pickup.
Before I could swivel my head back, I felt someone grip my torso and lift me up from where I was sitting. A fearful shriek left my throat as I was dragged away from my truck and into a nearby black van, forcing me inside.
I struggled to free myself from the man’s tight hold, but he was stronger than me.
“Let me go!!! Gavin!!” I continued to scream.
‘Help! Black van, right side of the shop. 1 mind- linked the Beta before I was pushed inside, my body slamming against the floor of the car.
‘F*uc*k Clair, I’m losing the car! Can you see where you ’re going? Do you see their faces? F*uc*k this!1 He was breathing hard, and I could hear the desperation in his voice.
I snapped my head toward the men inside the van they were all wearing black hoodies and their eyes were avoiding mine.
“What do you want?” I hissed at them. I could smell they were werewolves but not from our pack.
‘I don’t know them. Wolves, but not from our pack.’ But I didn’t hear anything more from the Beta.
They just smirked at me but refused to answer.
‘Gavin?’
‘Gavin?’
I kept trying, but I couldn’t reach him.
Panic started to arise when I realized I was alone and far away from the Beta for mindlink to work. “Where are you taking me? Who are you? What do you want?” I growled at them. My hands tried to break the rope coiling around them, but it wasn’t working. “Talk to me!”
“Shut up!” I scrambled backward when one of the men shouted back at me. He had dark brown eyes and blonde hair. He was tall but had a small frame. “Hey, take it easy! We can’t hurt her. Just keep your cool.” The other guy with brown skin and a ring on his nose snapped at the guy who yelled at me.
“She’s f*uc*king annoying!” Brown-eyed snapped at me before turning to the driver. “Drive faster, or I’ll end up putting something in her mouth soon.”
I inched backward toward the wall of the van at his word, keeping my silence. Although I wanted to lash out at them, it was better not to provoke them if I wanted to remain in one piece without any bruises or wounds.
My eyes started to water at the idea of impending danger. I wondered why, of all the she-wolves or women around, they had picked me. Not that I wanted others to be abducted like this, I just didn’t want to be here.
I had heard of slavery in the news, and this was scaring me right now. I needed to think of something because I don’t think someone would come and save me.
I should have stayed home.
BETA GAVIN.
‘Clair! Clair!!!! Answer me!!!’ I was shouting in my mind, trying to link Clair. But she wasn’t responding anymore.
F*uc*k! What the f*uc*k just happened?!
‘Clair!!! F*uc*k Clair, answer, dammit!’
I was sprinting after the black van that took her, but it sped off too fast, and I kept bumping into passersby. I was tempted to shift into my wolf, but being on neutral territory, shifting in the city where humans resided was not possible and considered a grave offense regardless of any reason.
Sweat covered my body as I stopped in the middle of the crossroad, creating traffic jams. With my hands on my forehead, I turned around to scan the whole area for any sign of the van.
I lost them! Shit! This was f*uc*king shit!
I ran back to Clair’s car and pumped up the engine, speeding toward the territory. My mind went on different scenarios, all leading to one. I had f*uc*ked up!
I only had one f*uc*king job today, and I f*uc*ked it up!
The Alpha would be furious, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he killed me, but more than that, I was worried for Clair and her safety.
Who the f*uc*k would take her?
After 15 minutes of overspeeding, I hit the territory border, slammed the brakes hard, and jumped out of the truck to shift into my wolf. I could run faster if I let my wolf, Kurt, take control.
‘Jake! Clair was taken! Somebody abducted her! I’m almost at the packhouse! Meet me there now!11 mindlinked the Alpha and waiting for him to reply felt like an eternity.
‘Explain!!!1 He growled in my head, and despite the distance, I could feel his strong aura.
Before I could open my mind to explain to him, I reached the packhouse, where Jake, Aaron, David, and several of our warriors stood waiting.
Jake.
Clair headed out, and I wanted to go with her, but she refused, so I sent my Beta instead. She might have thought that I was making sure that she wouldn’t meet up with Aeon; although that was one of the reasons, I was more concerned for her safety.
After she and Beta left, I continued my conversation with David. We discussed the journals, and everything was going well.
Both David and I were in high spirits. I told him Clair and I had an argument yesterday, but I would start to fix everything tonight. Hopefully, it wasn’t too late.
My heart was at peace. Until my Beta mind linked me.
I paced back and forth at the front of my packhouse, anger rolling off me as I waited for the Beta to arrive. I didn’t understand anything except that she was taken.
My mind ran, sorted, and scanned memories for people who might be behind this. I do have enemies. I wasn’t a friendly Alpha. I did everything to protect my pack, even if it meant crossing paths with and disagreeing with the other Alphas.
But why would they take Clair? Nobody knew she was my mate or that we had a relationship. I was cracking my brain for answers when my Beta arrived.
He shifted back to human form, grabbed the shorts from my Gamma, and hurriedly came forward. Before he was able to reach me, my fist automatically swung into his jaw, much to the surprise of those around us.
He stumbled backward before my Gamma was able to hold him, stopping him from falling back.
“What the f*uc*k happened?” I roared at him. My eyes dilated into full black, anger emitting from Echo and fueling my rage.
Sweat dripped from his forehead, his eyes were full of uneasiness. I felt his fear, but not for himself, he was fearful for my mate.
“I went to buy her ice cream while she sat in her truck, and when I came back, she was being dragged into…” He was not able to finish his explanation as my knuckles hit his jaw again. This time I heard his jaw break and blood splatter in the air as his body hit the ground.
“You f*uc*king left her alone when I told you to keep an eye on her!” I bellowed, my claws came out, and I felt my body threaten to shift when David stood in front of me, while the rest helped my Beta get back onto his feet.
“Calm down! It won’t help even if you kill him! We need to do something! We need my daughter back!” David’s voice got higher while his hands gripped my arms tightly.