Page 122 of Rejected By the Alpha King

Emerson’s guards.

“Jax!” Anna ran to me. “Jax, we heard a scream. Irene? Are you all right?”

It was fucking déjà vu. Right behind Anna, Emerson strolled with a strange smile on his face.

Fury rose up inside of me, but now was not the time.

“Cam was attacked by a werewolf,” I said, my eyes on Emerson.

“Cam?” The other alpha’s eyes widened in surprise. “The witch? Is she all right? Where are the others? Janelle!”

“They weren’t there, although, I would have thought they would have been back by now.

Cam’s scream was full of magic.” Irene frowned and glanced at the woods.

“Where were your guards?” Emerson demanded. “Where are any of your guards?!”

Irene paled just a little and glanced at Anna. “They were called away. Two stayed behind.

One followed Ava and Janelle into the woods. The other was at the house. Oh, God, I didn’t even think of that.”

“Which one?” I growled. And who the hell had called them away?

“Tag.”

Tag. He was a solid guard. Trustworthy. Immediately, I tried the radio. It was dead.

Not possible. It was at full charge just an hour ago. “Jenson wouldn’t have left you,” I told Irene. “Not a chance.”

“I…” again, Irene looked at Anna. “He left us with guards.”

The door opened, and Saul broke through. “Jax. Come quickly.”

I raced through the door, and Anna followed behind me. Saul grabbed her arm. “Not you, Anna.”

“What are you talking about?” She jerked free and followed me.

Cam was awake and sitting up in bed. When Anna and I walked in, she shrank back.

Maeve snarled. “You.”

“You’re reaching the limit of how much disrespect I can take, Maeve,” I snarled back.

“Your witch is harmed, but if you growl at me one more time, you won’t be welcome here anymore.”

“Not you, alpha. Your mate. She attacked Cam. She killed that other witch.”

“What?” Anna’s eyes widened. “Why would you say that?”

“Cam saw you!”

I looked at Cam who was visibly shaking. “Don’t let her hurt me. Please,” she whispered.

“Cam, I never hurt you. I was nowhere near you,” Anna insisted. “I swear.”

“You weren’t at the meetings.” Maeve took a step toward her. “You’ve been doing this. It ends right now.”

Immediately, I stepped in her path. “You make one more move towards her, and I will consider it an act against me. Are you prepared to go to battle with my clan, Maeve? I suggest you think of that very carefully.”

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