Page 47 of Betrayed By the Alpha Wolf

Chapter 17 - Kenzie

I’d helped Choal down the hall to the medical room as soon as Forrest had arrived to help. Willow was there already, and her eyes had gone wide as we pulled in Choal, who was barely clinging to consciousness.

“What happened?”

She hurried over to us, helping Forrest and me to lay Choal across one of the tables and start cleaning his wounds for proper healing.

“Leon. He drugged the guards at his cell. They killed each other and nearly Choal before Leon ran off.”

“Is he still out there?” Forrest’s voice was uncharacteristically low, the hum of fear charring his scent.

“No, we’ve got him locked up again, but he drugged Cade and Alder, too. I’m not sure if the other Alphas have been hit as well.”

We went silent then, all working together to quickly address Choal’s wounds so that he could heal. It was a flurry of swabs and antibiotic ointment, and my stomach was all tangled up in knots, knowing that Grayson, Jet, and Kaiden were still out here trying to deal with the Alphas.

Senna’s hold on Cade and Alder had been slowly diminishing, and I knew there was no way she’d be able to keep that up. I just prayed that she could for long enough to get the Alphas locked in their cells.

We needed more of that antidote from before, but it was going to take at least a few hours to brew the stuff.

“Okay, he looks stable. I’ll get started on another batch of the antidote. Check the field to see if there are more wolves who need us.”

Willow was always rather demanding, which had been cemented in my mind when I’d come to her and Forrest about my heat. Right now, however, I didn’t care. There was too much at stake, and if something had happened to Grayson…

No, I couldn’t let myself go there.

“We’re on it.” I nodded, yanking Forrest along behind me by the arm.

As we flew down the hall, a massive thud boomed across the house. Forrest and I stumbled slightly, pausing and glancing at each other with wide eyes.

“Oh, that can’t be good.”

“No.” I shook my head, using everything I had to stay focused on the present and not dread the future. “Let’s go.”

As we ran across the hall to the foyer, I heard the pounding of steps ringing through the entire house. Distinct thuds were coming from directly ahead of us, the pungent smell of that damned drug wafting down the hall. And still, there was the sound of people coming from the basement where I knew the cells were.

Forrest and I reached the top landing of the stairs just as Jet, Kaiden, and Grayson rushed up from downstairs. There was no sign of Cade or Alder in the foyer anymore, and Senna was kneeling on the floor, trying to catch her breath.

“What’s happening?” She groaned, her eyes finding and pinning on Jet.

He shook his head, and I looked at Grayson. My heart stuttered as I saw the lacerations covering him, and my stomachlurched, a quiet voice behind it not speaking in words but feelings. And I was picking up on the fear and worry loud and clear.

“I’m not sure. We’ve got Cade and Alder contained, but—”

A loud cracking sound tore through the house, cutting off Jet’s words. We all looked to the hallway on the other side of the stairs, and my jaw dropped as I saw two massive wolves literally bust through a pair of doors. They landed hard on the carpeted floor, snarling at each other.

It was Brooks and Rowan.

“Umm, I think I know what happened.” My voice was a tiny squeak, and still, it was enough to get their attention, and two furious sets of eyes snapped toward me simultaneously.

Fuck.

They’d been drugged. Leon must have gotten to them before he was caged up again. What the fuck was that asshole trying to accomplish with all this? His attacks seemed random and not thought out, but they were still enough to have this house in shambles, trying to get control after what Leon had done.

The deep, rumbling growls coming from the two Alphas in front of me were menacing and hungry. Their wolven eyes were dilated, and I could smell that odd chemical scent from the drugs. Moving slowly, I tried to back up, swatting behind me at Forrest to start gradually putting more distance between him and the wolves up ahead.

“Kenzie, I’m not—”

But Forrest’s words cut off, and I looked back just in time to see him tumble to the floor, tripping over a bit of the carpetthat had been roughed up thanks to the twootherAlphas who’d been poisoned with Leon’s damn chemicals.

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