Page 64 of Cruel Alpha Daddy

“With Tobias,” Gage says casually. “Pleasing his every need, I should imagine.”

I wrap my hands around his throat and shake him. “Where?”

Gage laughs. Even though I’m closing his throat, the maniac still has the gall to look gleeful about this.

“Go on, kill me!” he wheezes. “And you’ll never see her again!”

I shake him once more, then step back. “Tell me, you useless piece of shit.”

“Well, here’s the thing. If I tell you, you’ll kill me, and if I don’t tell you, you’ll still kill me.”

“So, what do you suggest?”

“Follow me,” Gage says, grinning. “Get in your trucks, I’ll get in mine, then chase me to your lady love. I promise I’ll drive real slow.”

I glare at him, trembling with my need to attack him and tear him to pieces. I can almost feel his blood on my knuckles as I pound the life out of him.

“What’s it going to be, Alpha?” Gage taunts me.

“Fine,” I growl. “Get in your fucking truck. But she better be there.”

“Oh, she will,” he says, bending his head in a gracious bow. I choke down another insult and watch him walk over to his truck.

“It’s a trap, boss,” Donny whispers.

“You think?” I retort.

“Calm down,” Ryan says. “We’re here to help.”

“Just stay out of my way,” I growl, turning and running for my truck. Gage has kept his word. He’s waiting for us at the turn for the main road.

Donny and Ryan hurry to catch up with us, keeping their truck a good distance behind mine. Gage obviously knows they are following, and it’s a very bad sign that he’s just letting them come.

What am I walking into?

It doesn’t matter. I have to save her.

It is no surprise to me when Gage leads us straight into Sawpit. The town is deserted, even though it’s late morning and there would normally be people around. I follow him through the central part of town, expecting him to go to the bar, but he keeps driving out to one of the side roads. I realize he’s taking me to the abandoned cabin of the old alpha, the one before Jethro.

Not abandoned anymore.

As we get close, I can see shipping containers and sheds set up around the perimeter. Vans and delivery trucks are parked all around the grounds, making the old cabin look tiny.

This is it. This is Tobias’s base. I never guessed he’d be up here.

Gage parks in the driveway, and I stop behind him. I can’t see Ryan and Donny behind me, but it doesn’t matter.

The only thing that matters is killing Tobias.

“C’mon, li’l pup. Let’s go,” Gage says in a sing-song voice. I clench my fists and follow him.

All around me, men and wolves start to appear. Some come out of the cabin, others from the surrounding sheds and trucks.

A hundred of them at least.

My heart sinks in my chest as I realize just how big this thing is. Tobias always had the numbers. He was just waiting for his moment.

When I reach the open clearing at the back of the cabin, Tobias is standing there with his arms outstretched. “Welcome to Thunderdome!” he says with a laugh. “I’ve been waiting for you!”

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