Page 39 of Cruel Alpha Daddy

“Okay, I’ll see you this afternoon.”

“Yes, see you.”

I watch her walk down the steps and head towards the hall. It feels like this life we are building together is perfect, something I always imagined but never thought I’d actually have.

So why do I feel like she isn’t committed?

A knock on the door startles me so badly, I almost drop my cup. “Hey, Rider?”

“What is it, Donny?”

“Sorry to disturb you. But we’ve got some serious shit going down, and you need to hear it.”

“Okay, let’s go.” I put my cup in the sink and go out front, following Donny as he strides briskly down the street.

“Are we in that much of a hurry?” I ask him.

“Yes, we are,” Donny answers, giving me a worried look. “Wait till you hear this. It’s not good.”

Fuck.

“Is it Tobias?”

“Yeah.”

We don’t go to the main hall where the women are. Instead, Donny takes me to a large cabin some distance away from the rest of town. It looks like it was once the private house of a person much wealthier than the rest of the village.

“We set this up as a base of operations,” Donny explains. “It’s a bit bigger than the other houses, and it’s far enough away from everything else that it’s difficult to sneak up on us.”

“Good thinking. Are Tobias and his bunch still holed up in the old school?”

“Yup, they are. They spend a lot of time together in the main schoolhouse, and they have the surrounding rooms set up as sleeping areas.”

As I walk into the main room, I see Ryan, Luke, and Tucker waiting for us. All of them are wearing dark, troubled looks. Ryan’s distress is obvious, and he keeps flexing his hands like he wants to rip something apart.

“Tell me,” I order.

Ryan sighs. “I’ve done some snooping, and I’ve also got a mole in Tobias’s camp. Apparently, they hold meetings regularly about attacking Bailey’s pack and making plans to steal their goods, territory, and women.”

“This isn’t new,” I answer. “He’s had these delusional plans for a while now.”

“Yeah, I know. But last night, it escalated. He wants to set an example and really hurt Bailey at the same time. He’s gunning for Kyle as well, telling his supporters that Kyle deserves the pack punishment for his betrayal.”

Admittedly, there is a part of me that agrees. I don’t know if I can ever forgive Kyle, but I don’t want to see him get hurt, either.

He showed me that even the worst of monsters could be redeemed. He deserves a good life, and so do I.

“So, what’s his plan?” I ask.

Ryan looks at the table, letting out a sharp sigh. It’s as if the words are almost impossible for him to say. When he looks back up at me, his eyes are fierce, glowing with the power of his wolf.

“He wants to kidnap the mates of Bailey, Jack, and Kyle, then pass them around between them, torture, and kill them.”

“Jesus fucking Christ!” I swear. “Is he out of his fucking mind?”

“Apparently, yes,” Luke replies. “He has a bunch of young men convinced that if they do this, Bailey will be too broken to fight, and they can move in on the territory and take it for themselves.”

“Are any of them aware that the pack is close to three times the size of ours, not to mention the support from Bailey’s wild faction and the rogues?”

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