Page 52 of Cruel Alpha Daddy

“Rider!” a weak voice calls. It’s Jen.

The others make room for me, and I kneel down next to her, taking her hand in mine.

“It’s okay, Jen. I’m here. What happened to you?”

“Tobias,” she whimpers.

Her eyes flutter closed, and I look her over, trying to see if she’s injured. Lilah appears on her other side with a med kit and starts looking for wounds. I give Jen’s hand a squeeze.

“What did he do to you?” I growl. She opens her eyes again and shakes her head.

“Fiona, she wanted me to tell Bailey… she gave me a note.”

“What?” I yell, shocked. “What do you mean, what note? What did she want to tell him?”

I feel like the ground has been ripped out from under me. Blood pounds in my ears. I take a deep breath and hold it, trying to get myself under control.

In all my life, all I’ve ever known is rage, pain, and fear. Now, it’s consuming me. If she’s betrayed me…

“To get help,” Jen murmurs, her eyes flickering open and shut.

I look over at Lilah, who is kneeling on Jen’s other side, looking for broken bones. “Is she badly hurt?”

“Not really, but she’s been banged up a bit. And she’s exhausted. Don’t push her too hard—she needs to rest.”

“Jen,” I say urgently. “What note? What are you talking about?”

“There was a note for someone named Caleb, too,” Jen whispers. She’s drifting in and out of consciousness, barely able to draw breath through her hushed words. “She told him she loves him and will be back soon.”

I stare at Jen, a terrible fear rising inside me. I blink hard, trying to process her words, and as they sink in, my fear dissipates into red-hot fury.

“Another man,” I mutter.

“Tobias!” Jen says, yanking on my hand, suddenly coming out of her stupor. “He caught me. I delivered my message to Bae, and he gave me a note to give her. A place to meet. But...”

“But what, Jen?” I’m silently begging her not to fade away again.

I need to hear all of this.

“Tobias has the information now,” she says weakly. “He knows where they are going to meet.”

“Jen!” I yell, but it’s no use. Her eyes flicker closed, and her hand drops from mine as she passes out. I’m half-tempted to shake her again when Lilah shoves me away.

“No, you don’t! Let her sleep. I need help to get her into a bunk.”

I stand up and back away. Suddenly, Fiona’s strange behavior makes perfect sense.

She sent a note to Bailey to betray me, and she also sent a message to her lover telling him she’s coming back!

I turn and run through the hall. I can only imagine how gleeful Tobias must be to have intercepted information like this. It’s even worse that he roughed up an old woman to get it.

Now, he’s going to meet with Bailey. I’d bet any money on it. He’s going to twist this to his advantage just like everything else!

Even as these thoughts swirl through my head, there is only one thing I truly care about.

Fiona!

I have evidence now that she’s been lying to me this entire time.

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