Page 155 of The Alpha and His Childhood Sweetheart

I heard snips of their conversations. “Oh god.” “They actually took Luna Elise.” “We didn’t sign up for this.” “It was just supposed to be letting them know a place she visits. I didn’t know they were going to take her!” I snarled and exploded the heads of all but the person whose voice I heard last.

I heard someone say, “Oh shit.” I grabbed the warlock, “YOU TOLD HUNTERS WHERE MY WIFE RUNS?! YOU WERE WATCHING MY WIFE!” Snarls echoed behind me. The Warlock pleaded, “I’m sorry. I didn’t know they would take her!”

I grabbed him by the throat, “So, you just thought the nice kind Hunters were merely curious about my wife and her schedule?! How fucking dense are you?!” Cassie spoke, “Brother, the Hunters that took Elise are on the phone back at the house.” I popped back in a second.

I threw the Warlock at Dalton and Dakota’s feet, “This piece of shit gave Hunters Elise’s schedule.” Dakota ripped his arm out of its socket. I glared at the screen and my eyes went to my mate. Brutus snarled in my mind. Elise’s lip was bleeding.

I snarled, “WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!” A man came into view, “Don’t worry, she’ll come around soon enough. Now that I have your attention….” I cut him off, “You have more than my attention. You have my FULL AND UNDIVIDED attention. You have just made the WORST possible mistake of your WORTHLESS existence.”

I warned, “I do not look for things, I HUNT them. I will RIP YOUR ORGANIZATION APART. I WILL DISMANTLE IT PIECE BY PIECE. My brother is the most feared Enforcer IN ALL THE REALMS! I will send him to slaughter and dismantle anyone I have to. Give her back to me NOW!”

The man was actually shaking until someone hit him. Brutus scoffed, “He’s a welp.” Yes, he was. But he had Elise. He handed him a piece of paper. He read, “Alpha EJ, now that I have your…” He trailed off then spat, “I already said that!”

Elise’s eyes opened and I could care less about anything he had to say after that. I addressed her, “Elise, talk to me!” Elise rolled her head from side to side. A man slapped her and I roared in anger. Brutus was banging on our connection.

Elise snorted, “Bad move. Now my mate’s angry. People’s heads tend to explode when that happens. WOW. What did you give me? I feel drunk.” I growled. Elise giggled, “Isn’t he hot? That growl does things to me.”

Dalton gagged, “Elise, come on! No talking about your sex life when your ENTIRE family is present.” Elise frowned, “Dalton? Why are you with EJ?” Dalton said, “You got kidnapped and I was here before you left!” Dakota growled, “You drugged my sister!” Elise laughed, “They so did.” Brutus purred, “She adorable.” He went right back to growling after that comment.

A different man came onto the screen holding a silver knife. He told us, “Next we will cut her.” My dad linked, “EJ, it’s going to be ok.” I stared at the screen begging Aesir not to let this happen to her. I pleaded, “I will give anything to switch places with her. Don’t let them hurt her, Aesir. Please. Not her.”

Elise lifted her legs in the air and nailed him in the chest. He flew backwards and she started cackling. I smirked, “That’s my girl.” More people appeared in a group around her. She raised her brows, “I’ll take you all on, handcuffed or not. I’m fighting my way back to my man. Why does no one ever rememberI’m and Alpha wolf TOO Goddamn it!” My mom muttered, “Afuckingmen.” They advanced on her, and I growled.

My heart stopped when shots rang out. The first one went straight into the head of the person closest to Elise. The next to the chain holding Elise’s hands. Brutus howled in victor, “Our sniper!” Or Ashley, as I had come to think of her.

Elise laughed, “Right on sniper friend! You and me, girlfriend! Let’s take them all! I’m coming home EJ! Keep that sexy growl thing going!” I couldn’t stop my laugh as Elise quickly killed some of the others coming for her while shots continued to be fired.

My dad pushed strength at me when SUV’s came roaring up. The sniper was shooting rapid fire rounds. Elise was going to be overwhelmed, she needed help. I yelled, “TELL US WHERE YOU ARE! ONE OF YOU! WE CAN GET THERE!”

People wearing masks and strapped down with weapons were shimmered in. I shouted, “THEY ARE GETTING AROUND WITH A DEMON?!” Toby said, “I mean that makes a lot of things make sense.” I glared at him. He shrugged, “It does.”

They started to fight by Elise’s side. The sniper had stopped shooting. Brutus snarled, “We need to get there.” I tried to pop to her again but was thrown back. My dad gripped me when I landed. My mom linked, “I understand the inclination, but please stop.” She tried to go and that made me stop. I don’t think it was her goal though. I linked, “Thank you for trying, mom.” She replied, “You never have to thank me for doing something to try and help you.” She was wrong, I did.

It was an all-out war on the other side of the screen, but I couldn’t keep my eyes off Elise. She was still fighting her way home to me. Even drugged she was a damn good fighter. Shots started again. I saw our sniper was at the edge of the screen. She’d switched to hand guns.

She was sprinting to Elise’s side as if her life depending on it. She was fast. My gaze narrowed on her shirt. She was not in any of the gear that the others were in. She donned a mask that covered her face, but she had on a white t-shirt that had blood seeping through it.

Alexander went stiff as a board and growled. I looked around to see Micah and Cayden looking at each other. They were worried. I asked them, “Do you know who the sniper is?” They didn’t answer. I said, “I’m talking to Alexander, Cayden, and Micah.”

Alexander growled, “No. Maybe. I don’t…” He trailed off, “I just don’t like it.” Dylan shrieked and hit Lucas repeatedly on the arm. Cayden sighed, “We do not know who it is.” I raised an eyebrow, “You know better than to evade with me. You have a suspect.”

Cayden admitted, “We do but we have no proof.” Brutus grumbled, “I would take a suspect.” So would I. I replied, “We have one too and they know her.” It was getting more likely that was Ashley on the screen.

I looked back at the screen. Horror filled me when I realized Elise and the sniper fought together as if it was muscle memory. I linked Brutus, “Oh my god. Is the sniper Melanie?! How could Melanie be in the undergrounds?!” Brutus linked, “We speculated Ashley could be Melanie. They are more alike than the imposter in New York.” God, what was happening?

I looked over at Red Run. Drake was pale and Sam was still crying. Peter and I locked eyes. He was the factor that didn’t make sense. If that was Melanie, why was she so mad at Peter? We watched helplessly as the Ring Resistance fought the Hunters.

The sniper screamed, “NO!” and shoved Elise to the ground. She was hit with a tranquilizing dart. Three of them. Shereturned fire with real bullets. She pulled the darts out of her thigh, shoulder and stomach as if it was nothing.

Elise giggled, “That’s cool. Are you like, a superhero? Those did not feel good when I got hit with one. We should get drinks. I’m fun, ask anyone. Hey, how did you know those weren’t bullets? Is that one of your superpowers? Knowing the difference between a bullet and a tranquilizer being shot?” The last Hunter was taken down. I sighed in relief. The Resistance had won the fight with Elise.

One Resistance group member answered Elise’s question angrily, “She didn’t. What the fuck Bravo One?” Our sniper had a name. Bravo One. Elise gasped, “You took what you thought could be a bullet for me? Why? You’re always so nice to us. Now we HAVE to have to get that drink. My wolf will revolt when she comes back. She’s coming back, right? I miss her.” Brutus howled in agony. I reasoned, “Rhea will be back.”

The sniper turned and checked Elise over. She gently told her, “Your wolf will come back.” Elise asked, “What are you? I feel like you’re a Werewolf. Are you a Werewolf? You think we won’t like you, but we will. EJ wants to buy you a bakery. I swear he said he would. He so would because he can’t lie. Why are you mad at my dad? You seem familiar. Like no, it can’t be. That’s crazy talk in Elise’s head is what that is. I can’t even blame Rhea. She’s not here right now to be the crazy voice.” We all sat forward wanting to hear the answer.

Another guy walked up, “Because your dad is a fucking asshole.” Our sniper hissed, “Bravo six!” The guy snorted, “Bravo One, you might want to spare her feelings, but I don’t give a shit. Her dad’s a tool. Go run on home, little Duchess. Ask your daddy what he’s hiding from his precious daughter.” Alexander covered my mouth to quiet my growl.

Brutus growled, “How dare he speak to mate that way.” I reasoned, “We need more intel. They don’t realize we are onthe computer for some reason.” Bravo One punched him in the shoulder, “Shut up!” Another Resistance member spoke, “Why? Tell her!” My dad muted our computer. I looked at Peter. He said, “I have literally no idea what they are talking about.”

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