Page 66 of Wolf Tormented
Alex rushes to me and sniffs before sneezing. “It’s like human medicine. What is it? Did they drug him?”
“It kind of looks that way. It must have been the human government.” I scrub a hand down my face. “Who else would drug him and snatch him from his home?”
“I don’t know, but we have a serious problem if they are working with the bears.” Alex crosses his arms over his chest.
Bill pats my shoulder. “There’s not much you can do here. It won’t do any good to report him missing.”
“I know.” My shoulders slump. “Worst case scenario, it will tip them off that we know shit is going down.”
Defeat sinks my gut down to my toes. How the fuck are we supposed to stop them on our own in the forest if they can snatch people from an apartment in the city?
“Go home and protect your territory. I have an acquaintance who is a private investigator.” Bill takes a step back to let us through.
“A private investigator isn’t better than my nose,” Alex argues.
“This one is. He’s a rogue and can sniff out corruption better than anyone.” Bill grins. “We’ll find them.”
It goes against everything I believe in to leave and let someone else handle this, but Bill is right. We need to be careful and protect the pack.
“Fine, we need to find some things back home anyway.” I nod to Alex and rush from the apartment.
I’m purposely vague just in case there are any listening devices in the apartment. They obviously already know what we are, so the rest doesn’t matter, but I will not tip them off that we know about their devices.
The pack is in danger. More danger than we originally thought. We need to map out the surveillance and spring our trap.
I pull open the door to the car and make a mental note to send maintenance to fix Jordan’s door. He will be back, and I don’t want some squatter taking up residence in his luxury apartment until he does.
“We need to get someone out there to clean the apartment and I want to know where all my fucking employees are.” I slam the door behind me and start the engine.
“I’m calling the office right now. What should I tell them?” Alex asks, pulling his phone from his pocket.
“No one leaves without security. Matter of fact, just call security at the building and issue the order to them.”
“You got it, Alpha,” Alex says and holds his phone up to his ear.
I turn out of the parking lot and onto the road going slower this time, but the need to rush still has me fidgeting in my seat.
What if we get back to pack lands and the humans have already struck? What if they took my mate and I’m not there to protect her?
I press on the gas harder, and Alex glances over at me with a raised brow.
“I have a bad feeling about this,” I grumble and turn my focus back to the road.
My wolf perks up and growls in my head. Alex speaks quietly into the phone, but I don’t hear his words through the static and the growls in my mind.
My wolf doesn’t like being so far away from our mate when danger is near.
They are pack just as much as our actual pack, though, and I can’t let anything happen to the people under my protection.
I’ve already failed so many of them. I can’t fail anymore shifters.
“Alpha?” Alex says, his tone sharp.
“What?” I ask.
“Patrick texted me. He said there is a problem that needs our attention as soon as we get back.”
“Fuck. Make sure they are okay. I’m going as fast as I can.”
