Page 117 of The Alpha's Stealthy Daughter and Her Commander
I watched in shock as Melanie took the darts out as if they did nothing to her. How was that possible? I felt it confirmed something else for Cayden. Like he knew it wouldn’t do anything to her. I glanced at mycousins and noted one that was a doctor looked as though it confirmed something for him too. He’d treated Ashley/Melanie after her car accident. He’d know some things about her.
Elise was rambling like the high drugged out wolf she was. Rain said, “I’m sad I can’t contact Rhea. She’d be hilarious on drugs.” One Resistance member commented that Melanie didn’t know those weren’t bullets.
Alexander’s jaw was so tight he might break his jaw. The Resistance group and Elise argued. Rain said, “Thunder is confused.” He would be, because we all were staring at him and his human, Peter Kyle. He looked just as confused as everyone else here.
I linked Cayden, “What is going on? Why is she so mad at Peter?” Cayden answered, “It’s a giant ass conspiracy. She’s been lied to. We all have. This….” I studied Alexander and finished the thought, “Is war.” Cayden put his hand on my back.
Melanie said she was bringing Elise home. Thank god, we needed to talk and it was going to be one for the record books. The Resistance members were arguing with her that we didn’t deserve her. Rain linked, “Uhhh Oden does not like that.” I knew that without looking him. The bond told me he was near detonation rage level.
Alexander growled murderously. Tory linked, “So, I would very much like orders to be elsewhere. He’s going to go postal.” I snorted, “You can calm the pack if you’d like, but we are either going to get them or they are coming her.” She chuckled, “True. I might stay back and put the pack at ease with Gia.” I pointed out, “Gia will be in the nitty gritty where the action is.” She conceded, “True.”
EJ was ensnared by the screen and didn’t even look over at Alexander. Rain said, “He’s locked in and didn’t hear it.” So, we lost our super hearing when we were hyper focused. Good to know. Thankfully, Melanie refused to leave Elise behind. Good for her. Those jerks needed to shut the hell up before I hit them with my sunlight. Rain growled, “I could bite them and teach those wolves a lesson.” I was onboard.
Cayden linked me, “Calm down, My Duchess. They have been lied to. Once we all know the truth it’s going to be a mess. Aesir above, wounds are going to have to be healed but they will change their minds. They are good people who care about her.”
I growled, “If that guy thinks he can have Melanie, he’s got another think coming.” Cayden reasoned, “I think that’s Dax Kiern. He doesn’t like her as anything more than a sister.”I asked, “Who’s Bravo Four? The one she wants with her.”
Cayden answered, “I’m guessing it’s Valentina based on height. Virgil is her brother, but he’s much taller.” Great she was going to shimmer in somewhere with Elise and then shimmer out. COME ON! Just one LITTLE break was all I wanted here.
They argued some more because Elise didn’t want to get in the car. Rain grumbled, “Oh for god's sake. Rhea needs to come back so she gets IN THE CAR.” I was all for that happening because my wolf wouldn’t be the only one giving that advice.
I was giving my sister in law some slack because Elise was drugged, so she was obstinate. Eventually Melanie said the word ‘Mshango.’ I gasped in shock as Jason passed out and Tristan went to his knees. The Kyle family looked on the verge of passing out themselves.
I linked Cayden, “What on god’s green earth does Mshango mean?” Cayden replied, “I would imagine it’s a code of some sort between the Kyle and the McAlister children since they are the ones who reacted and not the adults.”
I glanced up and realized that Peter, Chelsea, Sam, and Drake looked confused. Everly didn’t though. She was ghastly pale. Elise passed out on the screen. Melanie yelled, “OH COME ON! I do so much… for SO many people. Could I be given one thing? NO! I just wanted her in the car. This was NOT too much to ask… it’s a punishment for having the time OF MY LIFE these last two weeks. I know it is.”
Everyone shot Alexander a look and a smirk briefly passed across his features. Melanie had caught Elise from hitting the ground and carried her to the car as she ranted. EJ turned around, “I want people on our goddamn borders! I want to know the SECOND they get back, and I want someone to tell me WHAT THE GODDAMN FUCK MSHANGO MEANS!” No one said anything for several seconds.
Emmett announced, “Keaton, Keith, mom, and dad are out with Ted running the border. Keaton and Keith are running the opposite direction.” Jayden jumped in, “We’ve got people on our borders.” EJ looked at Dalton, but he was still locked up. He glanced at Dakota who didn’t look much better.
Peter nudged Dalton, “We do too. Son, are you ok?” He didn’t answer. Peter asked, “Dakota?” He didn’t even look at his dad. Peter demanded, “Will ONE of you answer me?” They didn’t so he swore, “God damn it! Cooper?” His youngest was slack jawed too.
We were all waiting in silence until Tristan howled and took off outside. I heard him shifting. Rain whimpered, “Apollo is in so much pain.” I winced. Everly screamed, “Tristan!” It didn’t stop him, and I honestly couldn’t blame him.
I linked my younger siblings, “Don’t you all pull what the fuck this shit is on me and think you’ll get away with it. I’m stealthy and I’ll get you.” They all snickered except Angela. I was going to have to track her down and get her to talk to me.
EJ demanded, “SOMEONE tell me what is going on?! Is it what I think it is? Was that Melanie in the white shirt?” I linked him, “She’s Bravo One. I recognize her from the gone awry drug buy.” He rubbed his temples. Rain snickered, “He hasn’t looked at us though, so he’ll be stunned we are glowing.” Hopefully, that would snap him out of his funk.
Sam cried, “No!” No one replied. She screamed, “No! That can’t be her! Someone else say that besides me! That’s not my pup!” Everyone stoically avoided her eyes. She sobbed, “Why wouldn’t she come home?” None of the Kyle’s were talking. My mom bent down and started to heal Jason.
Sam sobbed, “It’s me, isn’t it?” Drake gasped, “Sam.” She cried, “It’s the only answer, Drake. She always got so upset with me, and I was the disciplinarian. I know I was too harsh sometimes. She’d say how different I was away from the pack, and she was right. That compulsion made me be so harsh on her she didn’t want to come home. She is injured. My pup is hurt, and she didn’t come to me.” Drake grabbed her and wrapped her in his arms.
I wanted to say she was wrong and was about to but EJ’s emotions stopped me. EJ whirled to my mate, “Cayden, what do you know?” Cayden sighed, “The computer…” EJ interrupted, “What about it? I already know the videos were altered.”
Micah jumped in, “As I told you, the girl in them is really the one dancing...” He trailed off and looked at Cayden. Cayden picked up the explanation, “We want you to confirm that you’re saying the girl in that video Micah has is Melanie McAlister.” Micah turned the computer around.
EJ confirmed, “Yes, that’s Melanie McAlister.” Drake chimed in, “It is. That’s my daughter. That’s Melanie.” Cayden sighed, “That girl is Ashley Griffen.”Drake snorted, “The wolf less Female Lead Warrior? I don’t think so. My daughter has a wolf.”
Cayden winced, “I think someone did something to her wolf.” The adults in the room froze. I linked Tory, “What’s going on?” She answered, “I don’t know but it’s bad.” I got that.I told her, “See what you can Gia can dig up from older pack members around my parents age.” She agreed, “Will do.”
Cousin Emmaline gasped, “NO! Oh no! NO!” Lucas whispered, “Emmaline, this is not your fault.” Emmaline started crying and then turned to water. My mom stared at the sky and grumbled, “Yeah, FUCK YOU TOO BITCHES! God fucking damn it. You have got to be mother fucking kidding me right now!”
Dylan said, “Moody Triplet, you’re up.” Ok, he had been WAY too quiet. He should be moaning about the Water Fairy Period. Rain linked, “Fang is unusually quiet too.” He must have seen Melanie with Alexander. Gia said he was with Wesley and Buttercup when they took Claire to Alpha Theo in Thunders Ridge.
Drake whirled to my brother asking, “Where is my daughter, Alexander?!” Alexander frowned admitting, “I don’t know. I know I left her in Louisiana before I left for my mission. She was going back to Nashville with her friend.” Everyone shrieked except me and my siblings.
My mom cut in, “EXFUCKINGCUSE ME? Why would you be with her?” Alexander winced, “She’s my mate.” My mom repeated, “EXFUCKINGCUSE ME?! What the actual shit is happening right now?! I know I was on my concupiscence, but this does not appear to be new information to the room. I see FAR too many people not surprised by that information.”
