Page 99 of Rejected By My Stepbrother Alpha
A snarl ripped from my mouth when a masked figure jumped out of the helicopter right in front of Adrian. My son's eyes widened with shock, then he screamed in terror. The kidnapper didn’t hesitate as he snatched my son, lifted him easily, and jumped back into the helicopter.
I watched as the large black propellers spun as the helicopter flew away. The whole thing happened in less than a minute. That was how long it took for my son to be taken.
Less than sixty seconds.
“What about our aviation team?” I demanded.
“They tried to follow them using our helicopter,”the guard explained. “But they were afraid to shoot them down since they had Adrian.” My hands balled into fists. “Then, they got lost in the fog.”
My nostrils flared, but I forced myself to continue. It was the only way to find my son.
“You’re fired,” I told the guard. “Get out of my sight.”
I took out my phone and called Beta Flynn. Quickly, I explained the horrible situation and told him to gather all of our guards and meet at the hotel immediately.
When I hung up, I grabbed Ivy's hand, but froze when I realized she was shaking. Her whole body was trembling. I pulled her into the hallway, and she leaned against the wall, her face going white.
Ivy opened her mouth, and the scream that ripped out of her came from deep within her soul. It was the high-pitched cry of a mother wolf calling out for her lost pup. But our son wasn’t lost. His grandmother took him away from us.
Her despair filled the hallway until it was bursting to the brim with grief.
I wrapped my arms around Ivy’s trembling frame and pulled her against my chest as her cries turned to sobs. She kept whispering the same broken word over and over while shaking her head violently.
“No!”
Tears gushed down her pale cheeks, and goosebumps rose along the skin of her arms. It seemed like her body was rejecting the very idea of our son being gone, like Adrian being kidnapped was a horrible sickness that she was fighting off.
The cold fear churning inside of me turned into a burning rage. My blood boiled, and my teeth gritted together. Even though I felt like I was going to lose it, I pulled Ivy closer to me and stroked the back of her head, trying to calm her.
I was going to find our son and bring him back home. Bring him back to Ivy.
Then, I was going to rip out Evelyn’s throat and look into her eyes as she bled out. She was going to die knowing that I was the one to kill her. I would make sure that she understood she was being punished for taking Adrian, her own flesh and blood.
“I never should have left him,” Ivy cried through her tears. “How could I be so foolish?”
Guilt stabbed at my heart. Ivy was right. We never should have left Adrian alone after the first kidnapping attempt. But she couldn’t shoulder that blame by herself. A burden like that would crush her under its heavy weight.
“A mother doesn’t leave her child when he’s in danger,” Ivy continued, her voice holding a deep sadness that broke my heart.
“Baby, you need to be strong,” I said firmly, and rubbed her arms, trying to bring some life back into her. “Adrian needs you.”
Our son’s name seemed to be the jolt she needed. It was like an electric shock to restart her system. She squeezed my hands, and I was relieved to see that familiar spark of fire in her eyes.
“We will find him,” she growled. “Then, we’re going to kill my mother.”
“Agreed.”
Now that we knew how he had been kidnapped, it was time to find our son.
Three hours later, Ivy, Damian, Mason, and I were in the lobby of the hotel, preparing ourselves to go on a rescue mission. All of my pack warriors surrounded me, and I was about to debrief them on the plan.
Ever since we had watched that awful video, the four of us have used our combined resources to try to figure out where Evelyn had taken Adrian. I contacted all the Alphas in our kingdom that I was aligned with, even reaching out to the Royal Guard, but none of our contacts had any useful information for us.
With each second that passed, our anxiety grew. Finally, we decided to take matters into our own hands and search for him. Even though we didn’t know where to begin our search, it was better than sitting around and waiting for news.
Beta Flynn walked through the doors of the hotel just as I was about to speak with my warriors. His grave expression made me freeze.
“What happened?I demanded.
