Page 50 of Little Red and Her Creatures of Chaos
Chapter 21
Bryce
Iwake with a groan and look around. My head is throbbing, and I’m in a dark, cold room with my hands tied behind my back. I call out to my wolf, but he’s nowhere to be found. What the hell did they do to me?
Before I went to Luther’s, I decided to check on the flowers I was growing for Radley on the side of the house. When I stepped around the corner, someone hit me with a flying tackle. They struck me in the head and knocked me out cold.
I can feel panic start to set in, but I take several breaths so I can focus. I can’t feel anything through the bond, and my heart rate spikes. Where is my wolf, and why can’t I feel my pack? I jerk against the bonds, and my movements feel clumsy. It’s like I’m moving in slow motion. Did they drug me? I wasn’t even sure how in the hell you drugged a wolf, but that’s the only explanation that I have. I jerk harder against the chain around my wrists, my muscles bulging with the effort. They don’t even budge; they just dig further into my skin.
I pull harder, and then I hear movement on the other side of the door. The lock slides free, and someone jerks the door open. They slam it behind them and flip a switch on the wall. The light is bright as hell, and I hiss when it hits my sore eyeballs. I expectto see the rogue that ran off with Mason’s mom, but this guy is clean and well-kept. He has short brown hair and calculating green eyes.
“I see that you’re awake,” he says, his voice deep.
“Who the hell are you?”
He waves his hand and drags a chair to sit in front of me. “We’ll get to that in a minute. I want something from you first.” When I just glare at him, his lip curls back in a snarl. “Where’s the omega?”
“Who?” I ask, even though I know exactly who he’s talking about. No way they’re getting their hands on Radley.
“Don’t play dumb, Beta. Where’s the new omega in your pack?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
He moves before I can react and punches me right in the face. My head snaps back and starts throbbing even harder. “The redhead. We looked all over your disgusting camp and couldn’t find her.” What the hell? Her scent is strong. I can still smell her on me now, but they couldn’t track her down? “We had to resort to grabbing you for information.”
“I’m not telling you shit.”
He hits me again in the exact same spot. I bite my lip to keep the pained sound in, not wanting to give him satisfaction. “You will, one way or the other. Don’t worry about trying to shift. We took care of that.”
“What did you do to me?”
“You would be surprised about what you can find out when you actually research our species. Did you know that some plants are deadly to wolves? Or that some will block you from your wolf and bonds?” He grins. “They probably think you’re dead, which you will be soon. But not before I get information.”
“Why are you even looking for the omega?”
“Because she belongs to me.”
It takes my sluggish brain way too long to figure out what he’s talking about. When I do, my stomach sinks. “You’re Daniel.”
He waves his hand again and sits back down. “That’s one of my names. But yes, Radley’s my daughter.”
“And you lead the rogues.”
“Of course I do. Monty is incompetent and a hothead. You really think he can pull something like this off?” This coming from the guy who just punched me twice in the face. “Marie Claire, on the other hand, is just what we need. She keeps him on a tight leash.”
So Mason’s mom is right in the middle of this. She rejected Luther for this? “Why come back now?”
“I’ve been waiting for Radley’s wolf to mature. I don’t have time to train her, but it looks like she is a natural.” He almost sounds…proud, like he had a fucking thing to do with how Radley was raised. “I wanted to grab her before she bonded to a pack, but we had other things to take care of first. Now we’ll just have to kill you.”
“You couldn’t just talk to her like a normal father?” His fist smashes into my face again, and I hear Mason in my head hissing at me to shut up.
“She’s my daughter. I’ll talk to her how I see fit. She will join my pack. We need another strong omega like her. Now, tell me where she is.”
I shrug. “I have no clue.”
Before he can move again, the door opens behind us. None other than Mason’s shit mom steps through the door. “We’ve located Luther and his pack. How do you want us to proceed?” Shit. Shit. Shit.
“Make sure they don’t get back to that camp. Kill them if you have to.”
