Page 108 of Fight between Alphas

“No this is bear territory not even a rogue wants to take on a bear” He says.

“What do you want to do?”

“Head back, she is long gone” He says and I could see the tremble in his hands as he clenched his fists. He runs his hands through his tousled hair pushing it back from his eyes.

He chuckles lightly shaking his head.

“What?” I ask.

“She thinks she can hide from me, she will be in for a shock when I find her, I don’t like having to chase what is mine” He says and a shiver runs up my spine at how cold his words were.

“You wouldn’t hurt though?” I ask now petrified for the poor rogue he is determined to catch.

“No, but she doesn’t know that?”

“What are you going to do if she is one of them?” I ask. It was a little odd for a rogue to be lurking so close especially given she was in the vicinity where the rogues we were hunting are.

He growls making my head snap toward him and I nearly trip over a fallen tree branch. He grips my arm before I faceplant. “Sorry” He says realising he startled me.

“Are you going to answer?” I ask and he lets go.

“She won’t want to be apart of them helping she may just meet the same fate the last one did”

“What if she submits?”

“We’ll see when I find her I guess. Oi and don’t be telling anyone” He says and I nod before looking at him.

“You can tell Lana, I won’t have you keeping secrets from your mates, I just don’t want my parents knowing on the off chance I do have to kill her” He says, his brows furrowing. So much for not going to hurt her, I think to myself.

“Think the moon goddess grants third chance mates?” He asks and I could tell he was genuinely concerned now that he was going to have to kill her too.

“Be the first I heard of it, I thought you didn’t want a mate?”

“I don’t but it is lonely being by yourself all the time” He says and I nod knowing that feeling all too well.

“How is Lana?” He asks, changing the subject as we trudge through the trees.

“Good, she is happy Drake is back I just hope he doesn’t leave again”

“She's still on her meds?” He asks.

“No hasn’t been for a while” I tell him and he looks over at me.

“I keep a good eye on her, don't worry and even when I am not there I always have someone positioned near the house listening in” He nods.

“I take it my sister doesn’t know that last part” He says.

“No she would kill me” I tell him and he laughs.

We get back to the cabin and Reid has a rogue by the scruff of his neck, his fist connecting with its face.

“Bout time you got here” He says as we walk over.

“Where have you been?”

“Near the stream we thought we picked up a scent” I told him. Ryker walks over grabbing the rogue by his throat and lifting him off the ground, Reid steps back and I feel his command rolls over him and I know he would be incapable of lying to him as not even one of us can lift our heads to look at him. I could see his dirty bare feet swinging as he tried to breathe.

“Where are they?” Ryker demands using his Alpha voice. The man whimpers but cannot speak with Rykers grip. Ryker lets go and he falls at our feet like a sack of potatoes. He scrambles away.

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