Chapter 243 – Owned by the Alphas Novel Free by Jen Cooper

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“Kai can wait. Patience is his best quality,” I teased, knowing that it most definitely was not. He knew that too and gave me a dry stare. Brax laughed, and I went over to the bed, sinking onto it next to him.

The twins babbled away, growing amazingly well for such a rough start to the world. I grabbed Zale’s little hand as he reached for me. My heart swelled at the way they trusted us so implicitly with their lives.

They didn’t doubt we could win this war for them; all they knew was that whatever they needed, we provided. We were their comfort, their home. I couldn’t imagine that being ripped away.

I wouldn’t let it.

Zale gripped my hand tighter, and I looked down at him.

He held Enzi’s hand.

I met his eyes and sucked in a breath.

Gold.

Both of their eyes flickered with gold, like speckles of it polluting their natural color. It looked just like the magic of the witches.

Realization dawned then: the same magic they had absorbed from the beast, which is why I was the only one who could see it.

I smiled and leaned down, kissing both their hands that glowed with the magic between them.

They were so special, so special. Miracles, if I’d ever seen any.

And they were ours to protect, which meant there was no way I could let the water being poisoned take us down. We were wolves. We fought back. We didn’t sit and wait to die.

I growled and stood up, heading for the door.

“Not a chance, Luna, not while you’re wearing that face. That means you are going to cause trouble that will get you hurt,” Kai said.

I shook my head at him as Brax watched. I knew he would use his shadows on me if I tried to get out without answering.

I would’ve done the same thing.

I huffed. “I’m not going to intentionally get in trouble. I’m going to see if I can fix this water issue. I think I have a lead, and I need to go follow it,” I said.

They looked skeptical. “I’m coming with you. Two sets of shadows are better than one,” Brax said, climbing off the bed.

“No, I have to do this alone. Look, I heard a voice, okay? I don’t know who it was, but they sounded desperate, like they were trying to help, and I think they were telling me what I have to do,” I said.

I should’ve known that would not help.

Kai growled and straightened so he was fully blocking the door with crossed arms over his chest.

“Sounds like a trap.”

“Gonna have to agree with Kai here, Spitfire,” Brax said in a much nicer tone.

“It’s not. Please trust me. I feel it; I have to do this. Whatever that voice was, it needed me to listen. I can’t risk not doing that when the pack are on the other side of the city in excruciating pain. Don’t you want to shift again, Brax?” I asked.

He shrugged. “Not if it means you getting hurt.”

They weren’t going to budge. But I wasn’t asking.

I pulled Kai into me and kissed him.

He let it distract him for a few seconds, then pulled back.

“Not going to work this time, Little Luna,” he whispered, then kissed me again and went over to the twins. He sat down and started playing with them. Brax sat down next to him, doing the same.

“Go out that door and my shadows will drag you back, Spitfire.” Brax smirked.

“I wasn’t going to,” I said, sitting at the other end of the bed to spend time with my family.

Biding my time.

It was well into the night by the time I could slowly creep out.

I had spent the rest of the day with the twins, had dinner in the hall with the pack that could be there, then fucked my Alphas into exhaustion.

Then I had waited until they fell asleep and made my move.

I grabbed my cloak and pulled it on, then grabbed my boots.

I left the room, clicking the door shut as quietly as possible. I slipped on my boots and ran with a racing heart that matched my footsteps.

They’d feel me get further away, but by then I’d already be too far away for them to stop me.

I wasn’t an idiot; I knew it was dangerous.

But it was worth it to save the pack.

I had some of Mom’s werewolf toxin bombs for the vamps, I had blades tucked in, I had my magic, my shadows, my wolf. I was prepared for it all.

I even left the links wide open so the Alphas would know exactly where I was at all times. Same with the pack. They would be able to get to me, to help whenever they woke. I wasn’t stopping that.

But I knew I needed to follow the lead I had been given. I didn’t believe in coincidence, not anymore, and that voice coming to me on the bridge of despair as I tried to keep my shit together was not an accident.

It was giving me an out that I had to listen to because I was desperate enough to. No way would I listen to a random voice if I wasn’t.

I left the mansion and made my way down to the gates. The wolves frowned at me as I went through.

“I’m heading to the lake to see if I can stop what’s happening to our wolves; I’ll be back soon. If the Alphas wake and wonder where I am, tell them that,” I said.

The ones on guard, Kai’s guard, looked like they wanted to argue, but we could all hear the screams from the hospital.

They all nodded and let me go. I knew they’d tell Kai as soon as I was gone, but they wouldn’t be the pack I was trying to save if they didn’t.

I ran toward the lake, knowing it was going to take longer on foot, but I was not as good in wolf form yet. Wielding my magic as a wolf was much harder, so I stayed human.

I could’ve taken a carriage, but I wanted to have full range of sight and instinct with me. Being inside a carriage would have hindered that.

So I puffed and ran as fast as I could.

By the time I got to the lake, I was panting. My brow was lined with sweat, and I put my hands on my hips, inching forward.

The lake looked perfect. Still a glowing blue in the dark night.

The torches still flickered.

I swallowed hard at it. How could it look so beautiful yet be so destructive?

It didn’t even look poisoned.

But it was. That I could feel as I got closer to it.

How could the vampires do this? It was a direct attack on the realm. Did the vamps not need water? Did the poison not affect them?

That single thought had everything clicking into place.

I sucked in a breath as I got as close to the water as I could.

There was only one thing that affected wolves and no other race. The one thing that could poison the pack but leave the lake looking serene.

Wolfsbane.

A growl vibrated in my chest, and I peered over the edge, checking the water.

I could see far enough down to see the offending purple root. As if the whisper voice was there, helping me, a single petal floated to the surface.

I grinned. That meant I could save the pack. The realm hadn’t turned.

I couldn’t get in; the water burned me too, but I knew my magic could cut through.

I sent it straight down with a strained effort.

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