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“How the hell would Alpha Trevor know about what happened to Roxie?” asked Sofia.
Nathan looked back at her with slight confusion. “What happened to Roxie here?” he asked.
“Naomi, that’s what!” Jason said as he looked between us. “Naomi must be working for him.”
I knew I had to tell Sofia and Jason everything we learned about Naomi and Alpha Trevor.
“I think we should go back to the office,” I said. “I don’t want other pack members to hear about this.”
Everyone looked around and nodded.
I trust my members, but we know a few more people would return to Alpha Trevor. I just needed to figure out who else was on his radar.
I turned around and headed toward the pack house with everyone following behind.
We walked into the office, where we found Alpha Gareth, Alpha Dean, my father, Tim, and Keith waiting for us.
I walked to the desk and sat down while the others took seats around the room.
I could feel Blaze move closer to the surface but never show himself.
“Has anyone found out where Alpha Trevor is?” I asked.
No one said anything, only shook their heads.
f**k, we needed to know where he was.
I sighed.
“Is Luna Stephanie waiting for all the pack members who can’t fight to come in?” I asked, looking at Alpha Dean.
“Yeah,” said Alpha Dean. “Most pack members are on their way; she mind-linked me moments ago. Three members of my pack are waiting with her.”
I nodded and looked at Sofia and Jason. “I need to tell you everything we know about Naomi and Alpha Trevor,” I said.
I explained everything that I remembered. After twenty minutes, Sofia looked pissed, and so did Tim, Keith, and Jason.
“They not too happy about all this,” muttered Blaze as he looked through my eyes.
“You mean to tell me that b***h and Alpha are siblings,” growled Tim, pulling me from my thoughts. “How didn’t we know about the birth father?” His eyes went to my father, who was staring back at him. “Why didn’t you ask her?” he asked.
I looked at my father; his face was hardened. “What are you suggesting?” my father snarled back.
Tim was about to open his mouth, but I had enough. Everyone is accusing everyone, all because of one man and his damn sister.
“ENOUGH,” I shouted.
Tim glared at my father, but my father looked at me. “We all need to remember who the enemy is,” I said. “We don’t need to fight with each other. What happened in the past needs to stay in the past. We need to be prepared for whatever Alpha Trevor brings us.”
The office was silent.
I looked toward everyone.
“We need to ensure the pack is secure before he comes,” I said.
“Lex,” called Alpha Gareth, making me stop and look at him. “We will help,” he said. “We all know what needs to be done.”
I looked at him but didn’t say anything.
“Everyone misses mate like us,” Blaze murmured. “We need our head in the game. Mate can look after herself, and she will return to us.”
I didn’t know whether to believe him or not, but I knew I had to get my head back in the game; I had an alpha to kill and a mate to get back.
LEX
We didn’t stay too long in the office.
The conversation stayed the same, and even a few apologies were made. Tim and my father shook hands before we left.
We needed to ensure everyone was prepared, and all the pack members who couldn’t fight were safe within the pack house.
The pack was busy as everyone was making sure everything was ready. I was helping Alpha Dean, my father, and Luna Stephanie. I knew we had a bunker but never thought of it being able to hold people in it. My father had shown us where it would be safe for the members who couldn’t look after themselves.
Luna Stephanie ensured all elderly, pregnant she-wolves and children were in a bunker at the back of the pack house.
Luna Stephanie k!ssed Alpha Dean as she was the last member to go in.
Once the door was closed, he walked over to me and looked pissed. “We need to make sure we kill Trevor,” he muttered. “Either you or I will; he needs to be stopped.”
“I plan to,” I snarled.
Whenever an image of Alpha Trevor entered my head, Blaze and I would get angry. We needed to get him, but dead or alive all depended on if Roxie was with him.
Part of me wished she was, so I knew she was okay. But the other part didn’t; I didn’t want to see her in the state she was in the photograph. I couldn’t handle it.
“We will get her back,” growled Blaze. “I will kill every single wolf that is out there.”
I knew he would.
I looked at Alpha Dean and was about to say something, but a mind link came through from Jason. “They are here,” he growled out in my head.
“We need to move,” I said as I turned to walk away. “They are here.”
I started to move quickly through the pack house.
All pack members were getting into positions.
As I got to the front door, I spotted Jason standing with Keith, Tim, and Sofia. They were all looking ahead.
As I approached, the stench of rotten eggs wafted toward me, making me want to gag.
Blaze was up on all paws, growling. “I want them all,” he roared. “LET ME OUT.”
I ignored him, stopped next to Jason, and glanced at my friend.
“I want them dead,” he growled, not looking at me. “He took my sister, Lex. I want her back.”
Jason turned his head and looked at me. He was holding so much, but everything was heightened due to what was happening.
“I wasn’t the best brother back in the day,” he muttered as he stared at me. “Both of us did her wrong. Right now, we get her back, and we both grovel for forgiveness.”
I could feel the hurt in his voice.
We may not have known what was happening back when Roxie was in the pack, but we did cause most of the problems for her and the people around her, even if we were too blind and stupid to see it happening.
I know I have a way to go with Roxie in making it up to her, and I will.
“Now we get mate,” said Blaze as I looked back at him. “No more pity party for you; become the alpha and mate she needs.”
I nodded and looked back at Jason, who was still staring at me. I didn’t say anything but glanced behind him to see Keith staring at us. Like the rest of Roxie’s family, his face was holding so much. “We will kill everyone who steps foot in this pack,” he said as he walked up and placed his hand on Jason’s shoulder, giving him a slight squeeze. “If Roxie is there with him, we will free her.”
“What if she is not with him?” asked Tim. “Where will we search for my baby?”
I could hear the pain in his voice at the nickname he gave Roxie. He was defeated, but I knew he would do anything to get Roxie back.
“We will search everywhere,” Keith said, pulling me back. “Roxie knows how to fight and will kill if she needs to. As for finding her, we will search his pack and everywhere he has been. He must have her somewhere.”
I nodded. “Keith is right,” I said. “We will do everything to get her back. But first, we must deal with what is in front of us. We need to kill Alpha Trevor or capture him to find out answers. I know I can’t promise him to be alive as Blaze wants to use him as his next chew toy, but we will figure it all out when it comes.”
All three nodded.
I glanced toward Sofia, who was staring ahead.
Jason looked at her and sighed. “She wants her back just as much as we do,” he mutters. “She wants to talk after all this.”
I stared at him, but his face was stern.
“Not the time or place,” he said, shaking his head.
I nodded.
I knew it wasn’t, but knowing Jason through the years as I have, he never talks about anything. He would let it rot more till it became a problem.
“They are here,” says Sofia as I look up and look at where she was looking.
In the distance were loads of men and women standing on the outskirts of the forest. More rogues appear around, and many are behind them. It was hard to work out how many there were.
It was nerve-wracking as we didn’t know how many would come and judging on the scene in front of me. This would be one attack that could break my pack in more ways.
There had to be over a thousand rogues, more even.
Growls erupted around me from pack members as rogues appeared around the forest clearing.
I glanced around and noticed everyone was in position, but the worry and fear that came from them suffocated me. I couldn’t help but listen to all the murmurs around us.
