Sorry for posting this later in the day than I had promised. Any thoughts on what happened or who was involved?
KADE “So, essentially we have no leads, no idea where she is, or who the fuck took her?” My voice was dripping with the anger and pain that was tearing through me. Apollo scrubbed his hand over his face and sighed. I saw how this was weighing on him, and I really was not trying to be a dick, but I could not lose her again like this. The last time she was taken still haunted me. The things they did to her. The blood. Her naked and torn body chained to the wall. I felt hands on my shoulders, but I was just stuck in an endless loop of what was happening to her right now. My chest constricted as my breathing became erratic. Second by second, the panic lessened, and I could finally breathe. I looked up and saw Dante, realizing that he must have pulled that from me like how he pulled the pain from Elle’s dream that time on the jet. “Thanks,” I mumbled. “Anytime. We’ll find her, and whomever is responsible will wish they never even looked at her,” Dante promised. I looked around at t
KADE My father once told me a story of a magical village in the Scottish Highlands named Brigadoon. It remained unchanged and invisible to the outside world except for one special day every hundred years. Only on that day could the village be seen by outsiders. I never realized that was how my life was before I met Elle. I was a good Alpha, but the core of my being – the true inner-workings of Kade the man – was hidden away and invisible to everyone, which included myself. I never realized how incomplete and frozen I was. I never realized what I was missing. Then I met my mate, and it was like she could truly see what was invisible. She helped me to see and accept myself as well. She thawed me and made me whole. Then she was taken from me again, and I realized that I could not see who I was without her next to me. Waking up and realizing that she had been taken again made me fear that myself, much like Brigadoon, would disappear behind an impenetrable veil. We all kicked our asses
ELLE “We need to let you in on something before it’s announced later,” Kade said. Our people had all gathered together for a private breakfast. It was provided by the Board because they obviously felt guilty for what happened. Their delicious food would not buy us off, but we would definitely enjoy it. Not even monsters could turn down homemade cinnamon rolls. “Last night, Luna was kidnapped by some of the Alphas, Lunas, and one Beta from packs competing in the games. They had the help of security personnel to sneak in aerosolized wolfsbane and helped sneak her out of the territory. Luckily, we got there before anything serious happened. Luna proposed that their packs should still be allowed to participate after we determined that others from their packs were not at fault. However, those at fault were detained and will be answering to the Coverstone Council with Luna as the master interrogator. For those who didn’t know, she’s highly skilled in the art of interrogation.” All eyes t
KADE The Alpha category ended with Faye and Tyre as the winners. The four of us were extremely smug about that. Nobody stood a chance, and that was not us bragging about it. It was just how brutal our wolves were and how well they fought together. This was the final stretch of the fights. The Awards Banquet would be tomorrow which would also have a dance at the end of it. We sat down with seven new packs to discuss potential relations between us. All of them offered to host us if we ever considered them for alliances or trade negotiations. It was not them expecting us to give them something either. That was actually quite refreshing. “Where to, darling?” “Denny’s match is about to start, and I promised him we’d be there to cheer him on,” she said as she pulled me along. I chuckled at her enthusiasm, but mine was just as high. That little man deserved the gold because he was an excellent fighter. Paula and Jesse waved us over to the front where they were at. Denny smiled widely w
ELLE Everyone was eager for the Award Ceremony. We all worked our asses off this week. There were some minor injuries on our team, but nothing too serious. Kade and I were so incredibly proud of our pack. It was a safe bet that we would take first for a ninth year in a row. We had quite a few people who were the last contenders in their categories. “I love it,” I told Brianna as I took in bouncing curls she put in my hair. I donned a dark and light gray ombre beaded halter dress that ended a couple of inches above my knees. It was a gorgeous dress that cinched in all the right places. Tinsley did my makeup for me which included a double wingtip eyeliner with a mixed-tone gray and purple smokey eye. A light pink gloss over my lips finished it off. It was minimally classy. “Good to know. I think Alpha will too,” she said, winking. Everyone else agreed with her. “How about we go find out then if everyone’s ready.” Even my voice had a hint of the butterflies that were currently takin
KADE “I was surprised that you didn’t place,” I said to Dante. We were waiting for everyone to gather up before we went home. Nightshade set many records this year for the Alpha Games, and we could not wait to share the experiences and honors with our pack. “It sucked. I won the match against Gamma Jeremy, but I lost the next one because my gift decided to be an absolute fucker when it threw my opponent’s personal crisis at me. My split-second distraction was all it took for him to gain the upper hand. We always have next year.” Dante’s gift seemed more like a curse at times because he was always inundated with stimuli from everyone around him. It sucked. “Definitely always have next year. You did really great this year. It sucks that happened, but it doesn’t take away from how well you did,” I said. “Thanks, man. It means a lot to hear that from you. I picked up a little tidbit from the Board. Are you curious?” That question could be a double-edged sword. There was no telling w
ELLE Pylorna was more than happy to spend the night undercover. She said that she needed some ‘me time’ so that she could get a break from her extensive band of brothers. I could not imagine having all of them. Sixteen brothers sounded like an aneurysm waiting to happen. She actually captured someone who was in that area last night and brought him back to the cells. This was why I knew she was the right one for the job. “Do you want to take the lead on this?” Kade asked as we stepped into the elevator. We were on our way down to interrogate the prisoner. I bounced on the balls of my feet with that question. I never realized that I would be good at interrogations, but apparently I was. It was always very entertaining for me to see even the strongest-willed idiots melt into a puddle of helplessness. “Are you sure you don’t want to play too?” I asked him. Caiathus, Dante, and Kade all cracked up laughing with my question. Theirs were those deep laughs conveyed their amusement loud a
KADE The rage pouring down the bond as we waited for Elle to join us was making me fidget. I was not a fidgeter, but right now I apparently was. Said fidgeting was amusing everyone else even if it was not amusing me. “Keep smirking because when she gets in here, with that level of rage, I want her to see you,” I warned them all. Their smirks immediately disappeared for two reasons. One was because they did not want to be on the receiving end of Elle’s rage. Two was because something serious had to have happened for that rage to be there when it previously was not. The door opened to reveal a severely pissed off Luna. I would be honest and say that it was downright terrifying because her aura was emitting some serious negativity. I had never known an aura to act like that, but then again, she did not have a typical aura. “I’m going to cut off their dicks, shove their dead dicks down their throats until they choke to death, and then I’ll decapitate them,” she said with so much venom