Neaera-Scanning the bar once again, I felt a sense of peace wash over me at seeing how everyone was getting along. Smiling to myself, I relaxed a little, thinking there was hope for our kind after all. Natalia patted my back and winked at me as she ordered two shots of something I have never heard of. “This is exactly what you needed,” Natalia said as the two shot glass with a dark red liquid slid across the bar to us. “What is this?” I asked, Natalia because the bartender walked away. “Don’t worry about it, just drink.” She motioned for me to pick up the shot glass as she picked up hers. “Bottoms up.” She said as she drank the liquid in one drink. Looking at the shot glass, I wasn’t sure if I should do it or not. It had a very strong alcohol odor to it and something that smelled familiar, but I couldn’t place the smell. Shrugging my shoulders, I lifted the glass to my lips and took it all in one swig. The liquid burned going down, but it felt so good. It was like an instant w
Stryker-When Kalea had first sent me a text about where they were located, I jumped in Nea’s car and sped down the road. The moment I received a video about what was going on though, I had been in a full rage. Now that I saw firsthand what was happening, I was doing everything I could to keep myself from killing every guy in the bar.“She said don’t.” I growled, sounding more like a wolf than a human.The werewolf that had a hold of Nea I knew personally. He had been the Beta of a small pack nearby. I have had to deal with him a few times in the past before his pack disbanded.I always thought he was a stand-up guy, but seeing the way he was grabbing my mate, I wanted to rip his head off. With him not letting her go, it only irritated me more. I had a large man holding me back, but if I wanted to, I could break free of him and kill the man.The only thing stopping me is that I respected that this bar had zero tolerance for fighting. I knew the bar owner and he was a close friend of m
Stryker-“Nea, come on, wake up.” I whispered, keeping my voice low even though I knew it was pointless.Struggling with the seatbelt, I became agitated. Gripping the clip tightly, I yanked as hard as I could. With a little more effort than normal, it broke away. Before I fell on my head, I raised my other arm to support my weight.Slowly readjusting my body, I sat upright on the roof. I first shook Natalia, hoping she would wake up. I couldn’t afford to get both out of the car and to safety, but I figured I would at least give Natalia a chance to save herself.When she didn’t respond, I moved so I could release the seatbelt on Nea. Catching her before she could fall, I slid her body out of the car, through her broken window. As I was crawling out, one of the feet I saw walking toward the car grabbed Nea by the arms and started dragging her away.“Release her!” I roared, quickly getting out of the car and on my feet.A rush of vertigo hit me, and I had to grab onto the car to keep fro
Stryker-“How did you know we were here?” I asked Kalea once she was standing over me.“Neaera linked with me, asking for help but she didn’t say anything else. I tracked her phone to this location.” Kalea answered as she bent over to look inside the car.“Members of a different pack took her. I wasn’t strong enough to stop them.” I grunted as I tried forcing myself to stand.As much as I tried, I couldn’t find the strength to stand. My legs buckled before I could put any weight on them. The guy from the bar came around the car just then and grabbed my arms. I didn’t care that he was with Kalea, but I was slightly curious.“From what I see, I am surprised you are even conscious.” Kalea said as she stood back up after helping Natalia from the car.The guy helped me to my feet, and I leaned against the car, taking my weight off my bad ankle. I was feeling stronger than I had been, but it was still a far cry from my normal self. I needed to heal quickly if I wanted any chance of saving N
Stryker-“Call all the warriors back and get the hybrids here.” I ordered Mathew through the pack link.Looking into the face of the man that took my mate, I felt this fervent desire to rip his head straight from his shoulders. The pack was a notorious pack, but it was only two hours from here by car. In wolf form, I could make it there in an hour.The pack was Alpha Benson’s pack, which used to be known as the Fury Fang pack. Since the Alpha King did away with pack names, they were now recognized by their Alpha’s name. Like how this pack was just known as my pack.It was made this way ten years ago because the new Alpha’s wanted to change pack names, and many packs migrated a lot that didn’t have a pack territory. It wasn’t always easy to keep track of the different packs, but who was I to question the Alpha King?Knowing that Nea was taken by Alpha Benson’s pack though, I was ready to rip his pack to shreds. They weren’t exactly allies with us, but we tended to leave each other alon
Neaera-Ugh, my head was killing me. Opening my eyes, I looked around at my surroundings. I didn’t recognize anything. Where was I? I tried to remember the last thing that happened before going to sleep, but nothing came to mind.The room I was in was large and extravagant, like something straight out of an elegant home design magazine. I was lying on a large bed with bedposts on each corner and some sort of off-white fabric covering each side of the bed.Slowly sitting up, I placed my hand on my head as my head felt as if it were spinning. After a moment, the dizziness went away. Allowing my gaze to wander around the room, I realized that there was something familiar about this place.If I remember correctly, I had been in a room like this before, but I hadn’t paid too much attention to it. Thinking back, I tried to remember exactly when I had been in a room like this. Only bits and pieces of my memory returned, but not enough to put the pieces together.Shoving the covers back, I lo
Neaera-I woke to the sound of yelling and screaming coming from outside. Once again as I woke up, my head was pounding, but it was from the hit I got from Alpha Benson. This time, as I looked around, I realized that I was in the cellar that was under the packhouse.I was lying on a cot in a dank cell, with only a bucket at the far end that smelled as if it were used as a toilet. Groaning, I rolled off the cot and stood up. I nearly forgot about my hip, but quickly remembered when my leg gave out from under me.Steadying myself, I went to the cell door, which was nothing more than iron bars from floor to ceiling. Turning my body to the side, I tried to see if I could squeeze out, but no luck. Peering through the bars, I didn’t see anyone around.“Hello?” I yelled but was only met with the sound of my own echoing voice.Hitting the bar with my hand, I let out a curse. I didn’t know what was going on outside, but I needed to use this as a chance to get out of here. Looking around the ce
Neaera-I was about to say something, but before I could, a deep voice spoke instead. “I don’t think you have the right to decide that.”Spinning around, I saw a tall man walking toward us. I recognized him, he was the Alpha King. I wasn’t sure why he was here, but I instantly became cautious. This wasn’t the first time I have interacted with him, but that was when he hired me for a job.Now it was different because I didn’t know why he was here. Stepping back, I moved closer to Stryker. My eyes moved to where the other hybrids were, and I could see that they were also a little wary about the Alpha King is here.“Alpha, what brings you here?” Alpha Benson bowed his head, completely disregarding what had been said and acting as if all was well in the world.“Cut the crap.” The Alpha King’s voice roared as he came to tower over Alpha Benson.A whimper escaped Alpha Benson and he dropped to his knees, with his head tilted to the side. It was an obvious submissive move, but it seemed as i