Chapter Nine

Vistors:

They were here. She heard Agnar say someone was there looking for someone. She lifted her head. The world is spinning. She just needed to focus. She could do this. Everything was blurry, she could barely make out where she was. She tried to move her hands. The clinging of metal  hurt her ears. Metal, she thought and then looked upwards and saw the cuffs strapped to her hands.

“Bastard.” She growled pulling on the cuffs with both hands, the metal cutting into her skin the harder she pulled.

She needed to get out of there before they found her. She pulled harder. There was no way her hands were slipping through the cuffs. She growled frustrated. Where was she? Who had her now? She was not going to stick around to find out. 

“Here let me help.” Cahire said to her in their mind, even her voice sounded sloppy. 

Levi felt a rush of strength and she pulled hard. She was falling. Hitting the ground as the cot flipped over and she landed on her back looking up at the tent ceiling. The sheet and blanket fluttered down around her. She panicked for a second remembering that she was naked but then quickly realized she was wearing clothing. She tried looking down at herself confused at how she had gotten dressed.

“Levi focus. That doesn't matter now. We need to get out of her.” Cahire hissed at her. 

“Right.” Levi giggled and looked up at the ceiling some more. 

She was staring at the long wooden pole, holding up the center of the tent. She giggled to herself as she started to move closer to the pole. She began pulling, trying to make the pole tip. Cahir pushed strength to her and slowly the pole began to slip. She heard the top part crack moving away from its brace. She pushed the handcuffs to the bottom as the pole began to tip. As the pole tipped over she slipped the cuffs out from the bottom of it and blocked her head. The center pole came crashing down. The middle part of the fabric crashing down as well covering her like a blanket. 

‘Move.’ Cahir yelled inside of their mind. 

“Someone  probably heard or saw us. Come one.” Cahire rushed her.

Levi growled hearing her wolf, she knew she was trying to get her body to work as she began crawling out from underneath the fallen fabric. It was heavy weighing her down. She struggled getting her legs to move. She dug her fingertips into the ground here, her wolf's claws descending as she used them to help crawl and claw her way out from under it.  She flopped onto her back breathing slowly as it took some much out of her just to get out from under it. The world is spinning. The edge of her vision turned dark as it started to close in on her. 

“Levi. Don’t you dare let us pass out.” Cahire growled in their mind. 

“Ok, Ok, Ok. Escape.” Levi said out loud lifting her head up off the ground. 

“Exit.” Levi mumbled as she got herself to her feet. 

Levi stumbled to the exit knocking over things as she tried to keep herself up right. The world was rocking and swaying. She was going to kill whoever drugged her. She had to get to the woods. If she got to the woods she could escape. She pushed the flap of the tent open peeking out. Her eyes are having trouble focusing. She saw men lined up around the tent as if preventing anything from coming. She leaned a little bit out of the tent looking behind it. She saw the woods and no one was guarding it. She looked before ways as if she was crossing a street and snuck out of the tent. 

Agnar marched to the front of his blockade of men. The other pack wasn’t attacking but squared off with him. They were waiting. Agnar was furious how dare they come towards his camp site. He moved through his men and they parted for him. Conan ust beneath his skin waiting for the signal to be released. Logan came up flanking his side searching for the Alpha or leader of this group of men. 

“State your fucking business.”Logan yelled out to the men,the stared blanky ahead.

A low growl  started from the back of the group of men gathered.  Three men were moving toward Agnar and Logan, their men behind them ready for a fight. The men from the other pack shifted letting the men come forward. Agnar locked eyes with the leader. He was tall with black slicked back hair and dark eyes. Agnar studied him, sizing him up in his mind. 

“Agnar.” The man said he was coming out as if they should be friendly.

“Who are you and what do you want?” Agnar said shortly his tone deadly letting the man know one wrong move and things would get bad. 

“I am Alpha Derek, this is Dark Crescent. I understand meeting packs here recently usually means a fight, long drawn out battle, and stealing, robbing etc from each other. I am not here for that today.” Derek smiled brightly. 

“I don't like conversations. What do you want, last chance.” Agnar growled his forearms flexing as he spoke, the veins running up his arms bludging. 

“Hmm ok, no chit chat. Alrighty then. My mate. We were attacked back aways back. I am afraid something happened to her. She might be confused, disoriented, or lost.” Derek said making up a story as he went along; playing the poor love sick Alpha. 

“Alpha.” One of his soldiers said to the side of Agnar as if he had solved a puzzle. 

Logan shot him a look and he dropped his head retracting his treatment looking at the ground. Derek’s eyes flashed from Agnar to Agnar’s pack member that spoke up. He was curious.

“Why should I care about your mate,” Agnar growls, not really asking the question.

How dare he say she is his mate. We should kill him. Conan growled inside of him, the growl slowly seeping out of Agnar.

‘I am not coming here to fight you. I just want my mate or if your men may have seen here.” Derek said, his eyes narrowing on Agnar as he bowed up to him.

“Alpha, there was movement just east of the river.” Logan said quietly, he was making it up but Derek did not know. 

“A single or group?”Anger asked, going along with the normal question he would ask.

“Just a single wolf. No one got a real description. Figured it was a rogue passing through, trying to remain undetected.” Logan continued.  

“Alright then. We'll head east.” Derek said, still looking at Agnar, hsi face studying Agnar’s as if he was waiting for him to reveal he was lying.

“If you happen to see her, she's about 5’8 with  blond hair. She strong and a fighter.” Derek said still in  a deadly eye staring match with Agnar.

“Noted.” Agnar said his voice was ice as it came out of his mouth.

Derek nodded his eyes leaving Agnar’s face and flashing to his men. His eyes glossed over as he sent out a command and they began moving east. Agnar couldn't stand the rage Conan was sending out of him. Everything in him wanted to rip Derek’s throat out.

“Derek.” Agnar called to his back.

“Agnar?” Derek asked, stopping short and looking over his shoulder at him.

“You keep moving and do not cross my path again.” Agnar threatened him.

“Noted.” Derek smirked his eyes daring Agnar to make a move.

That was everything Agnar needed, he stepped forward towards Derek. Derek was trying to intimidate him, trying to stare him down, wanting to provoke him. Agnar didn't need to be provoked; he could release hell when he wanted and kill anyone that got in his way. He didn't think twice. Derek was lucky he had managed to stay this long near his pack and still be alive. 

“One of your tents fell.” Derek said, pointing over Agnar’s shoulder the smile still lingering on his lips.

Agnar paused, stopping his advance and looked back over his shoulder. He recognized the tent as his own and growl rolled through his chest as he turned on his heels and began moving towards it. Logan stepped in front of Derek blocking Agnar from hsi view. 

“We are breaking down to move on. You should do the same.” Logan explained quickly. 

“We will. Tell Agnar I look forward to running into him again.” Derek grinned and began walking away, heading east.

Derek moved off with his pack heading east. He looked back over his shoulder looking at Logan. Logan narrowed his eyes at him, his own wolf pushing forward adding a glow to his eyes. The threat to Derek in this small motion. Logan knew deep down that they would be seeing Derek again and this was only the beginning.