First of a double chapter update ... enjoy! Ellie xo
Alpha Carter POV They get her to the outside and we are horrified at the sight. Bite marks are all over the girl’s arms and I suspect areas we cannot see. The rage Thomas is feeling is overwhelming to everyone present. “This is my mate’s sister. I want to know who did this,” he says softly. I know Thomas will lose it on whomever gets in his way. “We need to get her to the Pack hospital,” Tamara says quickly. Thomas picks the girl up. She is thin, not looking to have been fed much, if anything, for a couple weeks. Tamara leads the way to the Pack hospital, and we barge in with Diane following us. She tackles any doctors who get in the way, cautioning they are all on notice for the abuse of Carly. Elizabeth and I wait in the hall just outside of the door. One of the Pack nurses enters the room offering Tamara help. They start ordering medication to sedate Carly, along with some scans. I know they will have to do other exams, and I cringe th
Elizabeth POV I could not believe that these people were prepared to fight us. For nothing that will change as Alpha Matt is now dead. The Alpha and Luna who betrayed their Pack and them. Nothing would change their minds at this point. They were out for blood. The Pack continued to move towards us, just as one man started to swing out at me, Carter’s hand caught his fist and crushed it in his hand. Before anyone else could get hurt Diane came in, “Everyone stand down!” she yelled throwing a command behind her voice. “What is the meaning of this?” she demands of the Red Woods Pack members. “We want justice for our Alpha and Luna,” the leader says. “Be grateful you are going to retain your Pack. Most in this situation would be disbanded,” Diane advises them. “Now go home and think about your futures at this Pack,” she adds as the Pack members curse, while leaving the hospital. “Are you alright?” Carter asks me. Surprisingly I am
Stan POV I had focused most of my time, since Carter left, on Kinsley. She was ready to come back to the Pack house today. She was still very uncomfortable with me particularly if we were alone. I had no idea how to make her feel more comfortable. She had to work on getting her strength back for walking. Although she had only been out a relatively short period, the fight against the toxins had exhausted a lot of her strength. She still had not heard from her wolf and that was causing her a lot of anxiety as well. The doctor who had been working with Tamara had stayed with us. She assured Kinsley that this was all normal and she would get everything she felt she had lost back. I hope that included me. Our Gamma had been keeping me up to date on Pack activities. All was pretty quiet for a busy Pack. I think most Pack members appreciated the challenges we were facing personally and had been trying to give us all space with few distractions. I
Elizabeth POV “What does that mean?” I ask confused with what Carter is saying. Perhaps it is the grogginess around my sleep deprived brain that is causing me to be dense. I sit back in my chair and wait for him to explain. He puts the papers down beside him and pulls his chair closer to mine. Our knees are touching, and I feel a sense of comfort at his closeness. I have a strong feeling I am not going to like what he is about to tell me. He takes my hand and holds it gently in his. “Oddly it would seem that when you arrived at the Red Woods Pack is when this money started arriving,” he says to me. “Okay,” I reply feeling the aches in my body from having been sitting over the documents all night. “What does that mean?” I ask naively. Carter looks at me sadly, “It means there is a good chance that someone else knew your aunt and uncle took you. It means that there is a good chance someone was paying the Alpha and the Red Woods Pack to keep yo
Stan POV I slept on the couch not wanting to corner Kinsley. She was terrified when we came back to our room last night. I had first tried to get her to eat, but she claimed to not have an appetite. I believe she was worried about what was going to happen when we were alone in our room. She had been visibly shaking when we arrived. I sighed quickly advising her that she could have the bedroom. She scurried in and shut the door. I kind of chuckled as I did not even get a pillow or blanket before she shut me out. Fortunately, there was a throw on the couch, and I survived with that. And the fact that wolves ran hot, helped. I lay there listening for any movement inside the room. I had heard her up and use the washroom earlier but nothing since. Either she went back to sleep or is paralyzed with fear. This was crazy. I had to use the washroom and could not hold on any longer. I sat up rubbing my hands across my face. I was exhausted after
Alpha Carter POV “That was eventful,” I say to Elizabeth as she looks at me with a grossed out look on her face. “What?” I ask her with a smile. “She slept with him … just ew,” she says with a shiver. I burst out loud laughing, “Well it makes me very happy that does not appeal to you,” I say to her as we move around the office to see what Robert may have been looking at when we came in. “We need to get back to work,” I say to Elizabeth as I move to look at the papers that Robert had been looking at. My heart sinks as I quickly go to the secret door only to find it slightly ajar. Robert had been in here searching through papers when we stumbled upon him. He had seen the financials, but I am not sure he had enough time to know what he was looking at. “We know there is a paper trail with the financials. I am going to search through documents from that first year and see if I can find anything that indicates what the money is for,” I say to Elizab
Stan POV “Weak points of the Pack? Who wanted that information?” I demanded of her. “I do not know,” she starts to say. “How convenient,” I say standing up to usher her out the door so I could find Kinsley. “Wait! I do not know who the head person was, but I know who I was working for,” she says to me. I pause, “And who was that?” I ask her. “The Wolf Council,” she replies almost whispering. “What are you whispering for?” I ask her. “They have ears everywhere Stan. You can never be too sure. Wasn’t the Council just here? It would take nothing for them to leave a bug,” she says looking around the room. I could not tell if she was seriously paranoid or simply adding to her performance. “Until you can tell me more, I am not willing to listen to this,” I say to her. “Now leave,” I add as she grabs my arm. I look down at her hand and she slowly removes it. “I cannot leave,” she says. “And why is that?” I ask. “If I do not come back with
Elizabeth POV The awful scream that came from Carly startled all of us. It was clear she was in a trance … a bad dream. Tamara tries to grasp her shoulders to wake her, but Carly goes feral trying to attack her. Thomas steps in to protect Tamara but that only causes Carly more distress. Before I know what I am doing, I step forward and put my hand on her. My touch seems to calm her. She looks at me coming out of her trance and allows me to help her back under the covers. Tamara is standing on her other side with tears streaming down her cheeks. “This is all my fault,” she mutters as Thomas reassures her it is not her fault. Carly slowly looks to her side, “Tam?” she says clearly using a nickname for Tamara. “Yes, baby girl, I am here,” Tamara says taking a cautious step forward. Carly looks at her in disbelief before her face starts to crunch up in tears. “Is it really you?” she asks again when Tamara pulls her gently into her arms. Ca