All Chapters of Escaping with the Alpha: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Allie POVI made sure to miss breakfast the next morning to avoid Father and Ellis and instead made my way to the pack hospital. I was enraged when the nurse had to call ‘the Alpha’ to get permission for me to see my own damn mother, but Ellis allowed it.The nurse led me down a bland, depressing looking corridor and opened a door, motioning for me to enter. The room was just as bad–everything was white and unstimulating. I wondered if Mum went crazy, then they put her in here, or if they put her in here and then she went crazy… this space was not Mum at all.She was sitting in an armchair near the window, just gazing out blankly. Her blonde hair hung limp, and there was a vacant expression on her pale face. She didn’t appear to register our presence in the room.“She’s been like that since the night of the attack, I’m afraid,” whispered the nurse. “Take as long as you want. There’s a buzzer over here if she needs anything.”I grabbed the spare chair and carried it over to sit opposi

Josh POV‘Josh, are you awake?’ came the mind-link from Dad, waking me from another shitty night’s sleep.‘Am now, what’s up?’ I replied, stretching.‘Come see me in Nate’s office before breakfast.’‘Sure, I’ll be down in ten.’I closed the mind-link, then showered, shaved and dressed quickly. It was longer than ten minutes, but no one came to hurry me up. As I stepped out into the hallway, Aster stirred in my mind and started going crazy.‘Mate!’ he shouted.I inhaled deeply. Allie. She was here.I followed her scent, racing down the stairs so fast I almost stumbled a few times, but I didn’t even care if I broke my neck, I just needed to get to her as quickly as possible. I reached the bottom of the stairs on the ground floor, where Dad and Nate were waiting on either side.“She came back!” I shouted, as her scent got stronger and my excitement grew. My heart felt like it was going to burst with happiness. She came back for me.“We need to talk to you first. My office,” said Nate.“N

Allie POV My eyes opened to see that we were running. Fast. My wolf was breathing heavily as it ran, and its head was darting left and right as we bounded through the forest in wolf form. I could hear shouts behind me, but my wolf paid them no attention, focusing only on forward momentum. All of a sudden, she yelped and then howled as she hit the dirt, sliding along on her stomach until she came to a stop. I shifted back to human form and looked down at my right shoulder where the handle of a long spear was protruding, the cold metal blade lodged deep in my flesh. Only, it wasn’t my shoulder. It was masculine. I could see the veins bulging in the perfect biceps. A large, calloused hand reached behind my–or rather, his–shoulder and ripped out the spear, grunting through the pain. In an instant, we were up again, spear in hand, continuing to run like the wind. I could hear his footfalls, along with his laboured breathing. I heard a whizzing sound and felt a vibration through the ai

Allie POV After showering and dressing, I answered a knock on my door. I’d expected it to be Josh, but as I got closer, I scented Leo from under the door and immediately felt guilty about the way my shoulders had drooped. “Hi sweetheart, Nate filled me in on your first shift, and it looks like we’ve got some things to talk about. Shall we go downstairs?” Leo was always such a… a dad. He had such a reassuring vibe about him; the way he smiled, the way he held himself, the way he spoke. And from what Josh had told me about him previously, he was everything a person could want in a father. I followed him downstairs and back into Nate’s office. Nate was behind his desk with what looked like a textbook in front of him, his brows knitted together in concentration. He glanced up as I sat across from him with Leo. “You ready for a mini history lesson?” he asked. “Always,” I replied, a little too excitedly. One side of his mouth curled up as though he were trying to stifle a smirk. “Yeah

Josh POV It all happened so fast I barely had time to register any of it. The pain etched on Allie’s face as she shifted back and fell to the ground made my stomach drop. A fury erupted within me as I watched Cole touch her, and then Mum and Gianna were whisking her away. As her scent passed me, a pure, unbridled wave of lust slammed into me like a truck. Aster was immediately pushing forward, wanting to shift again, but Dad was right in front of me forcing me to remain where I was. What the fuck was going on? ‘She’s in heat. We need to mark her and complete the mate-bond. It’s been too long,’ growled Aster. Heat? Oh, shit. When Dad finally let me go, I entered the kitchen and saw Zac helping Zoe take big bags of ice from the freezer. Gianna came downstairs and directed them up to Allie’s room. My mind was in utter fucking turmoil. How were they all so calm about this? It was almost like they were prepared for it. “It had to happen eventually,” Gianna said, patting my arm. “I’m