Chapter 2 Kidnapped

Elliot POV

The path is a little rough, and we spend about an hour following it, keeping our senses alert in case someone comes toward us from the forest around us. Nothing seems out of the ordinary, so we continue forward until we reach a clearing.

Elliot POV

At that point, there are multiple footprints.

'They changed vehicles,' says Reece.

'I think so,' I said, bending down to examine the print. 'It's definitely a larger vehicle, maybe even a military one.'

'And it goes that way,' he says, pointing towards a second path that leads back into the deep forest.

Without another word, Reece, Cora and I headed in that direction. But when we reach the road and begin to enter the forest, the smell in the air changes.

'Someone's here,' Reece says just as I come to the same conclusion.

Whoever it is, it seems to have appeared out of nowhere, and now I'm pretty sure we're already surrounded. Reece and I transform and take a strong stance to show that we are both Alphas, and if these wolves are anything less than that, they better back off.

It doesn't seem to help, because just then a stunted black wolf runs out from the left, and shortly afterwards about twelve follow, all coming from different directions.

It's an ambush.

I don't see what Cora does, but I as...ume she transforms too; She would be torn to pieces by a dozen wolves when she is in human form.

The black wolf, who seems to be in charge even though he doesn't smell or move like an Alpha, circles around me, his eyes wild with hate.

I give him a warning growl, which he ignores, then I lunge at him, pushing him all the way back into the forest. I'm not ready to kill yet, as I'm not sure who these wolves are or what they are doing here.

As he growls and regains his balance, a gray wolf attacks me from the side, and I easily dodge its attack.

'We don't want to hurt anyone,' I say, using the mental link as Alpha to talk to all the wolves.

But it has no effect, and by then the black wolf is up and running towards me. He makes one final leap toward me with teeth bared, and I have no choice but to sink my own fangs deep into the flesh of his neck.

Now I can see that the rest of the wolves are scared, but two that look like twins with black fur are charging towards me together. Reece pushes one away and the other swerves before hitting me. But as I prepared for that blow, a third wolf came at me from behind and slammed his full weight into my hip.

He groaned in pain and twisted, ending it with a bite to his carotid artery. Reece moves closer to take a stance beside me, and the rest of the wolves retreat, turning when they're some distance away and running back into the woods.

The pain in my hip radiates down my leg, and I sit gently on the other side. 'That packed a good punch,' I say.

'Where's Cora?' Reece asks.

I look around and see nothing. She had gotten away from it, but I needed time to heal my hip before going after her.

'Do you think it was a distraction on purpose?' he asks.

'If it was, two deaths are a high price to pay for an escape,' I say.

'Are you going to be okay to travel?' he asks.

'Give me a few moments, and I'll be fine,' I say. 'She's already healing a little.'

He nods, but then we both hear another voice echoing in our minds.

'Alpha Tristan, Alpha Reece, are you there?' comes Beta Adam's voice. He is far away, so his voice is weak, but we can hear him.

'Come back quickly!' he says. 'They've taken Kamila!'

Malena Milly POV

I defeated the wolves carrying the Breeder over the castle wall and through the forest to Kane's defense line at least twenty minutes earlier. Considering my malnourished state, I thought I was doing pretty well. Sure, I could have run faster if I had some real food in the last few days, besides the crap they brought me in the deep dungeon.

I break Kane's line, shouting to the d*mn warriors who I am through the mental link. One of them recognized me, even though I'm in my wolf form, and I make my way towards the camp, hearing the warriors howling behind me. I guess they see the Breeder being taken away. They should be celebrating our triumphant capture of the bit... and the removal of her as... from the castle.

But they better recognize that I did most of the work, not the idiots who run it now.

With a snort, I head towards what has to be Kane's shop. I know it's his because it's huge. It looks like the kind of tent a person would set up to host a wedding or other type of grand event, not the kind of tent a person would drag across a battlefield.

Inside, I see a luxurious four-poster bed, a dresser with fine gold finishes, and all the amenities a person could imagine. It's more like being back in your palace than being in the middle of a battlefield.

"Only Kane would go to such lengths to make himself seem important," he murmured. I change into my human form and rush towards the shower he has set up in the corner. When I turn on the water, it's instantly hot, and I can't believe I managed to get a hot water heater here in the middle of the woods.

I step inside and let the heat relax my muscles, scrubbing away layers and layers of dirt and grime from the dungeon. It feels amazing! I use Kane's body wash to lather up, and although it smells a little too masculine for me, that smell reminds me of him too.

Before I stop to think about it, I'm touching myself. It's been too long since I've had s*x, and now that I'm surrounded by the smell of bergamot and sandalwood, well, I can't help but linger on my most sensitive parts, pinching a nipp... and sliding my fingers through my folds and then into my body.

I let out a low moan as my thumb presses against my cl*t. It feels so good. I wish Kane was here. Even though I'm angry at him for not coming to rescue me himself, it doesn't make me want him any less.