Page 50 of Rejected By the Alpha

[Amelia!] I reach through the link, frantically looking for a weapon to use. I won’t be able to shift into wolf form yet, the sleeping drug amplifying the effects of the minute amount of wolfsbane still running through me.

[Thank the goddess you are alright, Kaylee,] Amelia responds back in seconds, as I manage to pry loose the bar hanging over the shower-tub combo. I test the weight of it and decide it will do if I need to fight my way out. I ready myself, as I sense changes coming from the other side of the door and wait patiently. Something is happening.

[Amelia, what do you mean by those words?] I ask, catching the relief and anxiety in her voice.

[What I mean is, where the hell have you been? You were supposed to check in with me yesterday, but I got nothing. I screamed into the link, but you never responded!] she shoots back, and my eyes widen. I had been asleep for over twenty-four hours.

[Long story short, Alpha Jordan drugged me again. Not wolfsbane, but some sleeping drug,] I explain curtly, as the sound of the door being beaten down catches my attention.

[I don’t think I have any time left though,] I admit, as the center of the door splinters. I hear Alpha Jordan bark orders as Viktor and Glen’s scents seep into my small, safe space. Without a second thought, I use the pole like a spear and inwardly cheer when I hear a pained yelp as the semi-sharp end stabs into someone. Pulling my makeshift weapon back, I smile as I see blood coating the tip.

[Just hang in another hour, Kaylee. Lucas, Titus, and Titus’ men should be there soon,] Amelia orders, her voice both commanding and soothing. I go to say something more, but my focus shifts to the door being broken down with an ax this time. I try my spearing technique to hinder the ax-wielder, but it seems my attackers expect it as they jump back. Before I can pull the shower bar back, it is snatched by Glen, a glint shining in his eyes as he pulls it and me with it. I release my makeshift weapon when I realize their goal is to pull me forward and watch as Glen falls back. Something shatters from the man falling, and the scent of blood fills my space. It seems he miscalculated his move and has wounded himself.

[I don’t think I can make it an hour,] I shoot back, and Amelia lets out a string of curses. The link dies for a moment while I reach for the nearest object I can throw, finding glass bottlesthat I quickly lob at Viktor as he reaches in to unlock the door. The bottle shatters on his hand, the glass cutting deep and the perfume entering the wounds. He lets out a growl of pain and backs away, while I move towards the window. It will be my next option of escape if need be, but even I know that the risk of me injuring myself is high.

“Kaylee!” Alpha Jordan roars, his face appearing in the hole made by the ax.

“I suggest you be a good girl and come out this instant!” he demands, rage radiating off of him. I turn to snap back but find my eyes focusing instead on the wound in his shoulder. A wound I inflicted on him with the pole they took from me.

[He is wounded,] I tell Amelia as I open the window, aware that Alpha Jordan is working to unlock the bathroom door.

[I got him with my makeshift weapon, and he is too angry to focus on healing,] I continue, focusing on turning my nails into claws and raking them along the mesh screen that is the last barrier to the window.

[That’s good to know! I will tell Lucas this,] she praises. The sound of the lock clicks, and I look back to see the door open. Without a second thought, I climb out the window and allow myself to fall to the ground four stories below me. Alpha Jordan snarls in frustration as he barely misses grabbing me, before ordering Viktor out of the room with him. With their speed and my predicted injuries, I will have a two-minute head start.

Wolves watch as I fall to the ground, not bothering to help me as my body meets the ground with such force that it knocks the breath from me. My ears ring as I push myself off from theground and take off running. Luckily for me, I did not break any bones in my legs or feet. Unluckily for me, I fractured my right arm and maybe broke a few ribs, judging from the burning pain I feel as I take off towards the forest.

“Stop her!” Alpha Jordan shouts, his words imbued by an alpha command. To my horror, the wolves that stood by while I fell straighten like toy soldiers, a look of hate and reluctance on their faces as they follow me. With urgency for my own safety, I push myself to run faster, feeling my sore and tired body protest while I race to the trees. If I can just get to them, I will be able to lose my pursuers. Unfortunately for me though, I find my body being tackled to the cold hard ground as soon as I am within reach of the safety the forest would have provided. Five males hold me down, a look of silent apologies on their faces as a powerful aura radiates toward us and grows stronger. Before I can do anything, Alpha Jordan is above me, his hands moving so fast that all I feel is a needle pricking the back of my neck.

“What the hell did you just do?!” I demand, thrashing and trying to get free from my captors.

“You will find out soon enough, Kaylee,” Alpha Jordan growls out, a look of triumph mixed with the anger that radiates from him.

“As soon as that serum courses through your body, you will be nothing more than a wanton whore for me to mate and mark.” With his explanation done, he orders his men to carry me back to the pack house. I try to reach out to the bond Amelia and I share, but nothing comes back. It’s like whatever the serum was made for blocked any bond I may have with my family or packmates.

For the first time since I woke to find myself captured by this deranged man, I feel fear. As much as I hate him for hurting me the day after my birthday, I pray that Lucas makes it in time before I am marked against my will.

53

Lucas

Staring at the border protected by the trusted men of Jordan, I look to Titus for any guidance. My aunt had called me five minutes ago to tell me that she got into contact with Kaylee, detailing that Jordan was advancing his plans to mate her. This nearly sent me into a frenzy, and Titus had to calm me down before I ruined our plans.

“So, what do we do now?” I ask as we eye the men again. They are the ones blocking me from getting to Kaylee and saving her.

“Amelia said Ivory Fangs has already surrounded the small decoy town Shadow Moon has, and is working on evacuating the humans there,” Titus muses.

“This means the humans should be out of harm’s way by the time the Ivory Fangs wolves start fighting Jordan’s men.” Something flickers in his eyes, and he lets out a low whistle.Before I can ask what that whistle was for, wolves pop out of the forest behind Jordan’s men and slit their throats, killing them instantly. We rush from the forest with them gone, and Titus fist-bumps one of the wolves with a smile on his face.

“Glad you guys came back now,” a tanned wolf with braided brown hair exclaims with relief.

“Jordan has some she-wolf, and we just witnessed him injecting her with something before having her carried away,” he continues. A snarl escapes my lips as I think about what Jordan just did to Kaylee, and Titus stops me as I am about to take off.

“Lucas, if you lose control now, you won’t be able to help Kaylee,” he snaps at me. I have the urge to attack my god-brother for stopping me. My mate is in the hands of his lunatic alpha, and goddess only knows what he just injected into her.

“Kaylee… is that the blonde girl’s name?” the tanned wolf asks, a look of concern on his face as he watches me warily.

“Yes. That is my mate’s name,” I answer, a look of understanding crossing this wolf’s face.

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