Page 98 of His Bonded Omega Mate
“Taken! They’ve been taken!” he yelled through the door.
Axel dashed to it and flung it open. Larken had sweat, blood, and mud covering him from head to toe.
“What the hell? Are you okay?”
He braced his hands on his thighs as he tried to get his breath back. “No time.” He panted and wiped sweat from his brow. He looked like he wanted to be sick. “Hiro and Tate are gone. Carl took them.”
The bottom fell out of my world. I wouldn’t have stayed standing if it wasn’t for Asher’s support. I looked at him, needing him to tell me what to do. We needed to get our omegas back. The babies, they had to be okay.
As if he heard my thoughts, Asher launched into a plan. “Larken, have you told anyone?”
“I shouted it to people and made a call as I ran straight here,” My friend said, worry plain on his face.
“Good. Axel, call Blake. We’re going to need a few alphas or betas that he can trust. Just in case this is a ruse to get Blake to leave Elliotte, he should stay with the pack.”
“Right,” Axel agreed. “He’ll also have to take people off other tasks just in case there’s an attack while our attention is divided.”
“Yes. That’s possible.” He turned back to Larken, still holding me close to him. “Lark, come take a hold of Roan. He needs the support.”
“What about you?” I finally spoke up.
“My lion needs this. He’s practically purring at getting the chance to prove himself. He won’t let us down. Our mates will be back with us soon.”
“We don’t even know who has them. It could be anyone.” I felt disconnected. Everything felt far away. What use would I be to them like this?
“I’ll call Poppy. Maybe she can do a spell to trace them?” Larken suggested.
“We need to go. Get to the house and see if there are any scents or clues we might recognize.” Asher appeared to be cool and calm, but his hands kept clenching.
I followed him out of his house and into the village. Elves joined us as we ran to the portal, not slowing for anything.
As soon as we were through, we shifted, the geas gone. I took the position on Asher’s left shoulder, Larken to his right as the Komodo dragon struggled to catch up. Axel guarded our rear as we skirted the compound to avoid being slowed, and got to our house.
Asher stopped suddenly and sniffed.Carl and Sven from the pack. There was a large vehicle here. I can see the tracks.
Axel went into the house, Micah watched us fearfully from the doorway. “They drugged us. I’m so sorry.”
I shifted and squeezed his shoulder. “Being kidnapped is becoming a problem in this pack. First Kade, now —“ I couldn’t finish my joke. Trying to lighten the atmosphere, to have hope, was too hard.
Inside, Axel was finishing up a call. “Good thing we have LoJacks on all the pack’s vans and cars. We have a location.”
“What?” Hope flared in my chest.
“I always knew that if anyone tried to smuggle anything out of the pack, they’d have to use our vehicles to do it, otherwise people would question them being in the compound. So a while back, I put trackers on them all. I have the last known location of the van, where they stopped for a few minutes before returning to the compound to not be suspicious.”
“How?” I heard the incredulity in my tone.
“Dalton,” Axel said, as if that answered everything. I guess it did. That beta knew everything and could find information like no one’s business. “I’ll text Poppy to meet us there. Or whatever witch they send. Someone is coming to help.”
“We have to go now. We can’t wait.” Asher looked scared.
“Don’t worry, we won’t. Micah, you’re with us. Melody is bringing a van round now.”
We all heard the van stop just moments later. Melody hit the horn. “Let’s go cause some pain!” she yelled.
I was going to end whoever thought they could take my mate from me.
Fear
