Page 176 of Unforgivable

"Where is your Gamma, Alpha Jax? I expected him to meet me."

That's Ezra's signal. Right on time, my brother jogs out of the woods. "Beta Teague?" Ezra walks over to the huge male. "Thank you for responding so quickly."

"I've been tracking this particular female for years. She's a key part of the smuggling ring I've been trying to bust."

"Well, she's here," Ezra offers up. Alpha Jax frowns at him. "I also have plenty of evidence that she has an accomplice in RustClaw, unfortunately. A male named Ethan Pierson. I was just at his house."

Alpha Jax lets out a soft choking sound, "Ethan?"

Ezra frowns at him. "Yes. He's the one who Alice came to meet up with, right? He's her connection here."

"Interesting. I'd like to interrogate this male," Teague says. Damn, he's a good actor.

Ezra frowns, "May not be possible. I Challenged him just yesterday. He's in no shape for talking."

"Then I'll take him into custody, too. I want to round up as many of these assholes as possible."

"Wait," Alpha Jax interjects. "You plan on coming onto my packlands and making arrests of my wolves?" he sounds astonished.

Teague frowns in confusion, "your Gamma invited me here? Surely you aren't going to interfere? Six packs are involved in this operation. It's lasted years."

Alpha Jax looks like he wants to be anywhere but here. "I need to see the evidence," he scowls at Ezra. "Especially the evidence against Ethan."

"It's quite a lot," Ezra says.

Alpha Jax shakes his head, shoulders sagging just a touch. "By all means. Take these fuckers off my hands before I lose it and rip them to shreds myself."

Teague nods his head to some of his wolves. They move seamlessly, wordlessly, toward the packhouse. "Which room is she in?"

"I- shit. Let me get my mate. She'll know where Alice is."

"Beta, the female is running," one of the males with Teague suddenly says in a grim voice.

Teague erupts, roaring, "chase the bitch down! Fan out and form a net. Do not let her escape! Mother-fuckers! Drag her down by her cocaine-riddled hair, you cocksuckers!"

Wolves on paws and feet run everywhere. The ruckus is incredibly loud, and soon enough, Luna Jessi and the Beta family are stumbling out of the house.

And there she is. I knew fucking Alpha Jax would release the little bitch. Luna Jessi probably had something to do with it.

"W-what's going on?" Cloe's eyes are red from crying. Her mother, Abigail, is standing just behind her, looking like death walking.

"Where is that bitch?" Teague snarls into his cell phone. He's not sprouting fur or claws, but every wolf watching draws away from the enraged beast of a male. I fight to keep the grin off of my face.

Just then, Thjis pulls up in the truck. In the passenger seat is my Luna. She steps down lightly, offering Teague a polite smile.

"You must be Beta Teague," she says, with pure confidence, ignoring every other wolf. "Ezra told me you were coming to arrest Ethan and the she-wolf? It's such a terrible thing, what Ethan has done."

A whimper emerges from Cloe.

Alpha Jax snarls at his supposed daughter-by-mating. "You. Go back inside the fucking house. You aren't allowed out of your room."

Cloe starts sobbing into her cupped palm but turns to walk back inside.

"As interesting as this is," Teague interjects in a harsh tone, "I will be arresting this male today. Especially since Alice may escape. I won't allow another one of these bastards-"

"My brother is not a bastard!" Cloe shrieks, whirling back around.

"You need to learn to shut your mouth, Cloe. You are not the Luna of this pack. You never will be," I say calmly.

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