Theirs For The Taking

Lucas....

Alias:

And where were you?” Mother questioned me.

I rolled my eyes, tired of repeating myself.

“I asked you a question!”

“I heard you the first f*****g time, Naomi!” I shouted back.

“Watch your goddamn mouth!” Father snarled at me. “This is your fault!”

“My f*****g fault?! Ha! Okay! Sure, I called Lucas and told his ass to come and snatch her up! How f*****g idiotic does that s**t sound?!” 

Adonis got in between father and I as we were that close to fighting. He always agitated me.

“Now’s not the time for all of this.” Adonis said. We need to figure out why he took Jesslyn?”

I sighed before I turned my head to Natalie. She sat up in the hospital bed, bandaged up.

“That’s because I used to be Lucas’s girl before I met Alias.” She explained.

Everybody looked from her to me. 

“Do I have to ask how the hell that happened or should I already know?” Father asked. 

I kept my mouth shut and Uncle Kieran sighed before a small chuckle escaped his lips.

“Why am I not surprised.” Ayden said, crossing his arms. “You like to take everybody’s girl.”

My eyes snapped in his direction. I know he was not talking about when we both met Jesslyn that day. If he was, he sounded stupid on his behalf. It was clear who she wanted that night. That’s why she came home with me and not him.

“Don’t start.” I told him.

“What? I’m just saying.” 

I walked around the bed, ready to deck him in his jaw. Father put his hand out in front of me and I shoved him away from this.

“You’re going to fix this.” Father told me. “So, I suggest you calm down and come up with a plan to get your fiancee back.”

“Fiancee?” Natalie asked, confused. “Who is this girl, Alias?”

I walked out of the room, head deep in thoughts. Walking into werewolf territory was a little dangerous since they rolled in packs. I rolled alone. They were very hard to talk to and make amends with, so peace wasn’t going to be the way to go. 

“Alias, wait?!” Ayden shouted behind me.

I grunted, heading over to my car. There was no way I was going to deal with his s**t after the things he said.in that room. 

“Alias!”

“Don’t f*****g call me!”

I turned around fast and pointed at him.

“Don’t follow me.” I hissed. “I swear, I just want to punch you in your f*****g face right now!”

“Then do it, Alias!” Ayden shouted back at me. “You’re mad because I told the truth?! Get the f**k over it, you f*****g asshole!” 

I tossed my keys down on the ground and charged at him. I grabbed him by his f*****g collar and slammed him down on the ground, ready to f**k him up. He kicked me in the leg, causing me to release him. He got up and grappled me, trying to take me down. 

“THAT’S ENOUGH!” Mother shouted at us. 

She fleeted over to us and separated the both of us. 

“Keep him the f**k away from me!” I shouted at her, turning towards my car.

I reached down on the ground, grabbing my keys. I had no f*****g time to be dealing with him nor her.

“Alias!” Mother called my name.

“Leave me alone!” 

I unlocked the car door and hopped in.

“You need our help! Don’t do this, son!”

I started the car up and laughed as i got back out.

“I didn’t need your help with dealing with f*****g Marcus! I don’t need your help now!” 

“Alias, stop!” Father shouted. “You’re going to need us!”

“Natalie said she’ll help you find his location.” Adonis said as he walked up to me. “She said if he’s still there, there’s a place he used to reside at. Don’t do this by yourself. You know we all got your back.”

I shook my head and got back in the car. Before I could pull off, Adonis hopped on the passenger side of my car.

“You’re not going without me.” Adonis told me.

I was about to say something, but I felt Ayden’s presence in the backseat. 

“You really like pissing me off.” I said.

“Regardless of how much we fight, mom’s right.” Ayden said. “We’re family.”

“To be honest, I hate this f*****g family.”

Adonis patted me on the shoulder and I moved away from him, pulling away from the place my Mother worked at. 

***

“What is this place?” I asked him. 

“The place Natalie directed us to.” Adonis said.

Ayden got quiet and I glanced at him, suspiciously.

“What?” I asked him.

“...Nothing.” He said. “What are we doing?”

I raised an eyebrow at him.

“You know I can tell when you’re lying.” 

“We both can.” Adonis said. “You’ve been acting funny since you saw Natalie. What’s your problem, man?”

The rustling noise in the bushes stopped us from talking more. I snapped my head to the left, then the right of us. 

“We have company.” I said to Ayden and Adonis. 

“I sensed it already.” Adonis said. 

The bushes to the left rustled again, making the leaves shake harder that time. I picked up the scent of wolf, immediately. I hissed and a low growl came from the bush to the right of us. 

“What are you doing here?” A voice came from behind me.

I turned around and saw a female, standing there with a metal bat in her hand. 

“Since when did wolves use bats?” I asked with a raised eyebrows.

“Since when did fangers gave a f**k about what we used,” She came back at me. Now, answer the question.”

I glanced around, looking to see if there was more wolves around. 

“You’re alone,” I said. “If I wanted to take you, I could.”

“Rethink your choices, vamp. You came to my area.”

“Yeah, looking for someone that is not you.”

“Who, then?”

I looked at her and she raised an eyebrow at me.

“Forget it, we’ll come back later.” I told them.

I didn’t have time to deal with her attitude. She would’ve gotten snatched up if that was the case. The three of us headed over to the car and I was ready to get inside until a voice stopped me in my tracks.

“What’s the rush, Alias?” I heard Lucas behind me. “It’s clear who you came for.”

I snapped my head in his direction. He still looked the same, just a lot bigger than before. He smirked at me with his arms crossed over his chest. 

“Yeah, my wife,” I hissed at him.

He chuckled before he snapped his fingers in the air. One of his men came out with Jesslyn by his side, handcuffed and mouth tapped. When she saw me, she released a whimper from behind the tape. 

“You mean this mortal here?” Lucas asked.

“You harm and I’ll f*****g-..”

“You’ll do what? Look around, b***h. You’re around more wolves than vamps. I suggest you calm down before she end up on our side.”

More of his men showed up on his side, ready for a fight. He was agitating me and as much as I wanted to rip his f*****g head off in front of his pack, I couldn’t let anything happen to her.

“What do you want?” I asked him.

“That’s more like it.” Lucas chuckled. “See, we can make things work.”

Lucas grabbed Jesslyn and pulled her closer to him that time.

“Let’s have a chat in… My Territory.” He said.

He, then turned around and headed back inside the abandoned area. I sighed and just took one step forward before Ayden jumped on my ass. 

“Are you sure?” Adonis asked. “We need to think before we just go in there.”

I sighed.

“What choice do we have?” I asked my cousin. “I’m not trying to cause problems and she’s right there.”

“Adonis is right.” Ayden said. “I’m not liking it.”

“What do you two suggest, then?”

Adonis pulled his phone out and walked away. Did I even dare to ask him who he was calling?