He could see the tail lights of her Harley speeding down the highway. His brother was beside him in the passenger seat of his pickup. His younger sister clinging to the side handle in the back seat. He catches a glimpse of flaming red hair.
"If she gets across the river, we'll lose her."
"Not to worry, brother, she won't."
"Are we sure about this, Jericho? You know who she is?"
"Yes, Clarice, I'm perfectly aware."
A crackling noise can be heard, then the voice of a member comes over the radio.
"Spike strips are placed on the bridge, sir"
Jericho picks up his mic. "Thank you Marcel, now get out of site, she can't see you, or smell you. When you have her, do not harm her"
"Yes sir" replied Marcel, and the mic crackled off.
"I think we should be more worried about her harming them, brother" says Derrik.
Jericho presses down on the gas pedal, speeding up, erasing the distance between him and his prey.
'Run my pretty little alpha, right into my trap' he gloats to himself, as they approach the bridge.
Suddenly, the bike in front of them loses control as it hits the spike strip, the rider is thrown forward, rolling off to the side. He sees his MC and pack members come out of hiding surrounding the rider. Pack members in wolf form. Jericho brings his pick up to a fast stop, Clarice hitting the back of his seat.
"Christ Jericho, next time let me get my seat belt on !" she exclaims.
"You'll heal" he replied, opening the driver-side door. "Shall we greet our guest". Derrik loads a tranquilizer dart soaked in Wolfsbane into a dark gun. "Are you sure this will draw her father out" he asks.
"Derrik, if there's one person in this world, that can bring Colton DeMartel, and that b***h wife of his out of hiding..." Jericho looks over to the girl getting to her feet, throwing off her bike helmet, her steel blue eyes glowing with anger, her raven black hair, with flaming red tips, falling down around her face. She growls low, baring her fangs. "It's his first born baby girl" he finishes. He closes his door, as Clarice and Derrik climb out of the pick-up.
"It's not just the Shadow Claw Wolves MC, we will be pissing off, Jericho" says Clarice. "Jackson will rip your heart, just for looking at her. He and his Lightning Claws will come for her, Brother".
Marcel Hartland walks up to the three siblings talking by the truck
"Are you crazy, Jericho ! This is Tatiana DeMartel ! Leader and Alpha of the Shadow Claw Wolves. Mate to Jackson Jagger. Are you trying to start a war?"
"Not a war, Marcel. She is just bait. Her b***h of a mother must pay for what she did to my father. And Colton will never leave Morganna's side, except...to rescue his pretty little Tatiana"
Tatiana's growls grew louder, as she leaped at a member standing near by, her claws grabbing his throat. "Jericho Nikolasson, you owe me a new bike, you wretched mutt !"
Jericho smiles a boyish grin. "Hello Tatiana, love", he grabs the dart gun out of his brother's hand, walking towards his prey. "The Thunder Wolves were banished from these parts. The MC was thrown out of the community, What are you doing here," Tatiana growled.
"It's quite simple really, darling" Jericho says, raising the dart gun. "The only way to draw out Daddy, is if his favourite little pup is in trouble."
Tatianna closes her grip around the man she's holding's throat. He's one of the human MC members. She would never threaten another wolf, even one from the Thunder Wolf Pack. "I'll rip his throat out". Thunder Wolf MC and pack members close in around Tatiana, humans raising dart guns, the wolves growling and barking.
"Remember...she is not to be harmed. I mean to anger her mate and brothers, not turn them homicidal."
"Riah and JJ will come for me" she says.
"Oh Tatiana, my pretty little alpha", Jericho says as he shoots a dart soaked in Wolfsbane into her thigh. Tatiana screams, releasing the man she's holding. She pulls the dart out. She glares at Jericho, before she charges at him. The rest of the members shoot their dart guns at Tatiana, hitting her 3 more times, knocking her unconscious. "I'm counting on it."
Somewhere deep in the Canadian mountains, Jackson Jagger cries out, and he feels a burning sensation in his thigh, neck, and heart. He falls to his knees, feeling as if his heart was being ripped out. "JJ !!" his sister Willow screams, his brother Elijah catching him as he falls, weakened. "What is it, brother" Elijah says. "Tatty" Jackson replies, before passing out. Willow and Elijah look at each other, confused.
Meanwhile, in a cabin 5 miles south of Jackson's location, Zachariah DeMartel sits on the porch, scanning the woods surrounding the cabin, sniffing the air. Watching for enemies. He is guarding his parents, while they hide from the alpha of the Thunder Wolf Pack. "Riah !" he hears his sister's Tatiana's voice in his mind. Calling to him. "Riah ! Help !". "Tatty, what's wrong" he says back in his mind, only to be met with silence. He felt a sharp pain in his neck, thigh and heart. He falls from his chair, feeling weak. "Tatty !"