Alexander pov.
We have been driving for half an hour now, so we should arrive at the Shadow pack in ten minutes or so.
The whole way there, I tried to figure out how I felt about all of this.
But the reality is that I wasn’t sure how I felt about this marriage.
I was happy about the end goal this marriage brings to my pack. I was happy about how much more secure we will be after this, how much more stability we will have as a complete pack with a Luna and an heir on the way.
But now I started to wonder if she was the right choice for the pack. Sure, I will take care of everything, and she will not be involved in the pack's life as a typical Luna… but she will still be the Luna.
To think of it, I haven’t heard her talk…fuck, that is crazy, but I have no choice but to continue. Not only for my pack, but also for my name as an alpha and principal that I stand for. To break a deal like this would be crazy.
Finally, we arrived at the pack house.
It wasn’t as big as ours, but it wasn’t the worst one I ever saw. The house itself needed a bit of work, because it clearly lost a lot of its glory from the time it was built. That is probably a clear representation of the pack itself. The current alpha was not the best at taking care of either.
As we stepped out of the car, there was no one to greet us, so we turned to the front door. I stepped up to knock on it, but the door opened before my knuckles could touch the wooden door.
Maverick's second daughter, I think her name was Sara, stood on the other side.
“Alpha Aleksander, Beta Mat, please step in, we have been waiting for you.”
To my surprise, the little slut was quite polite as she stepped aside, letting us enter.
As we walked inside, we were met by Maverick, his family and his top commanders. The only person missing was my bride.
Then my eyes caught bright fiery red hair and a white dress at the corner of the room, with as much distance from everyone else as the small space allowed.
There stood my future wife, my future Luna.
Well, she looked great in the dress I had sent her. The back was bare, which looked vulnerable and sexy at the same time. I am sure that I had not been attracted to a back before. As I stepped into the room, she turned to me and I saw the front.
I did a great job picking this dress. Her front was covered in twisted fabric that now looked like a rope, twisting around her ample curves, making my mouth water.
Seeing her like this brought out my kinky side instantly, as I saw the twisted fabric creases and covered her skin. Shibari wasn't my specialty and I can’t say that I really enjoyed it that much, but seeing her like that… all I can think about now, well, it would be so hot to see her in ropes. I could see a dark rope creasing her skin, binding her... Going around her big t**s, then travelling between her legs...
My mind was going down the rabbit hole when she lifted her eyes and met mine. They didn’t look as calm as the last time I saw them. Sure, the mask of boredom and coldness was there, but there was a lot more there today.
For a second, I was pretty sure that she smiled when she saw me, and I realized that I hadn’t seen her smile.
A need to see her full smile started to build in my chest, and a pull to walk towards her started to get stronger.
A loud fake cough from Maverick's wife pulled me out of the spell the little red head had me under.
“So shall we begin?”
I turned to Maverick, before I did something stupid like walk up to her and kiss her.
According to the law, he first needs to release her from his pack, letting her join our pack in the evening. After that is done, she will be part of my pack and then we can mate.
Simple.
“Okay, let's get it over with. Amelia came to stand before me.”
Clearly still a bit annoyed that I did not agree to take his other daughter, he barked at Amelia.
” I, Alpha of the Shadow pack, release you, Amelia Roy, from your duties in this pack. I now sewer your connection to us. I free you from this pack.”
There was no emotion in his voice as he severed ties with his own child. Doing something like this is not easy, especially because from here on the emotional connection they had would be affected also… but if there was none to begin with, then it’s just another person leaving the pack.
People started clapping, and she turned to me with the same cold look on her face, but as her eyes met mine I was sure that I saw emotions running behind them and a shy smile appeared. She looked a bit bewildered and scared, but the next moment all those emotions were gone. She placed her cold wall back up as she stood there in front of me.
“Okay, if this is all we need to go, there is still a lot we have to do today. Do you want me to give you a moment to say goodbye to your family?”
I am pretty sure she almost laughed as she just shook her head. This only feeds my suspicion that there will be no love lost here.
“Okay, then let's go. The car is in the front.“
Side by side, we walked to the car.
I opened the back seat door and helped her get in. Closing the door, after her, I moved to the driver's seat and Mat was already in the front passenger seat.
In complete silence, we drove off.
In the rearview mirror, I kept getting distracted by her face. She didn’t look sad or distressed, but blank.
I guess I wasn’t paying attention when we hit something, or maybe even something hit us. I am not sure what happened, but the next moment we were flaying. The car flipped over with a loud crash.
For a moment, everything went black.
As I started to come back, I heard the back doors being ripped open. In the side mirror, I could see Amelia being dragged out by two men.
Fucking hell!
I started growling and was trying to get out of the seat, but the side of my head hurt like a motherfucker and I could feel for sure that two of my ribs were broken.
Mat stirred next to me, coming back to life as well.
“What the f**k just happened?”
“Well…. I think we were attacked. Could you try getting us out of here? I’m stuck. They also took the girl.”
“s**t, let's see what I can do…”
He fidgets in his seat for a few moments and I heard a click.
He was free.
Then, without wasting a moment, he turned to me. It took him no time to free me from the seat belt and part of the car that was crushing me.
Instantly, we both got out of the car as fast as possible, ready to kill whoever f****d with us.
“Can you smell anything or feel her?”
He asked me, but I shook my head.
“No. She isn’t initiated into the pack yet, so I can’t track her so fast and mind link her… s**t….”
We both examined the scene and determined that the cause was probably barbwire that they had thrown on the road to make our tires pop, which sent us flaying like this.
“f**k. What do you think they want with her? Do you think they will kill her?”
“If they wanted to kill her, they would have done it here. It means that they will keep her alive for now at least. We will get her back. None steals from me and disrespects me like that.”
Anger was brewing inside of me as I smelled the air, trying to understand who would die for this.
It took me a lot longer to catch any traces of her, but I finally caught a faint smell.
Finally.
Amelia pov.
I was standing at the side of the room when I felt him enter.
My back was turned to the entrance, but instantly I knew that it was him who entered, without looking. His presence was something else.
Slowly, I turned around and found him staring at me.
His eyes drew me in and for a moment I felt a lot of emotions brewing inside of me. They were raw and strong.
Shit.
I have to get myself under control.
Taking a short breath, I calmed myself down.
Our eyes were still concentrated on one another, and for a moment I was sure that he was going to walk up to me, but Lea’s fake cough pulled us both out of it.
Instantly, his whole body language changed and he turned to my father.
“So shall we begin?”
“Okay, let's get it over with. Amelia came to stand before me.”
My father said, not even turning to me.
I crossed the room and stood next to Alexander.
His presence was even stronger up close. His scent filled my lungs and I got a bit light-headed… well, that was maybe because I hadn’t had anything to eat since yesterday's breakfast.
” I, Alpha of the Shadow pack, release you, Amelia Roy, from your duties in this pack. I now sewer your connection to us. I free you from this pack.”
As my father said that, for a moment I felt something change in me.
It was like a string that had me conceded to him had been severed. I felt a lot lighter… and free.
Without realizing it, I turned to Alexander and his eyes drew me in again. The lightness in my chest almost made me smile, but when his eyes zeroed in on me again, different emotions started to storm in me. So I pushed my emotions down, getting myself under control.
“Okay, if this is all we need to go, there is still a lot we have to do today. Do you want me to give you a moment to say goodbye to your family?”
His words almost made me laugh.
Without the pack, there was nothing I had to say to these people. In reality, they were nothing more than the people I lived with. We were not a family. So I just shook my head.
“Okay, then let's go. The car is in the front.“
He looked almost as happy as me to leave this room, and I was grateful for that. To be completely honest, I was happy to leave all this behind.
Alexander led me to a dark, black sedan that looked expensive and mysterious. He opened the back seat door for me and closed it after I sat down. He joined his Beta in the front and we drove off.
The car was silent, but I was thankful for it.
In the comfort of the back seat, I could sort my emotions a bit, before they boiled out of control.
As we crossed the pack town, a small part of me felt a bit sad. I was leaving the only home I ever knew, and I don’t mean my father's house, but the pack. Sure they did not like me, but it was the only place that I ever felt familiar with, but now I was on the way to my new life with this man.
My eyes shot up and I looked at Alexander.
A part of me was still scared of him… but at the same time I was curious.
What my life will look like as his wife, as the Luna to his pack…
Shit, I never thought that I would be a Luna.
Emotions started to storm in me, so I forced myself to calm down and look outside.
I sat there looking through my window when the car suddenly went up into the air and flipped over.
Shit that hurts so badly.
I banged my head against the window, but by some miracle I did not lose consciousness.
I wanted to check on Mat and Alexander, but the door next to me was ripped open, and I saw two naked men standing next to the car. One of them had the door that was just ripped out, in his hands. Both of them were smiling and laughing, but the ringing in my ear was too loud to fully understand what they were saying. Then suddenly, one of them leaned down and started to pull me out of the car. A small scream came out of my mouth as he fully pulled me out of the car.
“Well, look what a pretty wolf we have here. A shame she is fat, or we could have had a great time f*****g her ass, before we delivered her. What a shame.”
They both laughed as they started walking with me thrown over one of their shoulders.
Shit, I’m going to die.
They will kill me for sure.
Fear and panic in my chest suddenly were suddenly replaced with anger.
Well, f**k them, I won't let them see me scared. I covered my fear behind my usual mask as I waited for a moment when I could try to break loose or do anything.
I was ready to fight them when I felt myself being lowered to the ground a few meters away from the car, when the other one pulled a syringe and rope from the bag.
All my instincts, aka Bree shouted for me to fight them, to do something, because if I do nothing, we will be done for.
But before I could do anything, he stabbed me with the syringe, and everything around me started to fade.
Well f**k…. I hope Alexander will bother to get me back because I don’t want to die this way.