True Alpha Book I: Hunted

Taken

Taylor handed a glass of whiskey to Edward and sat on a chair opposite the bed. She took a sip from her drink, staring at him. “Don't tell me you are acting this way because of a little misunderstanding with the Alpha” She broke the silence.

Edward downed his drink in one go and then fixed his eyes on her “You call it a ‘little misunderstanding'” he replied angrily. “The pack no longer respects me. My dad, doesn't respect me. According to him, anything I do is making things worse. If the pack doesn't respect me now, do you think it's when I become an Alpha they are gonna start respecting me?" He questioned, handing her his glass for a top up.

“Yeah I hear you” She said filling his glass. “But do you think bitching about it will solve the problem? Do you think feeling sorry for yourself will bring a solution?” Taylor questioned

“So what would you have me do?"

“Pretty simple. The Alpha is content with what we have and he doesn't realize by doing nothing, we are slowly losing our grip over it. He's still doing things the old way. If you want to make the pack respect you and make the Alpha give you the respect you deserve, then you do something that will attract that respect” She explained

“Something like what?” He inquired, giving her a curious look. Taylor took another sip from her drink with a wicked smile forming on her lips.

***

Alpha Carter stood facing his pack in the ball room of the manor. His anger was growing every minute Cara was still missing. He stared at his pack as they in turn stared at him waiting for his instructions. He nodded at Laura and she began passing one of Cara's shirt through the crowd for them to get a whiff of her scent. “I don't care if it's almost daylight. I don't care if we have to enter into the territories of the other packs to find her but I want her found and I want her found tonight” He barked “She's one of us and no one is left behind!" He shouted and the pack responded with the same energy and anger he was throwing at them.

“We'll head into the woods and find a trail of her we could follow” Craig added

“Now let's move it. We have no time to waste” Alpha Carter concluded and those who have gotten a whiff of her scent began trooping outside, heading toward the woods to begin their search.

***

Drake glanced at Crystal who had stopped filling the grave with sand. She just stood with the shovel in hand. He sighed and stood upright knowing they were about to have another one of those conversations. “What is it?" Drake questioned, looking around to make sure where they were in the woods was still safe. It was still dark safe for the headlight of their car that was serving as their light.

“Nothing. It's just...” She paused pushing a lock of her long blonde hair away from her face. “I'm worried about father” She stated, staring down at the almost covered grave containing another body of a wolf.

“Worried? Why?"

“Ever since...mom, he's been brash with his decision. Like he's losing his conscience. I mean he's devoted everything into killing wolves as though he's got nothing to lose” She complained, pouring out all that has been troubling her. “This is no longer about keeping humans safe or stopping those rogue wolves that wants to hurt people. It is now vengeance”

“What do you expect Crystal?! A wolf killed mom. Of course he would be angry about that and will want revenge” Said Drake

“Yeah but all I'm saying is, he's becoming reckless and it shouldn't affect us in some way. We all still do have something to lose. We have each other” She explained

“Yeah sure" Drake concluded and continued the grave filling, ignoring his sister's worries, which he regarded as her being the girl she was and being dramatic.

***

Alpha Carter and Craig came out of the house heading toward the cars parked outside. The other wolves were already loading into their various cars or trucks, driving off. “Remember when I told you that I heard some rumours about some of the packs wanting to claim Cara as their mate?" Alpha Carter asked as they climbed down the small steps.

“Yeah I do. Do you think one of the packs is responsible for this?" Craig questioned

“Maybe. The way the meeting went, it was clear the other Alphas don't care much about the peace accord anymore. They are becoming bold and greedy and sooner or later, they'll want to come after each other. We included. So anyone of them could have done this, hoping to provoke our hands. So we could throw the first blow and openly break the peace ourselves” He explained

“Do you have anyone in mind?"

“Alpha Michael..." They stopped in front of their cars “He is more ambitious than the others and he's always bringing up the issue of Cara not finding her mate yet" He added

“So what do we do?" Craig asked

“Hey!" Damon called approaching them

“Who invited you here?" Craig asked with disdain

“I did" Laura chipped in, appearing from behind Damon. “I'm sorry I just thought he should know and maybe he could help too” She explained apologetically.

“I don't...”

“Yes that was a good idea Laura" Alpha Carter cut Craig off “He might be able to help”

“Sure. What can I do?" Damon asked

“We have a theory about her disappearance, being that one of the packs abducted her. One of Alphas specifically and we have no intention to break the peace accord in anyway whatsoever and knowing Michael, he could turn the table easily if we were to barge into his territory to search for Cara” He explained

“I'm guessing me being a human, I don't have that same restriction” Damon stated

“Right. We need you to go to the southside. Into his territory and find out anything you can. Wolves always talk. If something this big went down, best guess is, words are definitely being exchanged in bars or other gatherings” Alpha Carter pointed out.

“Alright. I'll be going then”

“Laura would go with you. To point you in the right direction. To watch from afar and just in case there's a scent she could catch” The Alpha added. Damon glanced at Laura and then nodded in agreement.

“Are you sure you can handle this? What special ability or skill set do you have?" Craig asked with a serious tone and stern look.

“Oh, I was batman back in New York and now I'm wonderwoman. What the hell with special skillset are you talking about?" Damon said sarcastically and then turned heading for his car. Laura's cheeks were puffed up as she tried to conceal the laughter that was brewing in her. She quickly turned and followed behind Damon.

Craig rolled his eyes and then turned back to face his father. “So what about us? What do we do?"

“You go head the search and I need to go see the Mayor" Alpha Carter instructed and Craig nodded in understanding before they both split off Into their various vehicles.

***

Ramona waited impatiently in the woods waiting for her sons to return with news of how their plan went. Preferably good news. She looked up and the moon was still slightly shining. It was just few more hours before it was fully daytime. She stared at her phone. It had been vibrating continuously for almost an hour now. She turned it off. She knew answering the call of her husband was not a good idea at the moment.

She turned around swiftly when she heard leaves rustling. Seconds later two red coloured wolves appeared at a distance, making their way over to her. She caught their strong scent and knew they were her sons.

As they got to where she was, they shifted simultaneously and within seconds they were back to human form, naked as the day they were born before their mother. “Well?" She asked staring at them. They glanced at each other wondering who was going to deliver the news. “Say something” She almost shouted

“We lost her” Hunter replied immediately

“What do you mean?"

“We were careful not to be seen or get too close for our scent to be caught. When we saw her running through the woods alone, we saw it as an opportunity and began going after her but before we could get to her, some other wolves came out from nowhere and jumped her, knocking her to the ground. We stopped and a van pulled up and two guys came out, throwing her in the back and zoomed off as quickly as they came” Hayden explained

“So we don't have her but she's been taken also?”

“Yeah. The scent of these wolves were new too. I don't think these wolves are from one of the packs in Mooncreek” Hunter stated

“If she wasn't taken from a wolf from one of the Mooncreek packs, then who took her?" Ramona asked, staring into the distance.

***

Cara woke up to find herself fully shifted back to human form, lying naked on the floor. She looked around the empty room she was kept. There was nothing in there safe for a few boxes stacked up by the corner. She stood, shielding herself as though someone was watching. Her eyes fell on a white spaghetti strap lacey gown and a boot. She quickly took the clothes and put them on.

She tried the door and to her surprise it was unlocked. Stepping out of the room, she came out into an hallway. Without wasting much time, she ran straight for the door directly opposite her, hoping that was her door to freedom.

She pushed the door open only to come out into a living area where some people were eating around a table, laughing merrily. All eyes turned to her direction as she appeared in the room. From their scents she realized they were wolves just like her. She scanned the room for any more surprises but it appeared to be just them. Four guys and three girls. They appeared to be around her age or a little older. “Good you are awake" one of the guys said, standing up and coming toward her.

“Who are you people?" She asked, looking around cautiously

“I am Sam” The guy said.

“You guys are rogues aren't you?" Cara asked, glancing at them one after the other.

“Yes. Yes we are. Welcome” Sam smiled