Pulled to the Alpha

15

Lily

I scream until my own ears hurt. The truck keeps swaying and jerking around violently as the dragon carries us through the mountains. We’re so f*****g high up!

Every movement makes my stomach sink. It feels like I’m going to throat up.

The trees look like twigs and I think I just saw a cloud pass by my window.

Blake’s arms are wrapped protectively around me like he can save me from anything, but even he can’t save me from this. A fall from this high will flatten the truck, let alone me.

If Reginald wants us dead, we’re dead.

“I’m sorry,” Blake is whispering as he clutches onto me. “I’m so sorry, Lily. It’s my fault.”

“It’s not,” I say as I cup his jaw and kiss his temple. “It’s mine.”

“I should have been more vigilant,” he says, looking crushed. “I wasn’t paying attention.”

I pull his face up until he’s looking into my eyes. “Listen to me, Blake. I don’t regret a thing. This has been the best few hours of my life. If I had to choose between this and not meeting you, I choose this.”

He gives me what may be our last kiss on the lips and I’m melting into it when the truck suddenly starts free falling.

I yank my mouth away and resume my panicked screaming when I see the claws gone from the roof. Through the holes, I can see the red dragon getting smaller in the sky as we fall.

The truck hits the treetops and tumbles down the thick branches, snapping and cracking them as the truck begins to slow.

Finally, it stops.

“Are you okay?” Blake asks, only focused on me.

“I’m fine,” I say as I look forward and see the shattered windshield. The hood of the truck is pointing up, showing the clear blue sky between the thick snow-covered branches of the pine tree that we’re currently residing in.

“He tried to kill us,” I say. My voice is breathless and still in shock.

“No,” Blake says as he looks around with his jaw clenched tight. He looks pissed. “He would have dropped us from higher if he wanted to kill us. He’s out there. Waiting.”

I grab my gun and realize that my hand is shaking.

“It’s going to be okay,” he says when he sees me looking at it. “You’re my mate, Lily. I won’t let anything happen to you.”

“But… it’s a dragon…”

“Who has got nothing on a polar bear protecting his mate. Come with me.”

He helps me out of the seat and then kicks the windshield out with his boot. The truck jerks down a few inches and I let out a panicked scream.

“I got you, Lily,” he says as he takes me and throws me over his hard round shoulder. “This is what I was made to do.”

I give myself over to him and let him carry me out of the truck. He grabs onto the tree and starts to climb down with shockingly good agility.

My legs are still shaking when he lowers me onto the ground. We’re high up in the mountains in the middle of a forest.

The sound of clapping has me turning and my eyes narrow on Reginald. He’s wearing pants and a shirt while leaning on a tree. The cold and snow don’t seem to bother him at all even though he’s barefoot.

Blake growls when he sees him. He steps in front of me and pulls me back with a protective arm.

“Leave her out of this,” Blake snarls. “Let her go.”

Sperling laughs. “I don’t think so. I’m here for her too.”

His bright green eyes lock onto mine and I suddenly feel vulnerable, even with Blake standing in front of me.

“What does the FBI know about me?” he asks.

Blake steps to the side, blocking my view of him. “Don’t you dare talk to her,” he hisses with a fury that surprises me. “This girl is mine.”

Sperling looks surprised by the intense reaction as well. Then, it dawns on him. “Oh, you’re mates. Lovely.”

My fingers grip the cold handle of my gun as I hide it behind Blake’s flexed back. My heart races as Sperling’s jade green eyes shine a little brighter.

“I’ll kill her first so you know the pain I felt when you took my brothers away.”

Blake lets out a snarl that doesn’t even sound human. His shoulders start growing and I step back as his whole frame swells and convulses violently. Long white hairs sprout from his skin and then with a loud tear, a full-grown polar bear bursts out of him.

Sperling doesn’t look impressed at all. Even when the bear stands up on his two hind legs and snarls at him.

“Come here, girl,” Sperling says to me, “and I’ll go easy on you.”

I draw my gun and point it right at his chest. “Shut the f**k up and put your hands in the air!”

He chuckles, but I’m not laughing.

“A gun?” he asks as he takes two steps forward. “Are you kidding me?”

“Don’t take another step!” I warn as I hold my finger over the trigger.

He brazenly keeps walking forward. “I’m a dragon shifter. I don’t listen to—”

The deafening boom of gunshots echoes through the mountains as I pull the trigger twice. The bullets slam into Sperling’s chest and he falls backward and lands on his ass.

I hold my breath as I wait for him to collapse, but he just gets up, looking even more pissed. The bullets fall to the ground along with my mouth. He’s bulletproof. But that’s impossible…

His eyes lock onto mine as he bares his teeth and cracks his knuckles. “You shot me. You f*****g cu—”

Blake’s bear charges forward and slams into Sperling before he can finish. He flies back and the two of them start wrestling in the snow as I try to aim and get another shot to help him out. They’re too close and I can’t shoot again without the possibility of hitting Blake.

“Damn it,” I curse as I put the gun down and look for something to help out with. There’s nothing but a huge boulder beside me that’s way too heavy to lift. It comes up to my shoulders.