SCOTT POV
The warriors I followed led me to Alan sitting in the game room with an ice pack held to his head. He looks up at me with apologetic eyes. I went to speak, but Alpha Dean, putting his hand on my shoulder, stopped me. He steps before his pack member and just looked at him, I could tell by the glaze over his eyes that they were mind linking. I look at Emmaline, and her eyes are also glazed over. When she comes out of the conversation, she's angry. Her brows are furrowed, and the expression she holds is one of pure rage. She spins on her heels and storms out of the room. I nod to Scott, and he goes after her.
"Tell him what you told me, Alan." Alpha Dean commands.
"I was here with Declan and Blair. She was sitting on the couch with him next to her. I felt a presence behind me, but before I could turn around, I was hit from behind. When I woke up, there were pack warriors here asking where Declan was and where Blair was." He held a submissive tone and position the whole time, but something felt off.
"Thank you, Alan. If you'll excuse me, I need to go start trying to find my sister and my mate." I walk out, my head spinning. Alpha Dean, grabbing my shoulder and pulling me towards my office, takes me by surprise.
Walking in I see Emmaline standing there in all black, her hair in a long braid, stoic facial expression, and by her feet a black back pack, similar to the one my mate showed up with. She nods to her alpha and then to me. Rick is standing beside her, with a tortured look on his face.
"What's going on?" I ask, looking around the room.
"Something is wrong." Alpha Dean says. "Alan was telling the truth about what happened, but there's something off. He's one of my best. It would be hard to get the drop on him like that." He sighs, then looks towards Emma. She steps forward, clearly in spy mode. "I've contacted Mitch, and I've asked Emmaline to go meet with him to take on this mission." I look to my beta, and he just nods sadly.
"Before she leaves, may I have a word with my beta privately?" Once they were out of the room, his attempt to stay professional falls, worry clouds his facial features. "Why was she so upset? Is it because she's been asked to go on a mission?"
"No." He sighs, moving to where I keep a hidden stash of whiskey. Once he takes a swig, he continues. "She was included in the mind link between Alan and Alpha Dean. Then they had a private link, where they both agreed something was off for him to have been taken out that easily. They agree that his infatuation with Annalise may have driven him to do something stupid, especially if even after feeling you with Jill for two years, she still wouldn't agree to be his chosen mate. She's not really going to meet up with Mitch. She's apying on Alan." Stunned, that's the one thing I can describe the way I feel.
BLAIR POV
I was sitting there after my brother passed out. Declan offered to stay with me, and then Alan joined us. They both seemed all too comfortable, given what just happened. Alan moves toward the window, and I feel a sharp pain in my neck. I move slightly to look in Declan's direction, I see his devilish smirk as he holds the needle that just came out of my neck. I can't feel my wolf, my vision blurs, and then everything is black.
I begin to become aware of my surroundings, I hear yelling, someone has yelled my brothers name. There's more talking, but I can't make sense of anything, I move a little. I then feel a pinch on my neck again, with the same effects taking hold.
"I would've only had to give you one dose if your brother hadn't been where I'm supposed to leave from. You can thank him if you ever see him again for the second dose." Then darkness.
When I wake up, I have to blink a few times to adjust to the lighting. Looking around I'm in a cell, I'm chained in silver and it burns like a b***h. I start panicking when I hear a calm voice calling out to me, looking around again, I see Anna chained the same way I am in the cell across from me. She explains what's happened, and after a while I see Declan enter the room again, followed by Jill, and a man I've never seen before. He has four scars running down his face like he was attacked by a wolf and if couldn't heal without scarring. He squats down in front of Anna. She showed no emotion, but she claimed he looked well for someone who was supposed to be dead.
I was completely shocked when he said he would take her as his luna and I would be his betas mate. I don't want this, I want to go home, I want to find my fated mate, I start to panic again. I hear a calming voice in my mind once more.
"Blair, breathe. We will be ok, I will make sure you get out of here." I look towards Anna as she looks bored by what this Drake guy has to say.
I always knew Jill was no good. I hated her from the beginning, and now even more. Anna explained what happened to her four years ago, and tells me again that I will be ok. After a few minutes of silence, she leans her head back against the wall with her eyes closed.
"I know it'll be hard, but try to get some sleep. It'll be much needed."
I trust that nothing will happen to me with her here. As I begin to drift off to sleep I hear a man's voice in my head.
"I'm coming my love, stay strong, and trust Anna."