War Dog: The Lord of Wolves Series.

Chapter 6: Hunt

My nose is assault with the scent of ash, smoke, and blood. Groaning as I open my eyes looking at the room I'm in it was it was a large master bedroom size it has rustic look to it, it would almost be beautiful if wasn't for the smell. Sitting up slowly with my head still swimming and foggy and the scent isn't helping and seems to be getting stronger. "The drugs will wear off soon." A strong males voice says as I feel someone touch my face and I snarl snapping my grown canines at them but they grab my face jerking me forward. "I wouldn't." He says in a comanding alpha tone which switches my alpha switch on.

"You are no alpha and especially no alpha of mine." Is what I pop off with which may or may not have caused me to be pinned against the head board of the large bed pressing against me I am now able to see the male better through my still foggy vision, he had dark eyes, neatly groomed dark hair, clean shaved, and some scars on his face I know who he is... Alpha of the Wild Wood pack Myles Lore.

"I'm going to have fun breaking you little Luna." His grin flashes his canines at me making me shake with anger as I hold my temper. "Alpha Myles by our laws if a wolf that does not belong to your pack wishes to leave then you have to let them go." I say carefully and respectfully pushing on his chest my eyes narrow when he starts to laugh the smell of ash, blood, and smoke was coming off of him which must be his scent... It makes me want to gag.

"No I don't think I will. Since the day you started working at the pub there about a year ago you've caught my attention." He let's my face go and wraps an arm around my waist pulling me closer to create distances between us I continue to push against him.

"You're going to be my mate. I am claiming you." He chuckles this makes my blood boil my claws and canines grow.

"You can't do that. One I reject you. Two you're not my mate." My voice comes out in a growl I can feel my inner wolf's hackles rising and baring teeth.

Slipping a hand to my inner thigh and grips me tightly and smells the side of my neck before letting out groaning growl. "You're making it hard to wait on these ten hours until you're of age." He sighs pulling away to look at me with a predatory grin.

Taking a deep breathe before I speak. "I don't turn 18 until another mouth." My lie comes out smooth and without hesitation but he just smirks and pulls a folded crinkled up card from his back pocket and holds it up. Damn it... It was an invitation to my coming of age ceremony.

"Do you really think I'm that stupid?" He asks rubbing a thumb across my bottom lip. "But nice try it was nearly believable."

"Thank you and yes I actually think you're that stupid." I scoff his face turns to a dark expression as he pulls his hand back to strike me a phone goes off more importantly my phone is going off from his back pocket. Upon pulling the ringing phone out he looks at it. "Oh it's father dearest... Answer it and tell him you're at friends saying your goodbyes... I know you have human fiends." He says holding the phone out to me. Glaring at him I take the phone and answer it, it is in fact my father he asks me where I am Myles digs a claw into my thigh as he looks at me sternly taking a deep breathe I say... "I'VE BEEN CAPTURED AND HELD AGAINST MY WILL BY WILD WOOD!" I yell as quickly as I could before Myles rips the phone from my hand and smashes it into a wall. "Damn you!" He snarls at me then giving me a heavy left hook on the side of my head making me fall into the floor my vision blurs. "You want a war! Fine!" He spats at me before everything goes black.

P.O.V Alpha Roy

The moment the phone goes dead gripping my cell tight in my hand hearing Alessia's words. Gritting my teeth I slam the phone into the floor shaking in anger. "Roy? What's wrong?" Lila my wife asks me as she walks up placing a hand on my arm. Looking at her makes her brown eyes glow gold as she knows something is wrong. "Wild Wood kidnapped Alessia." My answer makes her snarl and bare her canines. "We'll get her back." She growls.

Standing in my office with the pack elders pacing angrily. "I am sorry Alpha but we are too small to try and storm into another packs territory." An elderly woman says in a calming motherly tone mostly because she was my mother Alessia's grandmother. "Wild wood has too many numbers... We'll die." She adds.

Stopping my pacing then rest my hands on the desk as I lean on it. "What about going in stealth? A two man team?"

They shake their heads even my brother. "We don't have anyone with that type of skill if they get caught it would be an act of war." My beta answers growling I run my hands through my hair when there's a knock at the door and my wife Lila walks in and not looking happy as she hands me an opened card, taking it the smell coming off of it immediately makes me snarl as I open it and read the slap in the face horror.

"The Alpha of Wild Wood would like to invite you to the union of Alpha Myles Lore and... Luna Alessia Quil..." As I read this out loud the hostile energy is so thick you can cut it.

"The situation as become dire... If he manages to force this mating... We need to get her out." Lila says we all know what would happen if the two packs joined together... Wild wood would control so much.

Slapping the card down before glancing down at an old picture from when I was young and in the military before I took over as alpha...

I have the experience and know how but I need someone to watch my back.

My eyes light up then look at everyone in the room before quickly walking to the coat rack and snatching my coat. "Roy?" Lila questions as everyone watches me. "I'll be back I'm getting help." Is what I tell them before disappearing out the door.

Pulling down the dirt road of the lumber yard there are men working some stop and look at my vehicle those that nod are pack members turning off the truck and getting out walking up to Stephen the young Lycan the rogue saved. "Where is War Dog?" I ask and without hesitation he points. "He's just beyond that group of logs."

Giving the boy a pat on his shoulder then walking over to see the rogue helping another of my pack member loading fire wood into a truck he knows I'm here without looking at me. "The answer is still no." He says in his usual cold tone of uncaring as he tarps the load of wood down and ties it off.

"That's not why I'm here. I need help getting my daughter back from Wild Wood... We can't go into a full scale attack their numbers are too large. I-" "You want to do a stealth mission." He cuts me off without a care of my status or respect for me it makes the wolf nearby grumble a growl but does nothing because we're in neutural territory.

"Fine. I owe her for helping me twice now." He says with a sigh then motions for me to follow him with a gruffy huff I do follow him to a small wood shed his scent is all over it along with a mixture of my daughters scent. "Why was she here?" I ask with accusation in my voice to which he turns on his heel.

"You didn't come here pointing fingers... Use your nose and brain... Do you smell anyone else?" He asks me sternly getting into my face making me feel like I was back in squad of soldiers it was done so quickly I didn't have time to process when I answered with. "No sir."

Turning back around he unlocks the door and steps inside shaking my head to clear my thoughts before stepping in and look in astonishment at the small arsenal he had. "Preparing for war?" I ask before looking at him his back is to me as he's messing with something metal, looking over his shoulder at me with a blank stare. "I hope that's a rhetorical question." War Dog says as metal slides against metal and there's a click sound there's no mistaking that it was the sound of a magazine beloaded into a gun. "Mind telling what happened? It would help to guess the nature of the enemy." He says turning to face me folding his arms across his chest leaning on the table.

Taking a breathe raising my eye brows. "Well Myles the Alpha of the pack plans on forcefully making my daughter into his mate and Luna on her 18th brithday and if that happens he gains control of our pack and massive portion of the hunting grounds and more control of the region." I begin explaining rubbing my chin in thought.

"When is her birthday?" Was his next question as he walks over to a medium-size lock box opening it and sifts through what looks like blue prints.

"Tomorrow." Upon my answer he looks at the watch on his wrist. "So 10 hours from now." He says on a breathe then selecting a few pages and lays them on the table motioning me to come over.

"Yes and it's probably safe to say he'll... Dare I say it... Mate with her when the clock hits twelve." Looking over what he had pulled out I was shocked to a complete blue print of the Wild Wood manor and their pack house. "How?"

"It wasn't hard you can find all you need in a local library. I got it in case they tried anything." He answers my unfinished question as he looks it over and points to a spot. "This is their holding cells if she's not there then she would be with him and I'm guessing he would keep her with him and from other males so his office and the master bedroom." He says pointing to each. "Their guard will be high until the end... So I want you and your pack to do nothing but seem to accept defeat we'll go in an hour before midnight I know it's a time crunch but they'll be tired and more relaxed. Her scent will be the key in narrowing down where she is we'll start with the office and master bedroom since the cells are in the basement." He straightens up and stretches then looks at me. "Have someone that usually represents the pack in your stead in wolf form and have them stand outside the gate that'll help draw their attention and making you less suspicious. I'll meet you at the lumber yard at 10:30." He pauses and looks me and down at my buttoned shirt, dress slacks, and dress shoes I was dressed for meeting with the elders and other pack Alphas. "Wear something practical." He scoffs then walks to the door and opens it. "Get some rest and remember don't do anything." Walking out the door before looking at him.

"Thank you." I bow my head to him raising a brow at me taking a deep breathe. "Told you I owe her." War Dog retorts before shutting the door in my face. Flinching back as a snarl builds in my chest but I let it go and leave.

8 and half hours of worry go by I'm standing in the lumber yard in my old black combat uniform waiting and sitting on a log I didn't hear or smell him walk up. "Alright lets go." He says tossing something to me in my hands is a spray can of scent masking that hunters use. "Make sure to put a good coating on yourself."

Spraying the masking scent on myself as I follow he looks at his watch 10:35, pulling a map from one of his many cargo pockets then puts it away and starts walking.

It was about 10:59pm when we arrived at the back side of the estate. "My wife and Beta are the ones going to be at the gate hoping to draw Myles outside." I explain as we get ready to scale the wall his only response was a firm nod before up and over he went with me following behind. Once my feet hit the grass next to him he was checking his weapons I grow concern when he pulls a hand gun out. "Its loaded with tranqs." He answers my unvoiced worry as he pulls up a face mask then moves forward in silence towards the looming manor glancing in the ground level windows before stopping at one and looks carefully inside before he works on opening the window there would be a small pop sound but that was all as he slides the window open then crawling inside as I keep a look out for anyone that would be patrolling the grounds before climbing inisde myself handing another gun of his to me and we make our way through the darkened dinning room and sliding open the doors to the hallway two females where walking away from us and turn a corner. "Do you smell her?" He asks fitting an ear piece in his ear then handing me one. "Faintly towards where those two went." I answer pointing to where the shewolves went nodding he looks down the hall in one direction as look down the other side giving him a tab on the shoulder for the all clear and we get moving down the hall passing a few rooms until I point at one and we walk up to it listening carefully to see if anyone was inside but the voices coming towards us from down the hall gave us no choice we had to go in and quickly close the door we were lucky no one was inside the large master bedroom looking around I begin sniffing and shaking my head before we sweep the room. "They cleaned and recently... Her scent is so faint it was fading in the hall... Maybe I'm just getting too old." I growl to myself looking around Myles' scent is also loud and proud in here. War Dog pulls his mask down and begins sniffing before pulling his mask back up and checks the time. "30 mins until 12... Let's go." He says walking to the door and looks out then waves for me to follow making our way down some stairs towards the holding cells and this is where things get interesting.