Begging no more

Chapter 9 -s**t Show

AJ POV

I haven’t heard from Caleb for hours now, last thing he said was that they were close to finding her.

He and James had been gone since last night, just after everybody went to sleep.

While James is the alpha of his pack and no one really questions his whereabouts, Caleb’s absence is quiet noticeable by our parents.

I’ve been covering for Caleb all day and I’m running out of excuses for him.

Maybe hide in my room myself and avoid all the questions?

I chose to avoid the elevator too and take the stairs just in case.

But boy was I wrong.

I’m about to go to the fifth floor where my room is , when I get cornered by mom and Dad.

“Hey, AJ. Where is your brother?” Dad asks followed by mom.

Shit!

“AJ we need you” Caleb mindlink me at the worst time.

But if he can do that, that means that they are near enough to do it, they are back!

“Can’t. I’m being interrogated by mom and dad” I link him back.

“AJ??” Dad repeats.

“uhm… I don’t know… he said he might go for a run… so maybe he did that” I lie through my teeth.

“Since when does he go anywhere without you?” My mom asks with a raised eyebrow.

she and dad do that when they are suspicious, so I’m screwed.

“We are not joined to the hip, mom” I say faking annoyance.

That was a mistake because now Dad too has his eyebrow raised. f**k!

“So he missed breakfast because he over slept then he was taking a shower for what seemed like the whole day. He must have been very filthy” Dad says.

“He fell in a mud puddle” yeah, that makes sense.

“a mud puddle? It haven’t rained in days. He must have searched very hard for it” Mom says seeing right through me.

So my lie didn’t make much sense as I thought.

“And now he missed dinner because he went for a run, I assume he will be showring till tomorrow after that then” Dad mocks my lie and I’m about to confess everything.

“Adam Junior stronghold, what are you hiding?” when mom uses my full name, I don’t know why but it sends chills down my spine.

Maybe I should tell her, she is very forgiving. Right?

“AJ are you still fighting with Caleb? I just saw him, he said he was going for a run and was scowling even more than his usual self if you can believe it” James says coming upstairs, practically saving all our asses coz I was about to spill all kinds of beans.

“James, we didn’t want mom and dad to know” I say annoyed when I’m truly thankful.

“Sorry man. I didn’t know”, James is a great actor I’ll give him that.

“What are you fighting about?” Mom asks concerned.

“I really can’t tell you mom, I don’t want to anger Caleb with me more, but I promise once we make up I’ll come tell you everything” I say with the sweetest smile.

“mama’s boy” James mocks.

“Shut up, James”.

“Okay okay, don’t start you two” Dad says.

“Okay AJ, I’ll be waiting. Now go play your video games, I’m sure that’s why James is here” Mom says.

“Auntie Alexandria, I’m an alpha now I don’t play such things” James says offended.

“I was a king and even I played it with your father, boy” Dad says chuckling.

“Okay Derek , let’s go we have to finish packing” mom says to dad.

Oh Yes, they are leaving for some kind of late honey moon that they never had a chance to get.

“I don’t care if you are fighting, make sure your brother come say goodbye to us before we leave in the morning” Mom warns before she leaves with dad.

That makes more sense as for why they were searching for him all day today. Perfect timing Caleb.

When they are far enough James turns to me with anger filled eyes.

“You better knock some sense into your brother or I’ll knock him out”.

James says before stomping away and I follow.

-

We are in some run down house on the edge of blood moon pack, James’s pack.

I now know why he is pissed.

“She will not stay on my pack land. I’ve helped you enough, you will not drag me further into this, Caleb” James shouts.

“Just for a couple of days till I figure everything out, don’t be an asshole” Caleb shouts back.

“You said you have a plan, you f*****g i***t. That’s not a plan” James says shoving Caleb.

“Well, my mate was dying sorry for acting on impulse” Caleb says shoving him back.

I’m about to interfere but that’s when I notice a duffle bag in the corner of the room moving.

“Please tell me that’s not your mate, Caleb” I say pointing at the bag.

“Well, I was making sure no one saw her” Caleb says.

“A s**t show, that whole thing is a s**t show. Your sister will catch us, and I won’t blame her if she threw all of us in jail that’s if Gabriel didn’t try to kill us first” James , again with the yelling.

I honestly can’t say that James is wrong.

“Okay. both of you need to take a breath. Mom and dad are leaving tomorrow morning. So after they leave we can sneak her to Caleb’s room. And since Maxima and Gabriel aren’t living in the packhouse for now until their floor is finished they barely visit our floor, so this could work” I state my plan.

“And what about uncle Dylan and aunt Sophia? They are coming back from their trip next week?” James asks.

“hopefully we’ll figure something else by then” I say.

“A shitshow. A s**t show I tell you” James says storming off, slamming the barley hanging there door behind him.

“So does that mean he agreed to the plan?” Caleb asks.

“He agrees but we really need to figure what to do next” I tell him.

The duffle bag starts to kick and scream and I think that’s my que to leave.

“You better get her out of this bag and don’t forget to come say goodbye to mom and dad in the morning… and Caleb, you owe me big time”.

“Definitely a shitshow” I mumble to myself as I leave.

Max POV

I’ve been searching for Emma for four days now.

I have nothing to go on with but the word of mouth of people who might have seen her and my good old tracking talents …which didn’t get me much … and her trail ended at some rogue territory.

I fear the worst but from what I’ve heard from a couple of scared rogues, that only one of them was killed in the past few days and it was a man two days ago, they don’t even know who killed him, so I’m hopeful.

I know I just met her but I feel responsible for her somehow.

I tend to do that a lot, meet a girl, feel she is vulnerable somehow then decide I will be her sole protector.

And that’s why my mind keep drifting to JJ.

What if her mate came back?

I should have stayed to protect her.

Who am I kidding?

She will most probably kick him in the balls again and send him running.

Yeah, I have a s**t load of issues.

I hang around at a safe distance from the rogues in case Emma showed up or I found something new… but nothing.

I’m tired, hungry and in a serious need of a good night’s sleep.

I have nothing else to do here, I should head to Crimson River, maybe they can help me find her, but most importantly, I need to see my son and Alexandria… okay, I miss the rest of them too, even Derek.

-

I walked, hitchhiked, and even swam for a little while, but I’m almost there, just few miles in these deep thick woods and I’m back home.

Yes, home because that’s where my heart is.

When I'm just about to take another step, I hear growls and snarls and it doesn’t sound friendly.

I take out my daggers and get ready.

I hear one loud growl followed by silence.

Then I hear a familiar voice screaming.

“MAXIMA” Gabriel screams.

I don’t think twice before I run towards him.