Filed to story: Hiding the Alphas Baby Novel PDF Free by Author Lia
“You didn’t find her. She is not with you.” I stumble back.
“She will be with us.” He grabs my arms, pulling me back in.
“They took her.” My soul is shredded to pieces. Nothing is left of me anymore.
“They took her. My Ayla. “I start thrashing violently. “Ayla! Ayla!”
I scream, losing what’s left of my sanity. Alpha Alexander pulls me in his chest, trying to muffle my screams against his trembling flesh, but I can’t stop.
I continue to scream, thrash, and writhe until my body gives up and my knees hit the floor in defeat. Everything gets taken away from me. First, my parents were taken. Then, my dreams, hopes, and pack was taken. And now…my Baby is gone.
ALEXANDER
My eyes scan the several CCTV footage playing on different screens in the control room. Henry, the computer guy fast- forwards them so we can only focus on the people who kidnapped my daughter.
“Stop there.” I point at the screen while tapping the back of his chair and looming over his shoulder impatiently.
He taps a button, and the video pauses. On the screen, I can see the two familiar faces carrying my unconscious Princess out of the school building. Anger enters my veins, becoming the very blood that flows through them.
Fear follows shortly. I am not used to this emotion. I never feel scared but right now-my heart can’t stop skipping dreadful beats.
“They are Cleodore’s men.” Levi slams his palm over the desk’s surface in frustration.
I glare at the two men in the feed. They had been hiding for so long, and just when they found out about my weakness, they struck.
But-how did they know about Ayla? I kept that piece of information confidential so my daughter didn’t get dragged into my enmity.
“Find them. “I state, sensing the anger brewing in my veins, becoming cold and calculative.
“Yes, Alpha. “Henry types away on the keyboard hurriedly, getting the pictures from the CCTV and running them through his face recognition system to catch the fuckers.
I turn around and dash out of the room. Levi rushes behind me, cursing under his breath all the time. I can’t even bring myself to do that.
If they have my daughter, I must find her before they ship her away to somewhere I will never reach her. They have that kind of power. A power to make girls disappear.
I barge inside my office, feeling panic chewing on my guts. I have to keep calm, I remind myself. I have to be very careful about it.
“What’s the situation at the border?” I ask Levi.
“It was just a distraction. They sent a pack of rogues so they could grab Ayla from under our fucking noses.” He snarls, beating himself over the fact that he couldn’t protect her. It was his duty, but it was everything to me. And I- – -lost her to them.
“Do the surviving rogues know nothing?” I march to the window to open it and get some fresh air because I am finding it hard to breathe.
“No, Alpha. They were paid to do this job.” His voice drops, just like his morale.
“The girls.” I turn around abruptly and glare at him. “Ask the girls. Some of them might have useful information.”
Alpha, we already asked them everything. They know nothing about Cleodore and his men. “He runs his fingers through his hair.
“We must have missed something. Contact them again. “I demand, turning back to face the window.
“They are traumatized as it is, Alpha. We can’t make it worse for them.” He says dejectedly.
I know he is right. And I hate it. I absolutely fucking hate myself for not being there when Ayla needed me the most. I was busy protecting this pack and didn’t think about her.
“How is it possible that I can’t find a single clue about my daughter?!” I hiss, punching the wall beside the window.
“How is it possible that they came here and took her without leaving a fucking trace as to where they went?!” I yelled, punching the wall again.
The bones in my knuckles crack, just like the wall, and blood starts pouring out of the wounded skin. I punch the wall once more, finding the pain better than this sickening feeling.
“Alpha. Come to your fucking senses. We still have to find her.” Levi hisses.
I place my fist over the hole in the wall and close my eyes to take some deep breaths. He is right. I can’t lose it yet.
But it fucking hurts so bad.
The door to the office opens with a loud bang and voices rush inside. I sigh, opening my eyes and staring at the wall.
“Layla,” Daphne shouts.
“Did you find her?! “The mad voice screams at me.
I take my hand off the blood-stained wall and turn around to look at her. Her disheveled hair is falling all around her face, which is pale. Her swollen, red-rimmed eyes bear a touch of insanity that I have never seen before.
“They are searching for her, Layla. “Daphne comes behind her carefully and grabs her shoulders. She is crying, unlike her friend, who seems to have lost her mind.
Layla jerks her shoulders free and approaches me. Her hands lift to my collar, attempting to shake me violently.
“Where is she?” Her voice lowers, becoming a horrified whisper of a ghost.
I have no answer for her. So, I keep my mouth closed and peer into her eyes.
“You didn’t find her. You are still here lazying around while someone has her out there, and they. What are they doing to my Baby?” Her eyes widen, lowering to my chest as her grip on my collar loosens.
“Are they hurting her?” The color drains from her face. “They must be.”
I cup her cold cheeks before she can utter that nonsense. I don’t want to think that. I don’t ever fucking want to imagine that.
“Layla. “I whisper, waiting for her eyes to meet mine.
I regret wishing for eye contact when she finally looks at me. Light has left her eyes, leaving her looking like a dead body.
“Nothing will happen to her.” My heart squeezes in my chest as I offer her the comforting words.
“But it already did. Everything has happened already.” She mumbles under her breath. Her eyes are staring at me, but I don’t think she can see me.
I can’t bear it.
“Layla!” I hiss, tightening my hold over her cheeks. She blinks, bringing her focus back to me.” She needs us right now! Do you understand?”
“She needs us.” She repeats, placing her hands on mine.
“Snap out of it. You can’t be like this when some fucker has our daughter! “I squeeze her cheeks so the pain can bring her back here.
The dead look in her eyes gets replaced with fury as she digs her nails into my hands.