Filed To Story: The Guardian Wolf and her Alpha Mate
“So your dad couldn’t sense your mum?” I check.
“No, and to be honest neither could I. I didn’t have that family tether with her as I do with others” Nova admits. “But dad should have been able to detect his mates scent easily especially after so long apart and the fact that he couldn’t means she has definitely been conditioned and exposed to all sorts of magic. Drake can’t have sensed her.”
“I wonder how she knew we were there” I wonder.
“I don’t think anyone else did” Nova says watching Alex’s car carefully. “No one else showed any sign of having an elevated heart rate or paid too much attention to the garage.”
“Maybe she feels the family bond with you still” I suggest.
“I thought that” she admits, “but why didn’t she tell her father.”
“She is still bonded to your dad, you’re her daughter. Maybe despite being conditioned a small part of her still wants to keep you safe” I say quietly.
“Maybe” she murmurs. “But she looked cold, there was no love in her eyes, no emotion.”
“No there wasn’t” I agree sadly.
Seeing Alex’s car start to slow down ahead of us after driving down a country lane for a few minutes he pulls to a stop. We quickly park behind him before he jumps out running to the car.
“I have no idea where they went” he says frantically looking around.
“How?” I ask in anger.
“They literally disappeared” he says looking around lost. “FUCK” he shouts slamming a fist on our bonnet and denting it in the process.
“I can’t scent anything” Nova says looking around also. Jumping out I take a deep breath and growl as neither can I.
“Where have they gone?” I growl.
“Not far” a voice calls out before Charles steps out of the shadows of the looming forest.
“Charles” Nova growls loudly.
“Athena” he says with a sardonic smile. “It’s about time I met my granddaughter.”
Nova stays silent before taking a menacing step forward then abruptly halting.
“What the fuck” she whispers as she hears the same as me.
“Who is with you?” She calls as I cock my head listening to the hundreds of heartbeats growing in volume.
Charles simply looks at her for a moment as the heartbeats continue to grow closer before slowly raising his hand and hundreds of pairs of red eyes snap open as rogues slowly slink forward from the forest behind him.
“The witch has masked their scent” I growl in fury. “It’s a set up.”
“Oh that it is dear Alpha” Charles chuckles slowly. “You think I didn’t know you were in that garage?”
“How?” I shout.
“I’m sure you know I have more than just human supporters now” Charles says casually stepping forward. Hearing Theo pull up behind us before leaping from the car I grin.
“You might, but we have something you want” I smirk. “Or rather someone..”
“Caroline” he says calmly.
“Theo get her” I order as Kingsley finally eases himself out of the car.
“Ah..a family reunion” Charles calls spreading his arms wide. “It’s about time.”
Kingsley comes to stand beside us staying silent as his eyes focus on Charles’s every move. Hearing Theo drag Caroline to us I grin as Charles’s face momentarily slips into one of concern.
“Give her to me and just this once I’ll let you go” Charles says quietly as we all listen to his every word.
“Send the rogues away then” I say just as calmly.
“You know I can’t do that until I have Caroline Alpha” he says raising a brow at me.
“Charles you really went to risk it all for her?” Kingsley says with a cold chuckle. “You’ve not cared for where she has been for the last 19 months…why now?”
“Oh she stayed there because I wanted her to be, she always knew that would be the case” Charles laughs throwing his head back. “But now Athena and you have been brought together I think it’s time Caroline came home.”
“He knew only my dad could have identified Caroline, he must have known with the tracker as soon as we moved her that something was up” Nova links me without taking her eyes off of Charles.
“And if we say no?” I ask Charles without moving an inch.
“Then these rogues will attack you, and I can assure you that even with two Guardian Wolves you won’t stand a chance” he says coldly gesturing as the rogues continue to advance to alongside him.
“There’s hundreds of them” Alex says aghast. “There is 10 of us..”
“I know” I say silently cursing.
“Don’t let him take Caroline” Nova links me before speaking up and stepping forward once more.
“No” she says simply as Charles’s face hardens and his eyes narrow.
New Book: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
Dayson was the alpha of the largest pack in North America. Powerful figures from other packs sought to offer gorgeous girls as potential mates for Dayson. He steadfastly rejected these advances, he was not a pawn to be manipulated. But eventually there came a mysterious girl he could hardly say No. Who was she?