Filed to story: Wolf Crying Mate of the Alpha by Jazz Ford
‘Sure was, he chuckles.
‘Youre a bastard! You know that, John?’ I yelled, glaring at him.
‘Yep, I know it, and I like it, John laughs.
‘What has Alpha Zenith told Ryker?’ I ask, needing more information.
‘Dad told him you begged him for temp work, to skip town, so we gave you work for a few days, paid you cash, and then you left.’ he smiles.
‘Did he believe it?’ I ask.
‘I don’t know. Hence, James and I came back to the house to prepare, just in case he trespassed and searched for you and Seth. Anyway, I’m sure your soon-to-be mate, James, will come to see you shortly. Alpha Zenith should be back soon, too. I’m interested to see what Amelia’s punishment is for trying to help you escape,’ he says with a smirk.
John leaves Amelia and me, and I crawl over to her on my hands and knees on the stone floor and reach out to her. She is shaking and petrified, as am I.
‘Amelia, look at me,’ I whisper. Amelia slowly looks up at me with her pretty brown eyes.
‘I won’t let anything happen to you, okay?” I promise.
‘Astrid, there is nothing you can do,’ she says, wiping tears from her face.
“Ryker will save us, he is coming to save me. I just know it, and you will come home with us!’ I say reassuringly.
I hope you’re right, she sobs.
Moments later, Alpha Zenith enters the cells, dragging Seth down the stairs. A calico bag is over his head, and he isn’t moving.
Seth’s wrists are tied together with rope.
‘Seth!’! yell.
‘Yell all you want. I knocked Seth out good!’ Alpha Zenith laughs as he drags Seth to a cell opposite mine and throws . him in like a bag of potatoes.
‘Why the hell are you in here, Amelia?’ He growls. Amelia bursts into tears, frightened.
“Ah, f**k it. I’ve got more important shit to deal with right now,’ Alpha Zenith snaps, stomping off.
Amelia and I stay huddled up, despite the bars between us. It must be nightfall when James comes down the steps. He unlocks my cell door, not saying a word, and gazes at me the whole time. Then, he pulls me away from Amelia.
‘Don’t touch me! Get your hands off me!’ I yell, trying to slap his face. He pins my wrists between us, holding them tightly.
I wish I could mark you right now, Astrid, he whispers. Shuddering at his words, I recoil from him.
‘I look forward to your first shift tomorrow night. Ever since Ryker showed up looking for you, I haven’t been able to stop thinking of you. Thinking of him taking you from me is not good, he says,
‘I belong with Alpha Ryker, not you! You’ll be sorry when he finds me!’ I yell. James glares and pushes me harshly against the bars.
‘You are mine! And I’ll claim you as mine after your first shift. I’ll make sure you’re bearing my pups by the end of the night! He growls.
‘I will never mate with you. I would rather die than bear your pups!’ I yell. James strikes my face, and I fail to the ground.
‘Astrid!’ Amelia cries out. James storms out of the cell, locking it behind him.
I’m okay. I’m sorry you had to see that,’ I say.
‘Astrid, we need to get out of here! Amelia cries.
‘I know, I say, looking away. Seth sits up.
‘Seth! Seth!’ He raises his wrists to his face to take the calico bag off his head. He spends a few moments squinting before his eyes adjust.
‘Astrid?’ He wonders.
‘Yes, it’s me! Seth – I’m so glad you’re awake. I was so worried!
‘Where are we?’ He is dizzy and disoriented.
‘We’re in the cells underneath the Shady Crest packhouse.’
‘Who is that?’ He asks, nodding to the cell next to mine.
‘Amelia. She tried to help me escape, but she got caught. She is John’s chosen mate,’ I explain.
‘Why would anyone have a chosen mate?’ He asks.
‘Alpha Zenith doesn’t want his children or pack members to be with their true mates. So, he killed Vanessa, James’ and John’s mates. Alpha Zenith says they were weak omegas. He wants only high-ranking, powerful werewolves to produce pups with his kids. He wants them to breed stronger wolf pups to make the pack stronger. Amelia is the daughter of an alpha from another pack. He bought her to breed with John. He is trying to force me to mate with James after my first shift tomorrow night, I explain.
The look on Seth’s face says it all.
‘Astrid, you are Alpha Ryker’s mate! You are my Luna! You can’t mate with James!’ He yells.
‘We need to think of a way to escape before I shift. Otherwise, we have to hope Ryker saves us,’ I say. Seth and Amelia nod in agreement. We spend the rest of the evening devising a plan but come up with nothing. Amelia tried to dig her way out, only to find disappointment and stone. Seth tried to bend the cell bars, to no avail. While I attempted to pick the lock with a bobby-pin, I took from Amelia’s hair. We sit and stare at each other in defeat
‘We can only hope that Ryker saves us, Seth says with dismay.
Alpha Ryker
We arrive in the city, park outside Zenith Creations, enter the facility, and find an elevator. The elevator door dings and opens.
We step out and spot a large door and enter. It’s quite a modern, sleek waiting room. It even has a water feature on one wall. I approach the large desk to see a blonde receptionist on the phone. Leaning on the desk, I tap my fingers impatiently. The receptionist raises a perfectly shaped brow at me. I take the phone from her and throw it behind her.
‘Excuse me!’ She says. ‘That was a significant client on the phone!’ She yells.
‘I don’t give a shit who was on the phone. Where’s Zenith? I want to speak with him immediately! I yell. She picks up a phone and presses a button.
‘There is a vulgar man here, with two other men wanting to speak with you immediately, she says. She covers the mic on the phone with her nail-polished hand.
‘What is your name?’ She asks.
“Alpha Ryker, I snap.
“Alpha Ryker, sir, Yes, okay. I will send them in,’ she tells Alpha Zenith. She puts the phone down and stands. ‘Follow me, please, she says.
We’re escorted to the middle door a few metres behind her desk. Alpha Zenith sits in an oversized chair behind a desk with two bodyguards.
‘Alpha Ryker! What a surprise to see you here. Please, sit, he says with a smile.