Chapter 44 – Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel

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“Here’s a parting gift.” When the last one said this, I was close enough to see through the trees now. He had been laying somewhat on top of her, which infuriated me. When he stood up, he kicked her hard in the side of the head with his boot. She cried out in pain.

I put on a burst of speed and tried to catch up to them. I noticed she had risen to her knees and was watching them leave. She didn’t seem to have the energy to get to her feet. I was torn bet**en going after them and stopping to help her. I had never been torn like that before. But my duty was to my pack and she was part of my pack. I would send Riley’s men after the Warlocks.

It took me another minute to get to her, running all out and weaving around the obstacles in my way. She didn’t even look at me, she just continued to watch the direction they had left in. I was worried she was in shock.

I shifted, back to my human self, while crouching right next to her. She still didn’t look at me.

“Are you alright Little Bunny?” I asked her. I knew that blow to the head had been a bad one, and she was more susceptible to injury than I was. She didn’t answer. She continued to act like I wasn’t even there. “Little Bunny, are you OK?” I asked her, trying to get her attention. She still ignored me. Fearing that she might have a head injury I knelt lower and moved to look her in the face.

I could see her eyes now. For the first time since I found her in the woods tonight. I had looked at her from the side when I spoke the first two times, so I hadn’t seen her eyes. But now I was looking. And what I saw almost made me gasp. I was glad I was the first one to find her.

Riviana’s eyes were glowing. The bright sky blue was glowing almost white now, the inner blue ring was shining like a sapphire and the gold ring looked metallic and reflective. The inner two circles were turning to the left and right, alternatingly. Half or full turns one way then they would switch back. It was almost like a camera lens permanently trying to autofocus and zoom at the same time. I had never seen anything like it before.

“Riviana? What’s going on?” I asked her, shocked.

“They’re going to get away if we don’t hurry.” She yelled.

“They’ve already gotten away.” I told her, they were long gone, and we couldn’t track their scent.

“No, they haven’t, they’re right there.” She said pointing somewhere in the trees. “They’re about eighteen-hundred meters that way.” She added.

“You can still see them?” I asked her.

“You can’t?” She sounded confused.

“No.”

“Then follow their scent, it’s a little weird, and it makes me sneeze, but I’m sure you guys can get it better than me.” She sighed, further confusing me.

“Riviana, we can’t smell them at all.” I told her. She finally blinked and broke eye contact with whatever she was focusing on. She looked so confused, but she also looked tired and hurt.

“What do you mean you can’t smell them?” She asked me.

“None of us here can smell them, only you. It’s like they were hiding their scent and it was hiding yours too.”

“What?” She looked shocked. “So, I’m the only one? Further proof I don’t belong”. For some reason that made her look dep**ssed.

“At least you can smell them when they’re trying to hide, be on your guard next time.” She nodded. “More importantly,” I started, letting anger fill my voice, “why the hell did you leave that spot. I told you to stay put.” I growled at her. I could see the defiance fill her eyes. She was preparing to argue.

“Look, Mighty Dog,” she was gearing up for an argument as she was slowly getting to her feet. “I don’t ne–.” She slumped toward the ground and I caught her as she fell.

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Joaquin

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Just as I caught her, Riley and the others came into the clearing. Riley and one of the others had shifted, they had taken to searching the surrounding areas in pairs, using human and wolf senses to make sure nothing was missed. Riley shifted back.

“How is she?” He asked me and I lifted her up into my arms.

“She’s been through a lot, and she’s beaten up. I need to get her back to the house.” I told him. “The men who took her left going that way. They have about a mile and half head start, maybe two miles now. They were heading south east probably toward the highway.”

“Deek, Nick, Cole track them as best as you can. Her scent may linger with them, follow that if you can.” Riley told his men. They nodded and ran into the woods. “I will head back to the house and prepare a room for her. I am sorry, Joaquin, this should not have happened. This is my fault.”

“No, it’s mine. I left her alone. I didn’t come prepared. And none of us thought this would happen.”

I held Little Bunny in my arms, cradled against my ch*st. She wasn’t just asleep like last time. No, this time she was unconscious and was not likely to wake up and catch me carrying her. Which was probably a good thing, since I was stark naked at the moment and she would probably take offense and have some problem with that.

I carried her swiftly, getting to the house in no time. Still, Riley had gotten there first as he had run in his wolf form. He was waiting in the forest with a set of clothes for me to put on. I had to make a choice, set the bunny on the ground or let him hold her while I got dressed. I set her gently on the ground, propped against a tree.

Once I was dressed, I lifted her into my arms again, doing so I heard her groan. She was in pain, and hearing that made my wolf snarl.

I carried her into the house and laid her on the bed in the room that Riley had gotten ready. I had not told him or anyone in his pack that she didn’t have a wolf. I didn’t want rumors spreading and following her everywhere. But I needed to tell him now.

“Riley, I need to talk to you. Privately.” I implored him. He cleared the room, leaving just Little Bunny, myself, and Riley.

“What is it Joaquin?” He asked me, looking worried.

“There is something I need to tell you, about Riviana.” I looked at him, with a pleading look.

“What’s wrong?” He was fearing the worst, I could tell.

“I don’t want what I am about to tell you to leave this room, I do not want it to become public knowledge in your pack.”

“You have my word, brother.” He promised, looking at me intently.

“Riviana, is not like the other pack members, she is not like you and I.”

“Meaning?”

“She does not have a wolf.”

“How can that be?” He asked, confusion written all over his face.

“I don’t know exactly. But her mother was a wolf, I know that for a fact.”

“And her father?” He questioned.

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