Filed To Story: The Guardian Wolf and her Alpha Mate
“Thank you” I smile before looking down. In the photo i see Sophie, her face slightly rounder showing her youth and her eyes bright with mischief with her arms wrapped around her friend.
“Wait..Nova, show me that” I hear Luca say urgently. Turning the phone so he could see it clearly his breath hitches as I hear his heart start to race.
“Kingsley, when did Sophie go exactly? What date?” He asks in a controlled tone.
“January 16th, a little over 19 months ago, she returned on January 24th” my father says efficiently.
“Oh goddess no” Luca whispers.
“Luca?” I ask nervously sensing his conflicting emotions.
“Nova look” he says thrusting the phone into my hand again.
“At what exactly?” I ask sharply.
“There” he says jabbing his finger angrily on the screen. My eyes focus on the background and my ears begin to ring as my hand shakes, “she was there?” I ask in disbelief.
“Where?” Jax asks looking at the photo over my shoulder.
“That right there is the mountain to the far northern end of the White Mountain Packs territory” I force out.
“She was that close to you?” Jax asks in disbelief. “You could have found one another earlier that’s such a shame” he says softly.
“Is it?” Luca asks coldly.
Hearing that my father growls and turns to glare at Luca as Jax looks shocked but the tone of Lucas voice.
“What is going on?” Jax asks bewildered.
“January 19th, 19 months ago was the day our parents were killed by hunters” I say calmly as the quiet anger in my voice makes everyone step back pensively. “It’s a little suspicious that she never mentioned being so close to Lucas territory when they were getting to know one another. Almost as strange as her doing a disappearing act on you father and it was coincidentally the same time our parents were killed” I growl my eyes flashing with Kia’s.
“What?” My father gasps as his face drains of colour. “Please tell me you don’t think she had something to do with it?”
“I’m not asking” I growl as my anger rises.
“She did” I snarl, “look at that woman’s wrist holding the camera.”
“She has a tattoo” my father mumbles, “but she’s covered it with makeup by the looks of it.”
“It’s an H, father. And what does that stand for?” I growl taking a step towards him as I hear Luca shift behind me and release a howl full of pain and anger.
“H, Hunters” my father sobs falling to the ground clutching his heart.
“She was with the fucking hunters” I snarl.
Jax POV:
I stay frozen to the spot for a moment shocked at what Nova and Luca have revealed as my mind races before my Alpha brain tunes in.
“Wait Nova” I start grasping her arms to help relax her, she turns to me her eyes ablaze with fury but I can sense the underlying hurt through the bond.
“Nova this doesn’t confirm anything” I start saying.
“She was with a fucking Hunter in the same area at the same time our parents were killed” she snarls furiously.
“I know love I know” I say calmly, “but she might not have known this woman was a hunter. I mean this lady had covered her tattoo in makeup, you can barely see it in the photo, what if Sophie never knew?”
Seeing doubt flick across her eyes I continue talking calmly, “she might have been tricked Nova. I mean come on let’s think about this logically. Sophie is well aware of the hunters having killed her birth mother, she knows they have been after her own father her entire life and what he went through when they had captured him. Never mind what they have done to your own mother? Kingsley is she aware Novas mother may be alive?”
“I have never hid anything from Sophie, she’s aware of everything” he says quietly.
“I know it doesn’t look good Nova but seriously what would her motive be for being involved with hunters?” I point out gently.
Seeing Nova pause as she takes in my words her anger starts to calm down as her rational thinking kicks in. “Ok..but what was she doing there? She never mentioned to Luca about being near his own pack when they discussed it.”
“I don’t know” I admit, “but I’m not convinced she was working with the hunters. Yes she was clearly spending time with one but I personally doubt her knowledge of that.”
With a sigh Nova sits down in the ground next to where Kingsleys crumpled form is, “dad?” She asks quietly wanting his opinion.
“I know how it looks Nova” he starts before taking a deep breath and steadying his voice. “But I would hope Soph would never betray me, betray us like that. She has seen first hand the cruelty of the hunters and I can’t for one minute think she would be working with them.”
“We need to find her” Nova says looking at me, “Axel?”
“I have linked Laurence asking to send a photo of Sophie to Axel for him to try and track” I inform her.
After a moments silence I speak up again, “what if the hunters were using Sophie? It makes sense doesn’t it, your grandfather knows about Guardian Wolves he knows it’s your birthday. Maybe he was setting the ground works these last few years, if he saw Sophie had attended human college then he could have been planning this all along? Thinking one day Sophie would lead them to you without her knowledge.”
“Shit..” Nova whispers, “oh my goddess.”
“She could be in danger” I point out quietly. “Let’s get to the office, I’m going to find Luca for you.”
Seeing Nova nod as she stands and helps her father I turn and shift bounding into the forest tracking Luca. After 10 minutes of running I can see Reed ahead lying by a small stream.
Shifting I walk up behind him and sit down quietly next to him.
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