Mated To The Cold Hearted Alpha – Chapter 2
My father had prepared an evacuation plan for me, my mother and brother, as well as his most trusted Beta and his Beta’s mate, in the event our pack was compromised beyond repair. My mind whirled with his instructions, my body on autopilot.
Three more steps and I reached the kitchen, located at the back of the house, positioned right over the cement bunker. I threw open the back door to make it appear as if I’d run out that way, and then I flew into the large walk-in pantry, closing the door behind me.
Diving to the floor, my fingernails scraped along the wood, feeling for the security latch.
t
ame.
oking for it, and would probably be under a pile of debris soon, making it impossible for Leander to find.
the way up the mountain.
back door. A second of relief rippled through my body. I’d successfully eluded him!
et free.
ams scratched my throat. My nose wrinkled at the damp smell of mildew. But it was a hundred times better than the oxygen deprived, stifling smoke-filled house from whi
Out.
take less than four minutes for me to reach the safe house.
would be waiting for me.
le shewolf who idolized him.
e end of the tunnel and
, “Thank f**k.”
He held me tighter. “It’s going to be okay, Cinn! I’m going to get you out of here. I swear on my life!”
en him when I was five, my voice breaking. “What about mom? Did you see her? Is she coming?”
silent.
witnessed. His bottom lip quivered, and my heart broke. He never cried.
ew the answer.
s was his loss. My pain was his pain. My mother had been the only mother he’d ever known. He r
r. I truly was an orphan now. We both were.
s.
ed up at him. I had to know. “Who did it? Who killed her?”
t bastard Alpha! I watched him break her neck and then tear out her throat. The sicko even smiled as he d
came from his chest. “Your what?!”
m in because he abruptly relaxed his hold. He rubbed my arms for a second and then turned to pace across the floor. “Cinn, this is bad. He’s not going to give up looking for you. Ever. We can’t stay here. Not even for the night.”
otion. “Where will we go?”
hair out of the band holding it tight at his neck and shook out the wavy locks as he always did when he was thinking through a problem. He turned to face me, his expression controlled. “You
a lone wolf.
estyle, not if he didn’t have to. Wolves suffered without the companionship of
can take it from here. There’s no need for you to live that life. Any of the other packs would take you in. The Alpha isn’t looking for you. You’ll be safe.”
e is that?”
sn’t nonsense and you know it,” I snapped back. I had to make my brother see reason. “You still have a mate out there. You need to be in a pack to find her, not traipsing around the country with me. Staying with me will only
elf.
d be no chance of him walking away.
. He wasn’t giving me a choice. “We go together. We stay together.”
joined hands, unable to
it for what it was.
ay from here.
lder, “Car or motorcycle?”
t in case of rain, but the motorcycles would give us more flexibility and speed, particularly
n glanced down at my outfit of torn jeans and T-shirt. His brow furrowed. “You’re gonna need to change first.”
digging around until I found a black leather racing outfit.
t and leaped onto mine. “I’m done.”
lmet. He flipped up the visor, absinthe eyes assessing me. “Are you going to be okay driving that thing
t had been riding since I was old enough to walk. I gave him a determined nod.
path, he called over his shoulder, “Does t
my teeth. “I don’t know.”
don’t get pulled over. We need to avoid a police chase if at
eyes. “Just try to keep up.”
onto the nearby dirt road.
I did the same.
e heard, accelerating us at a shocking pace, as we both leaned down and increased speed, keeping our bodies tight agai
needed light to see. We could go much faster and were less noticeable in the pitch dark.
vibration in my body while my tears flowed freely, washing down my face, wetting the black leather vest I wore, before they were whipped away by the wind.
All gone
Everything
Just gone
tiny spa
l. Filled with musings and colorful drawings, random whimsies of a young mind.
om every fair and carnival and movie, any event, really, I’d ever attended. My favorite stuffed animal, a black Wolf with white markings, two front paws and the tip of his tail looked like
ms around the plush toy, barely saying thank you, before running up the stairs to my room to play.
my side every night, protecting me, always. Until now. Now, he was simply gone, just like everything else, as if he’d never existed in the first place.
and father.
chest aching with the strain.
alive.
.