Right now, though, there was a sliver of curiosity radiating from her. I wondered if she’d found something interesting, but then it suddenly changed to something far more sinister that made me stiffen immediately. I knew that something wasn’t right.
I could feel her fear. It wasn’t the type of fear that made her wet either. It was the kind of fear of being really, truly hurt. As the seconds passed, it transformed into the sort of terror that only the possibility of certain death could bring. She was in real danger and that was becoming clearer by the second. Her terror escalated and then it just vanished altogether, leaving me bereft and alone.
The moment my connection with her was severed, I knew something was very, very wrong. I had to get to her. Now.
“The omega is in danger. I must find her right away,” I bellowed to my pack, using the silent connection between us all. “You know what to do if Nikita needs you. I will return as soon as I can.”
The rest of my pack bowed their heads, knowing how incredibly important Dawn was to all of us. Without her, our kind would be in danger of extinction. Without her, there would be no children and there would be no us. I had to find her, and I had to do so right away.
I was going to do whatever it took to rescue her from whatever mess she’d gotten herself into.
When she was safe in my arms again, she was going to answer for her disobedience, and it was going to leave her very sore and very sorry by the time I finished wringing one painful climax after another from that beautiful little body. She would be pleading for mercy by the time I was done with her, but I wasn’t going to stop until I decided that she’d had enough. She was going to learn that when it ended would never be up to her.
There would be time for that later.
I tore off into the woods, trying to use the connection between us to find her. It felt like it had gone black and the more I probed for it, the more I feared she might already be dead. I could smell that she was close, but I couldn’t pinpoint her location, at least not from that alone. She wasn’t back at base camp; she was here at the compound somewhere, and I was going to find her even if it killed me. I would do whatever it took to rescue my mate.
I stopped, lifted my snout into the breeze and took a long moment to inhale, searching for her. On the gentle breeze, I could smell her, and it gave me a direction to begin my search. I breathed a soft sigh of relief at that first clue. I had caught her sweet enticing scent and now I could follow it. It was faint, but it was there, and it was going to lead me straight to her.
Quickly, I circled around the compound in the dimming light of day, using the shadows to hide my massive wolf form. I followed her scent along the perimeter of the black site, eventually finding evidence of her presence by a dilapidated corner of the fence, where there was a single strand of her hair caught in the welded connections of the metal. She’d been here. That was clear as day. There was no evidence of anyone else there either. She’d snuck inside all on her own.
I made a decision then.
When I finally got my hands on her, I was going to punish that delightful little bottom of hers with my cock too after I finished thoroughly reddening it with my palm.
I nudged the fence with my snout, taking note of the fresh cuts in the wires that indicated that she’d clipped her way through. I growled softly and followed her scent, careful to crouch close to the ground and hide whenever anyone drew near. I made sure to avoid the cameras watching the area surrounding the building. There was a single guard walking the perimeter of the fence, who proved fairly simple to avoid. He walked quite slowly and didn’t pay much attention to anything inside the compound. Surprisingly, he was more concerned with tapping something on his cell phone rather than looking around him. Apparently, things never got very exciting out here in the woods, or at least they didn’t on his watch. They were going to today though. I was going to make sure of it because my mate was in danger.
Where the hell had she gone?
When the guard had passed, I followed Dawn’s scent to a window that was slightly ajar. She’d gone inside all alone without the protection of the pack or anyone else. I peeked inside, seeing a storage room with several boxes stacked on top of a bunch of shelving units. It didn’t seem to be occupied at all, nor did it seem to be particularly well used due to the thick layers of dust on the shelves. I was just about to nudge the window back open and climb inside
myself, when the sound of a door opening around the corner drew my attention. I stilled and my ears perked up, hearing the quiet crackle of leaves breaking under footfalls. I turned away from the window and pressed my paws back down into the earth, stalking along the wall of the building until I could peek around to see what was happening just around the corner.
A group of men had exited through a door and were climbing into a large black SUV. They were wearing heavy combat gear, much thicker and higher tech than any of the guards that I’d seen walking the perimeter of the compound so far. None of them said a word and then another man walked up behind them, only he had a small, feminine form slung over his shoulder. I swallowed a growl when I saw her. It was my Dawn. I’d know that beautiful little body anywhere, even if she was all dressed up in the same garb that the security detail that worked here typically wore.
How the hell had she gotten one of their uniforms?
She wasn’t moving. Her limbs were lax and when I sniffed the air, I could smell the copper scent of blood wafting toward me. Her blood.
Fucking bastards. I was going to tear apart whoever had hurt her.
I studied her more closely, noticing that her hair was matted at the back of her scalp. They’d hit her in the head, knocking her out from behind.
I growled, the sound low and ominous. The man carrying my mate looked in my direction and narrowed his eyes. There was recognition there. He knew what I was. There was a yellow flash in his gaze, and I paused.
I’d seen that before, only stronger and in the eyes of my betas. These weren’t members of my pack though. These weren’t my wolf shifters. These men were something else entirely.
The man rolled his upper lip, snarling at me, challenging me. There was no way I was going to back down now, not when he had my mate. I growled louder and he didn’t flinch as he should have. I was the alpha and that brought with it a certain power. If I was ever displeased or had to subdue a member of my pack, my growl would be more than enough to pin them to the ground. They’d be unable to fight back against the power of the natural order until I released them from it.
This man didn’t respond to any of that.
He appeared human, but there was something more than that. Something wild, untamable, and entirely too dangerous, unnatural even. The longer I stared at him, the more I felt like something was undeniably wrong.
The rest of the men turned toward me and the one carrying Dawn passed her off to another. He moved quickly, tossing her in the back of the SUV and hopping into the driver’s seat as fast as he could. The engine revved and I raced forward to try to stop him, but the others barked several quick orders. They turned toward me and prepared themselves to fight, blocking my path to the vehicle as it sped away down the road toward the gate.
They weren’t ready for me. I was the alpha and that made me the ultimate predator. The men reached for the guns at their waists, but I had already begun to move. My claws tore into the ground, propelling my body forward toward the men. One of them managed to pull a semi-automatic from the holster. He popped off a shot and it went off in some wild direction, thudding into a nearby tree instead of me. I growled loudly and behind me, angry snarls echoed at my back.
My pack had come. They were here to battle by my side.