“Get Floyd,” I choked out, and she dropped my head from her lap.
“What? No, no, Mel. I will get the Alpha” I shook my head, and she glared at me.
“Leave, Josie. Just go and be free of him. Forget your mate, forget everyone,” I told her, but she growled, pulling her phone out and dialing a number. I was slipping out of consciousness, the wolfsbane burning like acid, and I knew I just needed to ride it out. Wait for it to subside or get to a blood source.
I didn’t know how long had passed, but I awoke to voices. I tried to force my eyes open, feet coming into view.
“Well, hasn’t this been an interesting change in events?” Alpha Jamie’s voice said, reaching my ears.
“Good girl, Josie. I knew you wouldn’t betray me. Now, what do we do with you?” I heard him say.
“Just don’t kill her. I will get the job done. Just don’t hurt her,” Josie said, and I growled at her.
“Well, looks like we have to go to plan B or is it or D? I don’t know, but you keep on fucking up,” Alpha Jamie said.
“I just need a little more time, a bit more time, and I will have it done. I just need to find a way to get across.” Silence ensued, but I could cut the tension with a knife.
“What about your person on the inside? Maybe he can get me in?” Josie asked.
“They aren’t one of their members. He would have no reason to be over this side.” He paused for a second. “But maybe he could get you in, further up the river on his territory.”
“His house isn’t far from the river there, and they wouldn’t expect you to breach from Ryker’s side. It may work. I will call him.”
I felt hands grip me and put me over someone’s shoulder.
“So, how far up do I need to go, and is it anyone I know?” Josie asked, determined to get her mate back.Why she would want that piece of shit back is beyond me.
“I am not sure. You didn’t go to school with him. Maybe.”
“Okay, what’s his name?”
“Mitchell. He is part of Ryker’s pack. He is the one that put the pictures up in the school for me.”
“Yeah, I know him. He was friends with Lucy,” Josie said, and I couldn’t help but think how unlucky with friendships Lucy was.
“Put her in the cells,” I heard him say before the person carrying me started walking, and their voices started to fade away. Now I just needed a way to warn Ace and pray he wouldn’t kill my sister.
Chapter sixty-three
Ace
Something was nagging at me the entire time I was patrolling. Jacob also felt something was off too. Just that eerie feeling like someone was watching us, something lurking in the shadows. No doubt, Jamie would have had his men watching, and I put the feeling down to that.
Shifting as the packhouse came into view, I walked up the steps, not even bothering to put my shorts back on, needing a shower desperately to wash the night away. The house was quiet, and I knew they were still asleep, being it was so early. I checked my phone quickly to see a message from Ryker asking if anything had happened on patrol. I quickly answered, telling him it was uneventful, before placing my phone back down and heading to the bathroom.
I showered quickly, exhaustion seeping into my bones, but I was also nervous. Should I go back to my room or go crash in Tyson’s? I knew what they did while I was on patrol but did Lucy want me there with her? We still hadn’t cleared everything or asked her what she wanted. I know we have marked each other but doubt still crept into me about whether or not she truly forgave me for everything.
Walking down the hall toward the bedrooms, I hesitated to decide whether or not to go in there, knowing what I would find. They were in there together. Would it be awkward to disturb that? I had so many questions running through my head.
“It’s our room. Just go in there,” Atticus growled at me. He just wanted to be near his mate. I wanted the same, but knowing they were probably in there both naked, I wasn’t sure whether it would be appropriate for me just to be climbing in bed beside her.
“Oh for the love god, open the door or I will,’ Atticus snarled, and I growled at him before reaching for the door handle and opening it. My room smells heavily of them, every inch of the room drenched in their scents, and I found it oddly comforting, like it was supposed to smell this way. Even Tyson’s scent mingled with hers was oddly comforting. Stepping into the room, I found them tangled in each other. Lucy was asleep with her head on Tyson’s chest, her leg over his waist. I moved to my dresser, pulled a pair of boxer shorts out, and slipped them on before moving to the other side of Lucy.
Pulling the blanket back, I lay down excited for sleep. When I rested my head back on my pillow, I was suddenly assaulted with both their scents so strongly that I jerked upright, grabbing my pillow and sniffing it. A growl escaped me when I could smell Lucy’s scent and her bodily fluids and not just hers, my nose was raped by my brother’s scent.That motherfucker. I looked over at Tyson, sleeping peacefully before whacking him with the pillow as hard as I could. He jumped before I ripped his pillow out from under his head, stealing it. Lucy also awoke when Tyson jumped and groaned from the impact.
“What the fuck, Tyson? What did you do to my pillow?”
Lucy giggled before closing her eyes and going back to sleep. Tyson looked around tiredly before he smirked, also closing his eyes and turning my pillow over before using it, not a care given…