Evelyn POV
Reuben was inhaling on a cigarette when he starts to choke on his own breath. Coughing as he starts to regain his steady flow of oxygen…or poison. I always hated it when he smoked.
“You fucking what?” “The pregnancy….it wasn’t Noah’s, they are yours.” I keep my voice steady, trying to show no sign of emotions. For four years they had been mine, only mine. Now I was opening up their world.
He moves quickly, taking me off guard. He pushes me up against the wall, pinning me under his body by holding my covered shoulders. His face was almost touching mine, I could smell the cigarette on his breath. The anger burning off his eyes was so intense that my wolf was preparing to shift.
“Get off me!” I seethe. “You took my children away from me? The girl, she’s mine too?” He snarls, looking down into my face, pure anger emitting off from his touch. His once light blue piercing eyes seemed to be permanently dark blue, as if he was suppressing a long standing anger from his wolf.
“They are mine….” I growl menacingly. I start to push him off me but he manages to grab my arms and places them above my head. Tingles that I hadn’t felt for so long start to dance on my skin.
He places his knee in–between my thighs, pushing his body in even closer to me. His nose touching mine, his warm breath touching my lips.
“Get off me!” I growl slowly, yet my wolf weirdly was enjoying this closeness to this monster.
“Where is he?” He seethes at me.
“That’s why I am here, you took him!”
His eyes narrow against mine before they dip down to my lips.
“Like I said, I’m not the monster you think I am sweetheart.” He pushes himself off me and I see him stretch out his hands, did he feel the same tingles?
“Why? Why didn’t you tell me?”
“I did what I needed to do to protect my baby at the time.” I close my eyes from the memories of being pushed for the stairs by Vicky and him rushing to her aid, believing her. That I pushed her out of jealousy.
Lopen my eyes to find that he has watched me with a frown on his face.
“I was never cruel to you Evelyn, what a load of bollocks.” 1
“I’m not doing this again Reuben. What’s been has past. They are mine….” He cuts me off with an
almighty roar.
“They are mine…if you don’t know where my son is, then I will leave!” I meet his roar, I was an alpha too. I head to the office door. I wasn’t going to defend my actions from four years ago with him. Not when he sided with the female that pushed me down the stairs.
“Wait….” His voice takes on a slightly gentler tone to it.
“…he is my son. I will help you.”
“I don’t need….”
“You’ve clearly made an enemy out of someone and my son is feeling their wrath. You’ve failed to protect him…”
“Fuck you!” I open the door and slam it shut, letting my aggression towards him get the better of
- me.
I glance towards the sitting room as I walk out and find Noah, Donnie, Nate and Vicky sat in silence. All their heads whip up as they watch me storm out of the house.
Noah and Donnie are next to me in a flash as we walk towards my wartiors, towards Elspeth who was still protected in the middle.
“Evelyn…wait!” He grips my elbow and pulls me back into his chest.
“Don’t leave, let me help you!”
“Mummy!” Elspeth breaks free and pushes through the warriors legs. She reaches me and I pick her up and place her on my hip.
Reuben looks at Elspeth in my arms. His hand moves forward to touch her on her face but is stopped when Noah’s growl of warning echo’s through the courtyard.
“Who is he?” Elspeth whispers into my ear.
“I’m Reuben, I’m going to help find your brother.” He whispers to Elspeth.
“He talked about you, said you were a strong alpha.” She looks at Reuben slightly apprehensive.
“Is that so?”
“Daddy?” She reaches out to Noah, who takes her in his arms. Reuben’s eyes flash with anger from his own daughter calling another male, daddy.
“Come back inside at least. Let me call some contacts, see if there is any intel you have missed?” He offers to me, a slight plea in his voice.
“Reuben?” Vicky half laughs.
“The Silver Moon pack are welcome here at the Red Stone pack. You are to treat them with respect!” He orders out loudly to his warriors and pack members before he places his hand out to gesture for me to re–enter the house.
I look at him for a moment, can I trust him? Trust him with Rex?
“Reuben!” Vicky growls under her breath..
“Enough Vicky!” He roars back at her, taking even her by surprise.
I walk back into the house, back into his office. He watches me as I take a seat at the other side of his desk again.
“Nate, will you contact the alliance? Inform them that the son of the Silver Moon Alpha has been kidnapped. What did the note say?” Reuben turns to me after stepping back to let Noah and
Elspeth join me in the office.
“Shut down the alliance or the boy dies.” Donnie responds to Reuben on my behalf.
“Ah, I now understand why you might think it was me.” Reuben sighs as he walks in and takes a
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seat at his desk. Vicky struts in automatically with her highs heels clicking on his wooden floor. Why did she have to be here?
“With all due respect, I would prefer this was a meeting alpha to alpha!”
“I am the acting Luna…” Vicky pipes up.
“…isn’t that right Reuben.” She coos as she touches his shoulder.
Bile rises in my throat for her touching my husband. No you mustn’t think like that Evelyn, she is welcome to him…remember that.
Once he calls his packs we will leave and carry on searching for Rex alone. I can’t not try the Red Stone alliance, a pack might have some information.
“Vicky has worked hard Evelyn for the last four years securing the pack’s safety. She remains.” He says bluntly, the topic was no longer up for disunions. Fine but I wouldn’t trust her anywhere near my children, not after what she tried to pull.
“Start from the beginning, from when you realised Rex was missing.” Reuben asks.
I tell him everything, from the moment Donnie and I pulled up in the traffic jam, to finding my men dead and the note. Noah conversed well with Reuben, informing him of when he stayed behind to search the local area in wolf form.
How he found the police officer’s murdered bodies without their police uniform. How he assumed a stolen police vehicle was used to try and pull over our car. How he found remains of rogue
clothing.
“What I don’t understand is how you didn’t know sooner?” Reuben ask’s, as Vicky remains on the
sideline….present but not talking.
“Now isn’t the time to judge my security Reuben.” I growl at him.
“What I meant was, why didn’t you feel their deaths? The cut in the pack link? All alphas feel that .” He quirks an eyebrow at me. He had a certain way of reminding me how much of a twat he was.
“I can’t explain it….I didn’t feel their deaths.”
“Evelyn…” He scoffs…did he find that funny.
“Reuben, I didn’t feel their deaths. I wasn’t too busy, I wasn’t unconscious….I’m a bloody good alpha and I didn’t feel their deaths.” My voice becoming louder towards the end.
“Evelyn…” Noah’s voice enters my mind, trying to calm me. I didn’t shout in–front of Elspeth, I kept her away from alpha things. I always try to protect her from the aggressive alpha side of me. Not Rex, he loves it and was a nightmare for encouraging it more. Goddess I miss him. My heart was breaking even more from his disappearance as the hours went on.
“Okay…let’s see if Nate has heard anything yet!” He stands and walks out of the room, followed by Vicky. Her short denim mini skirt only just covering her ass.
I look to Noah, who seems different…..rigid. He wasn’t being as vocal as the beta he usually was.
“What’s wrong?” I mind–link to him, as he holds Elspeth tightly on his lap. She was watching toy review videos on his phone.
“She’s here…” His voice enters my mind.
“Who’s here?”
“My mate!”
