Filed to story: Owned by the Alphas Novel
I hated that I doubted them and what we had but the ex-love thing had shaken me, and I was human enough to be jealous about it.
“So I’m not going to have any other girlfriend surprises coming out? Or heirs I’m going to find out about later?” I asked, and laughed when Derik and Brax looked at Kai with droll stares.
He shrugged. “I’ve got the only female and the only heir I need right here,” he said before yanking me over to him and kissing me.
I grinned against the kiss, pulling back before he could take it as far as I know he wanted to.
“I want you all to be mine. I don’t want to share your hearts with anyone else,” I murmured, and he grinned.
“As long as our hearts beat, they will beat for you, Little Human.”
I smiled up at him, his words making me all warm and fuzzy again. He wrapped his arms around me, and I held him tight as Brax grabbed my hand from where he sat on the bed.
Derik came over then, his body enveloping me too and I sighed, their warmth melting away the negative thoughts and filling me with hope that maybe I was allowed to have all three of them.
Unless Kai mated, then I was fucked.
The alphas all tensed at that, but none of us said anything. It was too much after the emotional baggage we’d just gone through. We stayed silent, refusing to bring life to the words that would ruin everything about the moment.
But fate had other plans, ruining it anyway.
One of the pack members barged through the doors without knocking, interrupting our moment and officially ending any thoughts of a day of no stress, preferably fucking my alphas until sundown so I could show them how much their words meant to me.
But no. Instead I was faced with a female pack member barging in.
“Alphas. The prisoner won’t talk. He’s refusing no matter what we do. What are our orders?” she asked.
I froze for a moment, then looked up at Kai, who was wide-eyed.
My heart sank as I thought about this female with her red hair and green eyes all wild and fiery and how she could be the very reason my entire world collapsed on itself.
13. The Prisoner
LORELAI
“I said no more fucking females!” Kai roared, and the woman rolled her eyes.
“Oh, come off it, Kai. You think the witches are that evil they’d mate you with your littermate? Shut up.
“What do you want us to do about the prisoner? He’s silent and bleeding. Profusely.
I don’t know how much human blood one can lose but I have a feeling he’s close to tapping out,” she snapped.
I raised a brow, turning to Kai, who glared at the interruption. “Littermate?”
“Oh, uh, like a sister in human land, I suppose. I’m Kai’s. I’m Beenie. Nice to meet you, Luna,” she said, then turned to the alphas with an expectant expression.
My head spun. Kai had a sister? And a human prisoner?
“Actually, her name is Belinda, and I warned her to stay the fuck away. So I’m not sure why she is disobeying an alpha’s order,” Kai snarled, and she rolled her eyes.
Come to think of it, her squarer jaw and wide eyes did remind me of Kai a little. The smirk was most definitely a match.
“Call me Beenie, unless you want your insides rearranged to be on your outsides.
And I’m not kidding. The prisoner sitch? Kind of urgent.
“And since every other female pack member is too terrified of you ripping their heads off, I have been sent to figure out what you want done instead of lounging about in my room like the entitled princess I am.”
She bowed, and I held back a laugh, a smirk playing on my lips.
“I didn’t know you had a sister. Or a prisoner.”
“That’s because she doesn’t like to be known as my sister. She prefers to reap all the benefits of being in our lineage, like sitting on her ass in her ivory tower, instead of being a part of the pack.”
“And the prisoner?”
“We caught him in the forest. He was one of the ones that were shooting the arrows. We’re trying to get answers from him about the rest of the humans’ plans,”
Derik interjected.
I nodded. That made sense, it just didn’t sound good hearing their tactics.
I got they were wolves and all, but I had been a prisoner on the other side of the fence and I was grateful for the single shred of decency I was shown.
Then again, one of my alphas had been shot by one of those little arrows, so I was tempted to leave him to his fate. Tempted.
“Leave him to bleed out then,” Kai snapped.
“Right, I’ll let them know.”
“Wait.” I stopped her and she turned, raising a brow at me.
I looked up at Kai’s frown, hoping he understood. “I want to talk to him first. He’s human; maybe I can get through to him,” I begged.
Kai’s lip pulled back from his teeth, but Derik seemed to actually consider it. Brax was listening, but he looked like the pain of his shoulder might be pulling him back to sleep.
I grabbed his hand in mine and held it as we tried to figure out what to do next.
“I don’t want you anywhere near humans. Last time we did that, they kidnapped you. Not to mention the arrows that came too close to you and our child for comfort,” Kai argued, but Derik sighed.
“We could be right there with her, Kai. We have to try everything, and what if she’s right?”
“What if she’s not?”
“Um, hate to be a buzzkill, but in about a minute–maybe less–that choice is going to get taken from you, so you should probably just stow your caveman antics for today, brother.”
Beenie grinned, and he growled at her. She grinned wider, and I found myself enjoying the way she riled him up, almost like how I did.
He looked down at me and I smirked; he knew exactly what I was thinking.
“You are nothing like her, Little Human. She has no idea what responsibility means.
Or family.”
“Hmmm, or I think the word ‘family’ is vile and should be shown in ways that don’t include tearing each other to pieces for top spot.” She glared daggers, then left the room before Kai could answer.
He clenched his fists and went to storm after her. “Do whatever you want with the prisoner. I’ll be down there soon to end his life–before he can fuck anything up,”
he said, then left.
I blew out a breath, then turned to Derik and Brax.
Derik was thinking hard, like usual, probably weighing up every option, every outcome and consequence.
Brax winced, lying back down. I checked his shoulder and grimaced at the black veins that had started growing again.
“I’ll send someone for Cain,” I breathed, and kissed him on the cheek as he gave a weak nod.
“Be careful with the prisoner, Spitfire. Humans can be like your mother or they can be like your father, and this one has chosen his side. Don’t get too close,” he warned, and I nodded.
Cain burst in then, his eyes light, his cheeks flushed as he ran a hand through his hair, tucking in his loose linen shirt.
“I’ll handle Brax, you guys go deal with the prisoner. He won’t be conscious for long. The wolves are all starting to take bets.” He shook his head, then rolled up his sleeves.
I looked at Derik, who nodded once. That was all I needed. I gave Brax a kiss goodbye, then moved under Derik’s arm as he led me to where they kept prisoners.
It was down; that was the only true direction I had. There were so many corners and stairs I was almost convinced we were lost.
And then the stairway opened up into a row of cells, and I sucked in a breath. There was a man, pinned to a wall by shackles and nails, shirtless, bleeding, his glare still there but almost empty.
I rushed forward. “Take him down!” I cried, and the wolf guarding him looked at Derik.
His eyes went to mine, and I nodded once.
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