Chapter 36 – The Alpha’s Defiant Mate Novel

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Jay-la POV

One of the pipes hit Kora on the back and she snarled in response as it bounced off of her and into the snow. But they had made it, they were down from the Luna Suite, and no longer freezing cold either, warm under Kora’s thick silver coat. ‘lets go.’

Kora moved off in a slow manner, they did not want to attract attention to themselves, they would have to be staying low to the ground and watch for night patrols, though not many would be this close to the pack house, and most normal pack members would be in their homes sleeping blissfully warm tucked up in their beds, not wandering out in the snow fall.

It wasn’t really a storm anymore, it seemed to have passed and was just falling in a normal manner, the wind had appeared to have died off as well, which she was thankful for. That would mean her scent wouldn’t carry on the wind to any patrolling wolves out there.

The Luna Suite was off the back of the pack house and as she made her way around it, she kept herself low, hunkered down as best she could. Kora was much larger now and hiding in the drift or even moving in something this shallow was no longer in her favour. Long ago, this amount of snow would have been deep enough for her to hide in, creep along unnoticed and unseen.

They moved along the side of the pack house and peered around to the front cautiously. She could see by the front door Stephen and Ethan standing there, like they were waiting on someone. He was coming, not far off in all likelihood. They wouldn’t just wait on anyone like that out in the snow and cold, it could only be the Alpha himself. ‘No Beta.’Kora mused.

‘probably still guarding the Luna Suite.’ Jay-la thought back, slightly amused. He thought he had her trapped, but come on, it was Jackson who had always helped her sneak back into her parents’ house. It appeared he had forgotten.

‘ More likely, he didn’t think we’d do a 5-story escape.’ Kora chortled ‘little do they know us anymore.’

They slipped back behind the side of the pack house and moved away, out towards the edge of the forest, a risk of patrol seeing them but not of the Gamma and Delta. They clearly weren’t expecting her to be anywhere other than the Luna Suite. Keeping low in the snow, they moved stealthily, belly crawling through the snow as they were not interested in gaining either of those wolves’ attentions. And setting off an alert for all patrolling wolves or his Beta for that matter.

Kora’s ears pricked up at the sound of cars approaching, she stilled knowing his hearing and sight would be much more acute than his units. Hiding from him had always been an issue, his wolf was not something she had ever been able to hide from, especially once she and Nathan had started sleeping together. It was like she was a magnet and he was drawn to it on instinct.

She burrowed herself into the snow with just her eyes peering out as they had always done when hiding, to watch for their on-coming wolves. Two cars pulled up behind the packs snow-plow. She watched as his entire family piled out, including Rae-Rae. Her heart skipped a beat. How was it she was here had Tony and Lauren caved in, or had he simply gone and taken her for his brother, she wouldn’t put it past him? now a-days.

He was standing there, his head tilted, smelling the air, fear slipped into her, ‘Havoc.’ Kora confirmed, she whined a little inside Jay-la’s mind, some part of her was tethered to him and since he had tried to call to her that day over the phone a part of Kora wanted nothing more than to go to him. There was no wind blowing in his direction, he couldn’t possibly smell them, right?

They were a good 500 metres away, even with his sight and smell there was no way he could…his head turned slowly in her direction, scanning the area. Even as he moved on towards the pack house, he was still scanning the area. There was no moon out tonight and nothing to reflect their eyes to him, she prayed.

His father’s eyes followed his son’s but then touched him on the back and they all redirected their attention to moving inside and out of the cold. She briefly wondered how they were going to explain the noise of breaking into the Luna Suite to Rae-Rae, but let it go, the girl would understand one day soon enough. The moment the pack house door was closed, they moved off in a much quicker manner. It wouldn’t take him long to realise she wasn’t locked in the suit and the hunt would be on. Her children were on the other side of the pack with her father.

They had been heading for her children, but stopped halfway to her father’s house. That was the first place they would look. The second would likely be the pack hospital, where her mother was, where could she go? She had no idea where Brad lived in the pack, he’d still been with her parents when she’d left 6 years ago. Probably only moved out when he met Victoria.

Now she had a dilemma; what to do and where to go. She had been hoping that he would not be back until well into tomorrow or even the day after. Jackson surely knew the man was on his way. The bastard had lied to her about his arrival on purpose. She had come to rely on him earlier, thinking he was back to being her friend, wanting to help her, but…he and Nathan were best friends, not to mention Jackson was the Beta, and likely in-charge while Nathan, their Alpha, was off pack territory, the man could do as he pleased, make up and say what ever he wanted to. And clearly he had. He’d tricked her, lulled her into a false sense of security.

The massive howl that ripped through the snow-filled night, brought Kora low. She laid down in the snow, her ears flat against her head, her tail curled around her, ‘He knows.’

Havoc was displeased and displaying it for all his pack to hear. She could well imagine every pack member who was awake was currently doing as Kora was, submitting to their Alpha’s Howl. And those that had been asleep were waking up.

‘Then move Kora.’ Jay-la whispered at her urgently.

Kora whined and whimpered, he was howling for her and she knew it, every fibre in her being was screaming to answer him ‘no, don’t do it Kora.’ Jay-la begged her. Knowing it was going to be a losing battle.

Kora couldn’t fight it anymore than any other wolf in pack territory. It was for her and her alone and Jay-la knew it, because no other wolves were calling back to him. He was going to use her howl to locate her direction and hunt her down.

Kora stood and lifted her head, no matter how much Jay-la begged her wolf, the mighty howl that she let out, echoed through the pack, she could not defy him when he was calling directly to her like that, when he was so close.

She answered his call with one of her own, a howl so loud, so full of longing, and a need for her Alpha to recognise her and want her to be part of the pack once more, that it hurt Jay-la’s own ears. She wanted to answer him, had wanted to call to him since that day in her office.

It was now truly a losing battle, his wolf Havoc would already be on his way. The moment she had answered him he would have heard her wolf’s needs and longing for his approval, her desire to truly be part of his pack once more and he would be coming for her. Nothing was going to get in his way.

‘Run Kora, for the love of the goddess RUN.’ Jay-la yelled at her and when Kora didn’t move, still standing there waiting for her Alpha to find her, ‘For our babies Kora, please…’she begged, ‘I want to see them one more time before they are taken away from us don’t you.’

That thought got Kora moving and she suddenly realised what she had done, sprinted off of the mark and dashed through the snow with all her speed, away from where she had been standing, heading towards her father’s house. He wouldn’t do anything to them in front of the children. Surely he wasn’t that cruel.

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