“This is real life.”
One of the wolves stood on two legs, shaking and morphing before her eyes. Its hair receded and bones elongated. Within seconds the wolf had turned into one of the men by the river. Her mouth fell open, and her entire body went numb. Thoughts and memories overloaded her mind as she tried to make sense of what she’d witnessed. Everything she’d ever known or understood was in question, and it was too much to process.
“You’ve been kept in the dark,” he said. “You’d think when a werewolf claimed a mate he’d have the decency to fill her in on the facts.” He tutted.
Her captor said, “If all goes well, he’ll come for you. That’s what we’re counting on. Hope you enjoyed the honeymoon while it lasted because Liam’s about to go to doggy heaven.”
She shook her head, dizziness washing over her in waves. “No, Liam’s not a wolf.”
They all laughed and mocked her. “He’s a legend around here. Honey, your man is an alpha wolf.”
Chapter Eight
“You go and it’ll be a trap,” Jake said.
“I can’t just sit here. They’ve got my mate, Jake.” He gripped the back of the chair and threw it across the room.
Alphie was hurt and nursing his injuries. They’d hurt his fucking dog and taken his woman. Liam was so fucking pissed right now. The need to hurt, to kill was so fucking strong. Rebecca’s scent was all over the house, but with her gone, it was slowly fading. He had to find her. To get her back.
There’s no way he could let anything happen to her. His father’s wisdom filtered through the anger. He’d told Liam that a man could tell when he was in love when protecting someone else was more important than protecting himself. He felt that for Rebecca.
“You know this poses a lot more problems,” Eli said.
“I know.” Liam didn’t need to be told what he faced.
“She’ll know the truth now,” Ben said.
He closed his eyes, counted to ten, then looked at Ben. “I know.”
Ben held his hands up. “I wasn’t trying to state the obvious or anything.”
“Then what the fuck were you trying to achieve? She’s in the hands of my enemy, and you fuckers don’t seem to get that I’m having a really hard time right now. I’m trying to deal with the fact she’s gone.”
He turned his back on them, feeling the primal need to release his wolf.
The beast slammed within him, desperate to come out. Would it be so bad if he let him out for a while? He couldn’t let anything happen to Rebecca. If his wolf hurt her, he wouldn’t be able to live with himself. She was his mate, destined to belong to him.
Without her, he was nothing.
There would be no point in living, in leading.
Running his fingers through his hair, he tried to think of something, anything that could help him. He couldn’t bring himself to deal with this.
All of his focus was on his missing mate.
No, not missing.
Taken.
She’d been taken from him.
This was to make him pay.
To take his life.
“I’ve got to go and get her back,” Liam said.
“If you do that, it’s a guaranteed death sentence,” Jake said. “We can’t let you risk that. There’s no way any of us could lead our people. You’re an alpha, Liam.”