The Woodland Packs

I helped the guy up, but he could only stand on one leg. His left eye was swollen shut and his shoulder looked oddly shaped.

“What do you mean?” I asked Dex.

Mole? We had a mole?

Dex nodded towards the bleeding guy. “I mean… we knew there was someone feeding the bears information. It was the only thing that made sense. How else could they have attacked within a day of us bringing Claire home? Now we know they’ve been scouting for more information.”

I turned on the Omega, who’d obviously been beaten to reveal the information.

“Is this true?”

He ducked his head. “Yes, Alpha.”

“But why? Why would you betray us?”

He lifted his gaze and deep in the darkness of his eyes, I saw true hatred.

“Because I could. Because they paid me. Why wouldn’t I?”

He stuck his chin out in defiance I’d never seen in a pack member.

I was tempted to punch him right in the face. To wipe that look right off his mouth.

But he’d taken as much as he could, and I was no Alpha to beat an Omega.

“What the hell do you mean by that? You betrayed us! You could have gotten Claire, or any of the others killed.”

He shrugged and looked away. “What do I care? I’ll never have a mate like you guys have. I don’t even have a pack.”

He tossed his hair and glared at me with his one remaining good eye. “And thanks to me, you guys probably never will either. Once they get here.”

I grabbed his bad arm and he cried out in pain.

I didn’t let go.

“Tell me what their plan is. Now.”

There was movement behind me as

my pack surrounded us, but I didn’t take my eyes off the Omega.

“Tell me.”

I squeezed his arm a little harder. What was a little pain compared to what the bears would bring our way?

“They’re going to… ah….”

He swallowed hard, his eyes closing, probably from the pain.

“Tayte. You’re hurting him.” Celeste drew close to me and the Omega looked at her, his eyes bulging when he saw how pregnant she was.

I took advantage of that moment. “Is that what you want, Omega? To have Celeste captured? Killed? Because you know that’s what’s going to happen when the Bears arrive.”

“The bears? What?” Celeste gasped and shrunk back.

I couldn’t look at my mate to reassure her, my wolf teeth were bared and I couldn’t retract them.

“Omega, you’re going to call the bears and set up a meeting with them. I want to work out what the fuck is going on, and you’re going to help me.”