The Alpha Who Saved Me

Chapter 23

DECLAN

It took everything I had to keep Duke from taking over when Gavin came and took Quinn away, leaving me with the she-**after Quinn brought her over. I couldn’t care less if Lila met the other Alphas because none of them wanted to meet her, and their Lunas won’t give her the time of day because of how she got the title. She’s shunned by all, over what she has done, but she doesn’t seem to care.

The only time I give Lila attention is when I think Quinn is looking. I want to make her jealous like she does to me every time she is near my cousin. I know it’s childish, but I don’t know how else to get her attention. Spending all this time with my forced Luna on my arm is riling up my wolf. He’s wanting to burst free and take to the woods, just to be able to get away for a while. If only the guests would leave, so I can lock myself away in my office.

“Declan, could you get me a glass of punch, I’m a little parched?” Lila smiles up at me.

I lean down to her ear and growl. “Call me by my name one more time and you will regret it. Luna or not, I’m still your Alpha!” i lift my brow, waiting for her to argue but all she does is swallow whatever she was going to say, down,”I’m not your ***, go get your own punch.”

She glances around to see if anyone notices our little exchange, but if they do, they are doing a good job pretending that they’re not. Lila never leaves my side though, or let’s go of my arm, and so I have to continue standing here with the leech attached because I don’t want to make too big of a scene trying to get her to let go.

I’m slowly making my way towards the back of the house, hoping that soon, I can make my escape. I’ve been keeping an eye on Quinn, making sure my cousin isn’t doing anything inappropriate. Aside from him bringing her over to my uncle, I can’t find any reason to go and ***her away. I was two

seconds away from going to get her when I noticed how uncomfortable she was while in my Uncle Daniel’s presence, but then Gavin swept her away once more. He seemed to be perturbed with his father as well.

They were avoiding coming near me, and I don’t know if it was her doing or Gavin’s, but it was really starting to irritate both me and Duke. I watch when she separates from my cousin and heads toward the front of the house. I try to disengage myself from Lila, but it’s as if she knows that I’m trying to go to Quinn and strengthens her hold on me. Maybe she saw me watching the beautiful she-wolf; I wouldn’t put it past her.

NAANNNNNYA

As the crowd dwindles down, I’ve yet to see Quinn anymore. She must have decided to leave and not say goodbye. That’s out of character for her, but it’s not like any of what is going on makes any kind of sense. I cuss myself out because I assume that I chased her away by pretending to show Lila attention.

Finally, the only guest left is Gavin, which only makes me more irritated. He’s looking a bit grumpy himself, and I don’t understand why he’s just waiting around. When I approach him, he rolls his eyes at me.

“What are you going to tell me to ***off and leave?” He asks sarcastically.

“I should, but I was only wondering why you’re hanging around and looking grumpy.” I shrug.

“I was hoping to talk to Quinn again before I head out, but whoever has her attention is keeping her from the rest of us.” He sounds annoyed, but what he just says confuses me.

“Are you sure she’s still here? I thought she left. I saw her go towards the front about an hour ago, and when I didn’t see her come back, I assumed she had left.”

“Well, it’s kind of hard for her to leave if her car is still here.” He nods towards the front of the house.

“Are you sure it’s her car?” i furrow my brow and start heading to the front.

“She’s the only one that I know of who drives a purple twenty-two Camero, or do you have a habit of buying all the females the same car?” he spats out.

“***off, Gavin.” I keep walking until I round the front of the house, and I’ll be ***, Quinn’s car is still here. I look back at the pack house, and then head towards the door.

Walking through the whole house, I don’t find her anywhere. So, I start to head outside again to see if I missed her somewhere when I run into Cici.

“Hey Alpha, have you seen Carter? He’s supposed to drive me back to Dark Moon later, but I was hoping that he would just take me over now. I’m not in the mood to listen to my mom and aunt bicker all through dinner.”

“He should be around here somewhere, but if you want to help look for Quinn, then you can just ride back with her.” I say to the she-wolf. “She told me earlier that she was heading back after she said her goodbyes to everyone.” Cici’s confused face sets off an alarm.

“When did you talk to her?” I ask.

“About an hour or so ago, she was headed to the restroom, and I stopped her. She said that she was going to start her goodbyes and then head back to train some before I came home. We are supposed to have a girl’s night tonight.”

“If that was an hour ago then why is her car still here?” I scratch my head.

“Hold on, I’ll call her.” Cici pulls out her phone and calls Quinn.

I can faintly hear a song start to play, and Cici glances at me as she raises her brows. Best Friend by a known artist is playing somewhere outside, and Cici picks up her pace. A few meters from the house is Quinn’s phone, lying in the grass. I look towards the wooded area, but I don’t see anything. Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“She wouldn’t have run home and left her car here.” Cici looks up at me.

“Quinn did say that she would meet me when she came back from the bathroom, but she never did.” The look that my cousin is giving me makes me take action.

I run up to the second floor and go straight to my office, Gavin and Cici both follow close behind. Sitting behind my desk, I turn my computer on and wait for it to boot up. Luckily, we don’t have to wait long, and I pull up video footage right away. Having to rewind back to a time that we don’t know takes a little time, but then we find it. The video is of her going into the bathroom by herself, but then she is carried out by someone who we can’t make out because his face is covered. We only know that it’s a male because of his build.

“Who the **is that and what did he do to Quinn?” Gavin slams his fist down on my desk.

I glance over at him, and I’m actually stunned to see real anger and worry painted on his face. I go back to the screen and rewind it to where she first runs into Cici. Watching the little exchange they have going on, there is movement off to the side as a figure dressed in the same clothes as the guy carrying Quinn out, slips into the restroom right before Quinn does. Going back through other video feeds, we can’t find him anywhere else.

“How the **did he get in?” I punch my own desk. I mind link my Beta, ‘I need everyone that has been on border patrol today in front of the pack house within ten minutes!”

“Will do, boss. What’s going on?’ He asks.

“Quinn’s been taken, and she was taken from my pack house, so I need to know who wasn’t doing their job correctly today.” I growl.

‘What do you ***mean, Quinn was taken? I’ll be there as soon as I get the patrol.’

I don’t bother to answer my Beta and friend, he will hear soon enough. I storm out of my office and when I reach the first landing, I almost run into Lila. When I go to walk around her, she stops me by wrapping her hand around my bicep.

“What’s with all the commotion, Alpha?” My new Luna asks.

“Let me go!” I growl.

She moves her hand as fast as she could, and I don’t look at her again before I’m heading outside, but I hear Gavin inform her of what’s going on. I stop in my tracks as soon as I hear the words come out of her mouth.

“Of course, it’s about that ***. It’s always about her!” I hear another growl as soon as I let mine out, and I see that it comes from my cousin.

I’m faster, so I get to her first. Wrapping my hand around her neck I ask, “Did you have something to do with this?”

She grips my wrist with both of her hands, trying to loosen my hand, but she has no luck. I’m not restricting her airway, yet, but she refuses to answer me. So, I shove her into the first warrior I see, needing her to be out of my sight.

“Do something with her, and don’t let her out of your sight!” I start to turn away but then swing back, “In fact, lock her in her room and stay right outside her door. She is not to leave. Make sure you have

someone outside her window as well.” I growl and then leave her gaping at my orders.

“You can’t do this! I didn’t have anything to do with that ***! DECLAN… her scream gets cut off by a slap to her face.

I look over my shoulder to see Gavin fuming over the she-***. I can’t help the small grin that appears on my face. I would never hit a female, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t be happy about someone **** Lila. She’s going to learn her place here if she wants to keep the peace. I have no difficulties taking up the old practices of our ancestors, if she continues to be a vile creature. Alphas were always dominant back in the day and would punish their Lunas any way they saw fit for stepping out of line and not submitting.

If I find out that my new Luna had anything to do with Quinn being taken, I don’t care what the Elders say, I will lock her up in the cells until the pup is born, and then kick her out of my pack, making her go rogue. See how long she lasts out there in rogue territory.