“No, you may not. Let me introduce you to Devin Moore, ‘Lone Wolfs’ manager. He can answer any questions you have.” Declan and Kodi step between us and them, shielding us from cameras. Once Devin has finished answering questions and ignoring some, we head outside to the cars.
We are nearly at one of the cars when I feel the air shift. I drop my head, realising it’s probably the Lennox pack,
“Matt… get Lily and Miles in the car, lock the doors, do not come out for anything and text the guys, Ren is not allowed to come out. The Media would have a field day.” I get a grunt from Matt as he pulls Miles and Lily to the car. Once the locks click, Dad comes to my side.
“Stop hiding in the shadows, step forward and state your business.”
Dad’s alpha command, lacing his words,
“No one shift, appear human, cameras are watching.” Nate's words are but a mutter, and I see something out of the corner of my eye and spot the guy from inside, crouching behind a minivan.
CHAPTER TWO
REN
“Matt has just texted me, we need to stay here. Something is kicking off, but the media has eyes on them.” Bray says, then looks at me with a sigh,
“I don’t like it either, but I trust our family to keep my mate and my sister safe,” I nod as he finishes, then his phone rings with a video call.
“Lily is filming, my phone is on mute, so she won’t pick up your voices, but I thought you would want to see what’s happening.” Matt's voice comes through as Miles gives a nervous wave, and then the camera turns to watch out the car window.
My gorgeous mate stands shoulder to shoulder with Declan and Mika, well, kind of. Declan is 6ft 2, Mika is 6ft 4, and my badass mate is 4ft 9, but she’s a fighter and a survivor, goddess, I love her, and because she didn’t get in the car with the others without me by her side, I’m going to spank her ass red when Iget home.
EMBER
Dad's command rings out, but no one moves. I pull my retractable baton from inside my jacket and flick it out.
“Cowards,” I mutter, which makes Declan chuckle.
Jericho Lennox storms forward with five guys at his back, all bigger and stronger than he is. One is a weak Alpha, whereas Lennox's name is all the strength he has.
“Where’s Firefall?” he sneers, looking around,
“With the press, drinking champagne and celebrating his win.” Declan snarks with a chuckle, and I smirk.
“Well, I’ll just take his whore, as he will have hotter, less desperate pussy falling at his feet now.” He reaches for me, and I bat his hand away.
“Try to touch my daughter again, and you will get more than a slapped wrist,” Dad says so calmly that I can see the General peeking through. Two of Lennox's guys go pale and step back, including the Alpha.
“Don’t think they realised she was one of us when he tried to drug and rape her dad, but I am curious if there are hotter and better out there, why is he trying so hard to get his hands on her?” Declan says, inspecting his nails, then chuckles as thirty people leave the shadows.
“I don’t think my social worker shared my parentage while he tried to keep me hidden,” I state, shifting my footing, ready for what is most likely going to happen,
“But Samuel Jameson likes skirting the rule book, so he could really have told them anything,” I state clearly enough that the media guy can hear me, he’s moved now, so he has a clear shot with his camera of what’s happening,
“Well, you come with us like originally planned, You can mate my nephew, and our families can have an alliance.” the older, creepy, man walks towards us, his eyes never stop roaming my body as he licks his lips and rubs his hands together, I visibly shudder at the thought of him and step closer to my brother, holding up my left hand,
“Pass, I’m engaged to Ren Firefall.” I can hear the nausea in my voice as I hold back bile at the thought of leaving with them.
“Shame, but we did try peacefully, I guess.” Alpha Lennox mumbles, then lunges towards me. Dec knocks him away as Dad takes a blow from the side, and Jericho moves towards me.
“Time for us to roll in the dirt again, I can’t wait to feel your soft flesh beneath my hands, I’ve touched myself to the memory countless times, I now need bitches to fight back, or I don’t cum hard enough, none fight me as you do though.” He tries to sound seductive, but it’s just creepy.
“The fact you have to pay or drug girls to have sex with you says a lot, Beta Nox.” At my words, he lunges again, and I fall into my training. I don’t have Rohypnol running through my veins this time, I don’t hit out with the baton, but I do use it to block his hits and knock away his grabs, much like his fight with Ren, he gets pissed and then sloppy.
I hear police sirens, but he keeps coming even as blue lights streak across the parking lot. I smirk, which causes him to falter enough for me to bounce-house kick him. He goes down like a sack of shit. Matt storms from the car with Lily hot on his heels. I see Miles shaking in the car, but Bram is already on his way over, so I stay where I am.
Matt asks the officer closest to me for a number or email address to send the video to. He watches Matt send it and then calls to check that it was received. Lily gives him our address, and after twenty-five minutes of questions, it probably would have been longer if the senior officer hadn’t served with Dad after a man hug and plans to catch up, now that Dad has found me, we head home.
