Chasing His Betrayed Luna novel Chapter 95

ALPHA RAIDEN

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You’ve got to be kidding me!

No! They have got to be fucking kidding me!

“What did you just say to me?” I growled, losing every restraint I had put on myself just to enjoy dinner with the family I’d be letting go in a few days.

If Jake knew what was good for him, he better not repeat those words or tell me he was just trying to pull a prank on me.

As if he could read my mind, Jake opened his mouth, only to close it again, like a confused fish. I stepped closer to him, snarling, “Answer me!”

“Nolan and Helan… and a few of their men escaped the cell, Alpha,” Jake answered instantly and fluently.

I wasn’t surprised that he spoke without stuttering. At least he had that going for him but that didn’t reduce the intensity of the rage swelling within me as his words echoed in my head. “Tell me you don’t mean that, Jake.”

Jake shook his head, holding his hand at it shook uncontrollably. “I’m sorry I let you down, Alpha. I was supposed to be on watch and I let you down. Please–”

“I’m not listening to that shit you call apology, Jake!” I seethed. Who the fuck cares about his apology? What was I supposed to do with it?

Nolan and Helen were the means via which I planned to find Larisa or make her come to me. All through dinner, I had been trying to keep my mind off how I’d make Nolan beg for his life and use Helen to destroy the family just like Larisa did with my parents.

That was the plan.

But now?

“How did this happen?” Andrew asked a trembling Jake.

Perhaps I would have cared about Jake’s response if I wasn’t losing my mind and considering bashing his head into the nearest wall. However, I couldn’t do that not in my kids' presence. So before Jake could say another word that would push me to the edge of fury, I opened up the mind connection and spoke into both Jake’s and Andrew’s minds.

“Outside! Both of you and now!” I commanded fiercely.

Jake led the way and Andrew followed but I looked back at my soon-to-be broken family, trying my best to keep my raging emotions at bay as I uttered, “Everyone of you should remain in the house. I’ll have men surround the place. Please stay together until I return.”

I trusted Aurelia to protect the kids and my mom. I didn’t know if Hazel could defend herself if anything went wrong but knowing she was there for Aurelia and the kids kinda assured me that Aurelia had someone to watch her back.

I stormed after Andrew and Jake and when I caught up with them outside my home, my fist connected with Jake’s cheeks before he could even see it coming. “How could you let that happen!” I snapped, landing another solid blow on him.