The Alpha's Mate Who Cried Wolf novel Chapter 36

"Astrid?" He wonders.

"Yes, it's me! Seth - I'm so glad you're awake. I was so worried!' 

"Where are we?" He is dizzy and disoriented. 

"We're in the cells underneath the Shady Crest packhouse." 

"Who is that?" He asks, nodding to the cell next to mine.

"Amelia. She tried to help me escape, but she got caught. She is John's chosen mate," I explain.

"Why would anyone have a chosen mate?" He asks. 

"Alpha Zenith doesn't want his children or pack members to be with their true mates. So, he killed Vanessa, James' and John's mates. Alpha Zenith says they were weak omegas. He wants only high-ranking, powerful werewolves to produce pups with his kids. He wants them to breed stronger wolf pups to make the pack stronger. Amelia is the daughter of an alpha from another pack. He bought her to breed with John. He is trying to force me to mate with James after my first shift tomorrow night," I explain. 

The look on Seth's face says it all. 

"Astrid, you are Alpha Ryker's mate! You are my Luna! You can't mate with James!"He yells. 

"We need to think of a way to escape before I shift. Otherwise, we have to hope Ryker saves us," I say. Seth and Amelia nod in agreement. We spend the rest of the evening devising a plan but come up with nothing. Amelia tried to dig her way out, only to find disappointment and stone. Seth tried to bend the cell bars, to no avail. While I attempted to pick the lock with a bobby pin, I took from Amelia's hair. We sit and stare at each other in defeat.

"We can only hope that Ryker saves us," Seth says in dismay.

Alpha Ryker

We arrive in the city, park outside Zenith Creations, enter the facility, and find an elevator. The elevator door dings and opens. We step out and spot a large door and enter. It's quite a modern, sleek waiting room. It even has a water feature on one wall. I approach the large desk to see a blonde receptionist on the phone. Leaning on the desk, I tap my fingers impatiently. The receptionist raises a perfectly shaped brow at me. I take the phone from her and throw it behind her.

"Excuse me!"She says, "That was a significant client on the phone!"She yells.

"I don't give a shit who was on the phone. Where's Zenith? I want to speak with him immediately!"I yell. She picks up a phone and presses a button.

"There is a vulgar man here, with two other men wanting to speak with you immediately," she says. She covers the mic on the phone with her nail-polished hand.

"What is your name?" She asks.

"Alpha Ryker," I snap.