The Alpha's Mate Who Cried Wolf novel Chapter 47

"There is a park over there. We can sit on the bench seat. I need the bathroom anyway, so I'll go while you rest," Hayley suggests.

We make our way across the road to the park with the gorgeous, colourful playground and many trees. A large tree provides lots of shade, so I sit underneath it, watching the children playing on the playground in the distance. I place my hand on my stomach. 

I can't believe I will have a child soon. I can't wait to meet you, little one.

I hear rustling in the bushes behind me. Before I can turn my head to see what it is. Someone puts their hand over my mouth and drags me backwards. I tried to scream, but someone stuffed a rag in my mouth and they pressed a knife against my throat. A blindfold wraps around my head, and I'm shoved into a car. I spit the cloth out and speak. 

"Who are you? What do you want?" I scream. I want to remove the blindfold, but someone quickly cuffs my wrists behind my back. The metal cuffs cut into my skin every time I try to free my hands. "Please, don't do this!"I cry. They hold a cloth against my face. 

Chloroform! A few seconds later, I blackout.

Dizzy and disoriented, I wake to a car door slamming. My belly weighs me down as I try to sit up. Someone opens my door when I hear footsteps. I'm dragged out of the car aggressively. I scream and try to grab onto something. Unfortunately, I'm surrounded by nothing but dirt and stones.

I mind-link Ryker

"Ryker! Please help me!"

"Astrid, where are you? What's going on?"

"Someone kidnapped me!' 

"Where are you? Who has taken you? I'm going to rip their heads off!"

"I don't know. Someone snuck up behind me at the park. I never saw them. They knocked me out with chloroform. I couldn't link you until now. They have dragged out me of the car. I'm not sure where I am. Please, Ryker. I'm scared they will hurt the baby."

"I will find you, Astrid. I'm sending the pack warriors out to search. Hopefully, we can pick your scent up and get a lead."

"Please hurry, Ryker. I'm scared. I can't shift to fight back." 

"I know, babe. Just try to stay calm. Link me when you know who it is or where you are."

"Ryker, if anything happens to me, I just want you to know I love you so much, and I have never been as happy as I have been with you."

"Astrid, don't talk like that. Nothing is going to happen to you! I love you."

Hearing dirt and stones crunching under my feet, I'm pushed and shoved forward by my captor. I keep asking questions but don't get a reply. Finally, we stop walking, and I'm forced to sit against a pole. They released one of my hands, only to be cuffed again around the metal bar. Someone drags a chair in front of me. They sit down, lean toward me, and remove my blindfold. My face pales when I see my captor. 

"D-Dad?" I stutter. 

"Did you miss me?" He asks with a twisted grin.