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Elena: Fine. I gotta go. I have to drive home!
I smile. I want to see the boys, but I also need to see her face. The bond has been driving me insane, and I know she hurt herself the other day because my shoulder blade is killing me. Khan wanted to go hunt her down to check on her, but I could feel she was alive and was trying to wait for her to reach out. Now she had. I could see I would become a pest with messaging and calling her. I let her go, and nothing has caused me more stress in my entire life. I still wonder if I made a mistake.
Chapter
Seventy-One
“We’re here,” Eli says, returning my attention to my surroundings.
We are at what looks like an enormous ranch. Fences line either side of the driveway, and I glance at Eli.
“Are you sure we are in the right place?” I ask. This is not what I was expecting.
“GPS says this is definitely it.”
Looking out at my surroundings, I see cattle in the paddocks, enormous barns, and a massive garage behind the huge three-story house. Halfway down the driveway, I notice the extra eyes amongst the cattle, and two wolves run along the fence on either side of the car, watching us, tracking us, and following us to the property.
As we pull up out front of the huge stone house, I notice a few women looking around.
It takes me two seconds to see we are definitely in the right place because the moment I step out of the car, we are surrounded. Three even carry pitchforks. A few others are shifted, and they all growl as I shut my door. Eli hops out, glancing around.
“We mean you no harm. We’re looking for your Alpha.” I tell them, putting my hands up.
They move around anxiously, and I sniff the air. Yet none are dominant females, so I know none are the Alpha’s Luna.
“Where are the men?” Eli mind links me.
“No fucking clue.”
“Where is your Alpha?” I ask one woman, who is eyeing us warily.
She doesn’t get a chance to answer when the front door is kicked open. A little old lady walks out in a cotton floral dress, and I exhale, thinking she must be the Alpha’s mother. Yet a sniff of the air confuses me when I find she is human.
I move toward her, only to stop in my tracks when she swings a pump-action shotgun out from behind her back and aims it directly at me, making me grit my teeth and back up. Silly woman, she would hurt herself more by firing it.
“State your business, boy!” she snaps at me.
I blink at her. Is she for real? Does she not know what I am, what these women are? Shaking my head, I move toward the steps when the gun goes off with a loud bang. I clutch my ears and growl. Looking up, she has blown a hole in the veranda roof. She cocks the gun, aiming it at me again.
“Name! The second one won’t be a warning!” she yells at me.
“I’m looking for the Alpha.”
“Not here. Now leave!”
I grit my teeth and shake my head. “I can’t do that. I need to speak to the Alpha.”
Babies are crying in the distance. One of the women rushes off past her and heads inside, swinging the door shut behind her with a bang.
“As I said, the Alpha isn’t here. Now leave. You’re not welcome here,” the woman warns.
“You don’t even know me,” I scoff.
“You’re an intruder. I know enough. Now leave.”
The door swings open behind her, and I take a step back when I see Louise step outside.
“Axton?” she says, just in as much shock as me.
