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“Elena, Elena, Elena. What am I going to do with you?” he says.
Alisha starts crying, her legs giving out from under her.
“No!” Lexa chokes.
Alisha is in no condition to shift, and I know I can’t fight him off.
“And here I thought you were coming around to us,” Jake says, rising from the chair.
“Wait, I was just…” I stop, trying to think of any excuse, but there is no hiding our escape attempt.
“You were what, Elena?” Jake says, slowly walking toward us.
Alisha grabs my hand, trying to pull herself up.
“Here, let me help you,” Jake tells her, moving with a speed that my eyes barely catch.
I scream when he grabs her by the throat, lifting her off the ground, and I attack him. My claws push from my fingertips, and I slash him, only for him to punch me with his free hand. I see black for a few seconds as I stagger backward, catching myself on the ice cream freezer. Just as my vision clears and I find my feet, I watch, then scream as he breaks Alisha’s neck and tosses her back down the basement stairs.
Chapter
Thirty-One
Axton
Derrick is deliberately getting on my nerves, refusing to hand the information over. I am starting to believe it is all bullshit to make me hand that seat to him. It isn’t happening. So, after the few attempts I make at trying to get information from him and any of his pack members, I give up. None of them knows about a boyfriend, and Alisha’s parents even said the same when I asked.
Derrick is up to something. No one knows of any so-called boyfriend. What everyone does know is that Derrick treated Elena like a servant, making her run his meetings for him. That just proves he was never fit to be on the council, much less the Alpha of his own pack. I think he just said that to piss me off. He’s more of a dick than I thought.
Ihave just pulled up at one of the banks the pack owned; I am meeting with some investors today, and I have been preparing for this meeting all week. As I am getting out of my car, though, I see Louise, Derrick’s wife, pull up beside me. Ignoring the woman, I walk toward the doors, hearing her door open and close behind me.
“Axton!”
I roll my eyes.
“Alpha! Please,” she says.
I shake my head, continuing to walk toward the doors. I am nearly up the steps, and I can hear her footsteps racing to catch up with me.
“Please, it is about Elena. I think she is in trouble,” she calls out, and I growl, turning on my heel to face her.
Louise stares at me, and I wait for her to speak. She looks like Elena, though much older. She is wearing jeans and a blouse and is not put together the way she usually is. It is the first time I have seen her dressed so casually. Her eyes look tired, and her face withdrawn, sad.
“Does your husband know you are here?” I ask her when she says nothing.
She shakes her head. “Please, I think Elena needs help. Derrick refuses to go, and he has forbidden me from leaving the city.”
“Well, what do you expect me to do about it? Your daughter rejected me.”
“You played a part in that, and so did her father. She is still pregnant, the woman that called said Elena needed help and was in the town of Ryde. She sounded very desperate on the phone, pleading with him to help Elena,” Louise tells me.
“You know where she is?” I ask as she nods her head in response, and she starts rummaging through her bag. She produces a piece of torn paper and holds it out to me. Her hands tremble as she glances around nervously. I know Derrick would not take kindly to her seeking me out. After what he did to Elena, I could guess what he would do to Louise. I glance down at the address scribbled on the piece of paper.
“His name is Jake. He is a nice guy. He is her friend.”
“Not her boyfriend?” I ask, and her brows scrunch together.
“What? No. Jake is gay,” she tells me.
