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My lip curled, and I flexed my hands at my sides. “You’re getting to him, Sloane. Keep going.”
She dropped her hands from her hips to her sides and paced in front of him. “I’m prepared to offer you a deal.”
The enforcer huffed and rolled his eyes as he struggled against his restraints. The muscles in his arms bulged as he tried to lift himself up.
Sloane walked in front of him, her gaze darting between me and her dad. Her father covered the small smile spreading over his face with his hand, letting it rest over his mouth and chin.
I beamed and rubbed my hands together. “Keep going. It’s working.”
She tucked her bottom lip between her teeth to suppress a grin before turning back to the guy.
I held my breath, waiting for Sloane to continue. She didn’t, though. She wore a fine line over the wooden floor of the barn. Her footsteps creaked, creating an odd melody between our prisoner’s grunts and the chains beating against the beams.
My dad always ruled with an iron fist, beating the information out of anyone he caught. However, this method seemed way more effective. I’d be lying if there wasn’t a certain thrill watching him squirm up there.
The enforcer growled one last time and then went limp. He huffed, his chin dropping to his chest. He kicked his feet lightly and stared at the floor.
Sloane stopped so she was standing in front of him, crossed her arms over her chest, and tilted her head to the side. “We both know there’s no place for you back at Pack Wolf Blood. Alpha Dane rewards those who succeed and kills those who don’t.”
The guy glanced up, his lips curling, eyes narrowing to tiny slits. “You couldn’t possibly offer me anything that I’d want.”
Sloane cocked her head farther to the side. “I’m not so sure about that. You don’t want to be a prisoner, and you don’t want to die, I assume. We need information.”
The guy’s brows crinkled as his face scrunched up. “What is it you want?”
Sloane licked her lips as she looked over her shoulder.
The alpha took a step forward, putting his arm around his daughter before he addressed the enforcer. “Give us the information we need, and we will set you free. I’ll get you a ticket, a car, anything you need to get you far away from here. But you have to promise you’ll go and never return.”
The rest of the pack mumbled to themselves. A few of them kicked at the ground, and I wondered if they were okay with this. No one questioned it, though. What the alpha said was law, whether you agreed with it or not.
That’s why my dad was such a tyrant. No one dared question him.
It was a good deal. Ballsy. Maybe a little reckless, but if it got the information we needed, it might work. The question was, could he really be trusted to leave? What if he turned around and tried to abduct Sloane again to stay in my father’s good graces?
The guy opened and shut his mouth a few times before dropping his chin to his chest and letting out a hefty sigh. “How do I know you won’t kill me anyway?”
I closed the distance between Sloan and me and put my hand on her other shoulder. “Will you kill him?”
She didn’t get a chance to answer. Her dad stepped past her, putting himself directly in front of the man. He was close enough that the guy could reach out and injure him if he really wanted to.
Sloane’s dad stood quietly for a long moment as he stared at the guy. “I don’t relish in injuring anybody. We both know that your current alpha is capable of horrible things. I don’t want to imagine what he may have done to you or those you care about to gain your loyalty.”
The enforcer grunted as his eyes slid shut.
The alpha rolled his shoulders back. “Tell us what we want to know. I’ll give you my word as alpha of the pack that no harm will come to you so long as you leave and never return. I’m afraid you’ll have to decide whether my word is good enough for you or not.”
The prisoner gripped his chain, pulling himself up. I moved forward, ready to protect Sloane should he retaliate, only to remember that nobody could see me or touch me aside from Sloane. I could still push her out of the way if he lunged, though.
The enforcer yanked on his restraints a few times before letting his body go slack again. “Fine. What do you want to know?”
I leaned into Sloane. “You need to find out how many men he has here with him. And where they’re at.”
She reached down and looped her arm through mine. “How many other wolves are here?”
The enforcer looked at Sloane and then back at her father.
Sloane’s dad lifted his brow. “My daughter asked you a question. You’ll answer her the same as you would me.”
