Alejandro, we are not kidnapping children,Kiara’s stunned voice came into my head. I looked into her gorgeous eyes, which were wide with shock and disapproval.
Yeah? You aren’t.
But I fucking am.
“Promise you will protect him, Daddy?” Kataleya asked me, her eyes filling with fresh tears.
“I’ll make sure his father doesn’t find him,” I promised as she finally let go of the piece of fabric.
Perfect.
I stood up, feeling Kiara’s gaze still on me. I walked towards the house, needing to do some of my own research. It wasn’t like I was going to fucking beat his pup how this fucker beat mine. There was a difference.
I heard the sound of her heels as she grabbed my arm, stopping me just when I was halfway through the house.
“Al! You can’t possibly be thinking of kidnapping him!” She whispered in shock, clearly not wanting anyone to hear her.
“I’ll do what I need to.”
“Alejandro…”
We weren’t going to agree on this shit, I knew that much.
“Look, Amore Mio… I realised that I was far too soft and relaxed to start with. I let myself fall into failure. Over the years, I’ve clearly let things go… it almost lost Kataleya, and she went through more than she ever should have. Dante is fucking cursed, and Skyla won’t ever forget this shit, either. It’s high time I remembered I’m the Lycan king, and there are things I need to do, regardless of if they are the fucking right thing but rather the shit that needs to be done.” My voice was cold, and it held a finality that I was not going to change my mind, letting my Alpha aura roll off me. It didn’t affect her as much as others, but I wanted her to get my fucking point.
“Alejandro, you can’t say that. You have done so much, you need to stop blaming yourself for this, but kidnapping a child? You will ask Raihana to do this, won’t you?”
“Whoever I ask is my decision. I’m not going to change my mind.” Our gaze met, and I could see the hurt in her eyes.
“Can’t you just see if he’s safe or just try to find his father and portal? Don’t kidnap a child. If you want to help him, that’s different… but your intentions…” she trailed off pleadingly.
“Yeah, we all know an entire fucking army can’t portal. Secondly, with the Djinn, I’m sure it’s not that fucking easy. A summoning spell is the only damn way.”
“Two wrongs don’t make a right,” she whispered, cupping my face. I gripped her wrists, inhaling her scent.
“No, they don’t, but sometimes we need to do shit to get the answers we need,” I replied, removing her hands from my face. It fucking hurt doing that, but I wasn’t going to change my mind.
“There’s a way to do things, baby,” she pleaded desperately. I caressed her face, pulling her into my arms. She was far too pure to ever agree. This time we just weren’t going to.
“I know, but sometimes we have to choose the fucking hard path. That fucker touched my family… so he’s going to pay.” My eyes were burning red, and when she looked up, I felt a wave of guilt wash through me. She sighed in defeat, resting her head against my chest for a moment.
“Alejandro, listen to me; I don’t want you to get angry, but I think there’s somethin-”
“Amore Mio, I’m not going to fucking change my mind.”
I pulled her close, kissing her plush lips deeply and ending the fucking conversation. I was going to get that pup, and I would hold him as bait, and if the fucker behind this didn’t care about the pup, I’d put him somewhere safe.
“Alejandro, listen, I wanted to-”
“I’m going to go meet Darien. I’ll be back later.” She looked down but simply nodded in defeat. “I love you,” I said quietly, taking hold of her chin and tilting her face up.
“I love you, too,” she whispered.
I frowned, quite surprised that she was actually near tears over this shit. Neither of us exchanged any more words before I left the house, heading towards the pack headquarters. I hated when I disagreed with her over anything.
I entered thebuilding and followed my nose until I found Darien and Dustin, one of my two Deltas, in one of the tech rooms. Having two Deltas really fucking helped, knowing that there were more commanders to take control when needed.
“Alpha,” Dustin greeted, lowering his head as Darien looked up from the computer he was working at.
