Jax observes Anna before saying, “we can tell her. She cares about Aly, and she’ll keep the secret to help keep her safe. Right Anna?”
Anna wrinkles her nose, offended, “I’ll do anything for Aly. Now explain what I just heard!”
We all search around for someone to have a reason not to, but honestly, we are all too exhausted to think straight. We need all the help we can get and Aly trusts Anna, so we will too.
“Supernaturals exist, Anna,” I start.
Nic and the guys fill in the rest. Telling her everything, about mates and hunters. All the basics of the supernatural world. Then we tell her about Aly’s mom and that we have no idea where she took her. We tell her everything we’ve tried and that we are at a dead end.
Anna takes it all in, never interrupting us. She takes it better than most humans ever would. The more we talk about Aly being gone and her mom taking her, the more determined she gets. I can smell determination wafting off of her. Once we finish, her shoulders are back and her gaze hard, ready to charge into battle to get her best friend back.
“Okay, I’m human, so I’ll help you find a way to get her back if nothing magical is working. I understand we can’t go to the authorities but there are lots of shadier ways to do it. Let me think on it and get back to you guys. We are going to find her. There is no other option.”
Her determination renews something in me. I didn’t realize how lost and depressed I was feeling with her gone, how hopeless I felt about getting her back. But I know that having Anna on our side is going to be the turning point we need.
Anna leaves, this time for real. I check and listen for her heart beat to make sure.
“Do you think we did the right thing?” Ajax asks.
“Yes,” I say confidently, “she is going to help us find Aly and that’s what matters.”
My mate bond which has been pounding painfully since the moment she left, begging me to find her, pulses with hope. I’m getting my mate back, my heart and soul, and nothing will stop me.
Six
Aly
I think I fell asleep because it feels like I was just woken up. It actually feels like the drugs are out of my system, my thoughts completely my own.
I look around and I’m in a new place, somewhere I’ve never been before. It’s a bedroom with white walls and a plain black bed. The furniture is all black giving the place a very modern vibe.
Did someone save me? Am I free?
When I focus on the bed again, I realize I’m not alone. He definitely wasn’t there a minute ago but I don’t mind. I’m just happy to see his face.
“Jeremy!” I shout, jumping on the bed into his arms.
“Aly? Baby girl, I’ve missed you so much!”
This is the best, the only thing better would be if all my mates were here. But at least I have Jeremy.
“I’ve missed you too,” I whisper, leaning in to give Jeremy a soft kiss.
“Where are you?” He asks.
What does he mean? I’m here with him, shouldn’t he know where we are? Why don’t I know?
“I don’t know,” I confess. All the details are murky, not quite clear enough to share. I can’t really remember anything except I’ve been kept apart from my guys for too long and now I’m here with Jeremy.
I lean in to kiss Jer again. I’m not going to waste this moment I’ve been given.
He kisses me back with passion. Biting my lip hard enough to draw blood before sucking it into his mouth. He pulls me tight onto his lap before reaching his arm around and spanking me on the ass.
Heat rushes to my core but I’m not about to admit that.
I pull back slightly. “What was that for?”
“For leaving me. For leaving us,” he responds before doing it again, and again.
