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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
“Quinn.” My hissed name and shaking wake me, and I come up swinging, only stopping my claws inches away from Dom’s neck.
He grins. “I love it when you’re feisty, but we have bigger issues.”
I blink, glancing at the moon. It’s late or early, depending on which way you look at it. “Did the hunters attack?” I scramble out of my bed, and he follows me to the cabin door where I pull some shorts on.
“No, well, not really.” I turn to face him, and he smirks. “We captured one.”
“One?” I frown, still half asleep even as my wolf prowls inside me, as if knowing something I don’t.
“A hunter. Patrol found him searching for us deep in the woods. They were going to kill him, but Jang was with them and decided against it. They want answers, an eye for an eye for torturing you. They brought him back.”
A hunter? It can’t be one of them, can it?
“Let’s go.” I hurry from the cabin, bursting into a jog, and he follows me, jogging at my side. “Where are they keeping him?”
“I’m not sure. Jang told me to wake you and meet him in his office.”
I change direction as we hit the grass, seeing a lot of people awake from the commotion. Tents have been constructed for those displaced to sleep in, and I see some peeking out. I take the time to slow down.
“Everything is okay, go back to sleep,” I call, watching them duck away as I stomp up the stairs to the pack house, heading to Jang’s office. My heart thunders in my chest, and the entire time, I wonder which one it is.
Vale or Lucien?
Jang and all the other betas are waiting as I step into the office.
“What happened?” I ask, wearing nothing but brown checked pyjama shorts and a crop top.
Jang gestures for me to sit, but I cross my arms, and he smirks. “Out on patrol, we encountered a trail, so we followed it and found a hunter. He was wearing the symbol you told us about and had guns and plenty of weapons with him.” He gestures at a bag.
It’s a familiar bag, one of the black ones the guys used. Is it a hunter’s bag or theirs?
Fuck, why do I care?
I decide I don’t and that I’m just curious, so I focus on Jang’s words once more.
“We attacked, and he fought.” I notice some of them are bleeding. The wounds aren’t deep, which means they must have shifted a few times to heal. “We got the better of him, and I decided to knock him out and bring him here for questioning. Since you saw some of them, I want you to?—”
“Of course,” I interrupt. “Where are we keeping him?”
“So eager.” Tetrim huffs, and I shoot him a glare.
“These men tortured me and are now threatening my family, so yes, I’m eager to spill their blood.” The other betas nod as I focus back on Jang. “Alpha, I request access to question the prisoner.”
“I was hoping you would say that. He’s yours.” Jang nods. “We will have guards on him at all times. He’s being kept in the moon cages.”
I frown, but it makes sense. The cages were built for new wolves who are unable to control their shift or ferals we need to question. They are deep underground, way past the pack house, and not for the faint of heart. It also means no one will find them easily and none of the pack can see in or disturb whoever is there.
I incline my head. “Then I shall go.”
“Quinn,” Jang calls as I turn away. “Find out as much as you can then kill him. Don’t let him make it personal. Keep calm and get what we need.”
“Of course, Alpha.” I nod, but I know he’s wrong.
This is very fucking personal, and I’m going to make them hurt and bleed like they did me.
The door is hidden well, the metal frame shrouded by trees and plants. It was designed by one of the pack members who is an architect and built by our construction crew. I open it and hurry down the metal stairs, the door slamming shut and locking behind me.
