My One and Only Alpha

Chapter 28 - Rescue Mission

"Harry, stop!" Daven shouted, diving forward to hold the Pack Alpha back from tearing theirvisitor to shreds. Harry was snarling and barking at him for the statement he'd just made, and ittook himself, Zayn, Chibs, Parsel, and Demila all together to stop their Alpha from attacking.

"You better fucking explain yourself," Harry roared, throwing his weight against the arms thatwere constricting him.
"Harry!" Daven and Chibs called, trying to step in front of him where they would be heard.Daven grabbed a hold of his face, being very careful not to get in the way of his extended caninesand keep out of range of a bite that could take his hand off.
"Don't you know who that is?" heshouted into Harry's bloodthirsty face, deciding it was best to get straight to the point here.Amidst all of his struggling and growling, Harry managed to furrow his eyebrows in confusion atthe question and fix his wary gaze back on the stranger.
"Should I?" he demanded throatily, if thatwas in fact what Daven even heard. It was hard to tell.
"That's Taran," Daven shouted, shooting a finger back to point at the understanding and cautious Alpha. Harry didn't seem to recognize the name much, and his eyes weren't back to normal yet, soDaven daringly grabbed Taran's hand and shoved his faded and scarred wrist under Harry's noseas a last resort. All of Harry's warriors' grasps on him got tighter and Zayn's hand darted out toslap over the Alpha's mouth so his teeth weren't a serious danger. This thankfully meant Harrywas powerless to do much but inhale and decipher the scent he was met with.

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At first, Harry only smelled the regular rogue scent, and he didn't understand why anyone wouldwant him to look into it further, but he calmed his wolf enough to inspect it deeper, and his eyesblasted back to brown and green in one blink when he figured it out. He smelled the remnants hisFather.
"Taran," he said slowly, running circles through his mind to remember why that was sofamiliar.
"Wait. Daven's brother ?""Yes," Daven and Taran sighed in relief, Daven sensing the diminished tension in the air andjumping to Taran's arms. Kurtanis also walked forward nervously but laughed gleefully when hismate's brother picked him up and spun him around.
"What are you doing here? We assumed you were dead. You've been gone for such a long time,what happened?" Harry said suspiciously, not even close to understanding what was going on here.
"Roman's army captured me when they invaded that night. All of the wolves that go missing afterinvasions end up stuck in his gang of psychopaths, but I'm the only taken one left from Chehalis.Everyone else has been killed."

"So you've been working with him?" Harry gritted, clenching his fists and slowly scooting a footback to push off of and launch himself into Taran's chest.
"I had no choice!" Taran shouted defensively, taking a non-threatening seat on the ground andlooking up to Harry respectively, begging him to understand.
"You have no idea what it's likethere. They keep wolves weak by inflicting constant injuries on them so they can't run away. Atleast... not far. My shoulders have been broken several times, I can't even imagine what wouldhappen to me if they found out I managed to escape them... But I had to come when I heardChehalis' Pack Omega had been snatched away from Harry."
"How did you escape? If they're so formidable, you shouldn't have been able to walk out thedoor," Harry noted, narrowing his eyes to slits.
"Opening, actually," Taran corrected, massaging his abused shoulder from all the running he'djust done.
"What?"
"Cave. I ran out the opening of the cave. Roman's in the Okanagan caverns in the north."
All of Harry's agitation rolled over onto his Beta and he gripped Zayn by his neck and yankedhim back so hard they slammed together, and Harry raised a poised fist up near his head.
"Did yousay north ?" the Pack Alpha addressed Taran while keeping his eyes on a panicking Zayn.
"Yeah. Day's ride north."Harry snarled and let his fist fly forward to pound itself into Zayn's right cheek, the Betacrumpling down to the ground in disbelief this was indeed his life. Why did he have to beeveryone's punching bag?
"Hey, Potato for Brains! Did you hear that? He's NORTH . Isn't that something? We could havebeen there days ago... come on, we're going now," Harry rushed but Taran held up a hesitanthand and spoke when the Pack Alpha's gaze fell on him angrily."Wait, there's some things you should know first. Call for a meeting and allow me in it, I will tellyou everything you may need to know."
"Harry, we need that," Chibs agreed from his side, not liking the impassive face of his Alpha.
"I'll call it if you don't."Harry barked at his chief warrior warningly and relented to call another damn meeting, marchingto the hall without stopping for anyone until he was in his seat and impatiently waiting foreveryone else.The rest of the wolves pushed through the entrance and fell into their seats as Taran stood in-between the long tables and waited for quietude. It was interesting to note Eyadon had shuffled inafter everyone and hopped up in Lucian's seat, trying to act like an adult and be a part of thedecision making. Harry almost laughed, but scolded his Chaska with his eyes until the pup huffedand slid out of the seat, coming up to sit with Harry instead.When everyone was quiet, Taran spent a few seconds to gaze at his brother Daven and then dovein to his explanations.