The Hunt

Chapter Fifteen

Emerson's POV 

The house had been abandoned for a long time, and it showed. The basement was more of a second apartment than anything else. It was very secure now that the nails and boards had been reinforced. 

The women wouldn't be able to make any kind of escape attempt. They were fine down there. All we had to do was install a lock that only we could control.  

I would've been happier with a basement like we had at the last place, but we were hiding out now. I couldn't be too picky.

Thomas was getting more and more annoying as the time passed. He was paranoid that we would be found.  

He really feared Mason Meyers and I couldn't see why.

Meyers was just another person in my way. He would fall just like everyone else who had gotten in our way.

I was relaxing on the front porch, letting my feet dangle off the side of it. It was something I did a lot in my childhood, when everything was secure.

"We can't stay here any longer," Thomas said as he stomped out of the house. "We need to pick up and move away. Far, far away." 

His paranoia about Meyers had finally hit a boiling point.

I shook my head with a scoff. "I am not going anywhere. This is where I want to stay. If I have to kill the alpha and take over the pack, I will." I was confident that I could. "This land will be mine. I'm not content to share anymore." 

The alpha was old and out of practice. If he wasn't, Meyers and his woman wouldn't have been sent here to catch us. 

"You cannot beat the alpha." The doubt was obvious in his voice. What kind of father doubted their son? "He is strong. Having Meyers here only makes it worse." 

"Then we stick with the plan," I ordered, standing up to face Thomas. My ankle didn't like the quick change, but I didn't let it show. "We'll steal the bitch, kill her, then, we'll kill him. Problem solved." 

He shook his head. "It's not that simple. You think he'll just leave her unguarded? He knows that betrayer woman told you about his mate. He's not stupid enough to leave her." 

"Then we'll have to make a trap for him." 

He shook his head, not liking my plan.  

"I'm not asking for your approval on my plans. Your job is to keep in line," I told him firmly.  

I wasn't going to be an alpha that would just let the pack have free reign. Every member, Thomas included, would listen to me, report to me, and ask me for permission before they did anything. 

I wouldn't be weak like Thomas.  

"A wise alpha would take counsel when it's needed. Your plan is a bad one. Your plan will end with us all dead." His frustration grew with every word.  

"You do what I want you to do!" I yelled.  

He snarled like a wolf before turning on his heel and heading towards the door that led to the basement. "These women are the only reason you wish us to stay here." 

The door splintered around the handle before being completely ripped off the hinges from the force he used to open them.  

"These whores," he muttered.  

I calmly followed him down the stairs. He wouldn't do anything. He wasn't allowed to touch the women unless I gave him permission. He couldn't breathe on them without permission.