Mated & Blooded

Chapter 16

(Marie POV)

I can't believe I just left my daughter in the care of those two thugs. I tried hard not to, but it was impossible not to follow an alpha order. I had been dreading this moment since Alpha Logan came to visit me earlier this week while the kids were still in BlueRidge. Alpha Logan had anticipated that Lucas was going to come home and challenge him. He wasn't happy about it, and had reminded me how his pack had given Kalli and I refuge when we both should really have been dead. He'd given me orders to keep him up to date with everything I knew about Lucas and Kalli.

I tried to fight his orders, but the pain would become too intense, and eventually I had to give in. I called him every time they called me. I told him everything they said and did. Last night Alpha Logan called and told me that I had to hand Kalli over to his lieutenants. I begged him not to make me do that. I told him I would take her away and we would never come back. I promised and cried. He didn't care what I said he made his mind up and I was going to have to follow his orders.

I couldn't even warn my daughter or Lucas. I did try to give him hints. I would say things like you know you aren't the only alpha that can issue orders. Then, I all but told him that his father always had a backup plan. I even told him what would happen if he kidnapped Kalli before the challenge in hopes that he would smarten up and keep her real close to him. Instead he played right into his father's hands and sent Kalli and I off together.

I had finally decided to push Kalli. Maybe if she could use the mate card he would change his mind. But no, Lucas wouldn't change his mind. He wouldn't really even listen to me or my daughter, now they had her. I looked back at my daughter and felt tears well up in my eyes. Oh god I thought, please don't let them hurt her. I shifted into my wolf form and ran as hard as I could back towards my house.

Time for plan mama! I had spent a lot of time thinking about how I was going to save my baby. I was forbidden from telling anyone what happened, but not being able to say anything was going to stop me. I am a smart self sufficient woman. I can get my point across without saying a god dang thing.

I ran as hard as I could, but it still took me almost twenty minutes to hit the center of town. I was worried sick. Twenty minutes was a long time for them to have her. I really didn't know what the end game was. What if they killed her immediately? I shifted and stood in my naked glory in the middle of town square. Believe you and me that got people's attention. It took no more than another few minutes before Lucas arrived.

I think he started to put the pieces together the moment he heard I was standing in the town square naked and without my daughter. I heard his bellow long before I saw him. He was angry, and started screaming questions at me the moment he saw me. I tried to speak but they were all questions that I couldn't answer. Finally he must have realized that I was under an alpha's order and got smart. He stopped asking questions I couldn't answer and instead ordered me to do something I could do

"Marie, I order you to run back to exactly where you just came from"

Clever boy, I thought. Maybe, just maybe he could get to my daughter in time. I shifted back into my wolf and took off. He too shifted and was following behind me.

(Lucas POV)

My wolf was crashing around inside of me. He was furious and just wouldn't calm down. I am going to clean house when this was over. I will make every single one of the pack swear allegiance to me and my mate and I will slaughter any who opposed me. I have very few people that I trust. At the top of that list is now Kalli's mom Marie. She proved she is a very worthy shewolf and I felt guilty that I had ever thought differently. It was clear she loved her daughter with all her heart and she was just as worried as I was.