Chapter 69
-Colt’s POV-
“So they are ready for us?” I
ask.
Garret nods. “Yes. Our scouts
have been captured. Oliver
has the upper hand now.”
“Then what do we do?” I am
starting to feel helpless.
“We watch but prepare for an
attack.”
“So…we wait again.”
“It is all we can do.”
“Cass is out there and who
knows what they are doing
to her!”
Victor puts a hand on my shoulder. “I get it! I know!
But this is the situation right
now.”
“She is strong. She can hold
on.”
“I know she is but It doesn’t
matter. They can kill her at
any moment! And what is
even worse is that we don’t
know where she is!”
“My men say she has not
been seen in Oliver’s pack or
Ezra’s. We don’t know where
they have her.” Beck says.
That is what kills me the
most.
“Ezra’s men have been seen
moving too.” Rodrick speaks. “Something is up and we have to be careful especially now that all other packs are watching us after we took the river packs.”
Garret nods.“The Alphas of all other packs–excluding us, Ezra, and Oliver–had a
meeting a day ago. I am assuming it was about our
squabble but so far, they are
waiting however, they are on edge. Anything could tip them over and join the fight against us.” Garret ads.
Victor nods, looking pensive. “Send them a message. Tell
them that this fight is between us, Oliver, and
Ezra’s pack. If they don’t get
involved, then there will be
no issues with them.”
“We can do that but trust me,
they won’t believe it.”
“Try it.”
“So again, we just wait?” I ask,
my frustration peacking.
“I have a team that is going to try and get some more information. So yes. For
now.”
I am angry but I am also
exausted. So this time, I let it
be. I have barely slept since Cass has been gone.
When the meeting is over, I head to the place where I
have been drowning my feelings, the bar room.
As I walk through the halls,
Julia suddenly pops up from
one of the corners.
“Colt!”
“Julia…” I grunt.
“I made you something.” She holds out a plate with a
custard flan. “Remember? I
used to make them for you
all the time especially when you were feeling down. You’ve been looking so sad lately and I just wanted you
to feel better.”
I nod but I am not sure if I
should accept it.
“Listen, I just… I just want you to be happy again. You
have been so sad lately and I hate it.” She says.
“Uhm…thanks but-”
“If you don’t want it now, I’ll put it in a container for you and you can have it when you feel like it.” She gives a big smile and all I can do is
nod.
“Julia!” Rodricks’s voice resonates through the hall.
Julia jumps and quickly turns around to face him.
“Enough. You are not
supposed to be anywhere
near him.”
“But…but…”
I give him a nod and go past them to avoid being sucked into the squabble.
I finally make it to the bar
room. It has been a bit more
full of late. People have taken to drinking more in the last couple of days.
spot Bryn with Miles. They
don’t drink but this is where
they usually hang out.
“Still can’t talk?” I ask Bryn.
She squints her eyes at me
and mouths out. “No.”
That is the only relief I have.
As long as my sister can’t
talk, I know Cass is alive.
I get a drink and sit with
them. Miles reads a book
while Bryn paints her nails. I just stare out of the window.
Dash suddenly slaps my shoulder and sits next to me.
“Damn, you are tensed.”
“You think?” I say with
sarcasm.
“I’d give you a massage but you know…it would feel
weird for both of us.”
“Yeah. Don’t. Thanks, but
don’t.”
He laughs and then turns to
Miles and Bryn. “And what
have you two creepers been
up to?”
“Creepers?” Miles asks.
“Yeah. You are twins. Twins
are creepy.”
“No, we are not!” Miles says
and Bryn holds her hands up
as an x.
“Are you serious?” Dashs
asks. “Have you ever seen
horror movies? Twins are
always creepy in movies.
There is that horror movie
where those twin ghost girls
stand in a hallway. And then
there are those tweedle
twins, it’s supposed to be a
children’s movie but those
two are creepy as f**k. Why is there always a need to say the same thing at the same time? Creepy
motherf**kers.”
Oh, how Cass would be
laughing right now and probably agreeing. It makes
me smile to think about her
and how she would react.
We stay here for a while.
They do lift my spirit up a
bit.
When they leave, I sit alone looking out of the window.
I close my eyes. It is hard for me to think that she is gone. When I close my eyes,
sometimes I feel like she is
about to talk to me, walk into the room, or touch me, put her hands around me in a
hug. But it doesn’t happen. am left there alone.
A hand creeps up from the
back of my shoulder.
I immediately open my eyes and see Skye. I am sure that
the disappointment on my
face is noticeable.
“Hey, how are you holding up?” She asks.
“I…I’m hanging in there.”
She nods and sits next to me.
“I can’t believe Ezra has done
all of this. His betrayal must be hard for you.”
“Ezra…it is not him in
particular that upsets me. It
is what he has done. The
lives that he has taken are
what hurts. Not really him being the one that betrayed me. It is the people that he
took away.”
She puts her hand on my
back and rubs it.
I don’t know how to feel
about that. I feel like I should
move away but…the action does comfort me.
She nods. “I am sorry. I wish I could take the pain away.”
There is no reason for her to
say that.
I shake my head. “That is not why I am upset. At least not
at the moment. I am upset
because of Cass. She’s been
taken. I don’t know if she is
safe. I…need her.”
“Do you really…have so
much feelings for her? You
almost act as if she was your
mate.”
“Yes.” I say with no
hesitation. “That is exactly
how it feels.”
“How… how did you two get
so close?” She asks.
“It’s a long story. I got captured by our own pack. I was imprisoned in the cells
and she was there as well.
She didn’t know who I was at
the time and that helped me
see her. She showed me who
she really was. She wasn’t
scared because I wasn’t Colt
to her at that moment. I was
a stranger…the enemy
yet…she showed me
compassion and truly cared.”
I say all this remembering every single moment of it. Those little moments when
she would look at me when I
had barely spoken to her.
She was scared of me but so
curious. She looked past the
scars and saw me. I knew I
didn’t have to hide who I was
with her. It was
refreshing…and now my Angel has been taken from
me.
“Damn them all! F**king Oliver is going to pay!” My hand slaps the table.
She stares at me and I can
see all manners of questions
wanting to come out.
“What is it?” I ask.
She shakes her head. “It’s just
that, you would have acted
just like this for me once.”
“Do you really want to get
into that now? Do you want
me to give you the reason
why things are the way they
are?”
“No. Don’t mind me. Just
reminiscing. By the way,
there is something I want to give you back.”
“What?”
“Your mother’s ring. I still
have it. It’s not fair. You
should have it.” She gets up.
“I’ll bring it by later.”
“You can keep it.” I say going
back to my drink.
“No. It doesn’t seem right.”
I give her a nod. “Fine.”
I stay there another hour and then decide to try and get some sleep but I doubt
I’ll find any. I had to take
another room because Cass’s room smelled just like her and it was overwhelming. I
won’t admit it to others but I
found myself crying many times.
I go past Cass’s room
envisioning her walking out. Putting those thoughts away, the moment I enter my room, I go directly to the
bathroom and take a hot
shower. I finally come out feeling refreshed and with a
towel on my lower half, I
head to my drawers to get
some clothes.
“No need for that.”
“What the f**k?!” I turn to
see Julia. She walks up to me and pulls my towel off.
Her hand grabs me by the back of my neck and pulls
me into a k*ss while her
other hand grabs my cock and starts stroking.
Three seconds are too long
to react to her but I am so
shocked that it takes me that
long. I pull away, hitting the drawers and knocking everything on top of it.
“Colt…” She whispers.
“STOP! I’ve had enough!” I
take her by the arm and I am not gentle as I drag her. I open the door and throw her
out of the room. She
stumbles and falls right in
front of Skye who holds a ring box that I recognize.
“What the hell?” She mutters
as she looks at Julia and then at me and my naked body.
“Why do you have to be like this?” Julia whines looking up at me. “I just wanted to take the pain away.”
“Stay out of my room! Enough is enough, Julia!”
“Uhm…I… brought
you…this.” Skye says showing
me the ring case.
I quickly take it.
“So now you are taking gifts from her?” Julia asks.
Skye squints her eyes at Julia. “What? What is wrong with you, stupid little girl!”
“Stupid little girl?!”
Taking a deep breath, I close my door and put clothes on.
Eventually, I hear the
commotion outside of my
room continue. I am sure
they are putting their hands on each other. Dragging my feet, I come out and just as I thought, they are fighting. I pull them both by the back of their clothes, separate them, and throw them. They fall on opposite sides of the
hall.
“I dislike you both!” I say. “I want you both to stay away from me.”
“But-” They both try to
complain.
“Shut up!” I shout. “You are
both so ridiculous! I’ve had
enough! Stay away from
me!”
This is the only way to get
through to them and I really am fed up.
“Either of you comes near me and I’ll make you regret it. I am not f**king playing
around!”
Leaving them stunned, I go back to my room, slamming the door. It only takes about
a minute for someone to
knock on my door.
“What the f**k is it?!” I
scream as I open the door.
A scared pack member
stands there petrified.
“Uhm…Alpha Victor and
Alpha Garret have requested
you.”
Now?…must be something important.
I rush out and when I walk
into the room, Crow–the leader of Warrick’s rogue trackers—stands talking with
Garret.
“What is it?” I ask,
interrupting and obviously
irritated.
“Something came up.” Garret says and motions to Crow.
“Explain.”
“Alpha Warrick secretly
tasked me to look for his
daughter.” He says.
“Just like him. He never
trusts us.” Garret mutters.
“Well, like you, I hadn’t found a single damn thing. That is why I went to…well… let’s just call it a town of a
sort. I place where I knew
there was a high chance of
gathering information.”
“And?” I ask with impatience.
“Well, I was surprised to find
a woman who…resembles
her.”
“Resembles? You know what
she looks like. If you are not
sure, then it is not her.”
“Well…this woman…was
wearing a mask.”
“A mask?”
He nods. “It was bolted to her
head.”
I am confused. We all are.
This does not sound like her.
“Crow…you are being vague
and I don’t like it.” Victor
says.
“It is a place where they sell
people and they make them fight. An arena. I could not get much information without being suspicious but the guards believed she had some special power and that is why an iron mask was
bolted onto her.”
I look at the others.
“Crow, do you believe this is
her?” Garret asks with
urgency.
“If you value my judgment…I believe that it is a high
chance that it is her.” That is
all I need. “Where is this
place!?”
