Chapter 64

Chapter 0064

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Liam sit back down, hard. “How do you know she’s your mate?” He asks.

“Kai recognized her as our mate as soon as he saw her last night. I didn’t tell her because I wanted to give her time to turn 18 and find out on her own. But now….”

“We’ll find her,” my father says.

They begin to update me on the trackers‘ progress. They are heading west following her scent and a strong scent of rogues. Dad and Liam are looking at a map, trying to decide our next course of action when Mr. Nelson shouts, “Cara!”

The room goes silent as we wait for him to tell us what is going on. “She’s ok, they’ve been walking all night.”

He looks over at me and speaks out loud, “Yes, He has come back around. The wolfsbane is still in his system but he is recovering slowly. Honey, where are you?”

I feel sick. She has been kidnapped and is goddess only knows where, but she’s asking about me.

“They’ve taken her to a place where there are parked cars. She’s in the back of a dark colored 4–door hatchback SUV. She didn’t see a road and now she can’t see anything.”

“Ask her if she knows what they want.” My dad says.

“Eli says he’s an Alpha now and he has some plan. Cara doesn’t know what it is.”

L

“They are on the move.” He tells us as he moves over to the map.

“If they were heading west, where is the best place to store a bunch of cars, out of sight?”

I stand up to look at the map. There is a small clearing about 20 miles west near enough to a road that it could be the spot. Just as I see it, Alpha Liam points to it. “There. I bet that’s where they are. We need to get someone there now.”

I turn to leave. “Where are you going son?” My father asks.

I look back at him. “I’m going to find her.”

Liam moves to follow me. “I’m going as well.” I look at him and nod. We’ll have to put our differences aside if we want to find her, and I don’t care who finds her, as long as she’s found and brought back unharmed. Plus, Liam is out for blood. If

this guy killed his mom, Liam won’t stop until he finds him.

As we walk out of the office, I stop and turn to Liam. “A word.”

Liam looks at Dustin. “I’ll meet you at the car.”

I wait until Dustin is out of earshot before I turn to Liam. “She’s my mate. That means you keep your hands off her.”

Liam steps up into my space. He’s only an inch taller than I am, so we’re basically eye to eye. “You don’t know that she’ll choose you, even if you are her fated mate. You didn’t even know who she was last week. And, I’m not sure you truly appreciate the amazing woman she is, aside from being a Guardian.”

I growl low and push my chest against his. “She’s my mate. That has nothing to do with her being a Guardian. You will keep your hands off of her. She’s mine!” I snarl at him.

He narrows his eyes at me. “Fine, I’ll keep my hands off of her on one condition.” He pauses, but I wait him out. “You don’t interfere with me seeing her and if she chooses me, you let her go.”

I don’t like it. I know they are much closer than she and I are, but I need him to agree to not touch her. “Fine. She decides.” I step back and put my hand out. He reaches out and we shake on it.

We both head outside and get in our cars. Time for me to see if this Porsche is as fast as they say it is.

Cooper

Author

Now they know that Cara is

is Rik’s mate.

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