Chapter 79
The Alpha’s Little Rogue
Chapter 79
Cadenâs POV
I canât forget that look in her eyes and the words she spoke. Did she really mean them or was she just saying it in the heat of the moment?
Sighing, I walk back to my bed, sitting on the edge and breathing in Alessiaâs sweet scent. I was so close to losing control. One more touch from her and I donât think that I would have been able to stop myself. I-
âAlpha? Raphael calls out through our mind link.
âYes, I answer, my spine stiffening as I hear the worry in his words. Did something bad happen?
âI just saw Alessia running into the woods. Did you give her permission to leave the pack house at this time of the day?â From the tone of his voice, he already knows the answer.
âI didnât, I answer anyway..
âShould I go get her?â he asks, sounding like thatâs the last time that he would want to do. I donât blame him. Her words from the earlier ring in my head. Even I donât want to go after her but itâs dark outside and as much as I know she wishes I wouldnât follow her, I have to do just that. Maybe, I wait at a distance and allow her to blow off some steam while quietly keeping guard.
âDonât do anything. Iâll take care of it. Thank you for informing me.â
Mind made up, I walk towards my closet and pull on a sweatpant and a t-shirt then I step out of my room. and head for the staircase.
I walk out of the pack house and towards the wood, following her scent. Raphael meets me halfway and points in the direction of where she went to, not that I needed the help. Her scent is still prominent in the air.
Thanking him, I follow his direction, trepidation running through my veins as my steps lead me closer to the pack boulders without any sign of Alessia. She couldnât have left the pack boulders right? She knows how dangerous that is and thereâs no way she would put herself in a risky position all for some words I said.
As I draw closer to the boulders, I realize my suspensions were right. She really left. Where were the guards that were meant to be guiding the boulders? How could they have let her leave?
I look around, not finding any of the pack guards in sight. With a growl, I step out of the pack boulder, feeling a slight sense of disconnection. I hate leaving my pack but because of my spoilt brat of a mate, Iâm doing just that.
The sympathy that I felt just a moment ago dies and in its place comes a blind hot anger. She does the most stupi d things and yet wonders why I keep treating her the way I do. If she wants to be treated better then she has to act better.
Chapter 79
I keep following her scent and it leads me deeper into the dark woods. I stop when the scent Iâm following mixes with three other scents. Iâm family with one of the scent, though I canât pinpoint who it belongs to, but the other two are foreign. Rogue? Except that they donât smell quite like how a rogue is meant to smell.
A loud howl tears through the air, sending me into motion as I race through the woods in search of where the mournful cry came from. Could it be Alessia? It didnât sound like her wolf but what if she was in a worse state and couldnât even cry out for help?
My wolf makes an appearance, pleading with me to set him free so he can rush in and protect his mate. I push him away.
I need to survey the situation and come up with a plan that won
lead to the death of us all. As I draw closer to the scents, all the thoughts of planning and critical thinking fly out of my head when I see Alessia hunched over someone on the floor with a deep, ugly wound in her arm. And with a man inching closer to her, a blade lifted over his head.
She doesnât notice him. She too focused on the wolf she was hunched over. Who is that and is the person still alive?
âAlessia!â I yell out, shifting into my wolf and charging at the already dead man.
He turns around at the sound of my voice and his eyes widen comically when he gets a look at the giant black wolf coming at him. The knife falls from his hands onto the floor beside Alessia.
He doesnât take notice of it as he turns on his heels and runs. He gets one step in before Iâm on him and pinning him onto the ground. I force myself not to snap his neck into two like I so badly want to. I can do that after getting all the information I need out of him.
He groans under my weight, but has the sense not to make any complaints, accepting his defeat.
I finally lift my head, my gaze going back to Alessia and the grey wolf on the ground. Jakeâs wolf.
He isnât moving an inch and as much as I donât care for the guy, I donât want him to die. Heâs part of my pack and a very valuable asset.
Alessiaâs tear-stained face lifts to meet mine. âI canât feel his pulse,â she whispers, her words choked up.
My heart sinks into my stomach.
âRapheal, I mind-link.
Yes, Alpha?â He calls out.
âI need your help,â I start. âFollow my scent and bring reinforcement along with the pack doctor.
Hopefully, it isnât too late for Jake.
Raphael doesnât ask the billions of questions that I know heâs dying to ask.
âOk. Weâll be there soon. A pause. âBe safe.
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I end our mindlinking, keeping my weight down on the b a s ta r d under me and holding Alessiaâs eyes, trying to comfort her even with the distance between us.