Alpha's Blind Luna novel Chapter 52

Vale stared at the floor. I could pick up his heartbeat as it raced but nothing showed it in his features. His face was blank as he bore holes into the floor. Looking back at the phone, I saw Simon also watching intently. Every once in a while, he would look up over the phone.

“So, what’s next?” I finally broke the silence and asked.

Simon’s head locked back onto me. “Well, right now, we are tracking down the three SUV’s that drove off in the beginning of the video. They basically played the cup game and mixed together, then went separate ways. Pipsqueak is tracking their movements through as many cameras as she can get ahold of. We took one of the SUV’s and she is still tracking the other two.”

I nodded. “Tracing where they went narrows our search considerably.” He nodded as well but I saw his lips press together. “What?”

Simon glanced at Vale who still hadn’t moved. “All that footage is from a week ago. We are days behind them at this point. I don’t want to say that we might not even know if he is still here but…”

Taking a deep breath, I looked down. He was right. If one of those SUV’s pulled up to the airport or train station we would be fucked. The next worst case is that we found where they were keeping him but they had already moved. We would have no information on how to track them down from there. It was a mess. A right fucking mess.

“How is…”

Simon shook his head, giving me a warning with his eyes. “We will keep you posted if anything else happens. For now, updates might be slow. Pipsqueak is going as fast as she can through tracking the SUV’s but it’s going to take time.”

“Try to get some rest. You look like a damn zombie.”

Simon chuckled. “Try looking in the mirror, Beta. We are working our way through this one since it’s mostly on the back country roads without cameras. We aren’t going to stop. Trust me.”

“I do. We’ll be waiting for your updates.”

He nodded and the phone hung up. I set my phone down on the bed behind me. Looking at Vale, I placed a hand on his shoulder and he jumped, forgetting someone else was in the room. His eyes turned glossy.

“What am I going to do, Hector? I can’t lose him. I can’t…” I saw him swallow hard.

“We will figure this out. Like I said, they want him alive. They could have killed him right there and there was nothing stopping them. I don’t think they are trying to use him against you either.”

Vale looked at me, confused. “Why? He’s my mate.”

“Right, but we didn’t officially announce your connection. They might have taken him for being an Alpha or in association with our pack. It’s taken us a week to get this information. They didn’t send out a ransom or contacted us in any way for what they want. It doesn’t seem like it’s a set up for getting something from you as the king.”

“Then why…”

My eyes met the floor. “I…”

“Hector, spit it out.”

Looking Vale in the eyes, I hardened by heart and took a breath. “They might not only be taking children, Vale. He’s a strong Alpha with bloodlines dating back to the creation of werewolves.”

Any color that maybe was still on his face brought by the tears shinning in his eyes disappeared. His shaking came back and he started to shake his head. “No…no…that would be…I…”

There was a knock on the door and High Councilor Mark opened up the door without even waiting for an answer. His eyes caught us and they widened. “I’m sorry. I should have waited. I’m interrupting something.”

Vale took a deep breath. “No, it’s fine Mark. How can I help you?”

Mark looked suspicious and if he had any sense of dignity or brains, he would have said it wasn’t worth it. He would have turned his ass right around and shut the door behind him. Apparently, High Councilor Mark had no such sense.

“Alpha Niles would like to speak with you in regards to the front lines. In the next week, he wants to transfer over there for a couple days. There is word going around that the witches are setting up something big by the end of the week.”

Vale looked at me and closed his eyes, taking yet another deep breath. “Understood. We can head over there in the next few days. I’ll chat with you about the details and what you would have Hector and I take part in.”

Mark nodded and regarded the both of us before finally turning around, closing the door behind him. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

“Back in my day…”

“…when the wheel was invented…”

I glared at Vale. “…people had the sense to read a room and leave when they weren’t wanted.”

Vale chuckled. “Not any of these assholes here, that’s for sure.”

Signing, I asked, ‘What are you going to do about the Alpha and the Beta?’

His lips pursed and he signed back. ‘At the very least, the two of them will pay for their crimes. No matter the reason because nothing could justify what they have done.’

‘Will you have another Alpha take over?’

I saw a flash of understanding and slight surprise. He hadn’t really thought that far out yet. But if the pack wasn’t to be disbanded and they ended up being the victims, it would be another situation of the Darkry pack. We wanted to avoid that at all costs.

He narrowed his eyes and then they widened. “I have an idea. An old friend, well, an old friend of my moms, her son…I think I can call him and talk to him. I trust him. He and his mate don’t have a pack.”