| slowly open my eyes and take in my surroundings. I’m in my bedroom, with an IV in my arm. Suddenly everythinges
rushing back to me and | bolt upright in bed. “CARA!”
My mother rushes to my bed as | start to crawl out. “Honey, hold on. Everyone is here. They have trackers out looking for her. Let
me call the doctor.”
get up and rip the IV from my arm. “I don’t need a doctor mom; | need to find. her.” | shout at my mother, before pushing past her.
| sniff the air and smell everyone in my father’s office. | barge in without knocking. “Where is she?” | bark at the room.
“Son. You need to calm down. We have trackers out looking for her right now.” My father stands from his chair, his hands up,
arms outstretched in a ‘calm down
gesture.
“You don’t understand! He wanted her. He never wanted me. | was the pawn to get to her!” I’m still shouting.
Mr. Nelson speaks up. “Alpha Rik. No one wants my daughter back more than | do. But right now, we need level heads and calm
minds. Take a couple deep breaths, then have a seat and tell us what you know.”
He may be the only one that is able to get me to calm down right now. While | disagree that he wants her back more than | do, |
believe he wants her home almost as much as | do. | take a couple deep breaths as | look around the room to see who is in on
the nning.
My father and Mr. Nelson are leading the discussion. Liam is here with his Beta, Dustin. Dad’s Beta and Chase’s father, Charles,
is here, as is Chase.
| sit down in front of my father’s desk and start at the beginning. | tell them how | followed the leader when | saw him on the hill
and he took off. How | was ambushed and that once he had me, he wanted to wait for Cara.
“Son, do you know who he is?” Dad asks me.
“Cara called him the Banished Beta. It rang a bell to me but...” | stop abruptly and Liam jumps to his feet.
“Arey
sure? That''s what she called him? The Banished Beta?” Liam looks half crazed as he asks.
“Yes, Eli Gunner, the Banished Beta.”
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“Son of a Bitch!” Liam shouts as Dustin jumps up and puts a restraining hand on his shoulder.
“Liam. What do you know?” asks Mr. Nelson.
Liam walks over and punches the wall before leaning his head against it and banging his fist against the wall repeatedly but with
less force. He turns around and looks at everyone, his eyes stopping at me. “The Banished Beta killed my mother.”This belongs to N?velDrama.Org - ?.
It feels as if the air is sucked out of the room. The man that killed Luna Este now has my mate? Even though Kai isn’t at full
strength, | can feel his anger. He is starting to wake up.
| turn to my father. “Then why are we just sitting here? We have to do something!”
“We wouldn''t have to do anything if you hadn’t run off half cocked like you did. And then, what? You just gave up your Guardian
to save yourself?” Liam steps. towards me and | stand up to face him. He gets in my face and he’s lucky Kai isn’t fully back yet,
or I’d have leveled him. As it was my hand went flying toward his face to punch him, only to be stopped with force.
| looked down to see Mr. Nelson holding my arm in one hand and Liam’s in the other.
“Stand down NOW Alphas.” His aura, while impressive, isn’t as strong as his daughters’. But, it has enough impact to make us
stop, long enough for him to go
1. on.
“If you aren’t in this room to help my daughter, get out now. If you are, then | expect you to work together. Am | understood?”
Liam and | continue to stare at each other.
“AM | UNDERSTOOD?” He barks at us. Both of us look at him. “Yes, sir.” in unison.
we say
| sit back down, my head in my hands. | scrub my face with my hands before looking up at everyone. “Cara’s my mate. | would
never have let her take my ce if | could have stopped it. | tried to make her stand down. My alpha aura didn’t work, as | knew
it wouldn''t. I tried to convince her not to take my ce. But she didn’t listen.” | look at Mr. Nelson, “She is her parents’ daughter
after all and she takes her role as Guardian very seriously.”
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