Chapter 10

Alpha Michael sat at the desk in his office, surrounded by his enforcers. He was clearly not happy about how things had turned out. His enforcers kept their distance, not wanting to be a target of his anger. Some even had daughters they needed to protect; soon there wouldn't be any females left in the pack.

"So, now we know that the pack we are dealing with is those nasty werebears. I don’t mind saying that I don’t like ever dealing with those assholes. They can’t be bribed or negotiated with; they only understand one thing: fighting. Believe me when I tell you they are not only good at it, they enjoy it too."

“Do we have any information on them at all?” Everyone shook their heads. “Nothing, Alpha, other than it’s a rather large pack, and they all looked like bikers. Their territory is massive, though it’s mostly mountains."

"Has that tracker moved out of the territory yet?"

“Not really, Alpha. It did go into a small town about a mile on the north side of their borders, but it is now back in the middle of their territory. They are probably keeping her in the center of their territory, probably at their pack house or whatever those smelly bastards call it.”

“Is there any more information on the wolf pack that MacPatton is from?”

“No, Alpha, they are a pretty secluded pack; they like to keep to themselves. Those that do travel out of the pack are exceptionally tight-lipped.”

With a sigh, Alpha Michael ran his hand through his greasy hair, thinking things through. Something inside his head was setting off an alarm, but no matter how he tried, he couldn’t pinpoint the problem.

"Okay, listen up, here is what we are going to do. I want the three best hunter-trackers we have to go to the werebear territory. They are going to sneak in and do some spying and, if possible, get the female out."

"I also want two other hunter-trackers to go to the Storm Crow Moon pack and do some recon. I want to know how big the pack is, how big their territory is. Gather any and all information you can, no matter how small it is. Don’t engage with any of them if you can get away with it."

"Both teams will have two days to gather info, be back here in two days, no matter what. Now go!"

Alpha Michael was starting to sweat it out, and he hated that more than anything else. Prince Adam was not going to be happy when he finds out about this. Still, if he can get that little bitch back before he gets here, then all will be well.

Alpha Michael motioned for one of his men to come to him. “I want you to start checking out Storm Crow; tell me anything you can find out. Use the royal contacts if you have to. Something about all this isn’t sitting too well with me.”

“As you wish, Alpha.”

“Tell no one that you are doing this; I think we have a spy in our own ranks."

Lily was at home throwing another one of her famous spoiled rotten temper tantrums. She was pissed when her mother told her she was going to be punished for not keeping better tabs on the Spare. Alpha Michael sentenced her to two weeks of cleaning the cages at the warehouse. Lily was also going to be sleeping there, on a little cot in one of the back rooms.

What she didn’t know is that Alpha Michael was giving her as a reward to the wolf or the wolves that brought back the Spare. Not as a mate or wife, no, just a couple of nights of fun. If she gets knocked up, she will be living in one of those cages she will be cleaning.

Lily decided she wasn’t going to be the cleaning maid. If this is how she is going to be treated after all she has done for that bastard, then she is going to repay it in kind. She overheard them talking about the pack up north, the one that sent back all of his enforcers in boxes.

Perhaps they would be interested in a little information and the locations of the Alpha’s favorite factories. She looked at her backpack, which she took with her everywhere. That should at least buy her a ticket out of this hell hole.

It contained all the information she would need, including pictures, things she copied off his computer at the factory, a log book, and security camera footage on DVDs. She made sure to cover her tracks; they won’t even realize that it was missing until it was too late. She started doing this as an insurance policy; she realized how bad things were by watching some of the footage, that was when she realized that he was going to toss her aside.

She also found recorded camera footage of her dad and the Alpha doing despicable things to break in the new girls. It made her want to puke when she saw what her dad liked doing. She realized the role she was playing in it all, and she wanted to curl up and die; she was such an idiot.

Gathering up all the money she could get her hands on, then packing her suitcases. She took one last look around her room only to realize how empty her life really was.

Perhaps Spare wasn’t as stupid as she thought she was, after all, she did escape out of this miserable excuse for a Pack. Lily wondered if she would ever see Spare again, not that she was that interested in Spare's life. It was just a thought, nothing more.

She put it all in her vehicle; her stupid mother thought that she was happy about going to live in that hell hole of a warehouse. The longer she thinks all is well, though, the further away she will get.

When she left, she made sure her mother watched, as she went in the direction that was toward the warehouses. Once she was certain that there was no one watching anymore, she turned another corner and headed to the freeway.

Prince Adam Antonio Ryes Mason of the High Moon pack of High Garden Castle sat in his study, tapping his fingers on his desk in agitation. He was so close now to his goal that he could taste it. That moron Alpha Michael was lying to him. Why he was lying to him, he couldn’t guess.

He better not mess it up; he wanted that girl because she was pure. Also, she would be his and only his. No more of these court whores trying to get in his pants because they want money and power. He wanted someone who would only be his, not for his title but for him alone.

He wanted a showpiece and a slave so that he could continue with the real things he liked doing, while the world looks on at the happy royal couple. She was perfect for this in so many ways, mostly because they could not find any information on her other than the stuff he puts out.

He had rooms designed just for her; she, of course, wouldn’t be able to leave these rooms, at least not until she earned his trust. He bought everything she might need or want. He was willing to give her anything she desired except, of course, her freedom.

He knew that going this route to get her was wrong; he was out of options because his father was going to force him to marry some stupid half-wit of a princess. Not that he minded stupidity in his women, he did want them to be pretty, though.

He couldn’t stand that idea at all. He wanted a girl who was for him and only him. Alpha Michael better not mess this up. He needed everything like he wanted it because he could control it all. He didn’t intend to really do anything with her. She would have his heirs, and that would be all he needed. He would be free to play as he saw fit.

There were times he wished he had never met Alpha Michael; something about that Alpha never sat well with him. The problem was, though, he couldn’t get rid of his need for sex with younger males. He realized the second he told that shady Alpha what he really liked. He wouldn’t be in this position if he just kept his mouth shut. The Prince’s need for young males was the reason that Alpha Michael decided to open a branch in his factory for those purposes.

Another thing he didn’t want his father to find out. Not that his father cared if he was gay; his father would be insane with anger if he knew about his habit, though. His father hated men and women who liked children in that way. There's no telling what he would do to him if he found out.

His father would give everything to his little brother Alex. That he would not let happen; he would murder the perfect little brat before he ever had a chance to wear the crown. If his father didn’t want to disown him, then he would make sure he suffers for the rest of his life. He would find the worst of them all, a really ugly shrew of a princess that no one wanted.

As long as his father doesn’t find out, at least not in time, he will marry the girl in secret and then introduce her to the royal court and his father. His father will want to know all about her, but there won’t be anything to find. The girl didn’t really exist anywhere.

Alpha Michael threatened him one night with telling his father all about him; Adam wasn’t as intimidated as Michael had hoped. Instead, he found himself on the other side of the coin. The Prince told Michael if he so much as thinks about those things, not only will he expose everything, he would skin him alive and feed his dick to the royal pigs.

If he lost that girl, though, there wouldn’t be enough time to find another. That is when he got the idea to start looking for another. It’s always good to have a backup plan.