Chasing His Betrayed Luna

ALPHA RAIDEN

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You've got to be kidding me!

No! They have got to be fucking kidding me!

"What did you just say to me?" I growled, losing every restraint I had put on myself just to enjoy dinner with the family I'd be letting go in a few days.

If Jake knew what was good for him, he better not repeat those words or tell me he was just trying to pull a prank on me.

As if he could read my mind, Jake opened his mouth, only to close it again, like a confused fish. I stepped closer to him, snarling, "Answer me!"

"Nolan and Helan... and a few of their men escaped the cell, Alpha," Jake answered instantly and fluently.

I wasn't surprised that he spoke without stuttering. At least he had that going for him but that didn't reduce the intensity of the rage swelling within me as his words echoed in my head. "Tell me you don't mean that, Jake."

Jake shook his head, holding his hand at it shook uncontrollably. "I'm sorry I let you down, Alpha. I was supposed to be on watch and I let you down. Please-"

"I'm not listening to that shit you call apology, Jake!" I seethed. Who the fuck cares about his apology? What was I supposed to do with it?

Nolan and Helen were the means via which I planned to find Larisa or make her come to me. All through dinner, I had been trying to keep my mind off how I'd make Nolan beg for his life and use Helen to destroy the family just like Larisa did with my parents. That was the plan.

But now?

Perhaps I would have cared about Jake's response if I wasn't losing my mind and considering bashing his head into the nearest wall. However, I couldn't do that not in my kids' presence. So before Jake could say another word that would push me to the edge of fury, I opened up the mind connection and spoke into both Jake's and Andrew's minds.

"How did this happen?" Andrew asked a trembling Jake.

Jake led the way and Andrew followed but I looked back at my soon-to-be broken family, trying my best to keep my raging emotions at bay as I uttered, "Everyone of you should remain in the house. I'll have men surround the place. Please stay together until I return."

"Outside! Both of you and now!" I commanded fiercely.

I trusted Aurelia to protect the kids and my mom. I didn't know if Hazel could defend herself if anything went wrong but knowing she was there for Aurelia and the kids kinda assured me that Aurelia had someone to watch her back.

I stormed after Andrew and Jake and when I caught up with them outside my home, my fist connected with Jake's cheeks before he could even see it coming. "How could you let that happen!" I snapped, landing another solid blow on him.

Jake lost his balance, staggering

backward until he tripped and fell on

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his side. Angrily, I drove my foot into his side, seeing nothing but red Andrew didn't dare to stop me and I didn't stop until I was satisfied.

"Since when did they escape?" I gritted that question.

Jake had difficulty talking after the beating he just received and Goddess knew that I didn't pity him He shouldn't have slacked and let those betrayals escape. "About thirty minutes. I tried to reach both of you through the mind link but I was blocked out so I had to come to the mansion."

Jake finally answered, wise enough to tell me why he was just telling me about an escape that happened thirty minutes ago.

"Did you at least send out troops to find them?" Andrew asked, his voice low.

"Y-yes. They are looking everywhere for them-" Jake answered.

But I snarled, "Like they have been looking for Larisa? Like they were looking for Kyle but never found him! Are you trying to make a fool out of me?"

"I wouldn't dare, Alpha. I swear to you." Jake voiced in defense.

But I wasn't convinced. The thought of Larisa and her family going scott-free after everything Larisa did to my family made my skin crawl and my mind explode.

However, Andrew interfered before I could waste any more time on Jake. "We should spread out, Alpha. We can still find them and I'm sure they haven't crossed the borders." Cross the border or not, I wasn't pleased.

Kyle's case has taught me a painful lesson and the case of my mom has made me know that a whole world could be hidden in my pack and I wouldn't find it... not even with my men.

But I listened to Andrew, sending

both him and Jake away. I stayed behind to guard the mansion until some of my men arrived and took over. searched aimlessly untiLex popped an idea into my head

"I think I know where they might be hiding." Les gritted to me.

"Where?"

"In plain sight... in a place, no one would expect them to be..." Lex answered.

Yes... and I knew where that could be.

I dashed towards the place with two words in my mind.

"Kill them."

Which would be fun. It's been a while since I slayed anyone. Killing Larisa's parents would be a good place to start over.