Mated to the Alpha Twins

“Be that as it may, what do you plan to do now?” He asked, cocking his head to the side. Jet black hair fell over his forehead,

grazing a scar on the side of his neck. “Where will you hide the bodies? Or perhaps you'll confess and tell the truth, believing

you'll be found innocent?”

| opened my mouth and closed it again before realizing he was right. | could tell the truth all | wanted, but then the world would

know what | could actually do. There was no way in h**| I'd be allowed to live freely after that.“Kade.” | whispered to myself,

glancing up at Jaspar. “My mate can help.”

“Can he? It seems he’s already quite busy. Searching for your lost mate must be proving difficult.” Jaspar mused, tapping his

chin with a finger. There was ssubtle shift in his emotions, sdecision had been made in his head. “Run to your mate,

Luna Aurora. I'll clean this mess for you, but take care not to tell others of what happened here.”

Like any sane and rational werewolf, | scurried along. My heart raced with every twist and turn | made in the halls, convinced

sof Desmond's men had found out the truth.

| barreled into Kade in the hallway, colliding with a wall of muscle that made my bones groan. My hands were shaking as |

shoved Kade inside the suite and buried my face in his chest.

“F*ck, sweetheart. | could feel you panicking from across the hotel.” He grunted, brushing back my hair until he found my paled

face.

Within seconds, | was scooped into his arms and surrounded by his rich, masculine scent. His arms formed a barrier around me,

and madefeel protected despite everything. | could still feel the throb in my chest as | worried for Alec. As much as | wanted

to curl up and stay in his embrace, | couldn't. There was no way in h**I | trusted Jaspar Fox, and needed to tell Kade exactly

what had happened.

His eyes darkened as | told him the events in the last hour, ending with Jaspar Fox's offer to help hide my mess. Kade pulled me

to my feet and placed his lips against my forehead in a swift kiss before tuggingalong. | jogged a bit to keep up with his fast

pace, but | understood the need to hurry.

As we opened the door to the suite | had been attacked in, my mouth clicked shut. This had to be the right room—I still had the

note crumpled in my hands. The entire room was spotless. Even my vomit was gone, the carpet clean and white.

“That's not possible, it’s only been ten minutes.” | scoffed, unable to believe the scene before me. There was magic and then

there was this. It brought an uncomfortable question to mind. If Marcus Novak kept white wolves as slaves, did the other High

Table members do the same?

“This isn't good—we’re indebted to him now, and he'll want repayment.” Kade grimaced, reaching out when a wave of guilt

washed over me. | let him thread his fingers through my hair, and looked up as he tilted my head. His gruff voice was unusually

soft, and it sent a little flutter through my chest. “None of this was your fault, sweetheart. If he were still alive, I'd hunt Desmond

Deville down myself. When Jaspar Fox comes knocking, we'll handle it. It means he'll hold up his end of the deal, which keeps

the rest of the High Table from finding out what happened.”

“You can be quite the optimist when you want to be.” | pointed out with a small smile, just enough to get a gravely laugh from

him.

“I have two roles to fill until we find Alec—which we will.” He replied with a snort.

Even though it physically hurt to be away from Alec for this long, | trusted Kade and knew that together we would bring him

home.

We had to wake early that morning, to meet with the others and plan out how we would successfully get the white wolves into

our territory.

Garrett looked impeccable as ever in his crisp suit, while Julian looked a bit bleary eyed. | couldn't blhim, not even the

incredible coffee machine in our suite could wipe the cobwebs from my eyes. | was on my second iced mocha of the day, and

was already thinking about a third.

“Nothing | love more than early morning war plans.” Julian yawned loudly, stretching his arms wide over his head. Garrett cast

him a sour look which he dutifully ignored. “Especially with so much on the line.”

“We're running on limited time.” Garrett snapped, his thick eyebrows furrowing. “This war, as you so eloquently put it, cannot wait

for your schedule to clear.”

“We've worked through sof the details so far, now it's tto put things in motion.” Kade told me, cutting off any further

bickering that might cfrom Julian and Garrett. Despite Garrett's put together appearance, he certainly wasn’t a morning

person either. “There's orchards below the southern border to Marcus's territory. We have smen planting supplies there in a

few hours. They'll have to get themselves one mile away, to this abandoned railroad station in the woods. Marcus's men rarely

leave the pack borders, but if they do, they always take the main road. They use vehicles for transportation and have always

stayed on two legs. There are a few backroads going through the forest, they'll be used to get the white wolves farther away. The

next town over is almost an hour’s drive. Once they make it there, we'll have them in an armored vehicle to the nearest airport.”

“You were busy last night.” | noted, staring at Kade a little starry eyed. | was near positive Kade felt the flash of guilt that crossed

my emotions, from the mess | had caused last night.

“You needed stoff.” He replied, his lips twitching. “Besides, I've never been a strategist. That's always been Alec's skill.

I'm not nearly as good as he is, but it’s nice to know | can handle my own.”

The second part of my High Table meeting began a few hours later. The anxiety in my gut chased away any remaining

exhaustion from my eyes.

We were escorted to the sroom as before, and gathered in our own group at the center of the room. | counted the seconds,

hearing the dull tick from the clock across the room. Kade’s fingers traced small circles on my back, but I could hardly feel his

touch.

| was hyper focused on the men entering the room, the four men with grave looking faces.

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