Chapter 6 : : We Fight

Helen's POV 

I was hyperventilating, struggling to grasp at my reality, to accept the words I had just heard. 

My son…kidnapped? No way. 

“How? Weren't you two home together? How the f*ck*ng hell did this happen!” I screamed. 

“We went out to get a little something for dinner. Then…you know how Alex can be, he ran off after some bird, turned a corner to an empty street. It all happened so fast, Helen. And there they were, in the same black van you cops have spotted several times. Like they had planned it and laid in wait for us. They - they grabbed him and threw him in.” His voice broke, unable to 

continue anymore. 

“But why him?” I uttered in a strangled voice. 

Why him? The rogues had only injured all other little boys so why had they chosen to kidnap my little boy in my own case?

“I wish I knew, Helen.”

“What about the note? How did a note come about? What does it say?”

“They threw the note out as I kept running after them  and sped away. I called the police to go after them and they’ve not got back to me yet. I'm so sorry, Helen. I'm really sorry.”

I listened mutely, unable to muster words to reply to him. 

“Helen? Are you there?” Kai's anxious voice came through the phone. “Where are you now? Tell me, I need to come over at once.”

Without thinking much of the words coming out of my mouth, I told him where I was. I was only able to say that before I broke down in, loud, terrible sobs.

Kai did not hang up and could hear me clearly. “It's okay, Helen. Everything will be fine. I'm on my way now and we'll figure something out, I promise.”

He kept showering me with series of assuring words as I cried myself to stupor, unable to pull myself together. 

All to soon, Kai had arrived in his own car and pulled in to park in front of me, then he rushed out and opened the driver seat to where I sat down staring bleakly.

“Helen.” He said anxiously, “are you alright?”

“No. I'm so f*ck*ng not alright Kai. I'm not.”

“I understand how you feel. Alex is like a son to me also. Here.” He offered me the note. “You wanted to know what was written in it.”

I grabbed it from him and stared at the words on it.

‘You think you can stop us? Well, go ahead and try. Meet with your pretty Alphas to help you out or you will never see your son again.’

My breath caught in my throat. The rogues were so well informed because how else did they get to know about a deal that was not even concluded yet. 

“For the goddess' sake!” I cried out. “I was not going to go ahead with it.”

“This is all your fault!” I fired at Kai. “All these would not have happened if you hadn't told the Alpha that I would have been willing to go off to the very same pack that made my life hell.”

“But - “

“But what? But what, Kai? If you hadn't made any of such decisions without my permission, I wouldn't have been driving like a mad woman to see him to put an end to the deal! I would have been at home with my son! Maybe if you were man enough to even come with me and remedy the mistake, then today wouldn't have happened!”

“Look, Helen.” His voice was rising. “That stuff with the Alpha and this one about your missing son are two very different things! They are just scared that we will get to them soon. It could have been anyone else and you will still have to go ahead with it to help them. So can we just concentrate on how to get the boy back?”

“You still aren't feeling remorseful for what you did right? What the hell is wrong with you? Why are you acting like this?”

He sighed, frustratedly “I don't like your tone, Helen. I just more or less told you that the attack seemed like a planned one, like they were waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. It could have been any of us with him for sure!”

“So what are we supposed to do now?” I asked, my voice thick with the tears that were about to resume pouring. I clutched the note tightly in my palm. 

“We need to follow up with your plans. You were going to see the Alpha, right? Let's complete that deal first. And also tell him. The Moon City pack might be able to help us.”

I gritted my teeth in displeasure. “I guess you've gotten what you want now, huh? You're happy now that I would have to go ahead with your stupid decisions!”

He shook his head. “I'm quite shocked, you know. I can't believe that you find it so difficult to make this small sacrifice to help the pack that took you in, in your lowest state. What does the Moon City pack require from you in return? Just your services…an opportunity that so many other detectives would kill for. Wow, Helen.”

I clenched my jaw. “You know very well that it would be more than just that. Thank you very much, but I’m not dying for opportunities like this one. The Alpha could just very easily pick someone else and that's it, case closed!”

“At this point now, these talks are so not going to do anything to help. You're stalling. Start up your car and go over to see the Alpha and conclude the deal. Thank goodness, you're fine. I'll be driving back home now.”

He moved away from the door of my car and made to turn away. 

“Kai!” I called, stopping him in his tracks. 

“Helen.”

“If anything happens to Alex, if one hair of his head is touched, I will never forgive you!” I cried at him.

“You go ahead then.” He uttered remorselessly. “I’m getting fed up with all these myself and if it has to end, then so be it. Your behaviour today has shocked me. You no longer seem like the woman I've known for several years.”

With that parting shot, he stalked off to his car and was soon driving off in the opposite direction. 

Then it hit me. Had we just broken up? Just like that?

I started my own engine and the car was soon humming, ready to move. With a sigh, I pulled it forward.

An image of my son crying in the midst of strangers invaded my thoughts, causing me to shudder in apprehension. 

“Just bear for a little while, Alex.” I muttered to myself, gripping the steering wheel, “this kidnapping was clearly deliberate. And I'll do anything I can to save you. I'll be there soon.”

I had to, even if it now meant going back. My son meant the world to me. 

Feeling slightly better, I drove onwards to my unknown fate, picking up my phone from the dashboard to ring up Alpha Wulfric and tell him the lastest.