Chapter 6: Piper

But the person who appeared definitely wasn’t Thane.

“Whoa.” A way younger dark haired boy yelled looking taken aback and lifting his hand to shield his face when he saw me.

I gripped my chest and slowly rose from where I had been crouched partly relieved it wasn’t the devil alpha.

“Who are you?” He yelled at me and I looked at him in confusion.

He must have been around my age and he had the same dark hair and dark eyes as Alpha Thane. I immediately thought back to the photo I had just seen and started picking out the similarities immediately. This must have been Alpha Thane’s little brother.

I watched not knowing what to say as his eyes scanned the torn apart room as well as my muddy and dishevelled clothes. A look of realisation seemed to hit him.

I grew even more afraid wondering what that meant for me? Was Alpha Thane’s little brother as cruel as he was? Did he have fantasies of breaking my neck in half too?

I swallowed hard bracing myself.

“You know what? Never mind.” He spoke scratching the back of his head awkwardly.

I grew even more confused watching the boy who clearly didn’t seem as interested in me as I thought he would have been.

“Thane didn’t tell me he had… company. And quite frankly -“

His eyes settled on the torn apart pillows.

“I don’t want to know what kind of freaky stuff he’s into. I’m just here to borrow his car so… I’m just gonna grab his keys.”

The younger boy walked in heading for the dresser.

I straightened all the way now.

He didn’t know who I was. I thought in disbelief. How did the Alpha’s little brother not know that he was keeping a hostage in his bedroom? In his home?

I stopped myself from overthinking it. This was my golden opportunity. My second chance to escape.

I cleared my throat as the boy walked over to the dresser and grabbed a set of keys.

“Hey, can you give me a ride?” I asked trying my best to sound nonchalant.

He turned and studied my dirty night gown probably thinking I was a crazy person. Well seconds ago he had thought I had spent a wild night with his brother. I didn’t know which one was worse.

“You sure you don’t wanna wait for Thane?” He asked warily.

I knew I had to tread lightly if I was going to make the most of this. I stepped forward.

“Uh no. He kinda just… left me here. Said something about a meeting.” I was fibbing. I had no clue where Alpha Thane had gone but I knew he probably planned on strangling me when he got back. I needed to get out.

I just didn’t know if I could convince this guy to be my getaway driver.

“Honestly,” I spoke with a dramatic sigh. “I’m just kind of embarrassed about this whole thing and I… I just wanna leave before he gets back.”

Alpha Thane’s little brother studied me for a second.

He then nodded at my outfit.

“In that?” He spoke referring to my clothes.

I cleared my throat. “Okay, I didn’t want to have to do this but either you give me a ride or I tell your brother you stole his car keys.”

The boy looked confused. He blinked at me looking ready to argue but instead he just breathed out in resignation.

“How did you know?”

Honestly I was bluffing once again but I had an older brother too. And Cameron never let me drive his car unless I stole his keys.

I shrugged giving a haughty look.

“Fine, deal. I have to admit, you’re good. I’m Landon.” He spoke with stretching out his hand.

I stared at it warily before stepping forward closing the space between us and shaking it.

“Piper.”

I immediately regretted giving him my real name wondering if he would know who I was but he seemed indifferent.

“Well, Piper, you’re one manipulative little fox. I like you.” He smirked.

I immediately relaxed. Landon obviously wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed but I could use that to my advantage.

He scanned my outfit again.

“You might wanna change before we leave.”