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The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX
Layla’s explanation of the loyalty spell contained in the stone makes a lot of sense. Jasper’s family dwindling down to a few scattered members, plus the fact that Orsina felt compelled to reach out to us wolves for help as soon as she found the stone - it all fits with what we’ve discovered.I scroll through the translation of the poem Layla sent me, trying to make sense of the rest of it. It talks about love, and the two families becoming one. Is that just a metaphor, or is there something else there? The carving itself is strange and almost magical in its ability to look like a bear from one side, and a wolf from the other. At the end of our phone call, Layla told me that she’s sure there is more to the stone, more to its magic and its meaning. She promised to keep researching, and asked me to take more close up photos of the carving next time I had it in my possession. “I really want to come out there and see it for myself,” she told me. “Where are you in Montana, exactl
The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN
Orsina doesn’t ask where Jasper plans to arrange this meeting, but from his tone, I’m pretty sure I have a good guess. Sure enough, when he calls the human attorney, Thomas Krat, he gives him the location of his family’s old den.The place where his sister was killed. Where his father came upon him, stunned and injured, half dead, still in human form. Mr. Krat sounds beyond excited to hear from Jasper, and is eager to set up the meeting. Jasper gives him the coordinates, and we plan to meet him and his clients there at 2pm in the afternoon.“Alright,” Jasper says, hanging up the phone. “It’s all set. I’ll let Zach know.”“We’ll see you there,” Orsina says with a hopeful smile. “Good luck.”“To you, too.”Jasper and I go back to our motel room to get ready. Jasper is convinced that he might have to defend me, so he runs both of us through a bunch of training routines. It feels almost like being back in the tree house, practicing various offensive and defensive exe
The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT
The bear shifters take us back to their camp. The heavy scent of bears is thick, but I can’t see Orsina. Various other bear shifters come out of their tents and campers as we approach. Zach, I see, is awake now, with bruises around his eyes and a glazed expression on his face. I stand next to him, trying to prop him up, and see Jasper doing the same thing on the other side. The three of us huddle together, our arms bound, our muscles aching after the unfair fight.A short, stocky man with a thick beard approaches us. “I am Barrett, the Alpha of this bear clan,” he declares, crossing his arms and glaring at us. “Please, you have to listen to us,” I beg, trying to get through to him. “We aren’t trying to hurt anyone. In fact, we’re trying to fix everything. Your family is under a curse -”“I’m aware,” Barrett snarls. “The curse of the filthy wolves. They’ve been stinking up our territory for generations. You have killed our family members, encroached on our lands, and stole
The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE
“We need to come up with a plan, and quickly,” Orsina says. “They want to execute us when the Ursa Major constellation is high in the sky - and that will only be a few hours after sundown, this time of year.”Jasper stands up and starts feeling his way around the trailer. It’s dark, but my eyes have adjusted enough that I can see shadows and shapes, and I know what he’s doing.“Maybe there’s a way out,” Jasper mumbles. He bangs on the metal walls, only to have them banged on from the outside. We hear shouts from the guards, telling us to knock it off.“Probably won’t be too easy to escape, even if we could find an opening in this thing,” I say. “They have at least three of their toughest men outside,” Orsina says. “No way we’ll get past them.”“Then we need to think of something else,” I say. “Some way to trick them, or convince them, or something.”We talk for a while, offering various ideas and suggestions, but nothing comes together. Soon, the sun goes down, a
The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
Once everyone wakes up and Orsina and I are back in our human forms, I gather everyone together to tell them about my idea. It seemed to crystallize in my mind as soon as I awoke from my dream, and I want to get it out of my head as soon as possible. “Orsina was right,” I whisper, leaning in to draw my head close to everyone else’s. “A good night’s sleep was exactly what I needed to come up with something.”“What’s the plan?” Zach asks. He looks much better this morning, though the bruises on his face will take a long time to heal.“The bear clan keeps talking about the Whismore line, wanting to end this specific wolf pack and family, right?”Jasper and Zach nod.“Well, I’m not a Whismore. I’m not part of the line.”“But you’re Jasper’s mate,” Zach says, tilting his head with confusion. “That means you join the family line.”“We’re not mated yet,” I say. I tug down my shirt collar to show them, in the gray morning light of the trailer. I don’t have a claiming mark
The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE
“Alright, girl, what’s your deal?” Barrett pushes me down, hard, making me sit on a fallen log near the campfire.“Could I have some breakfast first?”“Someone give the wolf some bacon,” Barrett commands. The bear clan is all looking at me with distrust, but someone passes me a plastic plate piled with bacon, sausage, and potatoes. I dig in hungrily, feeling guilty knowing that Zach, Jasper, and Orsina are still locked in the trailer without food.But they’re counting on me. I need to be strong and clear headed if I’m going to be able to manipulate Barrett into letting me take the upper hand. I finish the meal, then set the plate on the ground. “Now tell me what’s going on here,” Barrett demands. “I’m actually from California,” I tell him. “But I’ve been having some issues with a local pack. They were trying to steal things, magical things, from me and my sister. I’m a Star Twin, actually. It’s a wolf shifter thing.”“Uh huh.” Barrett doesn’t seem too interested, bu
The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO
JASPERAs soon as Ayala leaves the trailer, I feel a deep sense of loss and longing. My heart is aching. It feels like something has been ripped away from me.I can’t live without her. I’m worried about her. And we’re not even mated yet. I never realized what it was like to fall in love with someone. Now that I have, I don’t know what to do with myself. I pace back and forth in the tiny trailer, jumping up and down occasionally to stay warm.Zach and Orsina are huddled up in the far corner, their arms wrapped around each other. They’re whispering and giggling to each other, but I can’t hear what they’re talking about.I can’t focus on anything but Ayala. I hadn’t realized just how badly I would miss her when we were separated. I haven’t been away from her since we admitted to each other that we’re in love, and that we want to be mates.Part of me wishes that we had already mated. I shouldn’t have held her at arm’s length for so long. I tried to keep my distance,
The Alpha's Mate CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE
Barrett thinks I’m on his side. He thinks I’m willing to work with him to trick Jasper into telling me where his family’s ancestral cave is. He also thinks that I trust him and fully expect him to guarantee my safety, as well as that of the other wolf shifters, once he gets this information.Of course, he’s being played, even while he thinks I’m playing him. I have to stay calm and focused if I’m going to prevent him from figuring out what I am up to. The next thing I need to do is make sure I can get cell signal. If I can let Layla and Sarah and Nash know what’s going on, then I can get the San Diego pack to come up here and help. Once they’re out here and on our side, I know we’ll be able to get out from under this awful situation.I have to convince Barrett to let me go down into the town of Serpent Creek, where I’ll be able to use my phone to get ahold of the San Diego pack.“He mentioned the lawyer having some maps and papers,” I tell him. “Maybe if I could get those,
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