I stayed at the hospital until the night shift of nurses arrived and then I headed home and I needed to take another shower and I made a coffee and sat outside with a smoke. All I could think about was my mother. Jackson has her. I know that he does. But I have no idea where he would have taken her. He would make it really hard to find her. He wouldn't want me to figure it out. 'Ivy. Are you there?' Alpha Asher asked through the link. 'Yeah. Have you found her?' I asked. 'No. But it looks like she made a run for it from the car. We're following her scent and there are little bits of torn clothing on trees as we pass them.' He says. 'She's a fighter. She would have fought with everything.' I say. 'Do you think it's a coincidence that the Rogues attacked at the same time?' He asked. 'No. You don't know what he's capable of. And what lengths he'll go to to get what he wants.' I insist. 'Why would he want your mother?' He asked, confused. 'I don't know. I have a feeling that

"Oh my god." Alpha Asher muttered to himself. "Jeremiah Jameson." I say as tears roll down my face. "What?" He asked. "That man is Jeremiah Jameson. He's Jackson's Beta. The tattoo on his neck. It's a dead giveaway." I say. "He's not very smart to let a mark like that be photographed." Alpha Asher says. "No one has ever accused Jeremiah of being smart. He's just muscle and does what Jackson says. That's why he's the Beta. Because he doesn't question any order." I explained. "Alright. I'm going to take this photo to our tech people and see if they can try and pull anything off of it. Maybe there's something in the background or a reflection or something that might tell us where she is." Alpha Asher says. "Okay." I say. "Are you going to the hospital?" He asked. "Yeah. I'll go now." I say. "I'll meet you there." He says taking the photo and leaving the house. I needed to gather myself first. I knew that Jackson had her this whole time but why? What was so important abo

'Asher.' I screamed through the link. But there was still no response. Why was he blocking me out? I didn't understand why he would just disappear on me like that. "No one is coming to save you. Your precious little Alpha has been put down." Jeremiah says and I let out a whine at hearing that. "Relax. He's not dead. Just enough wolfsbane to keep him knocking out for a few hours." Jeremiah says. ‘Sawyer. Declan. Bentley.' I screamed through the mindlink. 'I'm trapped. They've knocked out the Alpha.' I panicked. "What is the poor little wolf going to do? She's trapped and helpless. Just like your mother was when I caught her." Jeremiah announced. And I let out a vicious growl baring my teeth. I was ready to rip his head off for that. "Don't be like that. We can all get along if you would just calm down. Otherwise we will have to knock you out as well." He says and I see the man holding the dart gun. I couldn't even get my teeth around the netting to try and chew myself out of it.

IVY POV Waking up to Beau being in my room was definitely a shock, but Asher dragging him out of the room was even more of a shock. I didn't know what their problem was but I had never seen them together before. Maybe they had always been like that. So I stayed in my room while they went to go and talk and I sat in bed looking out the window with my knees up to my chest trying not to think about what my mother went through before she died. But it was really hard not to when I received that photo and her finger in the mail. Jackson was definitely losing it. I knew that he was weird but he was just unhinged now. I finally got up and I walked to the bathroom to have a shower and I got dressed into a baggy shirt and jeans. I walked out of my room and downstairs where I saw Beau sitting in the living room with his family. "Honey. Are you okay? Are you hungry or anything?" Elsie asked. "No thanks. I was just gonna get a coffee." I say walking to the kitchen. I got my coffee and I we

"Have you spoken to the Alpha about this?" He asked. "I don't need to speak to the Alpha. You've seen everything that's going on. Him and his alliances have already agreed to stand up to Jackson. The fight will be here in no time. And I don't want to be left without being able to defend myself." I insist. "Alright. We'll talk about this tomorrow. With the Alpha. If you can convince him then we'll do it." He says. "No worries. He'll agree if it means that I can take care of myself and he doesn't need to be so worried about me." I say. And I walk up the other flight of stairs and I go back to my bedroom where Asher was still asleep. I changed into my pajamas and then I climbed into bed and I pulled the covers over both of us and I rolled on my side away from Asher to try and get to sleep. But he ended up rolling over as well and I felt his arm drape over my waist. My breathing hitched for a moment but I realized that he was still asleep and it was definitely the bond that was pu