Semua Bab The Alpha’s Debt: Bab 21 - Bab 30

“Do you both enter this bond willingly?” the elder asked.“Yes,” Kade said.“Yes,” Sage whispered.“Then we begin.”The elder spoke in the old language. Words Sage didn’t understand but felt in her bones. He called on the moon and the earth and the ancient pack bonds that connected them all.Then he asked them to shift.Sage and Kade shifted together. Her white wolf with black lightning markings. His massive black wolf. They stood facing each other.“Circle,” the elder commanded.They circled each other three times. Pack tradition. Showing the bond to all witnesses.“Mark.”This was the part Sage had been nervous about. The permanent marking.Kade moved first. His teeth found the junction between her neck and shoulder, he bit down gently. The mating mark.It hurt but not as bad as she feared. More like intense pressure, she felt the bond snap into place. Physical. Real. Undeniable.Her turn, she found the same spot on his neck. Bit down.His blood on her tongue. The bond completing fr

The next attack came two days later at the worst possible time.Sage was at the clinic with Jenny treating a line of patients that had been backed up since the warehouse ambush. Three injured wolves. Two human patients with the flu. One kid with a broken arm.It was noon, bright daylight. The last time she’d expect trouble.The door burst open and Beth stumbled in bleeding from a gash across her face.“They are coming,” Beth gasped. “Hunters, atleast fifteen. Heading this way.”Sage’s blood went cold. “Jenny, get everyone to the back room. Lock the door.”“What about you?”“I will handle this. Go!”Jenny herded the patients toward the back while Sage helped Beth to a chair. The wound wasn’t deep but it was bleeding heavily.“Where’s Kade?” Sage asked.“Other side of the city. Meeting with the council about border security.” Beth wiped blood from her eyes. “They planned it this way. Drew him away so they could hit the clinic.”“How did they know I would be here?”“Someone told them. Sa

Sage pressed her hands to Kade’s chest and pushed energy through the mate bond with everything she had.His heart stuttered. Stopped. Started again.“Drive faster!” she screamed at Riley.“I’m going as fast as I can!” Riley took a corner so hard the SUV almost flipped.Kade’s eyes were closed, his skin was gray. Blood soaked through the bandages they had wrapped around his wounds, so much blood.Sage felt the mate bond getting weaker and it was fading.“No. No, no, no.” She put her forehead against his. “Stay with me. You promised we would do this together. You promised.”His hand twitched, just slightly but it was something.Beth was in the back seat with them. “How much longer?”“Five minutes,” Riley said. “Margaret knows we are coming. She is ready.”Five minutes felt like forever.Sage kept pushing energy through the bond. She could feel herself getting weaker, dizzy but she did not stop. If she stopped, he could died.The SUV stopped suddenly outside the den, Margaret was waiting

Kade was back on his feet after two weeks and the first thing he did was accept David’s offer. Twenty wolves from the former Crescent Pack swore loyalty to him in the main chamber. David knelt first, then the others, one by one pledging their lives to Seattle pack. “Welcome,” Kade said when the last wolf finished. “You are part of this pack now. That means you protect each other, fight for each other, die for each other if necessary. Can you do that?” “Yes Alpha,” they said in unison. “Then rise as members of Seattle pack.” Sage watched from beside Kade’s chair. Some of the older Seattle wolves looked unhappy about accepting former enemies but no one challenged Kade’s decision. That was something at least. After the ceremony Cole pulled Kade aside. “We have a problem.” “What kind of problem?” “Human kind.” Cole handed him a business card. “Detective came by the clinic yesterday asking questions, about the bodies found in the woods, about gang violence, about unusual i

Dana couldn’t stop shaking even though she was safe now. She sat in the pack den with Lisa and Marc while Sage examined their injuries, old scars, fresh bruises. A lifetime of abuse visible on their skin. “This one is infected,” Sage said touching the cut on Dana’s shoulder. “How long have you had it?” “Two weeks, maybe three.” Dana jerked in pain. “Grey doesn’t let us see doctors. He always says we heal fast enough on our own.” “Wolves heal fast but not from infected wounds.” Sage cleaned it with antiseptic. “This needs antibiotics. Lisa you too, that cut on your leg is getting worse.” Lisa nodded in agreement, she had not said much since arriving, she just sat quiet and scared like she expected someone to hit her. Marc was the same, twenty years old but he looked older and worn down. “How bad was it?” Sage asked while she worked. “In Grey’s pack.” “Bad.” Dana’s voice was flat. “He rules through fear, if you disobey, you get beaten in front of everyone. If you question