All Chapters of Taken by His Alpha Best Friend: Chapter 11 - Chapter 15

Soren’s POV Sharp claws scratched against the insides of a vessel made from flesh. The long nails dug into my heart and discarded the shredded pieces without mercy, the sensation of a thousand glass shards scraping the inside of my lungs and throat. My beast howled and rattled inside its cage. My wolf was ripping away at my body and demanding we turn back around. I dug my fingers into my friend’s arm and dragged him away from the suite door, the sounds of soft crying echoing through the open doorway. Nothing was making sense. Even with the tears, Tara had been a beautiful sight, but those tears had ignited my wolf into a righteous blaze of fury. The beast demanded a heart as penance for her sorrow.The wolf urged me to carve the heart from Kade’s chest and present the still beating organ to my fated one, so she might wipe the tears from her face and regain a wonderous countenance of joy. I refused the call. Wrestling against the pull of my instincts was painful but not impossible.

Tara’s POV I stared at the file on my desk. My fingers tapped against the surface, more of a subconscious act then something intentional. Ordering an investigation into Tara had been an easier decision over the events of the past couple days, but now that the information was before me, the guilt was setting in. Asking Tara or Kade about their past, again, would be a fruitless endeavor. Both of them seemed unwilling to actually share the details and both had strong biases about the situation. The file stocked full of documents and gathered information would be the most unbiased explanation, seen through the eyes of a simple observer. I picked up the file. My associates had been thorough at least, the file briefly spanning Tara’s childhood before giving clear details on her time at college. My eyes scanned different pages from documentation of her pregnancy to a timeline for dropping out of college before being swept up in the wave of layoffs that had struck the county. I flipped th

Tara’s POV I was chewing the inside of my cheek to death. The coming discussion would not be happening with my daughter present, not until I had a chance to talk with Abby first and gently explain the situation. I began standing from the table when a small hand gripped tightly onto my arm. Abby was staring up at me, begging with her eyes for me to stay. “I’ll be right back, sweetheart,” I reassured Abby. “Soren’s friend and I just need to have a quick chat, so you figure out what you want to eat while I’m gone.” Abby nodded her head and reluctantly let me go. I walked away from Soren and his fiancée, following Kade outside the room while straightening the wrinkles in my shirt and smoothing down my skirt. I stared at the back of Kade’s head and took in the different sway in his walk. He had changed in the last six years, but he was not the only person that had changed. Raising my daughter had forced me to overcome many obstacles and conquer more than a few of my fears. The confus