Mated to the Alpha and His Beta

Chapter 164
face.
Xander
Lanie screamed.
The huge quard who’d leaped out in front of us spun around to look at her. An evil grin spread across his
“Who do we have here?” He co cked his head to the side. “The Council will be very pleased that I’ve found
you, too,” he said in a raspy voice.
“Don’t f ucking touch her,” I said,
The quard spun around to face me again. “You know it’s the weirdest thing,” he said. “One second I was following your scent, and the next p oof, there you are right in front of me. Almost like magic.
Suddenly, movement behind the car caught my eye. Braden and Mason were creeping up slowly, silently.
What the f uck were they both doing here?
I exchanged an uneasy glance with Zane.
“Take Isaac from my hands. I’m going to attack this m otherf ucker,” I willed him to hear me even though
the silver chains had dampened our strength.

To my surprise, he responded, “Do it now”
I passed Isaac off to Zane in a split-second, but before I could even think about attacking the guard, Braden and Mason were leaping out from behind the car and tackling the guard to the ground, each holding
back one of his arms.
e kicked and thrashed wildly.
Hel
“He’s gonna give away our f ucking location making all that noise,” Zane said. “We need to get the f u ck out
of here.”
If we killed him, we’d leave behind evidence and give the Council even more of a reason to keep us locked away. But if we let him go, he’d track us until we were all in the Council’s possession.
No, I needed to try something else.
I marched up to the guard.
“Cover his mouth,” I instructed, and Braden complied. I stomped as hard as I could on both of the guard’s legs, and he cried out in m uffled pain
Once his legs were still, I reached out and clasped my hand around his throat, holding him with my gaze.
The guard’s eyes suddenly became unfocused.
“You will forget everything you’ve seen here today,” I commanded. He nodded. “If any guards ask if you’ve ented in uni will cau no Another nod “Now what will you say if another quard asks if you found ne?”
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Braden and Mason were watching with intense curiosity.
“I will say no.” His voice was eerily robotic. “I didn’t see anything.”
fraised my fist and punched the guard square in the face. He slumped to the ground.
“S hit.” Braden said.
So my compulsion worked. Interesting. I guess that meant I was still Alpha. At least for now.
And then, suddenly, Lanie was running up to me and throwing her arms around me.
I held her tightly for a moment, Stella nestled between us. I closed my eyes and breathed her in. I’d
missed this so much.