The Luna and her Quadruplet Pups by Jane Above Story

Chapter 104

3rd Person

By dawn a red alert emergency order was spread through the Nightfang Pack on every TV screen, radio station and webpage. The Alpha’s pups were missing, believed to be kidnapped by Eve Mechant and in grave danger. The entire pack was ordered to be on the lookout for any of the children or Eve, with search parties quickly filling every corner of the territory.

Far from Eve’s hideout on the city’s outskirts, the pups huddled together in the back of a windowless van, their young ears tuned to the conversation happening on the other side of the locked doors. It was hard to focus on what was happening: they were tired, hungry, frightened and desperately needed a restroom, but they were also curious and on the lookout for any opportunity to escape.

The men who took them from the alley had been callous and rough with the children, but otherwise hadn’t harmed them. After shoving them into the van they didn’t say another word or even acknowledge their existence, instead starting the engine and speeding off into the night. They’d been driving form what felt like hours, and when the van finally stopped the shifters jumped out and left the pups on their own.

The air smelled a bit salty and every now and then they heard something which sounded like a foghorn blaring in the distance. If only they could see outside!

Soon after the kidnappers disappeared, they returned with a fourth partner, hovering outside the van and speaking in low voices. The fourth member was a woman, and from the sound of it, she was the true ringleader of the gang. Unlike her colleagues, she’d seen the kidnapping alerts blaring on every news outlet, and she had the sense to realize that the four children in the back of the van were very likely the Alpha’s missing pups.

“What do you mean, you found four pups in an alleyway?” She was asking, “you didn’t take them, did you?”

“Of course we took them! It was too good an opportunity to turn down.” One of the kidnappers answered, “they were right there like lambs for the slaughter.

“Those lambs probably belong to the Alpha!” The woman informed them angrily, “it’s all over the news that his children are missing.”

“One of the girls did say their father was an alpha.”

The tallest man, distinctive for his unusually deep voice, noted.

“She said an alpha, not the Alpha.” One of his compatriots argued. “Besides, what would the Alpha’s pups be doing alone in that part of town – and in the middle of the night no less.”

“They were kidnapped, they probably escaped.”

The woman gritted out, “Where are they? I want to see them.”

After a moment of muffled shuffling, the double doors at the back of the van clicked open, swinging outward as the kidnappers gradually came into sight.

cat shifter dressed in black leather, with her hair piled on top of her head in a messy bun. She didn’t look as frightening as the others, but she also didn’t look friendly either. She took in the sight of the wide-eyed pups, then whipped around to

notice their resemblance to Blackwell? You didn’t recognize

dark!” The

tell the Alpha when he finds us, ‘Oh, we’re sorry we kidnapped your children, the lights were out. Honestly,

our fault, they didn’t tell us.” The third man

a good thing. The Alpha is the richest man on the continent, we can ransom those pups

you any good when

laying your hands on them, without a second thought. You

know! We can give them back and say we found and

hands up.”They’re children, not lost pets who can’t explain what happened.

their attention. “If you

we’ll tell them

insisted,

will look for convicted traffickers to turn

might” The shortest

you leave this to me,

them?” The tall man questioned, “you just said it

mused aloud. “Maybe we can kill two birds with one stone. Get out of town and find someone to take the pups

someone pretty brave to take on that risk”

glint in her dark eyes. “What do you know about King Aimon, in

tall man confessed, “just that he’s been building his power a lot

conceded, another is that he hates Ethan, he’s jealous of his wealth and influence,

you know that?” The

you dolts: privateers who work the

She announced.

mean pirates?” The shortest thug

don’t call your friends

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