Chapter 123: Theo

I was racing down the freeway. Weaving through traffic. Driving on the shoulder when necessary.

“Ayla, don’t go inside,” I begged. “I’m twenty minutes away.”

I heard a car door shut on the other end of the line. I knew she was going into the house.

“Ayla, stay out of there,” I yelled.

“Ma! Kylee!” I heard Ayla calling through the house over and over.

“Ayla,” I kept trying to get her attention.

“Theo,” she finally responded, “they’re not here. Something’s not right.”

“Okay, baby, I need you to get out of the house,” I urged. “I’m almost there.”

Ayla cried out suddenly. I heard struggling sounds on the line.

“Ayla,” I yelled.

The call went quiet before cutting out.

I gunned the engine, pushing as fast as I possibly could without ensuring I crashed on the way there. Twenty minutes may have been generous, but I made it. Skidding into the yard on two wheels. Launching myself out of the car and sprinting into the house. Something in me knew she wasn’t there, but I ignored it. Calling out to her as I checked every inch of the house.

There was no sign of her.

How could the Waar Pak have found her?

back out to the car and got

is he?” I demanded when Pierce answered. “I don’t want a war, Pierce, but he

Pierce said, “if you mean Ayla, she’s not here. She left hours

your psycho Alpha followed her. He took her and you’re going to tell me where the fuck he is,” I

been kidnapped?” Pierce asked.

her when he

replied. “He has been since she left.

believe him, but my gut

the truth.

insisted. “I’m on my way.”

hung up before I could protest. That’s when I

the car Ayla was driving

it off, pulling the card

her she was

would come

Give up.

in time to stop me.

true

tear the message to pieces as

“Get a team to Marie’s house,

the Waar Pak find her?” he

Waar Pak,” I said. “It’s her stalker. The bastard took Kylee and Marie, too. He was waiting for

message.

you’re sure this guy isn’t

“But the Waar Pak want Ayla dead. This guy just wants her. He’s infatuated with her.” The next thought almost

Briggs insisted. “Keep your head, Theo. Start looking. We’re coming.”

the air. Ayla’s was the first my mind registered. My senses honing in on her instinctually. I followed her path through the house. I found the phone she had been using on the floor near the dining room. I bent down to

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