Alpha K 67

bChapter /b67

It takes another three goddamn four fo teach the packb, /band of course, my well never stops wing at the midde of the throat the entire time. He grows more restless and agitated with every passing minute, increasingly impatient and pissed?

to btell /bme bwhy/bb. /b

I’ve asked him over and over again, what the hell is wrong with you? But all I get is growls and the sharp snap of teeth ke arahid beast.

Itry to reason with myself. It’s probably the frustration of being away from Kali for too long. He’s furious we wanted time dealing with the Alpha Kings bullshit when we should’ve been home, wrapped around our mate.

The second cross the territory line, I don’t slow down. I shut off every mind link trying to reach me Fury, pack warriors, even the damn omégas. I don’t care who it isb. /bTblock them all There’s only one peison I want right now.

Inush through the pack grounds, ignoring the bowed heads and startled nces as i head straight to the house. My boots hit the porch hard, and I shove the door open, calling out instinctively, “Kali?”

Silence.

Finhale deeply, searching for her scent–but it’s faint. Stale. Like she hasn’t been here in hours. That alone nearly sends me into a panic. Sh supposed to be here. Safe. Waiting Home.

So why the hell isn’t her bscent /bfresh?

I told Fury to make sure she got back safely. My growl rumbles low in my throat as my eyes scan the living room.

But then another scent hits me–jasmine–and it’s everywhere. Lingering heavily in the air, like she’s been pacing, crying… something. I round theer, and there she is–curled in the corner of the living room like a child, her arms wrapped around her legs.

b“/bJasmine?” | breathe, confused. What the hell bis /bshe doing here? Not in her secret treehouse, not in her mate’s home, but my house?

She slowly lifts her head to look at me like she’s trying to convince herself I’m not some ghost or monster. Her beyes /bare bred /band ssy, like she’s been crying for hours. Her lips tremble.

“Jack?” she whispers. Barely a sound. Her voice is shaky–unsure, broken.

I step inside slowlyb, /bbmy /bbrows knit together. “Are you okay? What happened?”

She lets out a bsmall /bwhimper and hides her face again. Her body is visibly shaking.

That’s when I see it–the mark.

Amate mark. Fresh. Right on the side of her neck.

Khoas‘ mark.

I blink in surprise, my first instinct relief.

“You’re finally marked,” I say, trying to smile–though it doesn’t quite reach my eyes. Deep down, I silently wish it were all wearing my mark. “It’s about time… huh. Congrattions, Jas.”

I chuckle awkwardly, rubbing the back of my reck

“Where the hell is that idiot mate of yours anyway? You two should be glued together by now!

Still no answer. Another small sound escapes her throat–almost like a sab–and she bcurls /bin tighter, burying her face into her hands, her shoulders

Chapter 67.

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Take a slow step forward, heart clenching at the sight of her, Maybe it’s just overwhelming Beautiful, even. I make a mental noter not be leave katnic ence Tmark han—if this is how it hits women, I’ll stay with her. Always.

I’m about to crouch beside Jasmine to offer herfort when the front door dams open behind me.

“Kahil” Lask, standing straight and spinning around with a grin that drops the moment I realise it’s not her.

It’s Fury.

And he looks like he’s seen a ghost or worse, like death breathing down his neck. His eyes wild, Chest heaving like he ran the whole way here. His face is pale–pale–which makes no damn sense for someone who didn’t even flinch when I once threatened to snap his neck.

“Alpha…” he breathes, stumbling in.

A chill crawls down my spine. “Where’s Kali?” I demand.

“About that, Alpha…” he starts, but his voice cracks.

My blood begins to boil.

He gulps hard. “The Luna–she arrived before us. When I reached the house, I couldn’t find her.”

I take a slow step toward him, frowning deeply, staring bat /bhim like bhe’s /bgrown two heads. “What the fuck are you saying right now? That doesn’t even make sense, How the hell did she arrive before you? You were supposed to escort her and her mother back safely. That was a direct order.”

“Her mother stayed behind at Red Night. Said she had unfinished business. But bKall/b… we left together. All of bus /bshifted into wolf form. But…..”

“But what, Fury?” I snarl. “Start making senseb./b”

He swallows. “She… outran us.”

| freeze

“You’re telling me an untrained female outran my warriors in wolf form?”

He hesitates, ncing toward Jasmine before looking back at me. “Alpha she’s not ordinary.” He shakes his head slowly. “Her wolf–fuck, I’ve never seen anything blike /bbit/b. Massive. Like something out of a legend. Before we could even process bwhat /bwe were seeing, she vanished. Just disappeared into the trees. Like… like she stepped through space. I swear to the Moon Goddess, Alpha, she was faster than anything we could track.”

bSilence/b.

Then I let out augh, Loud. Harsh. Disbeleving. It echoes off the walls, bordering on hysterical, as if something inside me has finally snapped.

b“/bbDo /bbyou /bhear yourself?” I growl between bitterughter, bending slightly with one hand on my knee, my eyes burning with fury,

“You actually expect me to believe that a weak, untrained she–woll boutran /ban elite team of warriors? What are you high on–wolfsbane?”

I straighten up, my voice turning low and dangerously cold. “You–the same wolf who once ran fifty miles through enemy territory without so much as breaking a sweat–you’re telling me she outrh you?Did you hit your head on a fucking tree?”

His face flushes red as he bows his bhead/b, the scent of shame and fear rolling off him in waves

I take ba /blong, slow breath–just enough to stop myself from punching him square in the jaw

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“So where’s my male now, fury?”

bHe /bswallows hard, his Adam’s apple bobbing “I don’t know. I’ve searched everywhere the borders, the woods, There’s no sign of her.”

The silence that follows is colder than death. A vicious, put twisting dread starts to take over me

Then my sister’s voice breaks through the tension–soft, shaky. “Jack… I think you should believe him-

thing folds, even B

I whip around, fury ring in my chest as she stands from the floor, “Not now,” I snap, ring at her sharply. “We’ll talkter. Go find Khoan and tell him t get his ass to me immediately. He’s got some exining to do, because I swear to the Moon Goddess, if he doesn’t.

Jasmine finches but nods quickly, wiping her cheeks before hurrying out the door.

I turn back to Fury eyes cold and hard, “You, With me. Now”

he floor.

He follows silently, his gaze fixed on the

“Where are we going. Alpha?” he basks /bquietly.

“To the pack doctor,” I growl. “Because clearly, your damn head needs to be checked.”

And with that, we storm out of the house–me, furious band /bconfused, and Fury, walking beside me like a man on death row

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