me trying to call you guys.”

Nicolai clears his throat, drawing our attention back to him. “The way Grey’s eyes are moving between each of you, I would assume you are speaking through your pack link and trying to figure out if there is a way to get her out of here,” Nicolai calmly says as he leans back in his chair. “Very impolite, but I understand why you’re doing it.”

“Our apologies, Mr. Volkov.” Elias politely nods his head at the man. “You can understand, given your past involvement with my pack, why we would be trying to protect my son’s mate.”

“Yes, what happened too Genevieve and her mate was, well, unfortunate. But she knew there would be consequences to her actions when she fled from me,” Nicolai says with a nonchalant wave of his hand.

Unable to stop myself from reacting, I whirl out from behind Ryker and charge at him. “You killed them! They were innocent, and you slaughtered them!” I yell at him. My chest begins to vibrate as my power rolls off of me in angry waves. Ryker’s hands grip my upper arms, and he pulls me back against his chest, stopping me from attacking the evil man.

Nicolai leans forward in his seat, and his gaze once again scans me. “I had heard you are quite the powerful little wolf, but I had to feel it for myself.”

We all look around the room, each of us thinking the same thing. There is an informant in the pack, not just someone who divulged my presence, but someone who is also feeding information to Nicolai Volkov. How else would he know this about me?

“What is it that you want, Mr. Volkov?” Elias rises from his seat, and standing to his full height, he towers over Nicolai.

“I thought I had made it obvious.” Nicolai also stands from his chair, a malicious grin plastered on his face. “I’m here to collect what I am owned. I am here for the girl.”

That’s all it takes for Ryker to lose control. With a venomous growl, he throws himself at the vile man.

25

Ryker

I only make it halfway across the room before the sound of breaking glass echoes through the air, and two men crash through the windows. I’m so distracted by the new additions that I turn my attention away from Nicolai. He takes advantage of this and delivers a powerful blow to my chest with his hand. He may be smaller than me, but he is strong.

I stumble back a few steps and prepare my retaliation, but as I’m still steadying myself, two powerful beings body slam me from both sides, and I crash into the floor. The air is knocked out of my lungs, and my head snaps back, colliding with the hardwood. I hear screaming and yelling, but the one voice I focus on is hers.

“Ryker! Get up!” Pru pleads, her voice cracking.

Two sets of hands roughly grab onto me and haul me up. They stand on either side of me, holding me in place. My arms are pulled behind my back and held at a painful angle. The more I fight their hold on me, the more they twist my wrists. One of the men reaches up and digs his claws into my throat.

“Well, that was exciting!” Nicolai’s metallic laugh makes me cringe. “I do appreciate your efforts, Ryker, but know they are futile.”

I look over at Nicolai and find him standing behind Pruitt, his claws held against her jugular. Her bright-green gaze is on mine as she stands there shaking with tears running down her face. I try to jerk out of the men’s grasp, but when I do the one on my right growls before violently twisting my wrist once more, sending the sound of a cracking bone through the now quiet room.

“Fuck!” I holler in pain.

“Leave him alone! Please stop—” Pru’s words are cut short when Nicolai presses his claws into her throat, the scent of her blood overwhelming my senses. My parents or sister don’t dare make a move toward us. The way they have Pruitt and me held, it would only take a second for them to kill us.

“Now that I’ve got your attention, this is how it’s going to go,” Nicolai growls between clenched teeth. “I’m going to walk out of this house with my men. Ms. Thorne will not be coming with me today. I made a mistake with Genevieve. She didn’t get a choice in whether or not she came with me. This time, however, Grey will make that choice on her own and do it willingly.”

“What makes you think she will ever choose to come to you?” Dad’s voice has an angry bite to it.

“She’ll come to me because every day that she doesn’t, I will have one of your pack members killed,” Nicolai says, simply. “And then I will have their bodies delivered to your front gate every day at dawn.”

Nicolai’s pale hand reaches up and twists into Pruitt’s hair. He pulls her face roughly to his, making her whimper in pain. “I’m going to enjoy my time with you,” he whispers into her ear before bringing the hair in his hand up to his face. He pulls in her scent and then sighs in satisfaction. “You’re going to make a lovely mate.”

Prue tries to pull away but stops when she feels the claws in her neck again. “There’s something you should know.” Despite being scared, her voice is strong when she speaks. “I can’t shift. I’m useless to you.”

“I heard, and I’m not worried. I have a lot of experience with reluctant females.” I watch in horror as he runs his tongue along her shoulder, right where I’m meant to mark her. “I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve when it comes to forcing a shift upon someone. I look forward to using those skills on you.” He breathes her in one more time before abruptly shoving Pru forward with such force she falls to her stomach

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