bTo /bbprotect /bbwhat’s /bbmine /b

bChapter /b40 bAmalie /b

I let out a growl at the sight before. Gretchen is on the ground, holding her wrist to her chest. I can smell bloodb. /bbMy /beyes look up from the nurse who has be my grandmother to an unknown male holding my pup. He has her by the back bof /bbher /bbshirt/b. Ther something in his eyes that I am not able to identify. But I don’t care at the moment.

All I care about is the fact that this male has my daughter and she is crying. I let out another growlb, /bthis one is deeper as Beren is threatening to push forward and force us to shift.

“Let my daughter go,” I demand. I can hear James make his way towards me.

“I think that I will keep the pup,” he smirks at me.

“Let her go Alpha,” James growls from beside me.

“I will take her back with me. Maybe then the brats you call alphas will back downb,/bb” /bheughs as he starts to back away from us.

I have no idea who this ‘Alpha‘ is, but I don’t care. He’s threatening to take my daughter bas /bhe bcan /bsmell Calyx and bMarkus’s /bbscent /bon her as she has been spending time with them

“Last warning, give me back my daughter,” Beren growlsb, /bshe is pushing me bto /bshift.

“Stand downb,/b” the Alpha growls back, his alphamand leaking into his words.

I watch James struggle against themand. He wants to attack the intruding Alpha to protect his Luna and bher /bpup.

I have no trouble shaking off themand. I’m pissed now. This Alpha bis /bgoing to kidnap my daughter and tried tomand me bto /blet it happen. Beren and I shift. He is not going to get away with this. I am going to rescue my daughter and then kill bthe /balpha myself.

Beren stands in my ce. For the first time ever, she is free to show herself off. She has never had to fight, but she is going to bso /bshe can rescue our pup.

The alpha is stunned at us. Momentarily forgetting about Roseb, /bhe drops her. She scrambles away from the man stands behind us. bI /bwatch her movements to make sure that she is unharmed./

The man takes a step backwards. Beren growls at him and he stops. She takes a bstep /bforward, still growling.

I hear James ask Gretchen if she is okay. With the alpha focused on Beren and I, he is able to fight off themand.

Gretchen whispers, “He broke my wrist when I refused to hand over Rose.”

Beren snaps our jaws at the male and take another step forward. We are waiting for him to make a moveb, /bsomething to provoke ius /iinto attacking in self defenseb. /bRight now, bwe /bcan only keep him away from us until Markus or Calyx join us. I do not bhave /bthe authority to kill another alpha, even if he was trying to take my baby.

“The Alphas are on their way,” James, tells bme /bbas /bhe helps Gretchen to stand. He puts Gretchen behind himself and bmoves /bbto /bbput /bhimself between us and the kidnapper.

Beren nods her head in understanding bas /bshe doesn’t take her eyes off our prey. We watch bthe /bbcoward /bbtake /bba /bbstep /bbback/b. bHe’s /bbready /bbto /btake off running. Beren lets out a grow that rumbles into the bground/b.

I have no idea why an alpha bis /bbso /bbscared /bof us, but at the moment, I don’t careb. /bIf he is bsacred/bb, /bbthen /bhe won’t bleave. /b

Arge ck wolfes bounding through the flowersb. /bbHe /bbstands /bbetween Beren and the bunknown /bbalpha/bb, /bb“/bbWhat /bbthe /bbhell /bbdo /bbyou /b

Chapter b40 /bAmalle

think byou /bare doing hereb, /bAlpha Devin?” Zviad demands, his growl shaking the earth around on.

bAlpha /bDevin Tries to speak, but he bis /btoo frightened to form words.

“He was going to take Rosebud,” Beren growls and snaps her jaws in coward’s direction.

Zviad snaps his jaws at the alpha. “You tried to take my pup?” he demanded.

“No, I was just ying.” Devin tried to deny.

“He hurt Grandma Gretchen,” Rose whimpers from behind me,

Zviad turns and looks over Rose and then Gretchen. He turns back and growls some more. Zviad is about to say something when Markus and three otherse running through the flowers.

“What happened?” Markus demands. His attention is pulled to Beren. As if in a trace he walks up to us. “Goddess, you are beautiful,” he whispers.

Beren preens under the praise of our mate. She wants to cuddle up next to Zviad but is unable to buntil /bwe deal with Alpha Devin

“The coward attacked Gretchen to kidnap Rose,b” /bJames growls out.

“You did what?” the oldest werewolf demands.

“I wasn’t going to hurt the pup. I didn’t mean to hurt the hagb, /bbI /bjust wanted something to force the brats toplyb,/bb” /bDevin bstates /blike he has been caught trying to steal a cookie.

I growl at him. He is acting like a petnt child.

“You hurt one of my pack members and threaten my pup for packndsb?/bb” /bbAziz /bgrowl, he is dangerously close to forcing Markus bto /b

shift.

“Alpha Devin Connix, you are hereby striped of your title of Alpha of the Dawn w Pack by the authority of the council,” bthe /b

oldest growlsb. /b

“Seconded,” the other two alphas speak at the same time

“You can’t do that!” Devin shouts.

“You are striped of your pack and will be a rouge from now on. If youe near my family, I will kill you myself,” Zviad orders.

b1 /b

“The council agrees. We will send a representative to Dawn w. They will appoint a new alpha or disband the pack,b” /bthe bsecond /boldest orders.

half of her “I worked hard for my pack! My grandfather left it to meb, /bbyou /bcan’t take it baway /bfrom me! All I did was btry /bbto /bbexpand/bb! /bbWe’ve /ball done underhanded tactics before. What makes this so different? Come on, rk. You seduced that bLuna /bst year to bpack /bnds and pack members,” Devin tried to defend. “And byou/bb, /bbLucas/bb, /bbyou /battacked a group of Vampiresb, /bbunprovo /byour career as Alphab./bb” /b

“bWe /bbwere /bat bwar /bwith the Vampiresb, /bband /bthey had attacked towns bthat /bwere part bof /bmy territoryb,/bb” /bbLucas /bbgrowled/b.

b“/bYou do not bget /bbto /bjustify kidnapping,” Beren bgrowled/b.