Sold To My Alpha Mate

ORION.

I had lost every hope before Ryker called me into the Packhouse that morning. I thought she was going to escape after all my attempts to get her. It wasn’t a pleasing thought, considering the number of people who were reportedly dead from trying to catch her. I felt like I needed a more powerful force that would help me catch her without sweating too much, and that was exactly what the Alpha did. He gave me the best of his men. As I led them into the woods, the only thing that could be heard was the sound of our feet as we moved. I barked out commands to the men every now and then just to make sure that they were focused on getting the work done. There was no way we were going to let those two escape us. The pursuit was relentless.

“Where do we go next?” I asked them. This time they didn’t say anything in response. One of the trackers walked up to me. He was a seasoned warrior and there was a glint of defiance in his eyes. He stepped forward and interrupted my orders.

“Let’s handle this, I think it would be better if you gave us commands about how to fight rather than teaching us how we should do our jobs.” He said and before I could react, he reached for the map in my hands and snatched it. It was one that contained the tracks here in the woods. I had made so many assumptions about where they could be hiding somewhere in this vast plain of nothing but trees and creepers, and it wasn’t going well at all. Sometimes I suggested that we went east while they told me they sensed that Maya had gone left. It was a very awkward and painful thing to do, but I knew that I had to also listen to them. There were only a few times that my assumptions matched what they were thinking. But I didn’t think it was going to get to the point where I would be forced to give up the map. I bristled at his audacity as my patience started to wear thin.

“Then what am I supposed to do? Watch you?!” I growled, refusing to relinquish my control to some bitter tracker who couldn’t be patient enough.Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

“I am not going to stand by while you take the lead.” I added.

He merely shrugged off my anger as he gestured to the others to follow him. I felt like hurting him when I saw him treat me like I was some inexperienced person.

“It’s for the best.” He mentioned. “With the way we’ve been disagreeing over things here, I’m sure we won’t get anywhere if we continue like this. Trust me, Orion. We know what we are doing, and we will find her. It won’t take us a lot of time.” He said, trying to sound as respectful as possible but that didn’t deter me from thinking he wasn’t a spoiled brat.

Reluctantly, I realised there was nothing I could do about this so it would just be better if I accepted what he just said and moved with them, rather than causing problems and arguments. Besides, they wouldn’t even let me take it back. Instead, I just followed, a bit relieved because he had promised they would find her. I hoped that he could keep to those words. If that was possible, then I wouldn’t want anything else.

I wouldn’t care if he was a spoiled brat or not. We walked for several hours and decided to rest just before dusk. The next morning, we continued our journey. I wished I hadn’t come along, but I reminded myself that this was very important. My life depended on it, and Venom wouldn’t think twice about slitting my throat and branding me a traitor before the whole Pack. He deserved everything he was getting now and I would be very pleased the moment Alpha Ryker would get into the Pack and destroy every single soul before making it his. It was still a dream, but I also knew it would happen very soon. I couldn’t wait for it. The promises he had made to me and to my family- they would soon start to come into play.

I was still swimming in my ocean of thoughts when the tracker who was in front of us raised his hand in a silent signal. Every single person took notice and our relentless march came to a halt. He turned back and whispered.

“I think we are very close.” He sniffed the air again and a smile spread across his lips. There was nothing better than this. Alpha Ryker wasn’t wrong when he speculated they haven’t gotten too far yet.

He seemed a bit nonchalant about it. And that had me wondering if he had only requested to help me out because he didn’t want the news to reach Venom. My thoughts were broken off again when the guard added.

“I can smell her. Be on your guards.” He said to his men who began to get their knives and wolfsbane ready. Trackers were excellent fighters also, so I was expecting this whole thing to be done very soon. I couldn’t stop thinking about her and Tianna getting tied up and carried back. The thought was heavenly. However, the guard walked towards me.

“You shouldn’t join us. You might be hurt. I suggest you wait until we take care of them, then you can walks with us back to the Pack.” I felt his brusque words hit me again but I knew there was no need to bring anything up until we were done with this problem.

The man needed someone to put him in his place and I would be more than happy to do that. Without another word, I just nodded and slowly walked back. As soon as I hid myself behind one of the trees, he nodded to his men and they began walking towards the narrow path.

It wasn’t long before they disappeared down the path. I got out and began to follow them again.