Selling Myself To The Alpha
Chapter 106

Axel POV

"Mom, dial Nina's number and hand me the phone," I order as I keep going forward.

"I thought you said it's too dangerous," she mumbles as she dials.

"Things changed," I grunt and take the phone from her. It does not matter which way I debate this; we are on the losing end.

"Luna, are you okay?" Liana eagerly answers the phone.

"It's me," I say and hold the phone tighter. There is nothing in the world that I want more than to be with her and Connor, but my prospects are bleak.

"Oh, goddess, you're okay," she sounds like she always does when she is fighting her emotions. "What about your parents and our ranks?"

"Liana," my words are calm and steady. "I'm sorry I was such a jerk to you when we met, and I want to thank you for showing me what love is. I ..."

"Axel, stop," she all but shouts in my ear. "Why are you saying this? It sounds like you're saying goodbye, and you can't do that, okay? You need to come back to us."

"I'm trying," I smile sadly. "But things aren't looking good, and if I don't make it, you must know how much I love and appreciate you."

"If you love me, you'll tell me in person," she says adamantly. "Where are you?"

"We are speeding on the highway, surrounded by their patrols," I explain. "They're forcing us into a direction. Our ranks are captive in their trunks. I'm going to do an emergency break and try to free them. That's our only chance." There is a moment of silence and for a second, I fear we lost the connection.

"No, it's not," she replies fiercely, and it sounds like she is running. "Come home, I'm sending warriors to meet you halfway. You can't give up, Axel."

"I can't come home," I sigh heavily. "I'm not leading them towards you and Connor."

"Connor has left our borders already," she sounds breathless. "He's with Nina and an army of guards."

"Wait, are you still at home?" My fingers tighten on the steering wheel.

"Yes," she replies and in my mind I can see how she squares her shoulders, ready to fight me on this. "I got Connor to safety, now it's time to safe your a*s."

"Liana, Connor needs his mother," I say reasonably. "You ..."

"And he needs his father," she cuts me off. "Axel, if they kill you, they will come after me and Connor. Nina knows what to do if we don't make it. They will never replace him. Now, stop wasting time and come home. We are already on our way." "We?" I ask.

"Yes, love," she says firmly. "We, I'll see you soon."

She disconnects the call and I drop the phone.

"Hold on," I say as I make another sharp turn.

"This is worse than a merry-go-round going off its tracks," Mother mumbles.

"What's the plan, son?" Dad asks.

"We're going home," I grin as I accelerate and turn towards our borders.

Liana POV

"Go faster," I order irritated as we exit our borders. I ordered every available guard to join while Axel was still explaining his suicide plan to me. I also arranged a car with medical personnel. I am not leaving anything to chance. "I'm already doing a hundred and twenty miles," Nick protests.

"It's a BMW, not a horse-cart," I argue. "It can go one fifty, so step on it."

"Do you want to kill us all?" Nick grunts as he accelerates.

"If my husband dies, I will kill you myself," I snort. Axel scared the bejesus out of me when he started saying his goodbyes. I know he is only protecting me and Connor but if he dies, he cannot protect my heart from breaking. "Alpha Grant would never allow such behaviour from his Luna," Nick's lip curls up like he smells shit. "This is highly inappropriate and disrespectful."

"Well, you can suck up to Alpha Grant once this is over," I sneer. "I couldn't care less if you dislike me because I was a human or because you have a problem taking orders from a woman. Or if you simply don't like my face. Just keep in mind, we're saving Alpha Grant as well."

That seems to shut him up and I keep my eyes fixated on the road ahead.

"There!" I exclaim. "That's them."

Axel! I try to mind-link him, but we are too far apart and not within our borders. I take out Nina's phone and call Axel's mother.

"I can see you," Axel answers the phone.

"Good," I smile. "How many cars are following you?"

"Six," he replies.

"We've got fifteen," I smirk. "Mind-link the ranks to brace themselves. We're going to go around and behind you. We'll take out the cars that don't swerve away with a PIT manoeuvre." "Good luck," Axel inhales deeply.

"Don't worry about us. Get your parents to safety," I reply before disconnecting the call.

Can everyone hear me? I mind-link the guards and await their reply before repeating our plan.

The tension is tangible as we charge towards the cars. I close my eyes and send a prayer to the goddess. In theory, it sounded bulletproof but at this speed, I am starting to doubt my idea.

Make way, I mind-link our convoy and they move to the sides, clearing a path for Axel. The second Axel is behind us, we move towards the centre and Jack's convey goes offroad, spreading dust all over to avoid colliding with us.

"Holy shit," I mumble as I look back at the two cars that rolled. Another three have recovered and are following Axel as the last one tries to recover from driving into the bushes.

Nick slows down along with our convoy, and we turn around.

Follow Axel, I mind-link the order to four cars as the rest of us pull over and run towards the nearest car that rolled.

A huge man crawls out of the wreckage, and I immediately recognise him from the funeral. He looks disoriented as he stumbles away from the car.

"Hello, sweetheart," I sneer as I punch him with all my might in his groin. He groans and doubles over in pain. I grab his hair with both hands, lift his head and pull his face mercilessly down as I raise my knee. Pain radiates up my leg as his nose connects with my knee. With all my might, I bring my elbow down on his back and he collapses into the dirt.

"Luna, silver ties," a guard shouts and throws it at me. I catch it and quickly tie up the beast.

"Fucker," I grunt and kick him in the stomach.

I turn around to attack the next wolf but there is no one left. In astonishment, I look at the scene. The people who survived the accident, are all bound and lying in the dirt.

"Luna," Adele calls out and I smile relieved as I run towards her.

"Are you okay?" I frown as I look at her face which is covered in dust and blood.

"Just scrapes," she grins. "And possibly a mild concussion, but the trunk seems to be the place when you're in an accident."

"Where are David and Mike?" I look around.

"Here," Mike shouts where he is sitting next to the road as an EMT takes care of his wounds. "My trunk wasn't as awesome as Adele's."

"David must've been in one of the cars that followed Axel," she murmurs.

"Check in with medical," I shout over my shoulder as I run towards our car.

"Luna, what the hell are you doing?" Nick yells as he runs after me.

"Saving my husband," I reply as I get in behind the wheel.

"I'm coming with you," he grunts as he gets in next to me. "Axel and Grant will both skin me if something happens to you."

"Adele," I look at her. "Are you capable of taking care of this mess?"

"I got this," she waves.

I nod and pull away with screeching tires.

"You know, Luna, it's not that I dislike you," Nick says as he holds on tightly. "It's that you're reckless with your own safety. You're not supposed to do this."

"So, I should sit at home and knit?" I grunt irritated.

"No," he sighs. "But you ..."

"Tell me, Nick," I cut him off. "How would Axel or Grant do things differently? Are you telling me they would sit at home and leave the fate of their loved ones in the ranks' hands?"

"No," he clears his throat. "But they're men, and..."

"And my life is worth more than theirs?" I challenge him. "It's reckless for a woman but brave for a man?"

"That's not ..."

"Listen, Nick," I interrupt him again. "I appreciate your concern, but I'm not reckless or suicidal. If I were, I would've done this shit on my own. I wasn't blessed with an alpha wolf to sit at home and bark orders. I will protect my family at all costs." Nick's only reply is to shift uncomfortably in his chair, and I ignore him as I keep my eyes on the road.