Sold To The Alpha
A Lost Princess Chapter 47

Weaving their way along the roads, the stream of cars travelling in convoy toward the distant lake, Sebastian smiled as he watched Vaya and Daniel in the rear view mirror.

'Normally I wouldn't mind the peace but I'm beginning to feel invisible up front here with you two making puppy dog eyes at each other' he joked as Vaya blushed and Daniel pulled her closer to him smiling happily. 'Mate, if you found your other half wouldn't you want to spend the rest of your life memorising the exact shade of their eyes?' he asked.

Sebastian shrugged his shoulders with a laugh, 'humans don't get mates so replaceing my other half is never going to happen' he replied with a grin.

Daniel arched an eyebrow, 'umm what about Clarissa?' he prodded, the smirk widening on his face as Sebastian's shoulders stiffened at her name. 'Who's Clarissa?' Vaya piped up immediately, looking between the two men with interest.

'No-one' Sebastian replied quickly, his eyes glaring at the road.

'Nuh uh Seb' Vaya urged, 'you don't get to play the innocent with me, who is she and why have you become all flustered at her name?'

'She was just a woman we met on the way to replaceing Isabella, she had a problem with a vampire and your man here along with Riley helped her out.' Sebastian admitted grudgingly.

'Ahh the collector is so modest' Daniel teased with a grin before turning to his mate, 'Sebastian also helped with the removal of the Vamp and lets just say that Clarissa seemed to be much more thankful toward him than Riley or myself! Vaya squealed happily, 'Seb! You found your mate!'

'I did not! Human's don't have mates!' Seb protested, trying to fend the dryad off as she hugged him from behind causing the truck to veer slightly before he dragged it back under control.

'Rubbish, you found your mate, you love her, admit it' Vaya demanded grinning as the collector blushed deeply.

'She was a very nice lady and I'm sure she could replace someone much better than me to spend her time with' Seb argued as Vaya snorted.

'No she couldn't, now stop putting yourself down, you are a good man Seb and you deserve a nice lady, do not let your fear stand in the way of your heart' she admonished poking the older man in the arm with her finger.

Tapping her chin, Vaya mused to herself, 'I need to meet this Clarissa woman who has one of my best friends under such a spell, stalker, add that too our itinerary, a visit to see Clarissa' she said to Daniel who nodded agreement. 'Itinerary?' Sebastian asked surprised.

'Oh, once this is all done and dusted, Daniel and I are going to try and replace information on my dad, we have been looking up packs that we can visit to see if anyone knows of him, though he could also have been a rogue so I may never replace him' she trailed off sadly. Hugging her close, Daniel gave her a light kiss on her cheek, 'yes we will babe, we won't stop looking until we replace him, I promise!

hugging him back, Vaya smiled, 'you are annoyingly cute do you know that?' she asked pushing his chest.

'I told you that you wouldn't be able to resist me babe' Daniel replied smugly, 'it's in the genes, you and me are meant to be, now give me a kiss'.

'ugh, still so needy, and full of yourself as well, how will I put up with your a*s for eternity?' Vaya groaned as she leant over and placed her lips on Daniel's who growled quietly into her mouth.

'OK knock it off you two, some of us don't need your love thrown in their face through out this drive' Sebastian called out with a grin breaking the two apart who looked at him sheepishly. 'Sorry Seb, but this damn wolf has a way of getting under my skin' Vaya replied with a giggle.

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Felicity stared around the room, taking in the clean white sheets on the double bed, the hand made furniture and the thick carpet that covered the floor boards. She had no idea where they were, Graham had hardly spoke as they had raced through the forest finally reaching a small farm where he had hidden a car at some point.

Bundling her into the passenger seat, Graham had slammed the door shut behind her before clambering in behind the wheel and locking the doors so that she couldn't jump out.

Felicity sat on the edge of the bed, holding her head in her hands as she thought back to the scene in the pack town square, her friends being tossed aside by Isabella, a man she didn't know attacking the people who meant everything to her and there was nothing she could do to help them.

She had asked Graham repeatedly what he had done but had gotten the same answer, 'what I had too Felicity'. She had finally given up asking and just hoped that the Oak Ridge pack members had suffered no losses.

How had Graham got Isabella to help him though, she was tied to the pack through the Alpha and her wolf, she would never attack them without reason.

Felicity's head began to pound at the thoughts running through her mind, all the questions that she couldn't replace answers too.

The door abruptly opened and Graham stepped through holding a tray, placing it down in front of her. 'Lasagne and boiled potatoes' he muttered, 'your favourite'.

Felicity gave a small smile as she picked up the fork and ate, keeping her eyes down as she silently cleared the plate.

Nodding approvingly, Graham picked the tray back up and walked toward the door. Hesitating slightly, he mumbled, 'get some sleep Fi, you'll need your strength', before walking out of the door and closing it behind him.

Laying down on the blankets, Felicity stared at the ceiling, 'oh Graham' she murmured sadly, 'what have you gotten yourself into'. Rolling onto her side, she slowly closed her eyes, tucking the pillow under her chin as she willed sleep to take her.

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Isabella kept moving around in the back of Justin's Jeep, fidgeting as she stared out of the window at the passing scenery.

'Babe, sit still' Riley finally said, grabbing her hand in his and pulling her into his embrace.

Giving a deep sigh, Isabella lay her head in the crook of Riley's neck allowing his scent to calm her, 'I can't Riles, Felicity is out there because of me, if I hadn't been so weak..' she muttered. Pulling her round to look at him, Riley growled at her, 'this is not your fault Bella, you were not you when you helped them.'

Staring into her mates eyes, Isabella felt her own start to fill with tears, 'Riley, I was thinking about helping them before Graham took my memory' she admitted tearfully. The thought had been eating at her for days and she could no longer bear to keep it to herself. Staring at her, Riley pulled back slightly, 'what do you mean babe?' he asked uncertainly.

'Before Graham gave me what ever it was to make me forget, I was already being trained by Rowan' Isabella confessed, 'they told me that dad hadn't been training me properly, that he didn't think I was good enough to be Alpha. Graham said that was why he had started to train Marcus instead, he thought he was a better choice!

Riley growled angrily as Justin snorted in the front seat, 'Izzy, one thing I know about my best mate is that in his eyes, no-one is more suited to the Alpha role than you, you have your mum's heart and your dad's damn stubbornness, you will be a great leader and your dad knows it.'

'But I couldn't even beat Rowan in a fight when I got there, I was so weak it was crazy' Isabella argued angrily.

Justin looked over his shoulder momentarily before returning his gaze to the road, 'Bella, you did not hear this from me OK? And if you tell your dad I told you then I will deny it until my final breath, got it?!'

Isabella nodded silently as Justin took a breath, 'Your dad wasn't training you as hard as he should, but it wasn't intentional angel. When he realised what he had been doing, worrying he would hurt you, he switched you over to Merrick as he knew that his Beta would put you through the paces you needed to become the best and strongest Alpha you could be. He took over training Marcus because, well for one, that child spends way to much time playing computer games, and two, it didn't matter as much if he was a bit soft on him as he was never destined to take over the pack, but he did need to learn to defend himself.

Absorbing Justin's words, Isabella raised her eyes to meet the Alpha's in the rear view mirror, 'so he didn't think I was weak?' she asked, a tremor in her voice.

'No angel, he knew how strong you were and he in turn was strong enough to realise that he was not the best trainer for you, unfortunately Rowan then took you before Merrick could help you reach your full potential, which by the way, annoyed the crap out of him! Your Father was immensely looking forward to the day you were strong enough to put Merrick on his a*s. Justin added with a grin.

Shaking her head, Isabella leaned back against Riley who held her tightly to him, I'm such an i***t, he was so damn convincing, he never said it was Oak ridge he was going for just that someone had a person who was important to him, he made me feel like I needed to help her.'

Kissing the top of her head, Riley murmured into her hair, 'let I go babe, you are the nicest most caring person in the world and he used that to his advantage. I know for a fact that my girl will never let anyone manipulate her in that way again, my girl is an Alpha's daughter on both sides, she's tough as nails' he growled as she smiled into his chest.

'No they wont' she promised more to herself than the two men.