Sold To The Alpha
Blood L**t Chapter 11

Waking hours later, Halle stretched her cramped muscles as she opened her eyes, panicking slightly a stomach grumbling loudly, checking her watch she saw she had been asleep for a number of hours an Placing her bare foot onto the cold flagstones, Halle winced slightly, lifting herself onto her tip toes a soft pair of fabric pumps and pulled them out, placing her feet inside, breathing out as the icy numbn Walking over to the door, she tentatively pulled it open, looking down the hallway before stepping qu shadows that engulfed the corners making her shiver uneasily.

Looking to her left she saw the door that the servants had walked through earlier and assumed that n the grounds, a butler sink underneath. The well scrubbed wooden work tops gleamed and two huge A Walking over to the fridge, Halle pulled open the door and looked through the shelves until sh found gave way to a large pantry. Stepping inside sh perused the counters, picking up a loaf of granary brea Letting out a small startled scream, she scrambled to catch the bread that fell from her hands as she 'Your Highness! What are you doing?' he said stricken as he tried to take the bread from her.

'I was hungry, I'm so sorry, I didn't see anyone to ask if it was OK to make a sandwich' Halle replied hu 'No no your Highness, you are not to prepare your food, we, your servants do that for you' he flustered plate he started to deftly butter each one as Halle tried to take the knife away protesting, 'please, I ca 'Please your Highness' the man begged quietly, 'you will get me punished by the master, please allow Slowly pulling out one of the stools across from him, Halle sat down and studied the older werewolf. 'You are a werewolf' she said quietly as she watched him assemble her sandwich.

nfamiliar room before the memory of her arrival at Viktor's castle came flooding back. Pulling back the covers, she stepped onto the warm fur rug, her

s well past dinner time.

ding over to the wardrobe to pull open the drawer that Iris had produced shoes from earlier. Looking over the many pairs that were lined up, she spotted a

rted to leave her toes.

t and silently making her way to the stairs. Walking down to the ground floor, she pushed open the door to the banquet hall, replaceing it empty, the dark

ad to the kitchen. Making her way over, she gently pushed it open and stepped through into a huge kitchen, the back wall had a large window overlooking n style fridge freezers were against one of the walls. An over sized oven was to her right and a large island stood proudly in the middle of the room. am, cheese and butter. Placing them onto the island, she moved around the kitchen in search of a bread bin, stopping at a large door that upon opening, arrying out into the kitchen.

ace to face with the older man that she recognised as the server at lunch.

took the bread bag and made his way over to the counter, grabbing a plate from the rack and a knife from one of the drawers. Placing two slices on to the you don't need to bother yourself.' she said embarrassed as the server held the knife out of her reach. prepare your meal.

'Yes your Highness' he replied without looking up. Pushing the plate across to her, he picked up the packets and returned them too their homes before getting a glass and filling it with orange juice for her. Taking a bite, she nodded her thanks, her stomach rumbling in anticipation, swallowing she met the s

'I am Carter' the server replied with a small bow.

'How are you here Carter?' she asked tentatively.

gaze, 'what is your name?' she asked curiously.

Looking around nervously Carter shook his head, 'it is a long story your Highness, one that does not need telling, you only need to be concerned with the fact that I am here to serve you. If you need any food you can ring the kitchen via the telephone in your room, just dial 20 and my phone will ring. I will prepare any food or drink you require and Ir is will bring it too you.

Sighing Halle stood from her chair, 'I get the feeling that my life here is going to be very lonely' she muttered to herself before thanking Carter and making her way back through the banquet hall and up to her room, leaving the server to wipe down the kitchen and stack her crockery in the dishwasher.

Entering her room, Halle dropped down onto the bed sadly, staring around the room, she suddenly remembered she had brought her phone. She grabbed her rucksack from where she had placed it on the floor and started to rummage through the contents, searching frantically for a few minutes before realising it was no longer there.

Looking down at the collection of clothes that were now crumpled up, her throat constricted slightly as the knowledge of her only way to communicate with her family was now missing, someone had been through her bag and taken it. Swallowing nervously, for the first time, Halle started to feel uneasy within her new home. She had come to Viktor willingly, why had someone felt the need to take her phone from her belongings?

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The Oak Ridge group were making their way down to the barrier getting ready to set off toward Viktor's castle.

'Are you sure you know where you are going?' Hazel asked worriedly as she held Justin's hand tightly in her own.

'I have a general idea, once we get within the vicinity I'll be letting our resident tracker loose, she'll replace them' Justin replied confidently with a sideways look at Vaya who gave Hazel a thumbs up. 'No-one can evade my baby' Daniel boasted giving her a squeeze.

'Stop sucking up Stalker, it wont get you anywhere' Vaya replied giving him a glare as he simpered back at her.

'Yes it will, you love it when I suck up to you' he growled lightly making his mate blush at the innuendo.

'Shut it' she growled embarrassed as he chuckled, kissing her forehead.

'Be careful' Hazel called out to them as each member passed through the barrier, Leo and the warriors going first to check for danger then the youngsters and finally Justin after he gave his wife a deep kiss. 'We'll be back before you know it' he murmured, 'all of us' before he stepped resolutely through the shield and joined the rest of the group.

Making their way down the hill, they reached the forest and stripped out of their clothes, shifting into the wolf forms, having tied their clothes to their legs before hand.

Racing through the thick trees, they made their way toward the area that they kept their cars, shifting back just before they reached the edge of the forest and walking over to their vehicles.

Pulling out a large map, Leo placed it on the bonnet of one of the SUV's before stepping back so that Justin could get to it.

'OK' Justin called out over the group, 'Viktor's castle is somewhere in this area' he said pointing to a thick dark green area that depicted a forest. 'He doesn't like visitors so we are looking at probably three days by car and then a further 2-3 days by foot. He will have protective measures in place, I don't know what they are but we can guarantee they are not going to be wolf friendly!

Nodding silently, the groups split up, spreading out over three cars, Justin, Leo, Vaya and Daniel all piling into a car together.

Leading the way, Leo pulled out onto the main road and headed toward the highway, the car eating up the miles as they sped past fields heading toward the location of Viktor's home.

'Do you think she's OK?' Vaya asked nervously

'I'm sure she's fine', Leo replied confidently, 'she's an Alpha's daughter, she knows how to take care of herself'.

Looking unconvinced, Vaya sat back against the head rest, leaning against Daniel who put his arm around her protectively.

'She'll be fine babe' he muttered to her encouragingly, 'she's got the best tracker in the northern hemisphere on her trail' he chuckled.

Staring out of the window, Vaya wondered how the teenager was getting on alone with no contact with her family. Everyone had tried contacting her on her phone after realising it was with her but after ringing a couple of times with no answer it now just went straight to answer phone, Vaya couldn't help but be worried.