Sold To The Alpha
Blood L**t Chapter 30

Once dressed, they made their way back to the camp fire and the smirking group of warriors who gave the pair appraising looks as Vaya buried her head embarrassed, into Daniel's shoulder. Once dressed, they made their way back to the camp fire and the smirking group of warriors who gave the pair appraising looks as Vaya buried her head embarrassed, into Daniel's shoulder. 'Everything OK?' Justin asked innocently as the warriors and Viktor all chuckled at the two mates discomfort.

'Yes, fine, everything is fine' Vaya squeaked as she hurriedly pulled Daniel down by their packs and started to rummage through her bag keeping her eyes fixated on the contents as Daniel tried not to laugh with everyone else. Turning away from the crimson faced dryad, the warriors went back to their conversations as Daniel pulled his mate closer to him, raising her chin so her eyes met his. 'Hey' he murmured with a soft smile.

'I am so embarrassed' Vaya muttered trying to hide her face in his t'shirt, 'I hope the next 7 months are not going to be like this, you just smelt so...'

'Irresistible?' Daniel offered as Vaya's blush deepened

'You don't have to rub it in stalker' she muttered pulling out a bottle of water and taking a small sip.

'You can jump this any time your hormones want babe' Daniel whispered placing a chaste kiss on her temple.

'Don't tempt me' Vaya replied shaking her head, a grin spreading over her face as she peeked up at him from where her face remained buried in his clothing.

'Oh I intent to tempt you as much as possible, sexy' Daniel chuckled, his eyes darkening slightly.

'I thought I was supposed to be the one with the raging hormones' the Dryad protested, trying to look stern but the corners of her mouth twitched upward giving her away.

Daniel shrugged, 'don't blame me, Alpha said that there is nothing sexier than a mate that is carrying your pup and he is damn right, I want to... how did you describe it?.. lick you like a lollipop?' he teased as Vaya groaned and hid her face again. Settling down to sleep, the group lay in a circle around the fire, Daniel curling himself around Vaya who yawned loudly as she cuddled back into his strong embrace.

The following morning, they packed themselves up again and followed their trail back to their vehicles, clambering in as Justin and Leo studied the crude directions.

'I think they are co-ordinates' Viktor spoke up behind them, his long body white finger stretching across the paper to a collection of numbers scrawled in the corner.

Pulling out his phone, Leo brought up an App and punched the numbers in, the App zeroing in on a small area that was roughly two days drive from their location. Setting the phone to give them directions, they jumped in the lead vehicle, Daniel and Vaya in the back, Viktor choosing to travel with them this time, settling in next to the two youngsters and closing his eyes.

Starting the truck, Leo put it into gear, pulling away and leading the small convoy along the route toward the mysteriously unknown pack and maybe a lead on the illusive witch.

The journey was uneventful, the group stopping over night at a small sleepy motel before setting off again toward their destination.

As the vehicles ate up the miles, the area around them became less populated, whoever this pack were, they didn't seem to want to socialise with others.

Watching the empty fields roll by, Vaya had an uncomfortable feeling in the pit of her stomach, fidgeting slightly she drew Daniel's attention. 'You OK babe?' he asked concerned, 'is it the baby? Do you feel sick?'

Vaya shook her head, 'no I'm fine, I just have a really weird feeling and I can't shake it.

Justin turned around in his seat in the front of the SUV, 'that's worrying, I'll tell everyone to be on guard' he said immediately

Vaya gave him a rueful smile, 'I'm sure it's just me Alpha, my hormones have thrown everything out of whack' she muttered embarrassed.

Justin gave her a piercing look, 'pregnant she-wolves are known to be more sensitive to danger or trouble around them, its part of protecting your unborn pup, if you think something is off, then we have to take it seriously' he replied firmly.

Leo slowed the vehicle down slightly, everyone staring out of the windows as they followed the arrow that led them toward the Moon Stone Pack.

After ten minutes Leo muttered, 'should we not have been stopped by now? Where are the pack guards? Border control? Surely they don't leave their territory unprotected.'

Justin shifted uneasily in his chair, 'something is very wrong here, maybe we should pull over and talk to the others!

Pulling over to the side of the road, Leo ground the vehicle to a halt, the other trucks following suit, everyone clambering out to congregate around the Alpha, their nervousness palpable.

Walking up to the leaders, one of the warrior's, Matthew met the Alpha's eyes, 'I don't like this Alpha, there hasn't been a single wolf sighted since we entered this packs land, do you think we are walking into some sort of ambush?' he asked, his eyes darting around them, all the warriors stood in protective stances around their leaders.

'I'm not sure Matt but I think we would be better sending a scout group ahead of us' Justin replied in concern.

Nodding, Matthew turned to the warriors, signalling three who immediately stripped and shifted, grabbing their bundled clothes in their jaws, before running off into the surrounding tree line, spreading out, advancing carefully upon the unknown pack. Standing by the cars, a few of the warriors took to walking patrols around the group, others keeping close to their Alpha.

'I could fly over and see what's going on' Viktor offered looking round at the alert werewolves.

Sighing, Justin shook his head, 'we can't risk anyone being alerted to our presence just in case they actually don't know we are here, and a bat flying around in the middle of the day by itself might look a bit suspicious' he replied tiredly. Nodding, Viktor took a seat in the back of the car, keeping the door open so he could listen to the conversations still.

Justin looked over at Vaya who was still fidgeting, looking more and more uncomfortable as the time ticked past.

'You still feel off?' Justin asked carefully

Nodding, Vaya turned her stricken eyes to the Alpha, 'I don't know what it is but my body is telling me that something is wrong!' she admitted.

'Danger?' asked Daniel, immediately moving closer to her and putting a protective arm around her waist.

Shaking her head, Vaya frowned, 'I don't think so, I don't feel like I need to fight or flee, I can't describe what it is, I just feel... wrong' she finished defeated.

Standing together, the group waited until an open mind link came through, 'Alpha, I think you need to come and see this' came the voice of one of the warriors. 'What is is Dawson? Is there danger?' Justin replied as Vaya, Daniel and Viktor waited impatiently to be filled in as they couldn't hear the conversation.

'No Alpha, there is no danger, but... it's terrible, I can't describe... you need to see for yourself' Dawson replied.

His eyes clearing, Justin motioned for everyone to get back in the trucks, scrambling quickly into his own next to Leo, Vaya, Daniel and Viktor quickly getting in the back.

'What did they say?' Daniel asked immediately as Leo threw the truck into gear and pulled away from the side of the road.

'He said there is no danger but we need to get there and see what has happened' Justin replied tersely, his jaw set as he stared out of the front window.

Ten minutes later, they rolled to a stop by a small pack house, the three warriors stood at the edge already shifted back into human form and dressed.

As the remainder of the group stepped out of the SUV's they came to stand beside the silent scouts, everyone staring ahead at the area that was littered with the bodies of the slaughtered pack. Men, women and even children lay dead, from their positioning, the pack had tried valiantly to defend themselves but whatever had attacked them had wiped out every member.

'What the hell happened here' Vaya gasped as tears stung her eyes, 'why would someone do this?'

Placing his arms around his mate who started to sob uncontrollably as her eyes remained glued to the children in front of them, Daniel tried to comfort her as he looked on in horror at the m******e.