Chapter 0588

“Come to my office in two days.” Maddox glared at me as we pulled into his home base. The sun was starting to rise, and the weight of what happened still pressed down on our shoulders.

“Yeah.” It was all I could say as we piled out of his vehicle and got into our own. Jace didn’t waste any time as he pulled out to head home.

“You guys need to put your betas on high alert for any attacks.” Jace said after about an hour of driving with complete silence.

“Did you do any research on this guy before you decided to use him?” Lars was pissed.

Jace looked back at him before he answered. “We have used him for odds and end stuff for years. At least my dad did. This was my first time using him.” “Why did your dad cut ties with your uncle?” Lars didn’t respond to Jace.

“He never really said what happened, just that he was a lose cannon that didn’t have any regards to safety.” I tried to rack my brains to figure out what happened or if dad had ever said anything but I came up blank.

Thankfully, we were pulling into the pack grounds. “I’m taking Emily and we are leaving. Alec, I'll be in touch.” Lars said. He jumped out of the SUV before it fully came to a stop.

“Lars! Wait!” Jace jumped out and chased after Lars.

“Let me check on Penny and I'll come to your room.” Colt said more calmly than I anticipated. We had more skin in the game than the rest so I wasn’t worried about Colt jumping ship.

“Alec!” Kristen yelled my name as we walked through the front door.

“Upstairs.” Kristen was taken aback by my voice. She was still on crutches.

After taking a few steps, I felt instantly terrible and turned back to carry her.

“What's wrong? What happened?” She asked as I took the crutches from her. I was very much aware of the crowd that was now watching us. It was so early in the morning that I was a little surprised by how many people were

awake already. “Why is Colt covered in blood?” “I’ll tell you everything upstairs.” I repeated before scooping Kristen up.

She grabbed her crutches from me and made it easier for me to walk up the stairs.

Kristen put her hand on my chest and started examining me. “Are you hurt?” “I’m fine.” Physically anyway.

Emotionally, I was nervous and scared.

By the time we made it to the room, Colt and Penny were already standing at our door.

| “Where are the kids?” I asked as I set Kristen down and unlocked the door.

“Getting breakfast.” Penny said

quietly. I knew she was always nervous or scared around me. I could smell it.

She was intimidated by me but it was never my problem to worry about. That was part of being an alpha. Plus, Kristen found that part sexy.

“Tell me what happened!” Kristen demanded as she limped into the room.

“It was a fucking shit show.” Colt shook his head. Since he was still covered in blood, he stayed standing.

“Did you ever know that my dad had a brother?” I started, looking only at Kristen.

“Oh, um... I guess I don’t know muc about your family.” Kristen looked unsure and I felt a little pang of sadness.

“Dad had one brother that was disowned by the family. He was the black sheep and I’m not sure what all happened to get his disowned but he did. Jace had someone that his dad used for... off the book things and that is who is contacted. Turns out that person is my uncle.” Kristen was taking in all in but she was still confused. “What happened?” She repeated.

“He took things into his own hands.

We went to Anthony’s pack and were going to terrorize it. Just like we had talked about. Lars and some men messed up their sewer system. He released invasive flies or something.

Just caused utter chaos. Put something into the packhouse, stuff that I'm not even sure what it does.” I was still trying to process it.

“I mean, isn’t that what we wanted?” Kristen was so confused but her eyes went back to Colt. “Who’s blood is that?” “We told them not to kill inoccent people. For the most part, he listened and would just knock them out.” Colt looked directly at Kristen. “His beta came out and I over powered him. I had him by the throat but then Anthony came out. He spotted me and charged.

Alec yelled at the last minute and I used his beta as a human shield. His jaws clamped around his waist right as Alec plowed into him to get him off of me. In the end, Anthony ripped a whole in his beta’s side, killing him.” “Colt and I were ready to fight Anthony and put an end to it but more warriors came out. We were outnumbered and had to retreat. Anthony has enough

cause to declare a war.” I finished for him. noveldrama

“What happened to staying under the radar?” Kristen was getting angry.

“It snowballed and happened so fast.

When the alarm went off, instead of retreating like we wanted, Maddox kept going. It was like he wanted us to be seen or didn’t care the consequences of if we did get caught.” Colt shook his head. “You don’t kill a fucking beta and there not be repercussions. Anthony isn’t going to let this go. There is now a big target on our backs.” Kristen and Penny were silent for awhile as they absorbed it all. “When do we leave?” Kristen asked after a moment longer.

“We can’t just yet. Maddox wants to

meet in two days. We need to stay and make sure his pack is protected. After the meeting, then we will go home.

However, I do feel it would be safer for you to go home and stay home. We have the panic room. Fuck, your family can all go there.” I said as I looked at Colt.

“An attack here is imminent and they will be coming full force. We brought the fight here and now we have to help protect it.”