Ethan
‘I have Arne under hostage. I know his true identity, I can tell you who he is and where you can rescue him but you have to follow my instructions strictly or else consider him dead.
Meet me at the abandoned shed outside the pack borders tonight by 11pm. Trust me, I have sources watching your every move so don't try to act smart. I'll be waiting’
I finished reading the letter and sighed deeply. I tried to calm my nerves as I squeezed the piece of paper in my hand and flung it in the bin. What kind of sick psychopath was this? It was clear that whoever this person was was using that poor child to get to me. I felt bad for Arne, he was being used like a bait and it was all because of me.
I needed to fix this myself and bring Arne back safely to Aurora, I owed her that much.
I glanced at the clock on the table, it read 10:37pm. Just 23 minutes left to 11. I should get going. I stepped out of the room and headed out of the house quickly.
There was a ruckus just outside the house, Aurora was thrashing around wildly while she kept repeating that she needed to go find her son, some men were holding her to stop her.
“Let go of her!” I ordered with a loud firm voice. My voice made everyone pause and
I quickly went to her and engulfed her in a hug, my action made the men leave her alone in an instant.
She wanted to struggle but after realizing it was me, she calmed down and hugged me back tightly. I didn't need to check the mate bond to know she was in agony, my heart twisted, I desperately wanted to take her hurt away.
“Ethan, I need my son. Please bring me my son” She broke down in tears amidst her request.
I rubbed slow circles on her back as she wet my shirt with her tears, with an aching heart I said, “I promise, I will find him and bring him to you” I repeated as many times as she spoke.
I wanted to tell her about the letter and that I was going to go bring Arne back but I was worried. What if the kidnapper truly had spies watching my every move? I couldn't bear to risk Arne's or Aurora's life in any way. I knew that doing this was playing right into the kidnappers hand but I still had to go to the said location myself. I just had to find a way from there to outsmart them.
She continued sobbing on my chest and I petted her continuously, Sam arrived at the scene and I gestured for him to come take her, as much as I wanted to stay I needed to be somewhere and time was running out.
Aurora's sobs had reduced to a whimper by now, I gently pulled away and let Sam hold her and he nodded at me reassuringly.
“I’ll be right back okay? I'll come back with Arne, I promise” I whispered to Aurora before walking away. I was relieved that no one asked where exactly I was going to, I guess everyone thought I was going to look for him.
Immediately I was out of everyone's sight, I shifted into my wolf and raced to the outskirts of the pack with lightening speed. It was a couple minutes to 11pm so I wanted to be there on time to rescue Arne and tear that psychopath into shreds. My wolf was angry and I was angry as well, we do not like being challenged.
In a few minutes, I arrived at the old shed as instructed. I stopped some metres to it and observed the area, I could not see any trap so I proceeded.
As soon as I got close to the door, I heard the familiar voice of Arne whimpering, I pushed the door open immediately.
“You made it. Awesome” A very familiar and unsettling voice greeted me. I shocked to find out who the psychopath was.
It was Keenan.
He was standing with Arne in front of him. Even though Arne's hands and legs were tied, he still had a knife pressed dangerously close to his neck.
“Keenan, what is this? Why are you doing this?” I questioned as I consiously stepped forward. I knew Keenan didn't like me, it was obvious… but I didn't know he was capable of this level of hatred.
“Stay back! You better back the fuck up or I swear in goddess name that this knife will slice through his throat without hesitation” Keenan threatened in a furiously crazy tone and I quickly stepped back to my original position.
Arne's face was soaked with tears, his eyes were wide with fear and he could only keep whimpering. I felt very bad for the poor child.
“Alright, calm down. You don't have to use this child to get to me, tell me what you want” I said.
Keenan burst into laughter, the sound of his laughter at such a situation sounded creepy.
“Get you? Oh I'm going to do more than just get you. You call yourself the alpha but you can't care for your household talk more of the pack. You are not worthy of being the alpha…” he spat out venomously.
“And you are?” I retorted, my nostrils flared a little in anger. I couldn't control it, I hated being challenged.
“Why yes… I am worthy. So don't worry, after you and this brat die, I'll convert Aurora to be my slave and the pack will be in safer hands” He said, dangerously pressing the knife against Arne's neck causing the boy to let out a wince. My heart unconsciously ached seeing him like that, my growing anger immediately melted away. He was Aurora's son and I knew how much she cared about him, she wouldn't be able to handle it if anything happened to him. Even I have gotten fond of him over time, he was a good child.
I said in a much calmer tone “I understand why you want me dead and that's fine, you can have me but please let the child go… he has done nothing to you, he's just a child”
“NO, HE HAS DONE EVERYTHING TO ME, HE IS YOUR SON AFTERALL” Keenan shouted back, eyes brimming with anger.