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“Wait. You can’t run the city streets as an oversized wolf. This isn’t Texas,” Jacob added.

“Shit!” Paul exclaimed, then heard his brother Andre’s voice calling out to him telepathically.

“What the fuck happened? You couldn’t stop them?”
Andre demanded.

“What the fuck do you think we tried to do?” Paul responded
through their link.

“What’s the plan, brother? We have to find her.”

“Get here now.”

“I’ll be there in ten minutes.”

“Jacob, I need to find her. It’s obvious after your conversation with her that Lexi needs me.”

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“I’m responsible for her, and I will do everything in my power to get her back safely,” Jacob responded on the defensive as one of his betas handed him a walkie talkie. He spoke into it as Paul listened in.

“Okay, Frank and Eddie got a license plate off the vehicle. We can track it and see where it ends up,” Jacob stated.

“How the hell can you do that?” Paul asked.

“Don’t ask,” he replied, and Valco smirked.

“I think I like your cousin a lot, Sierra,” Valco replied with a smile.

“We have to try and track her ourselves as well. Jacob, keep us informed of her whereabouts, and we’ll be able to get to her faster,”

Sierra chimed in as she rubbed her head.

Valco pulled her to him. “You’re not going anywhere, mate.

You’re headed to safety with Jacob, and he’ll have someone take a look at that bump.” He raised his eyebrows, daring her to challenge him. Jacob smirked, Valco was her alpha as well as her mate, and what he said went.

She was silent a moment, then looked at Paul. “You have to save her.”

Andre appeared and immediately joined the others.

“Andre and I are on it. Saber’s in the area. He’s not far,” Paul stated, looking toward his brother Valco, who nodded, acknowledging that he felt his brother’s presence as well.

“Jacob, can you provide more help to locate that van?”

“Frank and Eddie are on it, Valco.” Jacob answered his cell.

“Andre, let’s get going. Saber will meet up with us.”

“Wait. One of my men has something.” Jacob stopped Paul and Andre from leaving.

They waited while he got the updated information. Jacob didn’t look happy.

“Eddie said that one of the watchers saw the van a few times this week waiting outside of the parking area. They didn’t think much of it until they saw one of the guys speaking with Andy.”

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“Andy? Who’s Andy?” Andre asked.

“That asshole who had his hands on Lexi in the club. I knew I should have ripped his fucking throat out when I had the chance.”

Jacob listened as Paul growled, his eyes turning yellow and his demeanor indicating he could shift to wolf form any second.

“Who is this asshole?” Valco inquired.

“He’s worked for me for a couple of years now. I hired him shortly before I hired Lexi. He is part of the Renmore pack,” Jacob added.

“The Renmore pack? Isn’t that the one that went rogue a few years ago?” Valco asked.

“There were so many families caught in the middle of that fight between Kellmore and Stratton. Neither alpha deserved to reign. A good number of those men are part of Crimson now. They’ve shown no signs of having ulterior motives.”

“Do you have more of these men working here?” Paul asked.

“Yes. Just a few, and the one person who informed us of the current information is one of them. His sister is mate to our cousin.”

“Where’s Andy now?” Paul asked.

“Long gone,” one of the guards chimed in, out of breath.

“Eddie and Frank are gaining access to the car-monitoring device as we speak. If he’s joining the others in the van at a secret location, then he’ll lead you both right to them,” Jacob replied.

Just then Jacob’s cell rang again.

“The van was spotted three blocks from here behind an old warehouse,” Jacob told them.

“Let’s move,” Paul replied, and everyone headed to the SUVs.

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“We have her, sir. We’re bringing her to the building for a few hours as scheduled. The boat leaves the dock at 3:00 a.m.,” Andy stated into the cell phone. He watched the two guards lay Lexi on an old mattress.

“Good. I’m glad to hear that you were able to pull this off.

There’ll be a place for you in my pack, Andy, and by my side,”

Stratton stated in his deep, authoritative voice.

“Just so you know, there were others around when your men grabbed her in the parking lot.”

“What others?”

“Some members of the Sinclair pack, including Sierra McFay.”

“The Sinclairs, huh? That’s interesting. I heard that Valco found his mate with a McFay. Interesting that it was Lexi’s best friend, Sierra. That lucky bastard will be expanding his pack even more once they officially join.”

“So you knew about Sierra?”

“Of course. Those two were always together. I thought for sure that Lexi would eventually seek Sierra out. I underestimated Lexi, just as my enemies have thus far. They have to be fuming right now to think I have her captive.”

“There’s something you should know.”

“Yes?” Stratton asked as he waited for Andy to finish.

“I think that Paul Sinclair believes Lexi is his mate.”

Andy listened to the silence on the other line. He knew that wasn’t going to sit right with Stratton. His plan was to force Lexi to mate.

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Although Andy had no idea why he wanted to mate a human so badly, Stratton must have ulterior motives.

“Keep them away from her! You understand me? I will try to get the boat to arrive sooner. I’ll call you back.”

Andy heard the click on the other line and closed up his cell phone. Stratton was obviously pissed.

Andy gave the orders for the men to man their stations throughout the building and outside. “If anyone approaches, kill them,” he ordered as he watched Lexi slowly awaken.

She was temptation in its finest form lying on the bed with her breasts overflowing the bodice of her dress. The slit in the dress on her thigh was ripped farther up her leg. He assumed that was caused from the struggle in the parking lot. She had put up quite the fight.

Her bruised lip and black eye showed evidence of her failure to fight off three weres.

She moved around and struggled to focus.

“Lie still, Lex. Don’t fight your fate. We’re leaving in a few hours,” Andy stated, letting his finger glide over her lips, across her jaw, then down her neck. He loomed over her, staring at her abundant breasts, wanting nothing more than to rip the bodice open and suck on every inch of her.

“I wouldn’t touch her if I were you.”

Andy smirked at the guard who remained in the room. “I didn’t ask you,” he replied.

“I got my orders, and they come from the top.”

“Keep your mouth shut, and you might make it out of this mission,” Andy replied as he gave in to the temptation to fondle her breasts.

* * * *

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“I see two men stationed at each entrance to the building. Plus
three on the rooftop,”
Paul stated through the telepathic connection with his brother.

Paul assigned two men each to take care of the guards on the exits by motioning with his hands and two fingers.

“
I got the roof,”
Saber stated in a deep, commanding voice.

“Holy shit, you’re here? You found us?”
Paul replied, surprised.

“
Good to have you here, brother,”
Andre added.

“Let’s get a move on it. I’m tired, been traveling for days, and the
ranch is calling my name,”
Saber calmly stated
.

Paul smirked. It was good to have his brother back. Leave it to him to be so calm during such an intense situation. Those guys on the roof had no inkling what was about to happen.

Paul gave the signal, and everyone moved in. It was a quick attack. In a matter of seconds, they had the guards removed and the location of the room where Lexi was. They weren’t sure how many people were in there, so they took a few seconds to figure it out.

* * * *

Lexi heard someone talking to her until the intense pain consumed her. Her face, her eye, and her chin felt sore, and her head began to throb. Slowly she tried to open her eyes, but the shadow in front of her was a blur.

“That’s it. You like that, don’t you?” the shadow whispered, and she recognized the voice and instantly the fact that he was groping her breast.

She managed to lift her hand and smack at him, but she barely made contact. He straddled her hips and legs, then held down her arms.

“Let go of me!”

“Lie still. You’re gonna love this.”

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“Let go of me now!” she screamed as she kicked her legs and wiggled her hips. Somehow she got him to release her one arm.

Quickly she took a shot at his face.

“Ouch!” He wrestled with her. “Get the syringe, asshole. Stick her now!” he yelled.

Lexi fought harder until another man grabbed her other arm. She struggled, but she seemed to be moving in slow motion. At least it felt that way. She panicked as she tried to move her hips and fight against Andy’s hold. His thighs were rock solid and pressed against her hips.

She felt a spasm and pain in her side from shifting awkwardly. She tried turning the other way, but he was so strong.

“Get off of me!” she screamed, but he laughed, then ground his crotch against her stomach. She felt the hardness against her and knew what he had in mind. She wouldn’t let him touch her.

Lexi fought hard, but it wasn’t enough.

“Lie down and enjoy it, Lex. You’ve been asking for it for months,” he stated between clenched teeth, still fighting her efforts to free her hands.

“Bullshit!” she yelled.

“Stick her with it now!” he yelled, and Lexi saw the other man with a syringe.

She spat at Andy, having no other weapon to defend herself as he held her down. “I hate you!”

Andy looked toward her with his eyes glowing, and that’s when she saw his teeth elongate like fangs on a wolf. Claws scratched against her wrists. She screamed as she used all her strength to fight him.

Then she heard the crack.

“Son of bitch, Lexi. Look what you made me do!” Andy hollered, smacking her across the mouth just as she realized he had broken her arm and someone else had just stabbed her with something in the other arm.

“What the hell!” Andy hollered.

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Lexi heard a crash, then saw a large shadow, first one, then another, fly across the room. Something slammed through the window. It was chaos, and she tried to hold on to consciousness. She wanted to know what those shadows were and what Andy was doing.

How was he involved with this?

* * * *

Saber caught her scent through the window. He saw her, and it hit him all at once.
Mine.
As the one guy grabbed her arm while the other headed toward her with the needle, he knew he had to save her. So did Paul and Andre. Instantly they broke through the door and into the room.

“Keep him alive, Saber. We need to know who he’s working for,”

Paul said. He was always the calm one. All Saber wanted to do was rip this piece of shit apart. Saber held Andy in a death grip around his neck.

“One little squeeze and no more asshole,” Saber growled.

“I know you want to do it. Hell, I want you to do it, but we can’t.

We have to think of our mate. She’s in danger,” Andre added.

“Mate?” Andy whispered.

Saber squeezed his throat tighter. “Shut up, asshole.”

“Lexi…Lexi can you hear me, baby?” Paul whispered to Lexi as Saber released Andy to two of their own guards and Andre shoved the body of the other guy to the wall.

* * * *

Lexi heard another familiar voice, and her body felt as if it were floating on air.
Who is that?

“Lexi, it’s me. It’s Paul.”

“Paul...oh…” She forced her eyes open, and her words felt like they were taking forever to come out of her mouth.

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“Look at me.” He touched her face, and she could feel the warmth, then she smelt the scent of his familiar cologne. The guy from the club? Valco’s brother? What was he doing there?

Opening her eyes, she locked gazes with the familiar face. His brown eyes, the ones she had admired at the club, looked concerned.

She blinked her eyes repeatedly trying to focus, but he was a blur, and she began to see double.

“I think they drugged her.” She heard his muffled voice.

“Paul…sexy wolf…from the….club, Paul?” She felt each syllable roll slowly off her tongue. Her mind didn’t register her words. Was he smiling?

“Sexy wolf from the club? She must be hallucinating.” She heard the voice but didn’t recognize it.

Slowly she moved her head toward the voice.

“Oh my God…I’m seeing double…No way! You’re

hot...Wait…wait, wait, wait…there are two Pauls?” she slurred, then tried to move her hand. She wanted to touch them.

“Something’s…wrong…with my…arms,” she mumbled, then began to cry. The panic set in despite the drugs in her system.

“That son of a….”

“What?” Andre asked.

“He broke her arm. Look!” Paul pointed to Lexi’s arm.

Lexi whimpered and tried to move away from the men.

“We have you, Lexi. You’re safe now. I promise you,” he whispered.

“No! Get away from me. No!” she screamed as she tried to bolt forward, but her body felt like lead.

Lexi felt the room spin and her vision blur. Someone grabbed her so she wouldn’t fall off the bed.

* * * *

“She passed out,” Paul stated.

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“Now’s the time to move her,” Saber ordered as Andre flipped open his cell phone and one of the guards came to the door.

“Luke, Martin, and Vance are bringing the prisoners to one of Jacob’s properties.”