His Reluctant Luna novel Chapter 82

Lucian -

Daniel and I stood facing the one-way mirror. His Betas had been constantly interrogating those rogue wolves since they regained consciousness. Daniel's pack was one of those lucky ones who had captured a few of these rogues alive. I had arrived at the Reds as soon as I got the news. I was curious to get a good look at them.

The betas took turns beating them up again and again, but they remained tight-lipped, stubborn, and grinned mockingly at them. Daniel had become so frustrated by their constant defiance, that he finally ordered them to be chained. The rogues were dangling from the ceiling in solid silver manacles.

The silver burned their skin and drained their strength, keeping their bodies from healing and regenerating. Splotches of bruises marred their skins, blood oozed freely from cuts and gashes they sustained from their beatings. They deserved worse, but he wanted to avoid killing them yet. We had to keep them alive to get information about their leader.

Just thinking of what happened yesterday made me want to go in there and kill them all. My wolf had the same idea. Unfortunately, finding their leader was more important than personal gain, before the violence escalated further and got the attention of human authorities.

"Their scent is a bit off!" I commented.

"Yes, they smell similar to those women. I can bet these abominations have been genetically engineered." Daniel replied, grimly.

Different rogue weres had banded together under some crazy fellow, who dared to attack Alpha females.

"At least the Alpha Council is now convinced about your claim. These rogues are just like the abominations other Alphas encountered." Daniel added, he was also shaken by the attack on my sister and his mate, Lenora.

She was attacked while on a run. Fortunately, she wasn't alone, and my sister is a tough fighter.

There were no new killings of humans that we knew of.

"Do you presume their leader did all that in the beginning to get the attention of the Alpha Council, get us off the track, then attack our mates?" I asked.

"He probably thought that capturing Alpha females was an easy game. I am glad it isn't." Daniel said angrily.

The other Alphas were now busy interrogating their own captured rogues. Although the Task Force met to share all information they extracted, they were not any closer to discovering the rogue's lair.

I believed that they were not holed up in only one spot. They kept several hiding places. Finding one would be a great break in our investigation, and put us a step closer to finding the identity of our nemesis.

"Call me if they disclose anything useful," Daniel said and turned back in disgust. I have had enough of their torture, so I followed him out.

"Have you found an abandoned vehicle near your territory?" I asked Daniel as we climbed out of the basement.

"A vehicle?"

"They must have used some form of vehicle to get onto our land, if not, then they travelled here as wolves. They would have left a scent trail that we could track. Although I don't think they would have travelled as wolves, I am sure you would find an abandoned vehicle within a few miles of your park boundaries. We can trace their owners and maybe find some clue."

"Good point, I will ask my betas to look for any abandoned vehicle."

"How are things at your place ?" Daniel asked. "With all the tumult, injured Betas, and the interrogations, I forgot to ask about Alice."

"She is fine, doing better than expected, I suppose. Though, there has been another complication. It may or may not be connected to this. Zaiden, my Beta's son. He is back, he was present during the attack and saved my mate."

Daniel stopped walking and faced me with a horrified expression.

"That's fucked up!"

"Yeah, it's complicated! Anyway, forget about it. Where is Lenora? I will leave once I have met her."

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Alice -

I stood and watched, a few members of the pack paraded past us, inspecting the new person sitting in the kitchen dining room. Several females seemed very excited to see the new wolf and checked out the tall blonde boy sitting by himself. I had to laugh internally at that, it seemed pack life was already looking up for Zaiden.

He had been released from the clinic and I had to decide where to put him, without endangering his and the pack's safety.

"Zaiden," I called, "where are you spending the night?"

"He can stay with me and Dallas, we have a spare room," Katherine said, smiling at Zaiden.

"It's been a long time since I saw you, aunt Katherine. I missed you." Zaiden said softly.

"I missed you too, Zaiden," Katherine smiled back at him while putting the salad on his plate.

"And I missed your food as well," Zaiden excitedly grabbed many fried chicken pieces from the platter.

"You know you will have to face the official interrogation. I have no idea, how bad that's going to be." I said while exchanging a concerned look with Katherine.