Rejected by My Alpha Now He Replaced Me with a Copycat Luna novel Chapter 83

Chapter 83

Dexter’s POV

I was moving before I considered the wisdom of it, taking off down the hallway as shouts sounded behind me. Those assholes had been in Jack’s. My bar.

My boots hit the carpeted hardwood in a vicious tempo. Gods, I hoped like hell they were still there. I’d slit their throats and not give a damn if

the whole town saw.

As I reached for the doorknob, a hand grabbed my tee and pulled me back.

“Take a breath,” Kael clipped.

“A breath?” I snarled. “Raven is hanging from a goddamned hook. They’re draining all the blood from her body, and you want me to…what?

Meditate?”

Kael shoved me, trying to jerk me to attention. “No. I want you to not get dead.” His light-blue eyes went pure silver. “Did you ever think that

they might be laying a trap? Hoping we’ll all come running so they can take us out one by one?”

Unease slid through me as I thought about my staff at Jack’s. Joe and Hank were on today, trying to hold it together after Raven and I bailed on

them. They just didn’t know why.

“Fuck,” I muttered.

“Exactly.”

I pressed the heels of my palms to my eyes, trying to relieve some of the pressure in my head. “What do we do?”

“We go there, but we make the approach smart. We don’t go in the way we usually do. We circle until we know for sure there aren’t traps.”

I dropped my hands from my face. “Okay. One vehicle or two?”

“I’ll take the SUV. You grab your bike. It’ll give us flexibility.”

This was one of the reasons Kael was alpha. His brain was always strategizing. And having my bike could become necessary going up against an MC. If they were on bikes, too, they could dodge, weave, and get through tight spaces. One of us needed to be able to, as well.

“Let’s move,” I clipped.

Kael pulled out his phone, his fingers flying across the screen. “Nox sent us a still from the video with Raven blurred out. Once we clear Jack’s, we need to ask around and see if anyone recognizes the building and knows where it is. If they sent the email from the bar, she’s close.”

My gut twisted in a vicious jerk. Raven. My mate, Hurting. Dying. So close but somehow beyond our reach,

I shoved the thoughts from my mind and strode out the front door, moving toward the massive garage on the side of the house, Kael had already hit Open from the app on his phone for the bay doors in front of his dark SUV and the row of motorcycles.

If I’d been going for a pleasure ride, I would’ve gone for the Triumph. But this was far from fun. I needed speed and precision, so I went straight for the Ducati Panigale. The red paint job with its custom accents wasn’t exactly subtle, but there wasn’t a damn thing I could do about it now.

Moving to the side of the garage, I grabbed my leather jacket and helmet. Donning both, I climbed on and started my girl up..

“Ready?” Kael’s voice filled my mind. “Tell me the approach you want.”

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“I’ll head in clockwise, approaching Jack’s from the south. You go counter and approach from the west.”

Neither was our typical route, and that was the point. “See you there.”

The SUV’s engine started up, but I was already out of the garage. I didn’t waste any time. My hand twisted the throttle, taking me off the property in a flash. The speed was a combination of desperate need and strategy.

You could easily determine if you were being followed if you went fast. But it also meant getting to leads quicker. And that mattered the most. Finding Raven.

My bike hugged every curve in the road like a glove. Knowing it would take Kael longer to make his loop, I swung through a more rundown part of town, looking for anything out of place. Bikes that were too nice, unfamiliar faces, scents that didn’t belong.

But I didn’t see a damn thing that said Raven could be there.

Letting out a growl of frustration, I turned my bike toward Jack’s. I focused all my senses, readying myself for an attack, but nothing came.

I dropped my speed and eased into the bar’s parking lot. Shutting off the Ducati’s engine, I climbed off. As I took off my helmet, I realized things wouldn’t remain attack-free.

Red hair caught the sunlight as Cecilia moved in my direction.

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