The Girl He Marked by Laila Callaway novel Chapter 2

Lexi's POV.

I'm lying on my back, hands resting protectively over my stomach, when a door bangs open at the end of the corridor.

I sit up in alarm and look towards the gate. Alpha Seok appears with a muscular blonde man and a hard—faced redhead woman.

He unlocks the gate and pushes it open.

'If you would care to join us please Miss Larkin, I believe your mate might be on his way,' he offers politely, I feel my stomach flip with both excitement and dread that Rixon is coming here. I stand up on uneasy legs and follow Alpha Seok, blondie and redhead close in behind me.

He leads me upstairs, to what I assume are his quarters, decorated with bold blues and dark browns. I follow him down a corridor, when we step inside a room, blonde and redhead wait outside, guarding the door I presume.

'Please, have a seat,' he waves his hand at the two chesterfield sofas in the middle of the study—like room.

I slowly sit on the one closest to the window, hoping to catch a glimpse of anything, but the white fog is too thick. I fist my hands and sit up straight, feeling stiff with nerves.

'Would you like a drink Some water perhaps' Alpha Seok offers, ever the accommodating host. Just yesterday he was threatening to cut out my baby, he really is a psychopath.

I ignore him, my tongue feeling too big in my mouth and making it impossible to talk. He places a glass of water in front of me anyway and I reach for it with shaky hands.

The door suddenly opens, and I jump, spilling water over the glass and onto my hand, it drips onto the floor.

Blondie enters with a grim frown on his face.

'I can't get a reply from Watkins or Samuels,' he announces, and I watch as Alpha Seok's mouth forms a thin line.

'They must be here then, gather the others and go find them, leave Greta at the door,' he orders and then turns away, but I notice the tension in his shoulders and clenched fists.

I put down the glass and wring my hands nervously.

Rixon is here.

We both wait in silence, Alpha Seok paces back and forth, his face somber.

A gunshot breaks the silence, followed by some more. I inhale sharply, my breath comes out in ragged bursts as I try and convince myself that Rixon is okay, he hasn't been hurt.

The gunshots become louder, and I hear muffled voices shouting. There's a scream and I recognize Rixon's voice shout something incoherent. I leap to my feet, starting towards the door, knowing he's out there I have to find him.

'Sit back down!' Alpha Seok's booming voice fills the room and my hand freezes, outstretched towards the doorknob.

I flinch at the sound of a gun being cocked and slowly turn around to find Alpha Seok holding an unimposing but deadly handgun directed straight at me. I keep my hands raised slightly in front of myself and cross the room, sliding back down onto the sofa.

'Don't even think about moving,' he hisses, keeping the gun aimed at me as he leans back on his desk.

I tear my eyes off of the gun and look at the door, praying Rixon doesn't come through and get himself shot.

There are more sounds of commotion, this time much closer in the hall. I watch out of my peripherals as Alpha Seok changes the aim of the gun to the door in anticipation.

'Come here,' he hisses, and I keep my eyes focused on the door as I slowly come over to him. When I come within reaching distance, he grabs my wrist and pulls me next to him, his grip tight and painful.