The Lycan Kingpin's Captive: A Baby For The Beast

13:50 PM

/“I’ll send Josef on an errand and take Nikolaos away for the day. At exactly 2 PM, the warriors switch out patrols and the camera room will be left empty for about three minutes.”/

Josef has healed and even with extra patrols around, I can see them all itching to switch out patrols already. True to his word, Maxim has taken Nikolaos out for the afternoon; I saw their car leaving about five minutes ago.

One thing Alpha Nikolaos didn’t think about when he told everyone to stay away from the pack house, was the fact that no one knows how I look. So, dressed to leave, I wait for 2 pm to hit before I walk downstairs.

I thought about it and if I want no one else to get hurt through this, then I need to go. I cannot be here to put them all in danger. For all I know, Maxim might go straight to Mikhail and tell him I am here.

That would immediately take Nikolaos out of the equation.

14:00 PM

/“Three blocks away from the little town is an abandoned warehouse; you’ll find a gym bag filled with fifty thousand in cash, a plane ticket to Italy, and a new identity.”/

Dressed in black leggings, a black t-shirt, and trainers, I scale the boundary gate like a cat, making sure no one sees me. The second I am out of the gate, I make a run for the warehouse with the hope that no one spots me.

Out of breath and keeping to the shadows, a stitch develops in my side but I do not slow down. I can’t afford to let anyone see me right now, they’re all SilverCrest wolves and I am dead once I’m caught.

The warehouse Maxim spoke about is up ahead and a smile breaks across my face. There’s no other person in sight, so when I finally reach it, I stop to catch my breath and wipe the sweat from my brow.

Freedom is a few steps away.

I slide the lock from the warehouse and walk inside, spotting the black duffel bag over to the left. My heart is sitting in my throat but a sense of relief hits me so hard that I can feel tears pricking my eyes.

But even as I get on my haunches and open the duffel bag, spotting the money, plane ticket, and new identity, something feels off. My escape was way too easy, especially considering the pack house was attacked two days ago.

Why would Alpha Nikolaos not station another bodyguard outside my door? In fact, why would he allow Josef to go out on an errand if he’s healing?

“I guess it’s true, then,”

His voice sends a shiver of fear up my spine and I jump to my feet without turning around. How does he know I’m here? Did he follow me all this time? Was my freedom just a mirage?

“And they call me the heartless fucking bastard,” Maxim’s amused voice follows Alpha Nikolaos’ and I slowly turn around to face them both.

sacrifice was needed and this was it,”

the pockets of his slacks. He has a look of anger and disappointment in his crimson eyes, and I nearly falter being under his gaze.

take a step

you were about to ask, Mia?” Alpha Nikolaos says and I frown before looking back

still calling me

in his eyes. “I think the real question is, where the fuck do you think you’re

he expecting me to say, that I wasn’t planning to escape? “Or rather, where the fuck do you think

no! I am in big trouble! There is no way I am getting out

understand. Maxim-”

you away immediately,” Alpha Nikolaos says. My heart sinks even further….this was his idea,

because he threatened to expose you, the real you. He said he threatened to tell me who you really were and the fact that you’re attached to Mikhail and

bait, you’re guilty. Is that right,

look wide-eyed at Maxim and realize he didn’t know a damn thing about me. “You called me by my real name!” I exclaim, to which he

his eyes. “We don’t fucking know who you are since

a trap set up for me. They

another step back, I shake my head, “N-no, that wasn’t the reason I left!” I exclaim, knowing it’s all futile. “I didn’t

“She was trying to protect Josef, are you hearing this?”

right now, but let us be realistic. The look of fear when I threatened to tell Niko what I supposedly know, how you reacted when I called you Mikhail’s cumbag -

of the shadows, one of them

they grab me from behind, but Alpha Nikolaos is no

I don’t want any screaming

slapped over my mouth and my

look at me, but to no avail. I made a big mistake, I left thinking I would be keeping everyone safe, only for me to end up a prisoner in another Alpha’s pack

I going to

***

Nikolaos

know that? And here they all think I’m

like him, but you’re every bit

in one day, and I agree with them. I do what needs to be done while looking like my hands aren’t dirty. Maxim looks like the one who is always out to get

know our history and assume Maxim wants the title of Alpha; we use that to the fullest

who want me dead, this is