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

“Mia, wait,” Niko pulls me back and a look of concern slips into his eyes. “Please don’t do anything rash, okay? These women-”

“Are nothing but cowards,” I say and pull my arm out of his grip. “The only thing they know how to do well is corrupt children; they’re cowards.”

His lips are a thin line and I know he’s a ball of anxiety right now, so I get on my tiptoes and give him a chaste kiss. “I pull my strength from you, my love, you can do the same to me. Let me help you through this.”

If we’re right and his abusers are in there along with Lilah, then this will be the first time he’ll be facing them since they left him for dead. How will he react to seeing them, and is this wise?

Nodding, he takes a deep breath and takes my hand in his before calling the Gammas and Maxim over the mind link.

/“We’re heading towards them now; surround them and stay back until my go-ahead,”/ he says and they respond with ‘Yes, Alpha.’ Then he takes my hand, kisses the back of it and we walk to where I can sense Ares.

I know I should be more concerned for the safety of my son, but right now I am too angry to be worried. Besides, with Niko at my side I don’t need to be worried, right? He’ll fight for us, won’t he? I trust in my Alpha and I trust him to make the right choices, but in the face of the two women who did unspeakable things to him...where do I fall?

Muffled voices are up ahead, unfamiliar voices, and they seem to be arguing over something. “Up ahead,” I say and Niko squeezes my hand.

The shipping container we enter is dimly lit, and I smell those same three scents as before. There’s no use being quiet in here since our footsteps echo through the place, and as soon as we step inside, two pairs of emerald green eyes turn to face us.

Lilah stands off to the side with her head bowed, shame radiates from her usual sweet scent as she holds Ares in her arms. The other two figures, the ones with cruelty and bloodlust in their scents, are looking at us with amused expressions.

They look like Niko and Bastien - same color hair, green eyes, high cheekbones, and tall build. They’re both dressed in black leather and holding silver-tipped whips in their hands.

“Well,” one says and walks towards us with a smirk, crossing her arms. “If it isn’t my unwanted son.”

I hear Niko suck in a breath and fear shoots through his mark on my neck as he grips my hand so tight that I’m scared he’ll break it. My gaze goes to him standing next to me, but he has frozen in place with sweat dotting his brow and his breathing coming in brief spurts.

This is to be expected…she is the one who cut his soul deep enough to leave several gaping wounds. He’s facing off against the woman who made him feel like less of a man.

I grit my teeth and walk forward, ripping my hand from his steely grip. “What do you want with my son?” I ask with a raised voice.

eyes fall on me. “Oh, the little mouse speaks, does

my own. “I am Luna of the SilverCrest pack and

you wield is enough to scare me?” she asks, shaking her head. “Let me show you real

of authority and what happens

powerful Alpha, falls to his knees and kneels in front of her with his

sister joins in her mocking laugh as I stand, looking horrified. “What did you do?!” I cry out, falling to my knees

us before I could react and I feel the kiss of the silver barbs of her whip slices my skin. I cry out and fall forward, bracing myself on my arms before another

to kneel, and even after all these years, he listens,” she cackles,

pushing my tears back. “Please, get up!”

in his eyes, as if his brain has switched off to what is happening around him. I should call for the Pente, but I don’t want them seeing their Alpha like this and sensing his weakness. This is something he needs to deal with without the prying eyes of those

into my stomach when she goes down on her haunches in front of me.

flashing me a sweet smile. “Sweet girl,

me. After losing blood while giving birth and now

the wolfsbane speaking. But now that I have your attention, I’ll tell you what I have in store for my

but she only rolls her eyes at my reaction.

have always loved to see terror fill the eyes of people who trust me,” she says and

what is happening. Star’s fury combined with my own takes over, and I grab her throat, slamming her down

She’s not bleeding enough to warrant a death, but that’s for later on. Both of these monsters will pay for what they did to the man

and she steps back, but I ripped

I turn to Lilah and I see nothing but terror in her eyes as she sobs. She places the swaddled Ares down and

stutters, backing up against the

I frown and

just killed her.”

the other woman, but even as I think of showing Lilah mercy, she’s put this all into place. “You could have come to Niko; he would have helped you but instead

our lives for traitors.

I see his mother crawling away. Seeing her alive sends