Alpha Rick
Chapter 52

Third Person POV

The clock is ticking and Alarick stands by the door of his car, contemplating how to break the news to Livie. Meanwhile, Brandon begins to regain his conscience somewhere else. The car moves rather quickly, making their bodies jolt and jump as they go over road bumps and swerve from sharp turns. It's now or never. He has to tell her, regardless of the cause or effect of the matter.

Livie

"What about this one, do you have it in red? Oh, and light blue too, oh... maybe I should get the black one too." Leah asks the young girl for a dress she held up, as we begin to shop in a small boutique. We are just getting started with our shopping and I am already getting irritated by her presence.

"Chop chop. Go fetch my dresses, will you?" she tells the girl, making me grunt inwardly as the girl looks at us with shock in her eyes. I mouth out I'm sorry, and the girl has no choice but to sigh as she turns and does as she is told.

I gotta say, she has good taste, but the worst attitude when asking for things. I can't wait to meet Ricky and take a nice long hot bath before we need to meet up for the lunch date at his friend's restaurant.

But something didn't seem right today for some reason. Something just... felt off, I can sense it. Call it intuition, or whatever you'd like, but I know something is wrong... awfully wrong.

Ten minutes later and I am done. I am ready to leave, and I can care less if Leah wants to stay behind. I paid for my stuff, turned on my heel, followed by Tate and my other guards, and walked out towards the car.

It took me aback as I get out of the store and I see Ricky getting out of his car right up front of the store, followed by his guards and Zane.

"Ricky." I sprinted to him, throwing myself into his arms, and kissing his lips as I wrapped my hands around his neck.

"Hi, baby," he says, hugging me tightly, and sighing. "Livie, I... there's something I need to talk to you about," he says, making me feel uneasy. I knitted my eyebrows, biting my bottom lip as I look sternly into his beautiful sky-blue eyes. He takes my hand as we both walk toward a sitting area near the store I was just in.

"Ok...What's going on? Is everything ok? Wait. Is the pack ok? Oh, no... Is your dad ok?" I ask as numerous questions begin to invade my mind. There are numerous possibilities, and all seemed to make me feel more uncomfortable as they wrap around my head. "Livie, I... you said," he begins, closing his eyes and grunting as his hands hold my hands tightly. "You said they never found your brother's body. Right?" he asks, making me feel perplexed. "Right. But, what does this have to do with anything?" I ask, looking at him puzzled.

"Livie, I think there's a possibility that your brother is alive," he says, making my blood run cold. I look at him in shock and no matter how much I try to process what he was saying, I just could not hold myself together.

I sat there looking at him through tears as I try and process everything. My brother is alive... he's alive. Brandon is alive.

"But he's in danger. Livie, we need to go and save him, before Skylar's dad gets to him first. I'm sorry, baby. I know this is too much for you, but I promise... I promise I will do my best to save him." he says, making me look at him through tears.

"He's alive?" I finally say, unable to stop my tears from falling. "Yes, but Livie... as I said, Noah has him. Livie, Brandon is the rogue king, and Noah has him, he's going to try and hurt him."

"He's... What? What do you mean?" I could not believe my ears. I know... I sound utterly stupid right now, but I mean... give me a break. Brandon is alive. My brother is alive. All this time I thought he was dead, but he's... not. He's alive, and now I replace that alpha Noah has him, and Brandon... the rogue king.

"I... no. Brandon could never. He's not... he's not like that, Ricky. I promise. My brother could never be a menace. He's the sweetest." I said through tears, unbelieved by what I was hearing.

He stands us, pulling me by my hands and cupping my cheeks as I cry uncontrollably. "Baby, I know. We misunderstood him. WE... misunderstood him. He's not a menace, but that's not important right now. What's important right now is that time is running out, and we don't know what Noah is capable of. We need to stop him and save your brother." he says, running his left hand down my back, soothingly, but it only made me feel more uneasy. "Then we should go. We... I need to save him, Ricky. I need to go."

"No, Livie. You need to stay. I will save him, I promise." he says, making me growl as I become irritated by his suggestion. "What? No. Ricky, I will not stand by and watch my brother get hurt. I need to go with you and save him. He needs me, Ricky. He needs to know I'm ok. I need to see him. I need to go." I was becoming desperate.

There was no way in hell I would just stand by and watch. Noah had always been a menace. I'd seen how he mistreated and hurt many others. How he ruined many lives and ended many of them. I would not stand by to watch the same be done to my brother. All this time I wanted to end the rogue king because I thought he was just as bad as Alpha Noah, but, he's... My brother! I still can't believe it. My tears kept rolling, and I fought with Ricky, arguing with him senselessly until he finally caved in.

Leah was just coming out of the store when I ran to the car and got inside. We needed to head out and get ready. I had a feeling there was a war coming, and I was not going down without a fight. I had to have my brother. I need to save him and tell him who I am. I need him... I need Brandon to be ok. Goddess, I hope we get there in time because I swear if Noah hurts him I will rip him apart myself.

We stood in full gear. I stood with my hair done in a tight ponytail, wearing black armor, and grunting as I fought with the harness of my holster, trying to keep my damn gun in place. I grunted, huffing as I tightened it and placed more knives covered in wolfsbane inside my side pockets. My mind was set, I had enough with Noah. I would make sure to end him tonight, and if he dared touch a hair of my brother, I would make sure he paid for it greatly.

"Livir, you need to relax, babe," Ricky whispers, standing next to me in full armor as I grunt, fidgeting with my weaponry. "I know, ok? I just... what if we're too late?" I said, scared out of my mind, as I began to cry.

"Baby, I promise, I will not let anything happen to him. I know there are a lot of questions, but if there is one thing I can guarantee is that I will bring him back to you alive. Ok?" he says, placing his hands on my shoulders and pulling me closer to him until he wraps me into a bear hug.

I can't help but sob in his arms as I bury my head in his chest, hugging him tightly.

"I just can't believe this, Ricky. Brandon is alive. He's alive and I had no clue, he could have been stepping away from me, and I didn't know. What if he and I had hurt each other, without knowing who each other was? Ricky, I would hate myself if I had ever hurt him." I say, tightening my hold on him.

"I know, baby. I know," he says, placing a kiss on the top of my head.

"Ok, we're all set. Alpha, are you ready?" Skylar says, making me growl. "You... you're father is at fault for all this. I should have,"

"Livie, stop. Skylar is not at fault for what his dad has done. He's willing to help us. He's the one who has been helping me to uncover everything and get Noah behind bars." Ricky says, pulling me back by the waist as I try and launch at him. I was seeing red by now. My anger was messing with my judgment perhaps, but I was just so mad. I don't know what to do, my brother is alive, damn it! I need to save him, I need to be with him and make sure he's ok.

To make matters worse, Leah had arrived with shopping bags in hand and complained that I had left her. "How could you leave me back there? I thought we were shopping together, you are not being a good host, Olivia." I rolled my eyes, completely annoyed. I had no time and honestly, I was beyond past irritated by her presence, I roller my eyes and looked at her dead in her eyes, making her stop in her tracks. "Shut up, Leah. I can care less about you or your stupid selfish ass. You can drop the damn act. I am not your friend and never will be, so stop acting as if I fucking owe you anything. You are nothing but an entitled bitch, who thinks the world owes her everything. There are more important things happening right now, so get your stupid entitled bratty ass geared up because there is a war happening." I say, making her eyes widen in shock.

"What? A... w- war?"

"You heard me. A war, and as the Luna of the silver moon pack you are obligated to go, and don't you dare fucking try and hide like you always do. Stop being a fucking coward, making everyone do things for you. You chose to be the Luna, now suck it up and do your fucking job!" I yelled in her face, getting angrier by the minute.

But somehow, it had worked. She had no way to run. She was forced to gear up, and before we knew it, we were on our way as I heard diligently to their plan. My nerves were a wreck as Freya and I fought for dominance. She was trying to merge and run as fast as we possibly could to go and save Brandon.

How could I not know? I always somehow knew, I hoped, and prayed he was alive... little did I know my answers were not in vain. He's alive, and I need to go to him. Please, goddess... please, help me save him. Let me get there in time. I need to know that he is alive and that he is well.