Hunger Awaits
Chapter 14

Matto's POV

Jace smacked my shoulder. "Hey sleeping beauty, time to wake up. We will be landing in a few minutes." I can't believe I slept the whole way. I sat up and stretch out. The plane descended and took about twenty minutes to actually pull up to the gate and start unloading. Once we were off the plane we started to walk towards the car rental counter.

"Matto!" I heard someone yell from behind us. I turned and saw Audrey waving her hands. We all stopped and waited for her, as she came running up I got a whiff of Kendra's scent coming from the bathroom beside us. I looked at Koda and he nodded. He had gotten the scent to. Audrey came up to us and wrapped her arms around me. It caught me off guard at first because we really hadn't had a chance to meet. However, I knew she was worried as well so I just hugged her back. "Thank you for coming. I still haven't heard anything. I figured I would just meet you here and you can follow me home."

I nodded at her. "That would be great. Let us go get the car and we will meet you out front." I said. She agreed and walked out front, as Jace and I headed to get the car. Koda slipped over and went into the bathroom that Kendra's scent was coming from. I stood at the counter talking with the associated when Koda came up next to me.

"Alright, Mr. Walker your all set. Here are the keys and the car is parked just to the right of the front door. It is the black mustang." The woman behind the counter said as she flashed me a smile. I smiled back and thanked her as I took the keys and turned to walk out the door.

"I found this as I followed her scent." Koda held up a light pink hair tie. I took it in my hand, as we hit the outside. Audrey was standing next to her car waiting for us. I gave Jace the keys to the car so he could go get it and walked towards her. The closer I got to her I caught Kendra's scent again. I could smell fear mixed with her scent and then I caught Ryker's scent and I had to control myself.

Her intoxicating smell faded at the curb and I knew that she had gotten into a car at that point. Hold on Kendra, I thought to myself. Jace pulled up next to Audrey's car and I put my stuff in the trunk. "Ok, Audrey lead the way," I said as I climbed in next to Jace and Koda got in the back. Audrey got in her car and pulled out in front of us and we followed her. "Kendra is with Ryker I could smell that dog up until the curb outside. He took her somewhere in a car so keep a lookout. I doubt he will travel to far, he is comfortable in this area." I said to the boys as we drove. I heard them grunt almost in low growls. I loved my brothers and I knew that they would do anything it took to get Kendra back safely. The drive from Seattle to Spokane was long and I couldn't see anywhere that stood out as a place that Ryker would go. I felt the sting of disappointment, as we entered Spokane and came to the house that Audrey shared with Kendra's other friends.

We parked the car and meet Audrey at the front door. She looked at the house and sighed. All the lights were on and there were some people sitting in the living room. "Ok, I guess you get to meet the parents. Kendra's parents are here it looks like. Bree must have called them." Audrey said as we walked up. Well, maybe I can get some more information about Kendra. I nodded and she lead the way in. Everyone was in the living room, as we walked in they all stood to greet us. Audrey introduced us. "Ron, Destiny this is Matto, Jace, and Koda. Matto is Kendra's boyfriend that she has been talking about." Kendra's parents smiled at me then her mother came up and gave me a hug.

"Thank you for coming. I know Kendra cares a great deal about you." I embraced her.

"I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I care about your daughter as well. I promise we won't rest until we replace her."

I felt her mother start to sob into my chest and then she pulled away and went back to her husband. Audrey introduced us formally to Kendra's sister Bree and her other friend Paxton. Paxton walked up and shook my hand but I could feel his tension. "I know that you care for her and I am hoping that you will help us replace her," I said to Paxton. He looked at me and I could see the hurt in his eyes but also some acceptance.

"I do care for her a lot. I will do anything to help get her back. I just can't understand why this asshole is so obsessed with her." He said to me. I could hear Kendra's mother still sobbing behind us.

"Why don't we go chat somewhere more private. I don't want to put more stress on her parents." I said to him. He nodded and lead me out onto the balcony.

Once we were alone Paxton turned to me. "So how do you know for sure that it is Ryker?" I asked him. He shrugged.

"I don't know for sure, but who else would it be. He has been obsessed with her since she left him." I already knew this.

"What do you know about him? Is there somewhere he would go with her?" He shook his head.

"I don't know much about him. He just showed up one day and she became infatuated with him. He was a nice guy at first, although he never liked me. Then they moved in together and he became controlling and possessive." This wasn't really helping much, but then again I didn't expect him to know much. "I'm sorry I'm not much help. Ryker kept her away from us all so I never got to know much about him. I do know that I didn't like him from the start. There was something about him that was off." He looked down at the ground as if he was regretting something. "By the time I had figured out what kind of guy he was it was to late and she was in the hospital. I kick myself everyday for not being there for her." I put my hand on his shoulder.

"There was nothing you could do for her then. She had to figure it out on her own, but now your here and we can work together to replace her." He nodded and we went back inside. I decided that we all needed a good night's rest and then we could start looking in the morning.

Kendra's POV

When I woke up I was chained to the bed and Ryker was sitting at the end of it. He touched my leg and I immediately withdrew it from his grip and sat up into a ball at the top of the bed. "Please don't be like that Kendra. I'm sorry it has to be like this, but I can't trust that you won't run away." He said to me. I hated him and everything about him.

"What do you want from me, Ryker? You can't possibly be with me. I'm not a wolf like you." He looked at me in amazement.

"How do you know what I am?" I looked at him.

"I saw you in your wolf form when Matto thought he killed you. I wish he had." I spit out at him. I saw the anger in his eyes as he stood up and started pacing the room.

"Well, Kendra there is something you should know. Your parents aren't your real parents. You were adopted when you were just a baby." I looked at him in shock.

"Your lying! You know nothing about me." I shouted at him. He stepped closer to me and I tried to back away but the wall was right there.

"Am I lying? Tell me Kendra haven't you ever wondered? You look nothing like either of your parents or your sister." He was right about this. I had asked my parents when I was only eight. I remember because I was upset about something some kids had said at school one day. The kids had said that I was adopted because my parents looked different. I had come home crying and asked them about it. They had told me I wasn't adopted then but I think I had always wondered. "There is more. Your real parents were wolves. They were originally from the same pack as I was. When my parents decided to go rogue so did yours. See our parents and a few others didn't like our Alpha or his rules. So they all left and formed their own pack."

I couldn't believe what he was saying to me. "Your wrong. I am not a wolf. I have never shifted or anything." He laughed.

"That's because you never knew about your heritage. Your parents were killed when you were only six months old. They had taken you into town to look for work. They were killed by some muggers who surprised them. The muggers left you alone and some passer byers found you and that's how you were adopted. Our pack tried to replace you, but we never could. Until I came across you that day." So he was telling me that I was a wolf and I was adopted? This is crazy!

"I don't believe you. Go away and leave me alone!" I shouted at him. He backed away and walked to the door.

"Don't believe me if you want but it's true. You are one of us and you belong to me whether you like it or not." He walked out and slammed the door behind him leaving me to my thoughts.

Could he be telling me the truth? If he was it would explain why I had such an attraction to Matto and why I was having the dreams I was. I had just thought the dreams were because I cared so much for Matto, but now it made me wonder. I sat on the bed and started to cry. "Please hurry up and replace me, Matto," I said out loud to myself. I had so many more questions than answers and I didn't trust Ryker enough to ask him. Then I thought about the night that Matto and I almost had sex. I remembered the feeling I had and how my body was acting when he touched me. "Ryker!" I yelled out for him. He walked into the room.

"What!?" I looked at him and at first, I didn't know if I wanted to ask. I wanted to know the answer though.

"When you shift what happens?" He looked at me and smiled.

"Well first your body temperature rises and you feel like something is trying to take over. Then when you let it take over you feel amazing and free." It was just what I expected. "Anything else?" He asked me. I shook my head and he left the room. Maybe he was telling the truth. I laid back and started to cry again. I have to get out of here and soon.