My Alpha's Wolfless Daughter
My Alpha’s Wolfless Daughter – Chapter 57

Nate

I didn’t waste any time marching in the direction of the Crimson Tide pack lands. As soon as I hit the border, I was stopped by two of their patrolling wolves. My look said it all as they both took a step back. Duke let out a growl and my muscles ripped as my anger bubbled to the surface.

“Get Alpha Gavin here now!” I demanded. Both of them gulped, their Adam apples bobbing.

In most cases, I wouldn’t come off this aggressive but we didn’t have time for chit-chat. Ayla was in danger and I was going to do whatever I could to get to her before she did the unthinkable.

It didn’t take long before a young male wolf ran up to us. Did the alpha really send his underage son to handle this threat?

“We could use him as bait,” Duke growled in my head.

“Alpha Matt, what seems to be the problem?” He asked him.

“Our problem is with your father, not you.” Alpha Matt answered him.

“Okay, and what’s the problem? He’s in a meeting right now.” He said, confused.

“Mindlink him now, and tell him if he doesn’t want his son to be torn apart, he will get his a*s to the border,” I growled and he blanched. His eyes immediately clouded, telling me he was mind-linking someone. I wasn’t going to kill him but he didn’t know that.

“Whatever has happened, I’m sure we can talk about it,” he said when he was done mind-linking.

“He knows where my mate is, there is no fixing this. He has been kidnapping and killing her people. I’m done talking, kid. If he doesn’t show up in ten minutes, I’ll rip this entire pack apart and everyone in it.” I growled. He and the two warriors looked at each other. I could smell their fear. They knew I wasn’t making empty threats.

Finally, after a long ten minutes, the alpha finally appeared with a few of his men. I heard my alpha growl and I wondered if he knew more than just the alpha.

“I’m here, now what is the problem that could be solved with a phone call, Alpha Matt,” he said, annoyed. Duke growled and everyone froze. I was using all my strength to hold him from shifting.

“If you tell me where the hunters are holding Ayla, I won’t kill you.” I snared and the fucker smirked.

“All of this is over some piece of a*s mermaid?”

“Dad, he said she’s his mate.” His son said and he scoffed.

“Mermaids don’t have fated mates.”

“She’s my daughter,” Alpha Atlas said, stepping forward to stand beside me.

“And I smelled that fucker all over my daughter the night of the Mateball.” He bellowed, pointing to one of the men. Good, I’ll get to kill that fucker as well.

“If you don’t tell me where my mate is, I’ll just kill you and take over your pack.” I threatened.

“Son, you aren’t even an alpha.”

“I don’t have to be, to kill you,” I told him before I let Duke take control and he shifted. All of the alpha’s men and his son stepped back as Duke snarled at the alpha. I could see the fear in the alpha’s eyes as he watched in horror at how big my wolf was. Duke wasn’t a normal wolf and he didn’t have a normal mate.

“Matt, we can talk this through.” He stammered, not taking his eyes off of me.

“It’s too late for that now.” Alpha Matt said before all the other wolves shifted.

The alpha shifted and Duke started to circle his prey. Duke was almost double the size of the alpha he was about to take down. It didn’t even seem fair and if I didn’t have Ayla to worry about, I’d let him submit. But that wasn’t the case. He was going to die for his crimes against the mermaids. And then I’m going to kill the fucker who touched my mate.

Duke lunged at the alpha’s dark grey wolf and he tried to run away from us. He knew he was going to die for his human’s mistakes. Duke took off at full speed and caught him in an instant, jumping on his back and sinking his teeth into his neck.

The wolf let out a howl before his body went limp beneath us and he collapsed to the ground when Duke shook his head, snapping his neck. It was a quick, easy kill and Duke let out a howl to the sky. He was now the alpha of the pack.

Everyone shifted back except for Duke, who stalked over to the alpha’s son. I could see tears in his eyes as he looked at his father’s lifeless body. I felt guilty for killing his father, but not the alpha who killed countless mermaids.

The mind link snapped into place with my new pack and Duke found the link to the son.

“I didn’t want to have to do that but he left me no choice. You’ll understand when you replace your mate.”

He looked at Duke for a moment before he gave him a nod. The only other body was the one who Alpha Atlas accused of touching Ayla. I was glad that fucker was dead and Duke let out a growl at his lifeless body.

“Wish I could have killed him myself.”

“Nate, we should head to the pack house. He could have records of where he held them.” Ryan said.

“I don’t understand, records for what?” The alpha’s son asked.

“Devon, we have proof of your father’s involvement with the descaling and murdering of mermaids.” Alpha Matt answered. And the young alpha gasped.

“That’s not possible. I see them all the time in the bay. Why would they stay if my father was killing them?” Devon retorted.

“Bay? This bay?” Ryan questioned. And he nodded.

“Nate, you head to the pack house. We’ll check the bay. If mermaids are involved, that could be how they were able to get so close to Ayla and Xander.” Ryan said and Duke nodded.

Duke took off towards the pack house with the other wolves following him while the mermaids went to the bay to replace the mermaids. If there really were mermaids working against their own people, they would be put to death.

When we arrived at the pack house, the members were all standing, waiting for their new alpha. They would have felt his death and the link forming with us. This was going to be a change, not one I’m ready for. How did I go from barely having a pack to being the alpha of one?

“This is who we were always supposed to be. Now, go replace our Luna.” Duke growled before forcing me to shift. Mitch threw me a pair of shorts and I pulled them on before addressing my pack.

“Alpha Matt, what is the meaning of this?” A man stepped forward.

“Take it up with the new alpha,” he shrugged. And the man looked at me.

“I’m only going to ask this once, who knew about the alpha’s involvement with the mermaids?” I yelled out. I wanted to give them a chance to come forward before I started commanding people. I need to replace Ayla now.

“I did, sir.” A man stepped forward.

“And who were you to the previous alpha?” I demanded.

“Delta, sir. I was commanded by the alpha to deal with the mermaids.” He answered.

“Commanded, against your will?” I questioned and he nodded.

“I told over for my father. He was already involved. If I had known, I never would have taken over the position when my father was killed.” He explained. I could tell he was telling the truth.

“Do you know where the hunters will keep them?” I asked, and he nodded.

“Is there anyone else?” I called out.

“I can point them out?” He shrugged.

“I want them to step forward. The hunters have your Luna and if she dies because any of you withheld information, I will kill you.” I promised.

“I can help replace her,” another man came forward.

“Good. Mitch, David, and Max take all ranking officers into custody until they swear loyalty to me. Alpha’s let’s go raid his office. And you two follow me.” I commanded, pointing at the two that stepped forward.

A woman stumbled forward out of the crowd with a man trying to grab her. I held up my hand to stop the man. I wanted to hear whatever she had to say. This was my pack now and I didn’t want to rule with an iron fist. I only killed the alpha because he wouldn’t tell me where they were keeping my mate.

“Alpha, sir,” she stammered.

“Alpha Nate.” I introduced myself.

“Alpha Nate, what will happen to the rest of us?” I could tell there was something else bothering her.

“Is that really what you want to ask?” I asked her and she sighed.

“No. Why would the hunters have your mate?”

“She’s a mermaid and not just that, but a princess of the western sea,” I answered and she gasped.

“Fated?” I nodded.

“You were blessed with a mermaid as your fated mate. Alpha Nate, you are your wolf must be extraordinary to be blessed with such a mate. I, Melanie May, swear my loyalty to you, Alpha Nate,” She bared her neck in submission. I watched as all the other wolves did the same.

My heart swelled with pride as I watched my pack. Even Devon had bared his neck to me. This is not how I expected today to go, but I’m glad they can all see that I had to do what I did to get to my mate. This was all for Ayla and I won’t let her down.

“Thank you, Melanie. And thank you, everyone. As soon as I get my Luna back, I’ll be more prepared to take over the pack.” I said.

“Don’t worry about us, Alpha. Go replace our Luna.” Melanie said, smiling at me. I gave her a nod before rushing into the pack house.

The delta led the way to the office of Alpha Gavin. The office was in disarray, with papers scattered everywhere. This was going to take too long.

“What are your names?” I asked the two newbies.

“Cooper,” the former delta answered.

“Christian, Alpha,” the other one answered.

“Christian, can you replace the files we are looking for?” he nodded and went over to the bookcase.

“Cooper, why don’t you give me the rundown on all the ranked members of the pack?”

“Well, I was the delta. Alpha Atlas killed the gamma. And Christian is the former beta,” he explained.

“I killed that fucker for touching my daughter.” the Alpha growled. And Cooper raised his hands.

“Eric wasn’t a good man,” Cooper told us.

“He was sent there to replace out who your daughter was, Alpha. I’m sorry. I didn’t want to be a part of any of this.” Christian said, handing me a file.

“We can discuss all of that after we replace my mate,” I told them, opening up the file.

The file was full of photos of men and women. There were also photos of bodies, scales, and a list of people who bought them. There was also an order for the black pearl mermaid. The price for them was five hundred million dollars. I don’t think they knew if she was male or female. Whoever it was, was just looking for whoever the black pearl was.

“Do you know these people?” I asked them. I handed a photo to Cooper before handing the file over to Alpha Atlas.

“That’s Jordan, Faith, and Kai. They are part of the hunters. Alpha Gavin was paranoid about the hunters and made sure to have some dirt on them,” Christian answered.

“Jordan?” I said out loud. There’s no way it could be the same Jordan, could it?

“Where’s King Kaden and Zoe?” I questioned.

“Nate, what’s wrong?” Alpha Atlas asked me.

“Ayla dated a Jordan after King Kaden,” I told him.

My father entered my new office with King Kaden and Zoe following behind him. Alpha Atlas must have mind-linked him.

“Zoe, can you manipulate the bond to make a person believe their mate cheated?” I asked her. King Kaden scoffed and Zoe grabbed his arm.

“If you can break the bond, you can manipulate it. It’s not easy, but it can be done,” she answered.

“Now, do either of you recognize any of the people in this photo?” I passed them the photo I had passed to Alpha Atlas.

“I know the witch. Her name is Faith, she is very powerful,” Zoe said.

“I don’t think I recognize them, why?” King Kaden asked, still looking at the photo.

“Jordan is the blonde one. Ayla’s ex was also a Jordan.” I told him.

“And you don’t know what he looks like?” he questioned.

“I never met him. I think he was one of Xander’s friends, but I’m not sure,” I told him.

“Check Xander’s phone, he could have pictures of the three of them. Or go through his social media. There has to be a picture of that guy somewhere.” Zoe said.

“Zoe, can you go replace Xander’s phone while we figure out where they might be keeping them,” I said.

“I’ll try to replace something personal of Xander’s as well. It will help me track him.” She said. King Kaden grabbed her arm before she rushed out of the office.

“Ayla has a necklace from her mother. If we can replace it, that would give us the best chance of replaceing her,” he said.

“I haven’t seen the necklace in some time. I think she left it at the palace.” I told them.

“Is there anything she might have that would be as personal as that necklace?” Zoe asked me and I shook my head.

“The only other thing would be her dog, Bluey.” I shrugged.

“Is her dog here?”

“No, why?”

“If you can get the dog here, I might be able to track her. We don’t usually track using living things, but it might be the only way.” She explained.

“I’ll get Jim to bring Bluey here. It will take a few hours,” Alpha Atlas told her.

“In the meantime, I will see if this Xander has anything and I’ll replace his phone,” Zoe said before she left the office. Alpha Atlas left the office to contact his father about bringing Bluey here. She might be our only hope of replaceing Ayla.

“Alpha, this is a map with all the locations marked on it. This is where all the pickups happen or meetings.” Christian said, bringing my attention back to our search. He laid out a map that covered the desk.

Looking at the map, there were over a dozen places marked. We didn’t have time to check them all. And we didn’t even know what we were walking into. I growled out in frustration. This was going to take too long. We need to replace her now.

“There are too many places to check. Where would be the most logical place to hold her?” I asked the two.

“I’m not sure. Besides being your mate and a princess, is there anything else about her?” Christian asked, and I growled. He paled and looked at Cooper.

“I meant no disrespect. But the rarer scales were held at different locations than the more common ones,” he clarified.

“She’s the black pearl,” I sighed and they both gasped, before pointing at the same spot on the map.

“The boss, Dante, has been looking for the black pearl for decades. Some say even centuries,” Cooper said.

“Centuries? No one can live that long.” I questioned.

“He’s a vampire. It’s rumored he started the hunters to seek revenge on the mermaids. No one seems to know why, but he pays well for any information regarding the black pearl. He even has a five hundred million dollar reward for anyone to bring him the black pearl,” he explained.

“Vampires? Why am I just hearing about them now?”

“Vampires haven’t been a threat to the wolves in centuries, since we signed the treaties. Most packs only teach about vampires if there are vampires around their packs. But we can usually smell them.” Alpha Matt said, and I sighed. Just more s**t I was going to have to learn, along with everything else.

“f**k,” I yelled, punching my fist into the wall.

“Nate,” my father exclaimed.

“No, this is taking too long. We need to get to her now.” I screamed out, pulling my now bloody fist from the wall. Just then, Zoe ran back into the room, waving a phone around.

“I found him.” She announced. Walking over to me, she showed me a picture of Xander with a bunch of other guys. They seem to be at a bar or club. I didn’t see Ayla, but I did recognize one of the guys Cooper confirmed to be Jordan.

“Xander knows Jordan,” I growled, balling up my fists. If he was involved in any of this, I would rip him apart.

“Son, he could just know him from living in the city. Do you think Xander would hurt Ayla?” my father said.

“Then why would he have let his friend date her? It was his job to protect her. To check all the people who were around her. She had been dating a hunter for almost a year and, you’re telling me, he didn’t know. He should have known.” my voice rose with every word I spoke until I was shouting.

“Jim is on his way with Bluey,” Alpha Atlas said as he entered the office.

“Good. Zoe, you will wait here for him to arrive. We will keep in contact, and if this location doesn’t pan out, then it’s up to you to replace her.” I commanded and she nodded.

“Nate, where are you going?” My former alpha asked me. I pointed to the spot on the map that Cooper and Christian pointed to.

“We are going to go replace Ayla.”