The Alpha Killer
Monster

Deposed Alpha Todd Aldridge POV

Chicago Lakefront

The last four days had not been good for me. I’d gotten another call from my contact, along with a video. What I saw chilled me to the bone. I must have watched the new clip a dozen times after listening to her before it all fell into place for me, and I understood what it all meant. I had a lot to do, and I couldn’t stay on the balcony forever.

Mercedes was being a pain in the ass, wanting to go shopping or head out to the country to run. It’s like she had no understanding of the situation we were in. When she came out to the balcony where I was busy on the phone, I’d had enough. “Get the FUCK back in that room, or get out and don’t come back,” I said. “Your incessant whining is going to drive me to kill myself before the Council even replaces me.”

“Don’t blame me, I’m not the one who kidnapped an Alpha’s child. The Council warrant is for you, not me. The Alpha Killer is after YOU, not me. Why should I have to hide in here like a jail cell when YOU are the one who is in trouble?”

What a vapid little shit. Did she not realize that we had stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Tomah Pack in our escape? Maybe she thought they would forget that, along with the way she had treated them for the past four years. “Jail cell? Tell me where the fucking jail cell is with room service cuisine and in-room massages.”

“I’m tired of this, Todd! I didn’t choose you as my mate because I wanted to live my life as a rogue!”

“No, you chose me as your mate because you’re a status-climbing bitch who would do anything to bag an Alpha. Well, congratulations Mercedes. You got one, and now he’s not. You couldn’t help me hold the Pack. You couldn’t even give me a child.”

Tears formed in her eyes, that was a low blow even for me. “Fuck you, Todd. I called my parents, they said I could move back home until this thing blows over. I was coming out to tell you goodbye.”

I stood up, backing her up against the patio door. She wasn’t dominant enough to be a true Alpha female, she would tuck her tail and piss herself if Talia ever showed up. I was better off without her. “You’re right, baby.” I handed her a wad of cash. “Take a cab to the airport and fly home. I’ll send word to you when it’s safe again. The stuff I need to do, you shouldn’t be around for.”

“All right.” I could tell she was nervous, my dominance was too much. I didn’t move. “What,” she said.

“I want my goodbye blowjob,” I said.

She started to turn, but I didn’t let her. My hand pushed her down along the door. “Here? People might see!”

“So what? You’re leaving, and if they see maybe they’ll learn something.” I pushed her to her knees, and she reached out and undid my fly. She took it in her mouth, the tingles from the bond helping to get me hard since I wasn’t replaceing her attractive right now. She used all her tricks, desperate to get me off so she could escape the public setting, but I wasn’t letting her off that easy.

When I was hard, I wrapped my hands around the blonde hair by her ears and started to fuck into her mouth. With her head so close to the glass door, she had nowhere to escape and my length started shoving into her throat. She fought the gag, using her tongue and breathing when I backed out. “Such a hot little cocksucker,” I said. “This is what you were born to do, to service your mate and take his load on or in you.”

I didn’t give her a chance to respond, as I was moving faster into her mouth. I closed my eyes, thinking of the way Talia had been in the video I’d seen. Graceful, strong, beautiful and deadly, everything I would have had if I hadn’t been so stupid as to kick her out. In my fantasy, I was balls deep in her tight pussy as she submitted to me, taking my seed and my bite.

I didn’t pay attention to her hands pushing and smacking my thighs, and I had blocked the link so she wouldn’t pick up on my thoughts. When I finally looked down, it was because her eyes had rolled back in her head and she had passed out. I pulled my cock back, and she started to breathe again. I closed my eyes, jacking until I sprayed my cum over her face and body, then zipped up.

She woke up as the hot cum hit her face. “You FUCKER, I couldn’t breathe,” she said as she wiped away the tears.

“Call a cab, Mercedes. I don’t need my dick sucked bad enough to keep you around.” I went back and sat down at the table, while she stood up and went back into the room. I watched the video of Talia’s fight again as I listened to her complain. Finally, the door slammed closed and I had some peace and quiet.

“You’re better off,” I told myself. My wolf was howling, fated or not she was his mate, and we had hurt her. He didn’t like me thinking about other women. We had been at odds since I had kidnapped and killed my way to the Alpha position.

I put my phone in my pocket and went back inside the room. I pulled my suitcase up onto the bed, unzipping the pocket and reaching in for the cash. I wasn’t surprised to replace Mercedes had taken it, but she didn’t know enough to get it all. I moved the false bottom out of the way, exposing the fat stacks of Benjamins I had hidden from her. I also had all the untraceable bank cards, bearer bonds and other convertible cash. She could keep the money, the fifty grand or so was cheap to get her out of the way.

If I survived all this, I would break the bond and replace another someday. Life was too short to be married to a joy sucker like her. Her taking off on her own might work in my favor; someone might kill her for me. I’d get through the pain and be a free wolf again.

It took me ten minutes to pack, and I called the desk to check out and have my car brought around. Every Pack in the country was looking for me, but none would expect me to go where I was headed. I would be in Pittsburgh by nightfall, and then the Chairman and I would have a little chat about his Alpha Killer problem.

Chairman Wolfe’s POV

Council HQ- Outside Pittsburgh

The jet had left Wisconsin at sunrise when the local airport opened, and the passengers would soon be arriving in my conference room. The Council was here, along with my Chief Counsel, Lawrence Kendall. The investigation into the mole had only taken a few days, and Lawrence was exonerated. Chief Enforcer Mendez was guilty as hell and was being held in silver in the Council cells until we could arrange a trial. I was in no hurry. The only real surprise was that it wasn’t Mendez who warned Alpha Todd of the arrest warrant, it was Alpha Justin. As far as we could tell, Beta Mendez of the Tomah Pack was not involved in any of his cousin’s misdeeds.

The Tomah Pack wasn’t about to turn over leadership to him. He had been released and returned to his original Pack.

We had other business, and I opened the meeting with the mess Alpha Todd had left behind. “Where do we sit on permanent leadership for the Tomah Pack?”

“No change yet,” Councilman Wyatt Pierce said. The newest member who replaced me when I was elevated to Chairman, he was responsible for the Midwestern packs. “Alpha John of the Black River Falls Pack has temporarily taken leadership of the Tomah Pack. The Tomah Pack replaces this preferable to a temporary Alpha. They are still hoping that Tania Stillwater and her mate Bobby Meechum will return and take over the Pack. They are willing to wait while she recovers from her abuse.”

Her story had rocked the Werewolf world, and she had a lot of sympathy among the Alphas. Pushing the Pack to accept someone else would be futile until she officially rejected the position. Bobby Meechum was young, but his parents were strong Alphas. No one knew how it would work to have a Luna with no wolf, but her Pack didn’t care. “I think it is best if the Council stays back on this one unless our help is requested,” Councilman Stu Black, representing the West Coast Packs, said. “The Council’s role in pushing out Talia from that pack is still very fresh.”

“I agree. The optics of us going in there and taking charge are bad, and politically it is better to provide quiet support. Let’s focus on replaceing Todd Aldridge and recovering the money he stole. Chief Enforcer Jones, what is the status of the search?”

“No good leads, sir. He hasn’t shown up on TSA databases, we have triggers loaded in the system if he tries to fly. The Packs have heard nothing. We haven’t found his license plates on any of the cameras, nor anything on facial recognition in Vegas or the larger cities. He’s gone to ground somewhere.”

“Keep looking,” I said. “How about the search for Talia Stillwater?”

“Nothing new. We know she was at the La Crosse Pack, but since then nothing. Our Enforcers have not been allowed there, except Investigator Donnelli, of course.”

There was a knock at the door, and I recognized the scents. “Perfect timing,” I said. “Come in.”

Two people stepped into the room. The first was Council Investigator Bruno Donnelli, and next to him was a middle-aged woman. “Welcome back. Investigator Donnelli, what can you report.”

“As you know, last night I was allowed limited access to the La Crosse Pack for the purpose of questioning their prisoners.” The Council and other Alphas had put a lot of pressure on Alpha Clark to allow access at all; after much negotiation, he allowed an investigator and a doctor for two hours. “Luna Rhoda confessed she asked her mate to replace a surrogate, and didn’t want to know the details. Her wolf has been removed and she is watching her mate die. Both men confessed their roles in the kidnapping and rape of Tania, and Beta Jack Meoffe confessed he sold Tania to a slave trader to settle a gambling debt. Both men asked to be taken into Council custody, which Alpha Clark denied.”

“How are they doing? I’ve heard rumors that Justin is dying slowly.”

“They both will die slowly and painfully, that is the sentence. The how is quite different.” He handed over a flash drive, and soon a video clip appeared on the screen. Gasps of horror, including mine, were heard as we saw the condition of the former Copper Mountain Alpha. His leg and torso were swollen and black, the skin splitting in places where pus and blood was seeping out. He could barely move, and you could hear his labored breathing and his moans of pain.

“WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT,” Councilman Lee said, he oversaw the East Coast packs.

“That is the effect of a modified vampire venom on a werewolf,” Doctor Tara Himen said. She had become the Council’s staff doctor three years ago and had gone to La Crosse to verify the rumors of Justin’s condition. “I was able to take blood samples and swabs. The bite he received from Talia Stillwater was the source of the poisoning. My conclusion is that her bite contains a form of weak vampire venom.”

“Is it fatal? Can it be treated?”

“We have no effective antidote to vampire venom, and even though this kills much more slowly, it is just as certain a death.”

“Why don’t we have an antidote,” Councilman Miller said. His territory covered the south-central area of the US and northern Mexico.

“You should recall that the Alpha Killer destroyed the research facility we had and rescued the vampires held there. All our notes and experiments were lost, along with almost all the researchers. It set our efforts back a decade.” She paused and looked at the men. “It’s clear the vampires have been doing some experimenting on their own. You’ve all seen the video of the fight and you know Talia can shift. What I’m telling you is that she also has vampire traits, including their speed, strength and a form of venom. The Alpha Killer is a hybrid, that’s why she is faster and more lethal than the male Alphas she has taken down.”

“It’s monstrous,” I said. “She’s sold us all out to the Vampires, trading her allegiance to them and doing their bidding.” I leaned over the table, my hands gripping the edge. “Everything else is on hold. We need to replace the Alpha Killer and destroy her before she and her vampire friends create an army that can destroy us.”