As usual, I hope that you guys enjoy this new chapter. Also I just want to say that being in 11th grade, makes it a little hard to update as much as I want to. Y'know with loads of homework and studying.. But no worries. I will not abandon this story because honestly, I love it too much. And u awesome people :P Seriously I love y'all to death!

Anyway. Read on...

Ally POV

This man has been carrying me on his shoulders for around fifteen minutes now. I am extremely scared and I have no idea what he plans on doing with me.

A few seconds later, he comes to an abrupt stop and flings me to the ground. I land hard on my side causing a scream to build up in my throat. The thick material stuffed into my mouth prevents me from letting out any cries of pain. Since he isn't gripping my arms anymore, I bring my hand to my mouth and remove the offending material. He stares down at me without saying a word.

We are now in an open field, similar to the one that the Blood Moon wolves train on. Unlike theirs though, that has smooth and green grass with lush trees surrounding it, this one is covered with short, dry grass and patches of dirt. I could easily wake up and make a run for it if it wasn't for my ankle that is probably sprained from the fall and the fact that I am pretty sure that this man can shape shift too.

Running would be useless.

"Get up," He orders in a gruff voice. I shakily stand up, making sure not to put too much pressure on my right ankle. He looks me up and down with a twisted grin on his face. I silently curse myself for wearing jean shorts and a fitting t-shirt. His gaze makes me uncomfortable so I decide to say something.

"Who are you?" I attempt to say in a strong voice. His gaze pulls away from my body and up to my face. "No need for pleasantries. I prefer we just get right to it," This sends a shiver up my spine. He sees the look of panic on my face and chuckles darkly. "You wish I meant it in that way sweetheart. All I have to do is keep you here and I'm certain that Michael will come looking for you."

What does he want with Alpha Michael?

He steps towards me and before I am able to step back, he grabs my wrist and drags me to a nearby tree stump. He roughly pushes me down and retrieves a rope from his jacket.

I am sitting on the ground with my back against the tree stump with the rope tied tightly around my body. For extra measure, he bounded my hands together and allowed them to rest on my lap. The hard rope continually digs into my skin so I try to refrain from making any unnecessary movements. While sitting there, my mind begins to wonder.

Austin seemed cold to me but never cold enough to actually hurt me. At the lake it seemed as if something had set him off.

I wonder what it was...

He has actually grown on me in these past few weeks. Having him around to 'watch over' me has made me accustomed to looking next to myself and seeing either his small smirk or the slight outline of his jaw that always seems to be clenched when around me. Almost like he is trying to prevent himself from saying something. Looking beside me now, all I see is trees and more trees along with the sight of this depressing field.

The same man who brought me here is now gathering firewood. I shudder. That means he plans on waiting till the night. This actually isn't far away now. I glance up at the sky and take notice of the orange colours mixed with yellow.

The sun is setting and even though I want the Blood Moon pack showing up with Alpha Michael, I also don't want him getting hurt. He has been nothing but kind to me ever since I was forced to stay here. I seriously doubt though, that this man, shape shifter or not, can take on an entire pack. I unknowingly move my hand, causing the rope to dig even deeper into my skin. The rough contact makes me hiss in pain. The stocky man lets out a laugh, as if seeing me in pain brings him joy. I look to the sky again when something passes my mind.

Will they even come for me?

Besides I am not really of any use to them. The only reason that I was kept here was because they could not have me reveal their secret. If I get killed... It only makes things easier for them.

All of this continues to circle in my head, making me more and more afraid of what this man could do to me if he realises that I am of no use.

Austin POV

The moment I phased, I had taken off running blindly. I had no idea where I was going. All that was pounding through my head was that a Silver Tail member had taken Ally and I was going to bring her back.

Even though I cannot bring myself to fully trust her, I will never be able to live with myself if something were to happen to her. Especially since I was the one who had to watch over her.

Still running and consumed in my thoughts, I fail to notice the voices in my head yelling for me to halt and turn around back to the rocky ledges. Once again, I am knocked to the ground. Not by something white this time. Something black.

That 'something' being Mark. I jump to my feet and turn to him while letting a low growl escape my mouth.

"What the fuck, dude?" I direct my thoughts to him. He comes up beside me and pushes me with his body towards the ledges. "Just calm the hell down, bro. Your dad called for a meeting."

I growl again and try turning around only to come face to face with Dez in wolf form too.

"Buddy, come on. I know that you wanna go get her-"

"What makes you freaking think it's just about her?" I cut him off defensively with a snarl.

He flicks an ear in irritation and rolls his green eyes."Look, we all want to find her but we can't just run at it full force and blindly."

My muzzle pulls up revealing my teeth. Mark comes up beside me again.

"Austin, Dez is right. We need to have some sort of order in this whole mess. So let's head to the ledges and hear what your dad has to say," He soothingly whines. I flick my tail from side to side in annoyance, knowing that they are right. I turn my massive body towards the direction of the ledges before grudgingly taking off with Mark and Dez following closely behind.

Once the ledges come into sight, I immediately notice my father pacing back and forth on one of them with a worried and almost frantic frown etched onto his face. The rest of the pack is here too. Seven, including myself, Dez and Mark, are phased while eight, including my father, remain in their human form. The three of us gather with the four wolves on the ground and look up at my pacing father who seems like he has not even noticed our presence.

"Like damn, Uncle Mike! You're making me dizzy," Mark barks out to my father. He finally stops his pacing and turns his focus onto us. "Sorry about that. Just worried." He says. He turns to Dez, "I want you to go and see if you are able to pick up a trail. Be as fast as possible," He orders. Dez lightly bows his head then takes off in the direction of the forest. We are all excellent trackers. Dez though, is the official tracker of our pack. Nothing gets past him.

I look up at my father.

"What's the plan?" I ask, getting right to the point.

"We know that she was taken by a Silver Tail member, I am positive that she is alive since we all know that as nasty as they are, they do not go for the kill right away. Rather they like to play around with their victims for a while. Again I say, I am positive that she is alive. Possibly harmed. But alive."

I nervously paw at the ground when he says this. I wonder what they could possibly be doing to her. I shake my head and turn my attention to my father once again.

"Nine will be going out while six will remain here to guard our territory in case of an ambush. You will be going out in pairs. Mark and Dez. Jace and Trish. Austin and Cassidy, and Elliot and Jared while I lead.

I roll my eyes when I hear my father mention the person who I will be teamed up with.

The moment I laid my eyes on Cassidy when I was fifteen, I had thought that I was in love. She made my heart feel as if it wanted to jump out of my chest. Her pack, White Fang had very few members. Just six. Herself, her father, mother, brother, uncle and aunt. Needless to say, they weren't the strongest pack throughout the lands. Her mother and father were extremely close to my folks. They had even wanted us to claim eachother as mates... Obviously though, that didn't happen. Since she was considered family to my parents, once her pack had tragically died out, they took her in. They seem to do that alot, don't they?

We dated for a while. Like a month or so. I had come to the realisation that I had let my damn dick do the thinking instead of my brain. That's just an analogy though. We never slept together. There were a few close calls, yes. But no, it never happened. She was just not my type.

I see Dez bounding back before phasing and running up the stairs to my father. I am about to follow him up when I catch sight of Cassidy coming towards me. Her straight blonde hair almost touching her hips. She comes up behind me. "Looks like we're partners, Blondie." She says, causing me to flick my ears. Yeah, we broke up and I want nothing to do with her but does she let up with the flirting? No.

I feel her hand lightly caress my hind leg.

See what I mean?

Even when I'm a wolf, I still can't catch a break. I huff in annoyance and swat her hand away with my tail. She chuckles merrily before moving beside me. "I know that you're eager to find your girlfriend so I'll excuse the sour attitude," She says with a teasing lilt in her voice.

"You're a pain you know that, Cass?" I lightly growl at her. She chuckles again before saying, "Yeah but you love me anyway."

I turn my gaze away from her and up to the ledge where Dez and my father had appeared again. I take notice of the sky in that moment.

We're losing daylight. I hope she's doing ok...

My ears then perk up at the sound of my father's voice.

"From the information supplied to me by Dezmond, Ally was not taken into Silver Tail territory," Murmurs of confusion float throughout the pack before my father raises a hand, signalling for us to be silent. "Dezmond had found a message. Left by Vincent."

And just like that, an uproar of voices and growls cut through the air.

Vincent had- or should I say has a sick obsession with my mother. He had went mad over the fact that my mother had accepted my father as her mate. He grew jealous and unstable. His brother Thomas, Alpha of the Silver Tail pack, had ordered him to stay away since he grew unfit to be around pack members. He technically still is considered a Silver Tail since he was not exiled. He just seems to be a wolf that has a home that he isn't allowed in.

If that makes sense. I honestly don't give a shit.

Ever since my mother's death, he has been making appearances in the deepest parts of our forests. He shows up in places we hardly pay mind to. He leaves messages engraved on trees, blaming my father for my mother's death. The moment we pick up his scent though, he is already long gone.

Again, my father raises his hand. The noise slowly fades out and we look up at him expectantly.

"He is holding Ally hostage and he wants me to meet with him so that he can, as he wrote down in his message, "Take revenge for killing his mate.""

If that prick harms her in any way...

At my last thought I feel an urge to punch myself. I, myself could have harmed her just a few hours prior...

I again turn my attention to my father to listen.

"I expect you all not to give him any intention to feel threatened. It could easily set him off and it could result in injury or death for anyone. Understood?" At the murmur of agreement from the wolves heading out, my father gives a firm nod before phasing and jumping off the ledge. His lands effortlessly on the ground before he barks out, "Keep together with your partners and stay alert. Clear?"

"Clear," Comes the chorus from the eight of us.

"Good. Now let's move out."

I look towards the ledge that was previously occupied by my father. Anthony is now atop it. He will be in charge while we are away. He gives me an encouraging nod. I do the same before taking off with Cassidy in tow.

Once we are deep in the south side of the forest, we easily pick up Vincent's scent. My claws dig deeper into the soil, propelling me even faster. I refrain from overtaking my father, knowing that, that would be crossing a line.

After around three more minutes of following the trail, we pick up another scent.

Something like strawberry shampoo? With a hint of vanilla...

Ally.

And thats that. What'd u guys think? Let me know, yeah?

Lots of action coming up in the next chapter and who knows?... I might throw in an Auslly moment or two.. ;)

I'll update in a few days. Or possibly earlier if the homework load is light.

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