Finding Her True Alpha
Chapter 100: It never stops

Ashlyn

“It looks like he’s awake,” lan said while looking down at James. I tried to look down on him and he yawned, making my heart melt.

“Did he just yawn?” Sage squealed, and I looked at her and nodded.

“He is just the cutest,” She said, watching James in awe. Liam stood up so he could look over my shoulder at lan’s side.

“0f course, he would have Derek’s eyes.” Liam huffed, and I laughed.

“He looks like both of them. I don’t think I see any of me in there, even though I did all the work.” I pouted.

“These cheeks are all you, babe.” lan said. And I’m not sure if I was more stunned that he called me babe or that he called my cheeks chubby.

“Awe, I totally see it now,” Sage exclaimed, and I glared at her.

“Really?” I huffed out.

“You forget that I’ve known you since you were 8 years old. These chubby cheeks are all yours.” Lan laughed, and I wanted to punch him.

Liam leaned down and k!ssed my cheek.

“They are just jealous,” Liam whispered. l could hear lan’s chest grumbling at Liam. I rested my free hand on lan’s knee.

It would be hard for me to see him with someone else, especially if they had a baby together. It’s bad enough I had to see him balls-deep in someone else. We may have a weird relationship, but I still care about him.

Liam sat down beside me again. Everyone was cooing over James, and I don’t blame them. He’s beyond adorable. James fussed, sol moved him to lower down my chest so he could latch. I looked down the front of my shirt and made sure he was all good before I turned my attention back to the others.

“When do you have to portal to the airstrip? And where is Nathan?” I asked Sage. She was snuggled into Brandon and it was so sweet to watch them together.

“Nathan is napping before we have to go. We should hopefully leave within the hour.” Sage answered.

“You should take a few warriors with you, just in case,” I told her.

“Someone sounds like her mates.” She smirked, and I pushed my l!ps in a line.

“I would come with you, but I promised I would stay at the camp.” I told her.

“And you have James to take care of. It’s not like you can just go running into danger with him attached to your boob.” She said, and I glared at her.

“Really?” I rolled my eyes at her.

“What? You know I’m right. Now you have to think before you act.” She said.

“And what the f**k is that supposed to mean?” I asked her, getting defensive. Yeah, I’ve made some mistakes, but it was to protect them. I thought I was doing the right thing.

“I mean, now you can take a backseat and just be a mother,” she clarified.

“l still have three people to kill, then maybe I’ll take a backseat. But I will not change who l am because I’m a mother.” I told her.

“We have already stormed the pack house. The three you are looking for are gone.” Alex told me and I noticed that lan, Liam and Brandon growled.

“What she deserves to know what is going on. She risked her life.” He told them.

“Brandon and Liam, what the f**k is he talking about?” | growled out. And they both sighed.

“We already went to the pack house. Susan, Grace and the former vampire king weren’t there. We found more of their warriors and we brought them back.” Brandon explained. And Liam leaned his head on my shoulder.

“We didn’t want you to worry. And you have James to take care of now, beautiful.” Liam told me.

“That’s why you needed more b***d, because there were more vampires?” I asked, and I felt him nod on my shoulder.

“Then what is the plan now?” l asked them.

“When the plane lands, we will portal the vampires and then we will start cleaning up here. Also, take James home. You both need to get checked out. We saw the bathroom.” Brandon said, and I sighed.

“Not that bad. I’ve watched women give birth before, working at the hospital.” I told them.

“It looked like a murder scene,” lan said.

“Yeah, well, it’s not like I had much to work with. And I also had a four-year-old princess to protect.” I sighed.

“I know you feel you need to be on the front lines, but we are all here for you. You have our prince to take care of. We will get them, but we need you to be safe.” Liam said, k!ssing my cheek, and I sighed.

“Fine. What else did you guys find?” I asked them.

“Nothing of importance. King Theo is going to launch an investigation into what happened, and he is also looking for his grandfather.” Brandon explained, and I nodded.

“And we are expecting his plane soon?” I asked, and Brandon nodded.

“So, what else needs to be done?” I asked them.

“Nothing. As soon as the vampires leave, we are going to transport the rogues back to Silver Moon, and we will investigate why they became rogues.” Brandon told me.

“So we are just waiting for King Theo and then are we going home?” And both Sage and Brandon nodded.

“And what’s your plan, lan?”I asked him, turning my head to look at me. I found he was already looking at me.

“Alex and I will head back later today. We came out here because they found one of the pack murdered.” Lan said.

“l have to go to Blue Moon to clean out the house and to plan.” My voice cracked, and l could feel the tears. I felt awful that I couldn’t protect Brad or Donny. Lan wrapped his arm around me and pulled me into a side hug.

“I can have everything arranged.” He said, but I shook my head.

“l owe it to Brad and to Donny. This should never have happened to them,” I told lan. Tears were running down my cheeks and I was quick to wipe them away. It’s hard for me to imagine that they will never call me buttercup again or meet James.

Brad was a great person and mate. And I can’t believe Grace would just kill him. How could someone so heartless be mated to someone so wonderful?

“Have you heard if they located Brad’s body?”1 asked lan.

“We are still looking,” he answered. My head was resting on his shoulder. I could feel that James was no longer nursing. I peaked inside my shirt to see his sleeping face. Brad and Donny would have loved him.

“I’ll come look as well. There are places in the territory we would go for me to shift. Have you notified his parents?” I asked, and Alex nodded.

“You know you are always welcome, whenever you are ready,” lan said, and I nodded on his shoulder.

“I’ll go home first to get checked out and then I’ll portal in after. I need to go shopping for things for James. And I need to let Mason and Derek know” I told him.

Before anything else could be said, Delta Dylan came rushing into the tent.

“My Queen, the Vampire King has arrived.” He announced, out of breath. I looked over at Brandon and he even looked confused.

“Brandon, why is King Theo here?” l asked him.

“I don’t know.” He shrugged.

“Sage, can you take James? He’s sleeping. And Liam go wake up my mates,” I asked them.

“On it.” Liam said before getting up. He leaned down and k!ssed my cheek before he walked away from the table.

“Liam, be nice to Derek,” I called after him. He didn’t look back, but waved his hand in the air. Sage came around the table to take James. We had to play musical arms to get him out of my hoodie safely and to not expose myself, either. I’m sure my mates wouldn’t be too happy with everyone getting a good view of my breasts.

I k!ssed his little head before Sage stood up with him. My arms felt empty without him and I wanted to take him with me, but I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t want him to get hurt.

“He’s fine, I got him.” Sage reassured me and I gave her a nod.

I stood up and k!ssed James again before I followed Dylan out of the tent. lan and Brandon followed us.

“Alex isn’t coming?” I asked lan when he moved up beside me.

“l asked him to stay with Sage,” lan said, and Brandon let out a growl.

“Congrats, Brandon.” I told him, lacing my arm around his. lan looked at me, confused.

“We are officially inlaws,” I said, and lan looked at me, stunned.

“Him and Sage?” lan asked, confused, and I nodded.

“Brandon, I asked Alex to stay to watch over James and Sage. Nothing more,” lan clarified.

“It’s okay, lan. Brandon is just being protective. He probably didn’t mean to let the growl out.” I looked at Brandon and he shrugged. I rolled my eyes.

We walked in silence until we reached King Theo and his men. He looked stressed and upset.

“King Theo, we weren’t expecting you.”

“My Queen, Ashlyn, I need your help.” He rushed out. And now l am worried.

“King Theo, What’s wrong?” I asked him.

“My Queen has gone missing. We can’t find her in the kingdom.” And I looked at him, shocked.

“Okay, I can track her, but I need something of hers. Also, how does the mark with vampires? Can you feel death and cheating and emotions?” l asked him.

“What are you implying?” He growled out. Dylan, Brandon, and lan all stepped in front of me. I pushed past them and stood in front of King Theo.

“I’m not implying anything. I was just asking a question. With my mark, I can feel my mates. Their emotions can bleed into me. I can feel if they were ever with someone else. And I could feel the bond break if they were to die. That’s all I was asking.” I clarified, and he let out a sigh.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to snap,” he said.

“I understand you are under a lot of stress right now,” I told him.

“It’s the same with our mark. I know she is alive and no, I have felt nothing else.” he answered my question.

“Okay, then let’s see if I can track her down.” I told him. He pulled off a ring on his finger.

“She gave this to me. Will it work?” He asked me. And I wasn’t really sure. This was my first tracking spell, but everyone else was busy.

“Let’s try it.” I told him. When I took the ring from him, I felt gentle tingles on my fingers. I quickly took the ring and shook the feeling from my mind.

He wasn’t my mate anymore, and I had already claimed two. I wasn’t going for a third. I walked a little way from the group and sat down on the ground, crossing my legs.

I had never done this before, but I figured I would at least try it. I focused on the ring, closing my eyes and the person who gave it to King Theo. My mind raced as I focused on her energy. When it stopped, I opened my eyes to find her, holding on to another man. I didn’t recognize him or where they were. The man leaned down and was just about to k!ss her.

I slammed my eyes close and covered my mouth with my hand so the gasp wouldn’t escape my throat.

When I met her, they seemed in love. How could she do that? opened my eyes just in time to see King Theo grab his chest and scream out in pain. He fell to his knees, and I rushed over to him.

“How could she?” he growled.

“I’m so sorry, King Theo.” He was panting on my shoulder while I wrapped my arms around him. I felt terrible for him. Unable to even imagine the pain he was feeling. And I had to witness it.

“You saw, didn’t you?” He mumbled into my shoulder.

“We can talk about that later. Let’s just get the pain under control.” I told him, rubbing his back.

“The physical pain is gone. It stopped as soon as you touched me.” He said, pulling out of my embrace.

My mates finally rushed up behind me. I could feel their eyes on us.

“Theo, what are you doing here?” Derek rushed out. I knew they were friends. King Theo stood up, helping me to stand with him.

“Rachel went missing. I came to ask Ashlyn for help with finding her.” He told my mates.

“And?” Derek asked, raising an eyebrow at us.

“How about we talk about this in private? And I need to get back to James.” I told them.

“James?” King Theo asked.

“Our son,” Mason told him. He wasn’t looking too happy with how close I was to King Theo, and I couldn’t blame him, but there was nothing going on between Us.

“Where is he?” Mason asked me, pulling me away from King Theo.

“He’s with Sage and Alex. I told you that if anything happened, I would come get you and l asked Liam to get you when Dylan came to announce the arrival of King Theo. Sage took James because I didn’t know why he was here and I was being safe.” I told him. He wrapped an arm around my waist, pulling me closed to his side.

“Let’s go talk in our office.” Derek told King Theo, and he nodded.

“Derek, Ashlyn and I will meet you there. We are going to go get James.”