The Defiant Luna
Chapter 46

Nathan POV

Nathan felt his men arrive long before he saw them walk into the hotel room. Ethan had mind-linked right to him the moment he was able to connect to him, “Alpha, I have a full 10 man unit of elite warriors, hand picked by your father and Jodi.’

‘Thank you, Ethan.’ He’d replied, it did not surprise him that Jodi would help hand pick the unit coming, he had trained most of that pack most of his life. Knew who was more than capable and who was the best for the job. Might not train him or his unit anymore, but had done for over twenty years.

His choice of the packs warriors would be taken into full consideration. Not to mention the man himself was one of the best fighters in the pack. ‘Nathan?’

Yes Ethan.

‘Jodi and Brad are with me, there were no arguments to be had. He stared not only me down but your father as well, so did Brad for that matter.’

‘Not really that surprising.’ And it wasn’t. She was finally home and they were not having a bar of her being gone again.

Ethan and the warriors arrived at 5am along with Jodi and Bradley, a full elite team, all their best hand picked for this by the previous Alpha and the Luna’s own father. “My daughter.” Jodi rapped out the moment he was in the hotel room and the door was closed behind them all.

“She was taken at about 8pm along with Stephen. They were both severed from me, from Jackson as well. Only a few seconds apart. Drugged and scent-masked, taken right off the street.” his tone was apologetic “They were together, getting coffee,” he sighed heavily, “There had been no trouble here in L.A. that any of us picked up at all. I saw no harm in the two of them going to get coffee.”

“Neither did I,” Jackson stated.

“Do you know yet who took her?” Jodi asked with a deep frown

“Have they called and made demands of you?”

“Yes.” He nodded, the man was not going to like it, neither was Brad, for that matter, who was letting his father talk, just standing right next to him. Likely they had been in conversation all the way over here, as to how they were going to handle this. Were here to be fully involved in her retrieval.

“It was Sophia.” He nodded, “It’s not good Jodi, Brad.” He sighed heavily “Her plans for Jay-la, are not good. Hideous and unconscionable at that.”

“She was always a piece of shit.” Bradley finally spoke up.

Nathan didn’t even argue with the man, she had never been nice to anyone inside that pack. Treated practically everyone like a servant, and the omega’s even worse. Hated just about all female pack members. But she had been his Mate at the time and he had tried to talk to her and guide her in the right behaviour. Sometimes he thought hed gotten through to her. She’d be nice for a few weeks or a month, but then those lazy, nasty tendencies would shine through and her true nature had come back. Her up bringing had been inside a pack where omegas were treated like crap, got no respect or education were just slaves and could barely feed themselves from what he could discern from her.

He had tried to tell her that was not how it was supposed to be, but it was ingrained into her he could only guess.

There had been no stopping her, in the end, and he’d found out after she’d left that Sophia threatened them all to say nothing or shed banish them, and so he’d thought she was getting better, when really shed only gotten worse.

“I will get my daughter back.” Jodi stated flatly, he didn’t really have an opinion on who took her. Probably his only actual concern was Jay-la. Likely, Jodi would be out for b***d as much as he and Havoc would be.

“Yes we will.” Nathan told him firmly; it was his goal as well, “and I’II kill that she-wolf this time. Likely should have let Havoc do it years ago.” He muttered, that was their mistake to deal with. Rejecting her only and not just killing her for the harm she had not only done to them but to the pack members themselves.

Now it was years later and she was back and causing him even more pain and suffering than she had the last time he saw her. That she-wolf was cruel and only cared about herself and what she could get for herself.

“What is the plan? I presume after all these hours you have come up with one?” Jodi asked

“Yes. There is a basis for one. You are not going to like it. I don’t like it at all.”

“It’s the only plan we have.” Jackson stated “Jodi, Bradley, come and sit. I will lay it all out for you and the reason why will be obvious to you.” he waved the two of them to the lounge and sat himself across from them “Nathan is still trying to come to terms with it and what he has to do, in order to get Jay-la back. It’s not sitting well with him or his beast. I will not only want your full co-operation, I will need it.”

He could feel many eyes on him as he turned away to look out the window. Jackson was not wrong. It wasn’t sitting well with him, and he had no idea just how Jay-la’s father and brother would take it either. Whether it would put more distance between them or bring them closer together. There was no telling at this point, likely not until the full outcome of the plan had been laid out and they were gone to get Jay-la back.

“The plan would be?” Bradley asked

“For Nathan to tell Sophia he wants her back, because that is what Sophia wants.”

“Is demanding.” Nathan muttered as he looked out over the darkened city.

“Havoc?” he heard Jodi ask.

“Deadly calm.” Nathan answered him, it was the truth, his beast had been quiet now for hours. “Plotting and planning on his own, I can only imagine.”

“As well he should be,” Bradley commented, “She is his Luna and he should be willing to die for her, is he?”

“Yes,” Nathan stated without hesitation, “as am I Bradley”

“We’ll be going in to get her.” Jodi stated “You and your uncontrollable beast, can go and kill everything that dares to get in our way and stop us.”

Nathan nodded “agreed.” Jodi had trained him, his whole unit and Bradley should have been the one to train the next generation. His own nieces and nephew, wondered absently if they would want to take up their old roles once more. Though he and his unit no longer trained with a trainer, they didn’t need it. It would be nice for the two of them to train their family. The way they had Jay-la, in fact.

He was only a little surprised that they had arrived with Ethan today. They were the Luna’s family, and were two of the best fighters in the pack. Where else would they be when their daughter and sister had been taken?

“The triplets?” he asked “How are they doing?” he turned to look at Jodi.

“They are none the wiser, and it will stay that way. Vera is in the pack-house with your parents, helping watch over them. They have a full guard. Blaine is taking no risk with them.”

Nathan nodded, that was what his father would do. What should happen, the trouble might be over here on the other side of the country, but that doesn’t mean, with him and his unit, a full elite warrior unit off pack territory that a direct threat to them wasn’t going to happen.

He had yet to broach the subject of Jay-la’s parents and her brother and his mate moving into the pack-house, to be closer to her. It was something he thought she might want, giving them all a suite each on the fourth floor, for them to be right there. He also liked the idea of them being inside the pack-house. Thought they might like it, being closer to her and the children.

He had been going to tell her his thoughts and see what she thought about it, whether it was something she would want. On her birthday. He might not get to do that now, seeing as her birthday was tomorrow and she was no longer here. Held hostage somewhere.

He had made reservations for the two of them to have a private dinner in a nice restaurant, a candlelit dinner. He even had that engagement ring with him now, had brought it with him when coming here, had known shed want to stay and pack up her apartment. Had been going to let her.

Had let her, hadn’t even asked her to go back to the pack yet. Was just letting her pack up her life here at her own pace.

Now he had that engagement ring, a rare green diamond, in a cushion cut with a full white diamond surround set in a white gold band. He’d had it made especially just for her, noticed she wore white gold earrings all the time, little hoops, so cute on her. Now he had no idea if he was even going to be able to give it to her.

He didn’t know where she was, and if her flight and fight response was activated, which he was pretty certain it would be at some point, she had to be scared wherever she was. That meant that she would, if she could get out, flee At full wolfen speed, to who knew where, not even she was going 10 know where she was or where to run to

She could well be lost for days or weeks out there. He had no idea if she had her phone on her, if they were just in a no service area. He and Jackson had already tried to triangulate it and track it, as they had done Stephens, likely both had been turned off or had been destroyed by Sophia, when she had taken the two of them, to stop them from doing just that.

He stood and listened as Jackson laid out the plan for Jodi and Bradley. Neither of them said much at all for a long time, then he found himself face to face with Brad.

“You will do this, it is what is needed. I expect you to pull it off. You love her, yes.”

“Yes.” He stated right back, didn’t much like that the man was in his face or having words with him, seeing as he was the Alpha, but he and Brad had not gotten along for a long time and the man didn’t care about reprimand or punishment, only about his sister.

“Good, then don’t faulter, tell that b***h what she wants to hear, don’t loose control of yourself or your beast. Jay-la will understand, I know she loves you. Why?” he shook his head “Who the hell knows? But she is my sister and I want, for her to be happy. If that choice is you. So be it” saw him just stare at him for a long time “I’m not your biggest fan, you know this.” Nathan nodded. “But I can see how much you want her, love her. So, I will help you. That doesn’t mean I will stop being a pain in your a*s, ever. I will be here to always remind you to treat my sister with the respect and love she deserves.” Then he just walked away

Nathan didn’t say much either. They were never really going to get along. That much was clear, maybe with years of him loving Jay-lay and making sure she was happy, perhaps one day down the line her brother would come around. There was no guarantee. But that was the longest conversation hed had with the man in six years.

Perhaps it was a start.