The Failed Rejection
Chapter 66

Brad pov

“What was that scent? You said you recognized it?” Dustin asked him as they returned to the motel parking lot.

“It was one of the servants, I don’t know if they were fleeing or what. It wasn’t patrol and I’m not worried about it.” Brad commented offhandedly as he walked into the room full of alphas who were waiting for him and let out a sigh. “What I am worried about is the fact that patrol has since doubled since I have left.”

“Doubled? That’s no problem,” an alpha laughed one Brad couldn’t remember. He was young and clearly not very bright.

“The patrols always have one hundred elite warriors guarding the council headquarters at all times. From what I can tell there are now at least two hundred men out there, maybe more.” Brad stated as Killian and Seth walked into the room.

“It was shift change,” a different alpha shrugged off his concern. Brad looked at the alpha and beta pair sensing that something was off, but went ahead and explained the council patrols.

“Shift changes at six in the morning and six at night, this was not shift change, they know we are coming.”

“What are you thinking?” Killian asked as he walked into the room. His alpha aura wasn’t out, yet he commanded the room with respect.

“We are going to need our best shots picking them off, at the same time some one will have to blow up the surveillance cameras. If we hit them at the same time then we might be able to stand a chance,” Brad suggested.

“I don’t think-“ Alpha Kane started to interrupt when Killian silenced him.

“I didn’t ask what you thought. I asked my brother who is a seasoned council elite warrior what he thought the best approach would be in this case.” Killian looked at alpha Kane and then all the alpha’s in the room one by one. “I agree with him as he knows more about this type of warfare than anyone else in this room combined.”

“When do we do this?” One of the older Alphas asked who Brad had helped out a few years back. His name was Thompson.

“Anyone have any experience with guns?” Brad asked and only a few raised their hands out of twenty people. Brad let out a sigh, it seemed all of the hard work will be up to him and his men.

“Me and our men have been training since I had you build up our armory, the men I brought showed the best aptitude for weapons,” Killian stated and Brad was happily surprised.

“Why would you do that?” Alpha Kane asked.

“For this very reason, the council does it because it’s smart tactics. We as alphas and packs rely too much on our wolf’s, I implemented a change and it is already showing its usefulness. You should do think of doing the same.” The room seemed to be split on agreeing with Killian and opposing him.

“When do we move?” Killian asked.

“Shift change,” Kane stated and Killian let out a growl at being interrupted. Brad sighed, but the a*****e alpha was right.

“He’s right shift change is when there is enough chaos that we may be able to slip in and be undetectable to plant the explosives and get into position,” Brad explained and Alpha Kane puffed up like a peacock.

“All right, get ready. There is only four hours until six pm and we aren’t staying here another day if I can help it, their tyranny ends today.”

Braxton pov

Penelope was driving like a bat out of hell across rough and uneven terrain. Luckily the Ohioan terrain wasn’t too uneven otherwise the front end would have been tore up.

“You definitely saved our asses back there!” Alana shouted and whooped as the landscaped whizzed by. Penelope stayed silent concentrating on the road, Braxton himself was vigilant and looking around wildly for any threats coming their way.

The SUV was just about approaching the main road and off the packs territory when a scream ripped through the air.

“Look out!” Denali screamed and in slow motion Braxton whipped his head to see another SUV come barreling out of nowhere hitting them on the driver side. There was a sickening crunch and he was thrown to the against his seatbelt. Then the airbags deployed in his face jerking him backwards and leaving him dazed.

Braxton had no idea how long it took for him to get oriented, but the next thing he knew his door was being ripped off it’s handle and he was being yanked out the vehicle.

“You should know better than to screw with me!” The hybrid yelled in his face and threw him against his mangled vehicle. Braxton pushed him off and started to fight back, but he was distracted as he heard Alanna yelling.

“She isn’t waking up!” Braxton turned to see Penelope passed out and pinned in the vehicle. His precious mate had b***d pouring down her face and Alanna was panicking, screaming at his brother though he wasn’t able to hear anything.

Honestly Braxton didn’t know if he was still feeling the effects of the drugs, the crash itself, or the adrenaline of everything, but it felt like he was having an out of body experience. He never felt this way before, his body was being pummeled by attackers but all he could see was his mate. Penelope was completely helpless and apparently the shock started to wear off. A rage that he had never felt before started to wash over him in an intensity that scared him. Braxton was hit in the face again and he pushed the hybrid off like he was swatting a fly. The hybrid fell against the car so hard that it shook it from impact.

Braxton’s bear took over and shifted faster than he had ever done in his life. His bear stood on his hind legs releasing his fury and as the hybrid approached him Brax’s bear let a ferocious growl in his face. He could see that the hybrid was trying to shift and before the transition was complete his bear lunged forward. His massive jaws opened and ripped the head off of the hybrid in front of him mid transition. The hybrid fell down dead and there ended the reign of another self-proclaimed rogue king. Braxton didn’t feel any happiness at ending the man who was responsible for the death of his mate and cub as his new mate was still in critical condition.

Braxton took no notice of the rogues and pack members surrounding him, he only went to go to his mate. They were standing completely still as if they were afraid to anger him further, but he paid them no mind as he went to Penelope’s side.

She was still unconscious which worried him and his bear. He was unable to reach her so him and his brother who was trying to free her already, pushed the mangled and entwined vehicle from the SUV she was pinned in.

Braxton didn’t notice that his other brother Dash had shown up as he was to interested in Penelope. He finally shifted back as it would take human hands to get her unstuck from the SUV.

“Why aren’t they attacking?” Dash asked and Brax looked up to see his brother staring at the people looking on solemnly.

“Braxton killed the alpha,” Denali stated as he gently opened the door to survey the situation. Braxton tried to do it gently, but it took all his strength to rip it off and not jostle the car and Penelope.

“Why isn’t she waking up?” He asked out loud as he tried to pry some of the metal off of Penelope’s legs.

“She’s weak,” Dash stated as he tried to help.

“What the hell does that mean?” Braxton shouted at his brother.

“She felt it alpha, everything,” his brother responded and Braxton felt his b***d run cold at the news. The beatings, whipping, she would have felt everything since she was so close to him.

Braxton managed to get her legs free from the vehicle and moved in for her.

“Wait!” Denali told him before he could grab her.

“What?” He asked frustrated and his bear was ready to rip his brothers head off.

“She could have a spinal cord injury, which is why she is still asleep, we need to stabilize her neck,” Denali told him. Denali took basic first aid a long time ago, and it definitely paid off today.

“What do we need?” He asked his brother.

“A bunch of stuff that we don’t have,” Denali replied helplessly.

“Braxton, she’s bleeding,” Alanna told him pointedly and sure enough she was bleeding from in between her legs.

“No!” He shouted out. His brother Dash had taken off while he tried to think of something to do.

“She needs something to stop the b***d,” Denali stated and they looked at each other wondering what to do. Denali and him were completely n***d after being held in the cells for so long. Alanna only had a men’s large tshirt that barely covered her. Braxton was panicking not knowing what to do, there was nothing in the SUV until his brother came running up.

“Here!” Braxton saw his brother Dash come running up with one of the woman from the first night who had flirted with him. Dash handed the shirt to Alana who had been sitting on the passenger seat to keep Penelope steady in case she was jostled in the attempts to free her. Alanna took the cloth, wadded it up, and pressed her it against her in between her legs.

“Look I’m being told some one had called an ambulance, they should be here soon,” Dash told him as Braxton watched the b***d soak up the white tshirt.

“Braxton!” Denali rose his voice and shook him.

“What?” He shouted and his brother put a comforting arm on him. It didn’t help as Braxton knew Penelope was most likely loosing their baby.

The ambulance arrived and they quickly jumped out and rushed to his mates side.

“What happened?” The male yelled while the female paramedic went directly to assessing the scene. The paramedic looked to Braxton immediately knowing he was an alpha in charge and he just… froze. No words were able to come out of his mouth.

“We were hit hard,” his brother Denali saved him. “She hadn’t regained consciousness since the initial hit and we haven’t moved her as we feared she may have a spinal injury.”

“Smart,” the man stated and then the female paramedic shouted.

“We need to move her now John! She’s having a mis carriage and loosing too much b***d!”

Braxton watched as the paramedics worked in tandem with each other first locking the brace in place, before sliding a long board behind her back and strapped her to it. That act caused his bear to get angry and lunged for those who wanted to cause further harm to his mate. Denali and Dash both held him back.

“Stop! They are helping her! Your mate was a paramedic herself! She helped you when you were injured!” Dash growled in his ear and his words finally penetrated the haze of anger. Braxton watched in silence as Penelope was lifted out of the vehicle and placed on the stretcher. Braxton followed behind and when the pare medic tried to stop him Braxton said,

“I’m the husband.”