It led into the woods, going deeper until the trees were close together, and it made it difficult for Knox to keep going due to his large size.
He dropped the clothes he’d been carrying in his mouth.
“Your turn” He commented and shifted back.
The woods were cold without his fur and the soft breeze didn’t help, so I quickly pulled on my jeans and shirt and continued on foot.
Finally, I found the guards, all just wearing shorts as they’d left their shirts and other clothes back at the tavern.
“Alpha, through here” Jeremy, a thin Gema pointed to a cave.
“This is where the scent ends” A beta named Chris told me “We checked it out but the invisible guys not there, but there are signs that someone camped inside and there are all kinds of weird things”
I nodded and walked into the cave. The cool stone froze my feet, so I generated more heat in my body, one of the many perks of being an Alpha.
I continued on, down a small cold tunnel and had to duck to get through a hole. Once on the other side, I found a messy camp site.
There was a large swag, blanket and pillow next to a duffle bag overflowing with neatly folded clothing.
I went over and pulled some of the articles of clothing out and saw that they were male and, strangely, all black.
I growled and tossed them aside before looking over at a large rock. Sitting on top was a bowl filled with mixed herbs, some random plants, most of which I’d never seen before, and some utensils, mostly knives, and again, strangely, everything was nearly placed in a row. Was this guy a neat freak? And I thought Koda was bad.
I picked up the bowl and sniffed it. It matched the scent of Madelyn’s shot glass.
“Cole, release Dean” I linked him “He didn’t drug Madelyn”
“Are you sure?”
“Do it” I snapped and cut the link before turning to Chris, who’d followed me “Have these herbs packed up neatly and taken to the lab.. no wait, the herbalist, the head herbalist Yuki, should be able to identify the plants and what kind of drug’s this is”
“Yes sir” He nodded and got to work “How is Luna feeling?”
“She’s high” I answered and continued to look around the cave “So I’d say, she’s feeling pretty f*cking good right now. Tomorrow on the other hand, I doubt I’ll have the same answer”
I knelt next to a pile of books and picked one up and looked at it. They were all leather-bound with pale white pages.
Each book was a handwritten journal that mapped out Madelyn’s movements through the years and the most recent entries had information about myself and Koda and even Scott.
One entry even spoke about how the mating had finally happened and that she was marked and at the bottom, this b*stard had written the words.
“Now, I’ll have to take her by force, because she won’t willingly leave her mates”
I felt sick. How had neither myself nor Koda noticed someone tracking our girl?!
How had none of her guards noticed!
I growled and slammed the book shut and picked up another one, but my anger only grew.
It was another journal, an older one that detailed some abuse he’d witnessed Madelyn go through at the hands of Troy.
What was strange, was that the dates in the entries were from all the same time of year, this time of the year, as if he only checked in with her for one month every year and there were several pictures of Madelyn growing up.
Was this her keeper? If so, how the f*ck could he leave her alone to get tortured? Why would he drug her?
And if this wasn’t her keeper, was this person connected with my uncle?
I gathered the books and held them to my chest.
“Pack everything and bring it to the storage area in the tower. I want the investigative team to go through everything”
“Yes sir”
“And contact a few other guards on duty” I ordered “I want the woods swept for this pr*ck!”
“Yes, your majesty”
I left and filled my parents and Koda in on everything I’d found, and they all seemed very concerned and said we’d talk about it tomorrow.
“How’s Madelyn?” I asked once our parents left the link.
“Frustrating me, that’s how she is!” Koda responded, which shocked me.
“Why, what’s she doing?” I asked “She was fine when I left”
“She keeps hitting on me!” He exclaimed “I took her for a shower, and she kept trying to go down on me, it took me ten minutes just to get her dressed because she insisted on sleeping naked tonight and I had to chase her and carry her back to the bedroom just to force her into her underwear!”
I laughed but Koda growled.
“It’s not funny” He snapped “One second she’s normal, and then she switches, and the drugs kick in again, just get back here or so help me, I’m going to f*ck her!”
“Don’t you dare!”
“You try denying her over and over again!” He snapped at me “Oh, cr*p!”
“What?”
“She’s naked again, hurry the hell back here!”
By the time I made it home, Madelyn was passed out over Kodas lap under the covers and snoring softly “How did you get her to sleep?”
Koda looked guilty “I fingered her and after she c*m, she passed out”
“Dam it Koda!” I rose my voice
“Shh, you’ll wake her”
“She’s drugged, how could you do this to her!”
“I didn’t do anything wrong” He defended himself “And I didn’t pleasure myself, I just took care of her to calm her down”
I shook my head and glared at him “We’ll talk about this tomorrow when she’s sober”
I hit his arm before telling him in detail, what I’d found and passed him the books.
“You think it’s the keeper?” He frowned “But, why would he drug her, what was he hoping would happen?”
“Maybe these drugs help bring on her molt thing”
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