Chapter 300

Gavin’s POV

Just as I stepped out of Judy’s condo, I nearly ran smack into another figure. I narrowed my eyes at the sudden delay, only to realize that it was Luna Lucy. Her eyes were wide as if I was the one who startled her.

I didn’t have time for her antics right now; I needed to find Judy. I had a knot in the pit of my stomach telling me that something was wrong, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t bite back that feeling.

I walked around Lucy and started towards my car; I could feel Lucy following me, her steps hurried as she rushed to keep up.

“She’s not home?” She asked once she was at my side.

“Nope,” I said, ending the conversation before it began.

“Let me help you look for her, Alpha,” Lucy rushed out. “She’s my friend…”

“You should have stopped her from leaving if you were her friend,” I spat before I could stop myself. I was on thin ice, and I knew that; just because I was Lycan, didn’t mean I could trample on people whenever I wanted, especially not on someone else’s territory. There were still rules in place, and I was willing to break each and every single one of them if it meant having Judy back in my arms where she belonged.

“That’s not on me!” Lucy said, an anger sparked to life. “I tried to get her to stop, but she was devastated over something that you apparently did. Her leaving has nothing to do with me and everything to do with you. I’m not sure what you did to her, but—”

Before I could stop myself, my hand was around Lucy’s throat.

“I don’t care if you are the Luna of this pack, you don’t speak to me like that,” I said through my teeth, my wolf pushing his powers out, making my aura that much stronger.

Her eyes were wide, and her body trembled.

Before she could start gasping for breath, I released and turned towards my car. I knew once word of that got back to Sampson, hell would break loose.

“You’re right,” Lucy croaked, rubbing her sore neck. “I was a terrible friend… I never told her about Spencer’s undying obsession with her. I shouldn’t have let him take her, but I don’t think he’s going ot hurt her…”

My entire body went frigid. Just as I reached my car, I forced myself to turn around and look at this woman.

“What do you mean by obsession?” I asked her, trying to keep both myself and my wolf calm. “What aren’t you telling me?”

Lucy swallowed, her eyes brimming with crocodile tears.

“Ever since the Gamma Competition…”

“He was in the competition?” I cut her off with my own question, my tone sharp and cutting through like a knife.

“No, but he goes every year to support the competition,” she explained. “The second he saw Judy, he fell in love with her. She was all he could talk about. When he found out she was coming to this pack, he was over the moon excited… a little too much, honestly. It was unsettling, but they quickly became friends.”

My blood was fucking boiling.

Who the fuck did this asshole think he was… trying to take what was mine.

Mine.

My wolf hummed his agreement, and I felt something spark to life inside of me. Judy was fucking mine. I wasn’t letting anyone take her from me. She was mine to hold… mine to kiss… mine to fuck… mine to love.

“I need to know where he is before I tear down this entire pack looking for him,” I said as my teeth started to elongate; my wolf was close to breaking through the surface and I was trying hard to keep him pulled back so he didn’t do something we’d both end up regretting… like starting a war, or killing someone innocent.

“We can check his house,” Lucy was quick to say. “He lives with just his grandmother. She’s a sweet old lady who upkeeps a little farm behind their house. If he’s not there, I’m sure she'll have a bit of insight on where he could have gone.”

There was much more time to think twice about it, so I nodded, motioning for the car.

“Get in and tell me where she lives,” I said as I pulled open the driver’s door.

She was quick to get into the passenger side. She directed us to Spencer’s house, and within a few minutes, we were pulling into the driveway. It unsettled me with how close he lived to Judy, but then again, this was a very small pack.

I got out of the car, slamming the door shut behind me as I walked towards the house.

I didn’t smell any signs of Judy, and my wolf wasn’t sensing her. Then again, it could be because of the masking spray, but I’d like to think I would be able to feel it if she were in this area.

An old woman stood outside, watering some plants in her front garden.

“Carol,” Lucy greeted the woman; the woman, Carol, turned and then smiled warmly when she saw Lucy.

“Oh, hello child,” Carol said, accepting Lucy’s embrace. “I wasn’t expecting a visit from the Luna today.”

“Sorry, I haven’t been by in a while. Things have been kind of hectic,” Lucy tells her with a small frown.

Carol’s expression softened as she patted Lucy’s cheek.

“Oh, I know, Dear. My grandson comes home at late hours and always looks so tired,” she sighed. “You know if there’s anything you need, I’m here. I might be old, but I can still fight.”

I realized that this old woman wore a gamma tattoo proudly on her arm, and I raised my brows. She was a gamma warrior?

“I don’t doubt that,” Lucy giggled before straightening up, following the sound of my throat clearing loudly. There was no time for small talk or catching up with an old friend; I needed to find Judy. “Speaking of your grandson, is he home?”

She shook her head, a small frown marring her wrinkled features. Her eyes finally found mine, and I saw the nerves clouding her vision.

“Is everything okay?” She asked, her eyes fixed back on Lucy’s face. “With Spencer, I mean?”

Lucy looked over her shoulder at me and then turned back to Carol.

“We aren’t sure,” she admitted. “But it’s better if we find him sooner or later. He took off with someone, and we need to find her.”

Her brow furrows.

“He left with a woman?” She asked. “Oh heavens… please tell me it wasn’t Judy Montague.”

Did everyone in this pack know of his obsession with Judy and not think for a second that she should know about it? Or maybe Judy did know about it and just didn’t care.

The thought made me feel sick to my stomach, but I pushed the bile down and narrowed my eyes at Carol.

“We need to know where he could have brought her. She’s not at home and she’s not here. Is there anywhere else he would have taken her?” I asked, my tone leaving no room for arguments.

She stared at me for a moment, probably weighing her options and trying to figure out my intentions.

“You have to promise me you won’t hurt him,” she said slowly. She’s the first person, besides Judy, who can look me directly in the eyes while my Lycan aura radiates so strongly. She must be an incredibly powerful wolf.

“I can’t promise that,” I say honestly. “If he touched her… if she’s hurt in any way, your grandson’s blood will be on my hands. But if you cooperate, I’ll try to make it less painful and quicker. That’s the best you’re going to get.”

I didn’t have time to feel bad; she winced at my words, and Lucy stared at me with her mouth agape like she couldn’t believe I just said that to an old woman.

Carol swallowed, and I knew from the look in her eyes that she wasn’t going to argue with me, so she nodded.

“He had a cabin 10 miles south of here,” she said slowly. “It’s in the rogue district. If you follow the road to the fork and then go down the pathway, accessible by car, on the right side of the road. A mile in, you’ll find a gathering of trees that almost look like a wall. Drive around it and you’ll find a cabin hidden in the darkest corner away from the eyes of the road. It’s his hideout.”

“He has a hideout in the rogue district?” Lucy asked, raising her brows.

She nodded.

“He found it when he was a little boy. He ran off after a particularly bad fight with his parents. He needed space and was gone before anyone could blink. Apparently, he made it to the rogue district, and he fought off all of them, scaring them away from that section. He was young, but fierce and powerful, and they knew it right away. Though he was too young to have a wolf, he had been a trained fighter his whole young life and was exceptionally skilled. Plus, they knew better than to mess with someone from a pack, so that helped as well. They left that cabin and that area alone ever since.”

“How do you know about this?” I asked skeptically. “Are you sure this place is real?”

She nodded.

“Yes, he showed me himself. I was against it at first, obviously, but I saw how at ease he was compared to when he’s home with his parents. Who was I to take that away from him? Everyone needs an escape… the cabin was his.”

“And you think he brought Judy to this cabin?” I asked.

‘If he’s not at her place or here… then yes. That’s the only other place he’d think to go,” she replied.

Just as I was about to turn and head towards the cabin, I heard screaming from a distance, followed by growling. Gunshots went off, and the sounds of shifting roamed through the streets, reaching my ears in seconds.

“What’s going on?” Lucy asked.

I looked around, smelling something that made my stomach coil. I heard more gunshots and more shifting; there was screaming and running going on all around us, though we could barely see anything through the gunpowder and dirt that was filling the pack.

“Holy shit,” Carol whispered, her eyes wide as she pointed in the distance.

I turned, and my eyes narrowed when I saw what she was looking at.

Rogues.

They were all running towards the pack.

And there was a shit ton of them.