The New Alpha

Chapter 33

Maddox POV
It's her birthday today and she's still missing. I pace back and forth in my room with eyes clamped shut. Trying not to picture Everly laying in bed asleep or in the bathroom brushing her silky silver locks. I run my hands through my hair and shake my head. I hear Peter walk in.

"Maddox?" He says softly and I turn to him

I have a sliver of hope and I step over to him"What? Have they found her? Did they pick up her scent anywhere?"

Peter looks away "no...not yet but they are looking" I pound my hand against the wall and shout in anger, my wolf on the verge of showing though

"I should be out there!" I scream and walk over to him but he blocks the door

"You've been out all day and night. You fainted last night from no food or drink. You need to take it easy" Peter says calmly, putting up his hands

"How can I?! Everly is out there. Why wouldn't she come home?!" I beg him or anyone to answer the question that's gone through my mind nonstop "where is she Peter" I collapse on my bed, putting my head in my hands

"we'll find her Maddox" he says softly

Someone else walks in "the alpha...the one you locked up. you should talk to him." I hear Lena say "he might be able to help"

I take a deep breath and nod, walking towards the door Peter and Lena follow.
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"Alpha" one of my guards says bowing his head

"I'm here to see the prisoner" I tell him and he nods allowing me and Peter to pass

We walk further down the dark stone path to where I'm keeping him. I open the door to see him sitting on the ground. His eyes widen when he looks at me and he jumps up, walking back to the wall. My first instinct is to kill him. Peter seems to read my mind and holds me back. I look back at him and nod. He takes a step away.

"I'm sorry" the alpha "it was the prophecy, it was her"

"What are you talking about!" I bark

"She's here, the one the girl talked about" he rambles

I grab him by his shirt and hoist him up to my level "explain" I growl in his fear stricken face

"She came to our pack telling us of an ancient prophecy." He starts "I didn't believe her but I had to see for myself. She told us of a black female wolf that would provide the most powerful pups the werewolves had ever seen. When I smelt her scent I was beyond myself with need. I didn't know what I was doing" he pleas

"Black female wolf? No such thing. Who told you that?"

"No, no, I swear it's true. Her name was Scarlett she-" I drop him at his words and he stops talking

My eyes widen and when I turn to see Peter his face matches mine. The small alpha moves away from me. "That's what she's been doing" Peter whispers to himself

"Tell me more" I demand of him

He flinches "she told us the pack name and what the girl, Everly, looked like....she never said she was already taken. She told us on her 18th birthday would be the day we could tell. Unmated alphas would smell her before. She was taking bids from pack to pack. Seeing who would take her first."