Chapter 27
Alexa’s POV
I woke up with the sunshine coming through my windows and it was bright as f**k. Julian was asleep in the chair beside me. was mad at him. He let them sedate me when I needed to go find Colter.
I threw the covers off me and got out of bed. I was sore still, but I could manage. I got out of bed and hobbled to the bathroom. This cast is going to have to come off. I washed my face and found a toothbrush and hairbrush and cleaned up. “Luca, will you bring me clothes” I mind linked him.
“Can you leave?” He replied back.
“Yes, I am leaving.”
“I will be there shortly."
I hung out in the bathroom and so I didn’t wake up Julian. I didn't want to hear him right now. He would try to talk me out of it, but nothing would stop me. I heard the door to my room open and Luca walked in. I put my finger to my lips and gave hi the quiet signal. He walked over to me and handed me my clothes.
“I thought you said you were being released.”
“No, I said I was leaving. I have to find Colter”
“This is a bad idea.”
“I don't care, are you going to help me, or do I have to do it by myself?”
“Of course, I will help but Julian is going to kill us.”
“He will get over it"
took the clothes and shut the door softly. I took the tape off around my IV and then pulled it out and grabbed a washcloth to wipe up the blood that trickled out. I pulled the hospital gown off and gingerly put my clothes on. I had bruises everywhere and was still sore. Once I was dressed, I walked back out into the room and found that Julian was awake and hac a scowl on his face.
“Back in bed now!”
“No, I am going to get Colter and you can’t stop me. So, either you help me or leave me alone.”
“Fine I will help but I am not happy about it.” He said.
“Good, now help me get this cast off so I can put on a shoe.”
“No leave it on, you need your leg to heal” julian said.
“It will be fine; I can't fight with this on.”
“Fight? Who said you were fighting”
“You're wasting time, I need to get to my old pack. You already wasted time when you had them drug me last night."
“Let's g0 to Colters pack and make a plan with Mac. It's a five-hour drive, you can rest in the back seat.”
I nodded my head and left the room. I had to get this cast off before we headed to my old pack. If anything, I would just shif and it would be shredded.
“Jade, can you speed up the healing at all?"
“I am trying as hard as I can. Your bruises will be gone by the end of the day, but your leg will take a little longer”
“Thanks, are you doing, ok? I mean we're going to have to fight and shift soon. Will you be able to handle it?"
“Just rest as much as you can and eat more, please it helps.”
“On it, and if there is anything else just tell me”
“Let me concentrate.”
I cut the link so she could work her magic and headed to my room to throw a bag together real fast. I got to the stairs and turned to the boys.
“Be ready in ten minutes. I just need to throw some stuff in a bag.”
I started to go up the stairs, but Julian came up behind me and packed me up the stairs.
“Thank you, that made it much faster and easier”
“I told you I am always here for you no matter what. Just wait to go down. I will carry you back down.”
“OK”
I got in my room and grabbed my bag and threw some clothes in there and some toiletries. I grabbed my pillow for the car ride and a small blanket. I promise Jade I would rest and that is what I am going to do. I walked back out my door and waite: for Julian. It didn't take him long and Luca came out of his room at the same time as Julian was coming down the stairs. “You guys ready?” Julian asked.
“Yes!” I said.
Luca took my stuff and Julian packed me down the stairs again. We made it out to the SUV and piled in. Someone from the kitchen came out with a small cooler and handed it to Julian before he got in.
“Breakfast?” I asked as he got in the car.
“Yes, it's early still and none of us have ate yet”
“Thank goddess, I am starving” I said.
He handed the cooler back to me and I opened it up to find lots of breakfast burritos and drinks and a small bowl of fruit. I grabbed a burrito and dug into one.
“MMM, so good, anyone want one?” I asked.
“Yes, pass those up here.” Luca said.
Itook a drink out of the cooler and handed it up to Luca. I sat there eating my burrito when it dawned on me that I hadn't talked with Mac about coming to his pack.
“Hey, has anyone talked with Mac?”
“Nope, thought we would surprise him” Luca said.
“Very funny, what is his number, and I will call him."
Luca rattled off his number and I typed it in the phone and hit the dial button. It started ringing.
“WHAT?” He growled into the phone.
“Beta Mac, it's Alexa.”
“Sorry, how are you?”
“I am fine and will be there in about five hours.”
“I thought you were in the hospital?”
“I was but I have to get Colter.”
“We have to find him first"
“My father has him. I called my friend there and my father found her phone when she answered the door. He has both my mate and best friend locked in the dungeon. We will move in on them ASAP. Get a team ready.”
“I will start putting something together and get some rooms ready for you."
“See you soon.”
I hung up the phone and asked for another burrito. They were so good. They had potatoes, bacon, sausage, eggs and cheese in them. I filled my belly with them and closed my eyes. I really was going to try to rest as much as possible so Jade could heal me as much as she could and be ready for a fight tomorrow.
It didn't take long for me to fall asleep, and Luca woke me up when we pulled through their pack gates. I sat up and rubbed the sleep from my eyes and looked around. He had a huge space here. There were cute little houses scattered around and big yards filled with kids’ toys and plenty of forest for running. We came to pack house, and it was huge. It was bigger than any I have ever seen. We pulled up front and Mac stepped out the front door, onto a large porch that was wrapped all the way around the front and what looked like one side.
I got out and started to hobble towards Mac, but Julian came and picked me up and took me over there.
“You have to let me walk. I can't let them think I am weak” I told him.
“You need to let your leg heal; we will find you some crutches.”
“How about we just take the cast off and then I will be good to go."
“Nice try Luna” Mac said.
“Also don't call me that. Let's go somewhere we can talk and work out a plan.”
Mac nodded his head and turned towards the house and went inside and we followed him. I was getting weird looks from people that were in the pack house. I mean I am sure it looked weird that julian was packing me around, but I didn't care I needed to know what they had come up with because we needed to move in soon. I would prefer it if we already had. We walked into a conference room and Julian put me down in a chair.
“Mac, can you get someone to bring her some crutches. She needs to stay off this leg for as long as possible”
“Sure can, I will have someone bring some in here.”
“Can you just tell me what you have come up with, so we can formulate a plan.”
“I really don't have one. I just thought we could storm the place and attack and go find him."
“That won't work. My dad will have guards everywhere. He is expecting me so I can get in, but you guys will have to sneak in. Do you have any maps that show their boarders.”
“Yes, let me have someone bring those in as well. Anything else you need?”
“Are you mocking me?”
“Nope!” Mac said.
“Sure, seems like it and I don't see that you have come up with any type of plan to get him back” I snapped back at him. someone knocked on the door and walked in with a set of crutches for me.
“Please give them to Alexa over there” Mac said, giving me a glare.
She walked over and handed them to me. I just rested them on the table and started at Mac. He is going to piss me off. He has done nothing productive, so I was going to take charge here and if he had a problem with that, he could get over it. would lead this mission.
“Mac, what do you guys have for warriors?”
“What is that supposed to mean? Are you saying that we don’t have good fighters?” He snapped at me.
“You need to chill out, she is just trying to see what we are working with. She doesn't know your pack” julian snapped back at him.
“Sorry, 'm a little on edge.”
“It's fine just tell me about your warriors." I said.
“We have three hundred warriors, and I can have more if we need them.” He said.
“How big is your pack?” I asked. If they had that many warriors, they had to have been huge.
“We have about two thousand in our pack, and we have alliances with packs arounds us that we can call in”
“I didn’t know your pack was huge. This is good. We shouldn't need to call in any reinforcements” I said.
Someone finally walked in with a map and handed it to Mac. He unrolled it and laid it out on the table.
“Do you have a highlighter; I can use to mark on this map. I have a plan.”
He walked out of the room and quickly came back and handed me a couple of highlighters to use. I started marking out territories on the map. I circled my old pack and marked out the territories that surrounded it. I know that this pack boarder itt but if my dad had any brains he would have that heavily guarded.
“Do you have an alliance with any of these packs surrounding my dad's?" I asked
“Yes, we do with the Red Moon Pack” He said.
“Will they let us enter through their lands?” I asked.
“Probably. I will have to call the Alpha”
“OK, here is my thought, I am going to drive and go to my dad's pack myself and I want half of you to enter through the Red Moon pack and half through this area that doesn't belong to anyone. We can attack from both sides and catch them off guard”
“Thats actually a really good idea.” Julian said.
“Where did you learn to read a map?” Mac asked.
“I studied hard to get into the Elite Academy. This was something that we had to know how to do.”
“Il am impressed Alexa.” Mac said to me.
“Jade, is this going to work?” I mink linked my wolf.
“It has too. We need to get him back.”
After we all agreed on the plan and Mac called the Alpha from Red Moon Pack, we called in warriors to sort out who was going with us and who would stay back. After everything was done and ready, I was ready to go but had to wait until mornin;