Alpha Ryker's Little Witch

Ryker's POV:

"How far are you with the information about that paper?" I stood at the head of the maple live edge communal table, waiting for an answer from my appointed pack members.

There was a total of nine heads in the soundproof meeting room, including mine: Theo; Jayson; Mateo, the lead enforcer; Tyron, a very good tracker; and four other warriors. Their stiff postures had me questioning whether they had heard my question.

"Alpha." Tyron stood up, bowing slightly in avowed dutiful respect. He was a teenager gifted with a very exceptional scent tracking ability. His sense of smell and the capability to detect an extremely small difference between many smells made him the best.

"The perfume on the paper is different than that of Monica." He spoke in a low fearful voice. He was slightly shaking. My aura was affecting him; his wolf recognized me as his Alpha. The poor kid was on the verge of pissing on himself. "The difference, as he explained, was very minute, but it was detectable to his overly sensitive nostrils." Jayson jumped in to aid the poor boy. "So basically, what we are trying to say is that..."

"The perfume was intentionally sprayed on that bloodied paper." I cut off Jayson, already aware of what he was going to say next.

"What we are still trying to figure out is why the person would use a perfume similar to that of Monica," Mateo joined in.

"There must be something we are overlooking." My frustrations were beginning to show. I mean, we had no idea what we were facing here.

"Our little mate is wise enough to solve this puzzle." My wolf made his presence known as well as his thoughts. I couldn't deny that he was right to some extent; however, the idea was also stupid and quite careless. "No."

"What do you mean 'no'!" His exasperation on the statement was undeniably apparent.

"Do you want to endanger the life of your mate over three pieces of paper?" The mere imagination of anything hurting his mate shut him up. He recoiled in the back of my conscience, then tucked his tail in shame. "Alpha." Kyle, one of the warriors, pulled me back to the matter at hand.

"There's something else." He paused, waiting for my permission to speak.

"There was a foul smell detected by the group patrolling along the southern creek in the wee hours." With a single nod, I gave him the go-ahead to continue explaining.

"It was on the same day the paper was picked up."

"They checked it and came up with nothing," Jayson added. He had a habit of chiming in into conversations.

I thought about the foul smell around the same place my mate found the informative paper. Something was undoubtedly similar between the odor and the paper.

"Of course there is. Don't you remember the attempted breach on the border the first time I picked up the paper?" My mate's voice pressed on the inside of my head, startling me slightly at the sudden invasion. "How the hell did you do that?" My thoughts were beginning to run wild.

"Exactly how many abilities do you have? How did you know what we are discussing here?"

"Oh, calm your tits, Alpha," my little kitten teased, followed by a short, sweet laugh that threatened to awaken my mini-me.

"Your wolf pushed forward every single detail of your ongoing meeting."

"That son of a bit..."

"I suggest you leave it at that before you wake the sleeping giant. Call him a dog and you will have hell to pay."

"Now, back to where we were." She sighed before continuing.

"I saw the paper on the edge of the river meadows, right after the attempted border breach. The second time, I picked it up at my most favorite part of the forest, where Jax's blood had been spilled. The recent one was around the Southern Creek, right after the foul smell got detected by your warriors." The recap of every scene awakened my third eye.

"There is always one thing happening before the paper is found. We just have to identify the distraction when you picked up the second one."

"That's not all, Alpha Ryker."

"Oh, come on...We are past that, Tamara. It's Ryker to my mate. Stop the stupid formalities before I storm out of this place, find you, and fuck some sense into you." My wolf and I didn't like the idea of our little mate possibly fearing us. We wanted her to experience substantial unrestrained comfort around us.

"The papers were strategically placed on those three places. One because I think the places are rarely accessed by the pack members, and two..."

"Direction!" I jumped in in the mind conversation.

"The first one was on the Eastern River meadows, the second on the northern part of the pack and the third one on the Southern Creek." The mutt behind this was clearly using a stipulated plan, and if there was going to be a fourth one, it would be placed on the western side of the border."

"The boulder." My mate had just helped me make a step into the mystery papers.

"Don't tell them a thing. You never know the person behind this," she whispered in my head as if the wolves in the meeting room would catch on.

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"What do you mean?" Was she suggesting that there was a rat in my pack?

"Might. There might be one. That would explain why the culprit goes undetected every time. Limit the information you share with your team. Trust is to be earned." Her presence in my mind then evaporated. "Alpha!"

"Do you have to be this loud, Jayson?" I swore I could feel a tingling sensation in my ears.

"We've been trying to get your attention for three minutes," he pointed out, making me take in the questioning expressions on the men's faces.

"I want the patrol warriors along the borders doubled for the next one week." From his single bow, Jayson knew it was his duty to organize the patrols.

"Mateo, make sure every pack member stays on the watch out for any peculiar person or situation. Theo, you will work with Tyron to search for any distinct, new smell in my pack. He is an asset to us, and he must be protected at all times." Their "Yes, Alpha" made me feel satisfied before I dismissed them.

"Alpha! The claiming ceremony will be in a few days. You might want to have our Luna protected too." The barely recognizable distaste as he uttered the word "Luna" didn't go unnoticed by my insightful hearing. But I chose to let it slide for now. The only thought in my mind was feeling Tamara's sweet channel milking me.

With that thought, I sped out of the board room, my wolf panting in anticipation.

"Alpha!!" A frantic voice reached my ears just as a young girl dropped on my feet, panting, seemingly out of energy.

"What's wrong, pup?" My Alpha protective mode kicked in, my wolf coming out at the sight of the disoriented pack pup. She was my responsibility and required nothing short of my full attention.

"It's Grandma. She has been bit, Alpha. She's barely breathing, please!!!"

"Who is your grandma, little girl? Take me to her."

"Mimi." Oh fuck! The old werewolf possessed a very unique power. She had the ability to not only see the past but pick out specific words in any conversation her mind picked on.

"Mimi's life is in danger. I need the warriors patrolling near her place to check her now." I mind-linked my warriors uniformly.

"Jayson, find Tamara and accompany her to Mimi's house." I cut off the mind-link before running at a comfortable pace with the girl beside me.

"It's a distraction, Alpha!!!" Tamara's panicked voice filled my head yet again.

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"The force is taking over my spirit and body. Mee..." Then the communication was abruptly cut off, followed by a loud earth-shaking scream from my mate.

The culprit was on the move.

"I will catch up with you in a minute; there is another emergency. The beta is on the way. I also have warriors in your granny's place as we speak. One of the pack doctors is on the way too."

My wolf pushed forward, taking over my being in every sense. His bloodlust for the person who had been causing a ruckus in our pack spiked up. The need to keep everyone safe, especially his mate, took over, making me shift in an instant.

In my place now stood my Alpha Wolf. He shook his fur dominantly, raised his tail high, then sprinted full speed toward the Western boulder. He knew that's where our culprit would be, if Tamara was right.

Our Alpha instincts took over, the overflow of stupendous vivacity pushing our muscles harder. The pack members made way for their rage-driven Alpha. Buildings zoomed past me, then trees, and finally I stood before the boulder.

To our despondency, only our mate kneeled down on the grass ground below the boulder, another piece of paper in her hand.

This one was just like the first two-no scent whatsoever.

I'm watching you.

The words were boldly written, mocking my Alpha abilities plainly. How could this happen under my watch?

"I narrowly missed him." My little witch spoke, still clutching the tiny thing in her hand.

"Him?" My wolf invaded her thoughts, wanting to stay in its animal form, just in case the predator came back.

"He's a man, disguised in black overalls with a matching mask, and barefoot." She paused, her silence stretching for what felt like ages. "I caught a glimpse of his eyes." She tilted her neck, raising her face to look at my wolf. "I didn't physically see him. The force somehow could see this far as it wrenched me across the forest."

"The force showed it to you?" We voiced our question telepathically yet again.

"His eyes his eyes are oddly familiar. They had nothing but malice in them."