Chapter 12
Tyson POV
One week Later
It has been over a week since we saw her, I mindlinked Rayan yesterday who kept giving me vague answers as to what she is doing. His reply was she is around, which I didn't particularly like. I tried mindlinking Reika but each time she shoved me out and Ryker was near impossible to get a hold of even via the mindlink. We kept getting interrupted before I could even ask how she was, leaving my only link to her as Rayan.
Lucy always had some excuse not to come visit us, or for some reason she couldn't talk long, making me wonder if Reika told her we were her mates. Was this her way of rejecting us?
“Hurry up, he finishes school soon and I already told Jacob we were picking him up today” Ace calls to me as I finish getting dressed.
I slip my jacket on before grabbing my car keys and walking down the long hallway toward the front of the packhouse. Ace was waiting in the living room. He has become extremely impatient waiting for Lucy to come around. Everyday he sits at home hoping she shows up and Atticus has been hounding him to mark her before she can reject us. Tyrant was the same, wanting to mark her but Atticus was even more demanding of Ace because of his relationship with Melana. Atticus knew Ace stuffed up when it came to her because Lucy wouldn't be too happy when she learns he is her mate and had been fooling around with her.
I don't understand how Ace was even able to go against his wolf. Tyrant wouldn't even let me entertain the idea of anyone but Lucy, so I was surprised Ace has been able to maintain any form of relationship he had with Melana. Tyrant made that impossible for me but I wasn't interested in anyone else anyway. I feared Atticus would force Ace to mark her against her will if he couldn't see her soon.So today we were picking up Rayan and dropping him to his father at work since Reika had appointments.Giving us time to figure out what was going on with Lucy and I could ask Ryker what Reika told her.
“I'm driving, you drive too slow” Ace says, holding his hand out for my keys. I roll my eyes at him before chucking my keys at him which he catches before grabbing his Jacket.
I lock the door before climbing in the passenger seat. Ace tearing out of the driveway before I could even shut my door. “Slow down dick, you wreck my car your buying me another” I tell him as he sprays rocks everywhere along the gravel driveway.
We headed through the city before taking the highway out of town heading for the pack school, which was just outside the city. The drive took 30 minutes from the packhouse to the school before we pulled into the carpark next to the park. I get out sitting on the hood of the car and lighting a smoke. Checking my phone I still had five minutes before the school bell rang. Rayan had no idea we were picking him up, so I would like to see him try to avoid us, I know Rayan and Lucy are close so if he didn’t know what was going on I knew my last resort would be having to hunt down Mitchell which I didn't particularly feel like doing.
When the bell goes kids come rushing out and running in different directions. I wait to spot him and he was the second last kid out as he dawdled. I watch as he looks around for Jacob, his bag slung over one shoulder before I whistle, his head snapping in my direction, the look on his face was almost comical. I hear him curse under his breath before dropping his head.
“Where is Jacob?” Rayan calls out as he crosses the road before stomping through the garden beds that surround the park. He crushes the neat gardens stomping on the flowers. Ace climbs out of the car.
“What no hello?” Ace asks him.
“Why are you here? If it is about Lucy ask her yourself” Rayan says and Ace growls before taking his bag from him and opening the back door. Ace chucks his bag in the back of the car before grabbing his shirt above his shoulder steering him to the back seat.
“Where are you taking me?” Rayan demands and Ace raises an eyebrow at his ittle Alpha voice coming through.
“To your father at work, now get in before I spank your ass for being a disrespectful little shit” Ace tells him. Rayan huffs before sliding into the backseat and folding his arms across his chest. I climb in the passenger seat and Ace climbs in the driver's seat before reversing out of the car park. Once the car is moving I turn in my seat so I can face Rayan.
“How is Lucy?”
“She is your mate, how about you tell me?” Rayan says.
“You know?” Ace asks him, looking in the rearview mirror at him as he turns at the cross section.
“Yeah, I heard mum and dad talking about it" He says, putting his arm on the window and resting his head on his hand.
“Does Lucy know?" I ask him and he shakes his head.
“No, mum told me not to tell her” Rayan says exhaling loudly.
“Well that's good I guess for now” Ace mutters under his breath.
“You hurt my sister I will" Rayan begins and I smile when Ace cuts him off.
“You'll what pipsqueak?” Ace asks and Rayan growls at him.
“I will kick your ass I will Ace, I won't be a kid for long then you will be answering to me” Rayan snaps at him. He was definitely his father's son. Ace smirks but says nothing else, he had a point. Rayan was next in line to become Alpha King.
“So how is she?” I ask him and Rayan shrugs.
“You live with her, you have to tell us something” I tell him. Rayan holds his hand out rubbing his fingers together and I roll my eyes.
“Information costs” Rayan says with a devious smile on his face, his silver and gold eyes sparkling back at us.
I reach over into Ace's pocket. “Why do I gotta pay him, you pay” Ace snaps at me.
“I don't carry cash” I tell him, snatching his wallet out of his pocket, Ace having to shift so I could pull it out.
I grab a 50 dollar bill out and Rayan raises an eyebrow at me before I grab all the cash out of his wallet. Rayan leans forward, plucking the cash from my fingertips.
“You better have good information kid, what do you need $300 for?” Ace demands.
“I don't, I just wanted to see if you would give it to me, thanks for that will add it to my stash” Rayan says making me chuckle while Ace growls at him.
“So spill” I tell him and he rubs his chin.
“What should I disclose?” He says playing with us.
“Her favourite colour is purple, oh and she has a birthmark on her hip that reminds me of starfish. She also had this vibrating thing in her knicker drawer. Oh and she had a drawing of your wolves in her sketchbook” Rayan says. I shake my head at him.
“No real information, like what she is doing?” I ask him.
“Why would you go through your sister's undies you little creeper” Ace says before shivering in disgust.
“I had to grab some stuff for her, nothing wrong with grabbing clothes for her, bloody thing sounded like a rocket ship about to take off. I tried to google what it was but kept taking me to these half naked lady sites.” He says scrunching his face up. I snort the innocence of this boy, he will be horrified when he is older and realises what it is.
“Why did you have to take her clothes?” Ace asks him as we pull into the underground carpark.
“Um.” He seems to think for a second and I could see worry cross his features like he thought he said something he shouldn't have.
“Oh we are here, I guess I will catch you two later, thanks for the lift"He says gripping the door handle about to do a runner when Ace locks the door.
“Speak Rayan you are ticking me off” Ace tells him and I smack his chest. I see Ryker coming out of the elevator toward the car.
“Fine, I will ask your father then” I tell him and Ace unlocks the door and I go to hop out.
“Wait!” Rayan calls out and I stop closing the door and looking over at him.
“Mum and Dad think she is at your house, please don't get her in any more trouble” Rayan says looking out at his father walking across the carpark toward us.
“What do you mean, she has been staying at home?” Ace says but Rayan shakes his head.
“Mum won't let her come home,” Rayan says before sighing.
“Lucy didn't want to stay with you because Melana is always with Ace, so she has been sleeping at the river behind the packhouse. I got clothes for her the other day and she met me at school” Rayan says before looking out the window.
“You can't tell dad” He rushes out in panic.
“Please!” Rayan says and I look at Ace.
“We won't say anything, how long has she been out there for?” He doesn't get a chance to answer Ryker, opening up the back door.
“Hey kiddo” Ryker says, reaching over him and grabbing his bag off the seat beside him.
Rayan looked at us in panic but Ace had a tight grip on the steering wheel looking out the window.
“Everything ok?” Ryker asks as Rayan climbs out of the car.
“Yeah something has come up, I will come see you tomorrow” I tell Ryker.
“Ace?” Ryker asks, looking at his tense body, his knuckles white as he clutches the steering wheel.
“Everything is fine, just need to deal with something” Ace grits out and Ryker seems taken aback but says nothing, instead closing the door.
Ace reverses out of the parking spot. Fur was sprouting on his arms as he fought to control his emotions and those of Atticus's.
“Calm down Ace, we will go get her” I tell him worried he was going to shift.
“She wouldn't come home because of me, Tyson don't tell me to calm down” Ace snaps.00