The Challenge Two Alphas, One Girl



Friday's POV

"They call me Prophetess," said the creepy little girl.

"Ok," I mumbled.

"They keep sending amateurs to do the work of an expert," said Prophetess.

I realised something. Prophetess' smell made my nose burn a little. It was sterile and sharp like the scent of bleach with a hint of lemon. She's a made vampire! said my wolf.

Before I could even react, something sharp pierced my th!gh through the dress. I jumped, shrieking. I looked down and spotted a syringe with its needle stuck in my leg through the fabric of the dress. A small spot of bl00d denoted its placement. I gazed at Prophetess feeling my limbs going limp as all my muscles relaxed at once. I fell to the ground, still aware of everything but unable to move. Could I still mind-link?

Thaddeus! Maze! Help me please! I cried.

Thaddeus' POV

I was waiting patiently for my delectable little Luna to show me yet another dress she looked beautiful in. It was hard to decide on a favourite one. She looked so pretty in all of them. I was on my third glass of Champagne when a lancing pain shot through my stomach. I started to sweat. I was tremulous. I fell out of the armchair and onto my knees. I looked over and saw Maze's champagne glass slip out of his hands and shatter on the floor. We had been drugged? Or poisoned?

Oh no! Was this planned by Ezekiel or Farris?! My Friday! I heard a muffled shriek. FRIDAY?!

I was too weak to even form a mind-link. I had slumped onto the floor, my cheek against the cold marble. Maze had only had one glass. He seemed to have more of his wits about him. It must have been the champagne that had been tampered with.

"What did you do?!" He snarled venomously at Madame.

"Forgive me, Alpha, they promised me something I couldn't resist!" Said Madame defensively. The shop girls were on the far end of the room, clearly in on it but afraid of two angry alphas though we were incredibly weakened by whatever had been slipped into our drinks. Maze was trying to stand up. He did so shakily.

"They promised me everlasting youth! They can make me look like twenty-one again!" Said Madame excitedly.

"You would risk centuries of your family's hard work to build a reputation just to all sell it away over some anti-aging product?" I managed to growl as I fought to get up.

I had to get to Friday.

The doors to the boutique burst open and over a dozen vampires walked in. This would be a piece of cake normally but not when I'd just been poisoned. Maze roared in rage. In a move that shocked even me, Maze rushed towards Madame, cupped her face in his large hands and swiftly turned her head, snapping her neck. The vampires recoiled a little at this show of strength despite being poisoned or drugged. One of the vampire warriors shot Maze in the leg with a tranquilliser dart. Maze ripped it out at lightening speed and jammed it into the eye of the shooter. Blood spurted from the socket and he let out a bl00d curdling scream.

I could fight the poison better in my wolf form so I shifted, shredding my clothes. The vampires began shooting more tranquilliser darts. Why did they want us asleep instead of dead? I spoke too soon because one vamp pulled out a gun with silver wolfsbane-dipped bullets. I lunged at this one and chomped on his leg, making him drop the gun. I tore at the arm of another who reached for the gun. All of my muscles were aching. I ran over to Maze. The adrenaline and the increased body mass from shifting was lessening the drug's effects but I was still very weary. Maze climbed on my back and I ran to the back room as fast as I could.

Friday was gone! My roar shook the mountains. She was gone. Gone. The vampires ran into the back room. I saw red. I tore and ripped out every throat I could find. It was all useless! It wouldn't bring Friday back! Where had they taken her?!

"Stop!"instructed Maze, still atop my back, helping me fight by throwing punches and actually tossing people across the room while I chomped on whoever I could. "Don't k!ll this one," he said, indicating the last trembling guy. "He's our only lead!"

Maze was right. We needed information and we could extract it from him. The shop girls had all ran off somewhere. Madame lay dead on the floor next to eight others. Her death had been the cleanest and most merciful. She was relatively unscathed. She had dressed my mother! How could she do this to me?!

Backup arrived. Apparently Raelynn had sensed something was wrong with Friday. The ambulance and several warrior squads arrived. The pack doctor in the ambulance suspected that the usual suspect, wolfsbane, had been added to the champagne. Raelynn was beside herself with worry over Friday whom she could not pick up on right now. I sighed placing my head in my hands as Maze and I were put in the back of the ambulance. We both began receiving intravenous fluids to dilute the poison in our bl00dstreams. We had the antidote for wolfsbane back at the pack house infirmary. I ordered the guards back at the store to comb the area just to make sure Friday wasn't there. I sighed, holding back tears. Maze put an arm around my shoulders.

"We're gonna find her, Thaddeus! We're gonna find her and bring her back!" He said as if trying to convince himself too. I could see his eyes were brimming with tears too. My wolf howled mournfully as the ambulance raced away from the last place I'd seen my Friday.

Katrina's POV

The twins and I were eating a variety of Nymph delicacies. These included fried seaweed dipped with nectar as a dipping sauce, tree bark chocolate truffles and mixed berry salad with goat cheese. These were a far cry from what I usually ate but they all tasted surprisingly good. Fallon and Fargo were sitting on the same side as me. Being between my mates or my two predestined was a bit overwhelming. My heart was racing.

“Are you okay?” Asked Fallon softly, tucking a few blond strands behind my ear. He was the gentler of the two.

I nodded emphatically. Fallon rubbed his thumb against my lower l!p making tingles course through me.

"You're really really pretty but you already know that, huh," he said.

No I didn't. I shrugged. Fallon pressed his l!ps to mine. He was surprisingly gentle and his l!ps felt soft and warm. I sighed a little.

Suddenly we broke apart. Fallon had broken the k!ss. He had a pained expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" I asked, worried. I glanced at Fargo who had the same expression.

They both stood up simultaneously, pulling me with them easily like I was a rag doll.

"Where are we going?" I cried, alarmed.

Fargo threw some money down on the table and headed for the door with me in tow. Neither of them spoke. They just looked immensely worried. "WHAT IS IT?!" I shrieked so loudly in the car that they both snapped out of their trance.

"Friday," said Fargo.

Oh no! Had Ezekiel gotten to her? Was it Farris?

I could tell the twins were mind-linking someone as their eyes went dark.

"Please! Please! Tell me what's going on!" I pleaded with the twins from the backseat of the car as they sped off.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

Fargo was driving at top speed, his brows furrowed in concentration.

Fallon sighed and looked back at me from the passenger's seat. "Friday was kidnapped," He said. "Raelynn's just told me."

He looked so upset. The twins were peculiar. I knew they weren't tremendously close with Friday but I could tell they cared about her and seemed sorta guilty when it came to her. Was I missing something?

“Are you and Friday close? I'm sorry, I know we hardly know each other and it's none of my business. Even if you're not close, of course you would care! Ugh, that was so stupid of me, sorry!" I said all in one breath.

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"We were terrible big brothers to Friday growing up," said Fallon softly. "Fang and Friday made up...really well actually. We haven't really made it up to her. What if we never get to make it up to her?" Asked Fallon, looking at Fargo.

Fallon's eyes were glistening with tears.

"We will," said Fargo confidently, increasing the speed, pushing it to the limit.

"We're gonna get her back!" Said Fargo. "We need to start looking for her right away! Her alphas have both been poisoned!"

I gasped.

"Thaddeus and Maze?" I said.

Fargo nodded, sighing. "We're

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meeting them at the pack house infirmary. They've called a red alert. They think they took Friday to weaken Ker alphas, that plus the poison, An attack might be imminent. Now would be the opportune time to strike so both Marigold and Berryndale armies are getting ready and all special units are already trying to locate Friday."

I felt sick. My stepfather was most

likely behind this. I used to think my father had meant to k!ll Friday to leave her two alphas vulnerable and beside themselves with grief so could attack their packs and take

over. Now, I knew it was somet

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else entirely. My stepfather's motivations were more about his own personal quest to make the supernatural even more superhuman. He wanted to make

invincible incorrigible killing

machines.

“He won't attack, trust me!” I said. “He just wants Friday."

"Why?" Asked Fallon, looking confused.

I said what my stepfather sometimes mumbled about her to himself, "She's special."