In Between The Alphas
Chapter 89

"If you kill me then you won't be able to find your talisman." I said and the corner of her lips lifted.

"I don't need him to find the talisman," she busied herself with scattering a few herbs, "I can just creep into his mind and get it- I already know his name. But I do need him to give it to me." "If I die he won't give it to you."

"Actually he will," she smirked, "You see, we did a blood oath where as long as I do everything in my power to break your bond then I can take the talisman. If you die or not it doesn't matter; I did my end of the bargain so I get the talisman." I gaped at how nonchalant she looked about the whole thing, "You're crazy."

She gasped in mock hurt, "I just like to have a little fun sometimes."

"Does breaking a mating bond sound like fun to you?"

"Yes it does actually," she looked at me as if I was stupid, "It will be such an epic love story- well it'll be a tragic story for you and your mate but that isn't really my problem now, is it?" "You're horrible."

"So I've been told," she shrugged, "I normally wouldn't warn you but I like your spunk so I'm going to tell you to hold on."

"Why?"

"I need to break her hold on your mind. She's going to fight me of course but I'm going to win." She chuckled, "it's been a long time since I struggled with a witch from my coven." "What coven is that?" I asked quickly

"You're stalling," of course she would catch on to me, "I'm from a coven that deals with potions and spells- now hold on because this will hurt." She grasped my hands in a tight grip and muttered a few words.

It felt like someone was trying to pry open my skull with their bare hands and I let out a scream.

It was like a massive tug of war was taking place inside my skull. Someone is trying to push in and another person is trying to push out.

"Stop!" I screamed and she let go of my hands with a gasp. I lay flat on my back with my pulsing head cradled in my hands. "How can you get in my head? You don't even know my name."

"I had Hunter slip something into your food for the past two days. It's a mixture of my blood and some herbs so I can get into your head a little without knowing your name." she waited for two heartbeats before speaking, "I think that's enough rest time, brace up." At least this time I had a little bit of a brace before she plunged back into my head. I screamed until my voice grew hoarse and tears dripped freely from my eyes.

"Almost there," I heard her grit before she gasped and let go.

"Almost there," I heard her grit before she gasped and let go.

Blood was leaking out of her nose and she quickly wiped it away. "I was not expecting that."

"Are you done?"

"Not quite," she smiled, "There's been a little hiccup in my plans that I didn't account for. Why didn't you tell me?"

"Tell you what,"

"You don't even know." Her eyes never left me as she mixed up a potion and handed it to me.

"I'm not taking that." I spat

"If you want to live, you will." She warned, "I know why your witch was hell bent on protecting you. I broke in for just a silver of a second and it was enough for me to see." "Stop talking in riddles and say what you want."

"You're pregnant." Two words and my entire body clammed up, "Unfortunately my coven has a thing against harming babies. If I hurt your baby in any way then my magic will eat me out from the inside."

"You've been through a lot and I didn't help by prying into your mind. If you baby dies then I'm toast. That is why I need you to drink this; I don't want to die."

"How do I know you're not lying?"

"You don't," she shrugged, "But I have nothing to gain by lying to you and I would never lie about a threat to my life."

I gulped down the bitter potion. "So you're going to let me go."

"Of course not," she scoffed, "I'll just tell Hunter about your little predicament. He takes care of it and then I can do my work and get my talisman."

"But you just said-"

"I said if I hurt your baby," she reminded me, "If he does it then it doesn't affect me in any way."

"Please don't do this," I found myself begging, "You're a woman too, you should understand."

"Don't try to appeal to my better nature; I don't have one." She opened her mouth to say more but froze, "Looks like we have to cut this visit short. I'll be seeing you again soon."

She started packing up her stuff.

"What's going on?"

She turned to me and paused to think about something, "On second thought," she poured a pink powder over my head, "I need you to forget this."

The last thing I remember seeing before everything turned black was her disappearing in a puff of purple smoke and the flash of a golden chain around her neck with a weird insignia of a wonky circle. LOGAN'S P.O.V

Aubrey and her mate allowed us passage to murder valley through their pack. It was quicker and Hunter would never see us coming.

Greg was right, Hunter had eyes on all my men that were snooping around his territory and I know that if we do this without Aubrey's help then we will fail.

"Remember the plan," I told the handful of men I brought with me, "We need to get Charlotte out first; everything else can be handled as an afterthought. Kill anyone who stands in your way except Hunter- he's mine." "How many men are in there?" Jake asked.

"Aubrey says there are about fifteen." I said, it should be a fair fight seeing as I took twenty of my best men.

"We'll get her out." Jake assured me and I nodded.

"Move out everyone."

Half of the men went with Jake through the back while I went with the other half through the front door.

It was surprisingly empty; no one was lingering in the hallway. My men and I went down the stairs to the basement and I cringed as the scent of piss and blood hit my nose. This has to be where he is keeping her.

I pushed open a basement door and before the first guy could react I snapped his neck. The sound echoed through the quiet dungeon and the men attacked.

I went through the motions without thinking. There was only one thing on my mind and it is her. When I got to the cell my chest burned because it was empty.

"Check upstairs," I told the men and they knew better than to argue with me, "She has to be here."

I waited until the last person had left before turning back to the cell. I could smell her blood all over it. And her fear- it was pungent, almost graspable. She was here- so close, and I lost her.

"It's funny isn't it?" I froze at the voice, "How close you are and yet so far from her."

I heard his footsteps get closer and I grabbed one of the guns from the table and shot Hunter in the leg. He let out a groan and crumbled to his knees. "Where is she?" I asked but he laughed in my face. I shot him again in the shoulder, "Where the fuck is my mate?"

"She's not here." He spat.

'I found her,' Jake's voice echoed in my head, 'We're on our way outside!

Relief poured through my shoulders and I slowly made my way over to him. "You're a shit liar and you will suffer for everything you did to her."

I delivered a swift punch to his temple and he fell like a log. I mind linked a few men to get him- right now I need to see my mate.