Rejecting, Your Broken Promises
Chapter 80

Gabi’s POV

Rogue Camp

We are all in place and it is quiet here. My spot allows me to see all three doors in this camp. They are all at dinner, and no one was assigned guard duty. That was a mistake. Even if you think no one is aware of your hide-out, they were made aware of who she was. You don’t mess with the Alpha King, especially taking one of his pups, and not receive consequences for it. You are dreaming if you think that he would be leaving it alone. I have never seen the Alpha King start an incident, but I have seen him defend his pack, his children, and his people. At a minimum, the leader should have had a man standing by at her cabin, to protect her. What if Timothy came here and hurt her while they were all occupied? A threat could even come from one of these rogues, or Alpha Jasper. She is to be protected and secured, not left alone. An Alpha is stronger than most werewolves, but any of these men could probably break that lock off himself if he really wanted to. I hold back the growl that I want to let ring throughout the camp, I am going to teach them all a hard lesson tonight. These guys are either idiots, really inexperienced, or both. I haven’t met them yet, so it could go either way.

I called Tanner and asked him to pick the lock, so we could get Payton out of there and to safety. I was glad that Christian had enough confidence in us that he saw the logic in me asking for Peyton to be rescued and gotten out of here first before the rogues realize that we are here. I am impressed with Christian being able to think clearly in this current situation, as it is his sister, and their dad is depending on him. To be able to make big decisions, and for him to weigh them carefully, and quickly, makes me even more impressed with that young man. I know that we are his extended family now, as she is mated to my son, but he has never worked with us in the field before, and this is an important rescue for us all. Since he is sending the Royal Beta Harrison, and Bryson to take her away from here, that leaves just him and the Royal guard that had been here as the only leads on his side. I will not leave him hanging, I will make sure he is not caught by surprise. Things are moving quickly, and I sent Tanner because he is good at it, so I know that he could do it, and we were closest to her cabin. I am glad to see that two of our warriors had the foresight to go with him and flanked him to provide protection for him. Her cabin is directly across from their mess hall, and what I am assuming to be their bunk house or sleeping quarters. I let out a breath when I see him take the lock off the hasp and then go to open the door, but it won’t give. s**t, I wasn’t expecting a problem. I needed this to go smoothly, any second we could be exposed.

I draw in my breath again and hold it. Is there another problem? What is going on, I glanced over to see Percy with the same expression, and then he went to mindlink someone. I hope it is Peyton, as his dad and those warriors will be seen the moment someone opens that door. They were all in there eating, if someone comes out to go to the bunkhouse, or smoke or something, we will be found out and the alarm will go out. I want Payton safe before then because if they are armed, she could be shot right through the wall. That would be a bad situation, so I linked the two members of the elite team that was over there with Percy and Heath and told them to be ready to shoot if someone came out and found us. I heard them both as they took turns heading to the side I was on, to take up positions one at a time, and set up to take care of anyone who came out the door. They moved quickly, and in the 2 minutes that that took, the door to her cabin was opened. I see Royal Beta Harrison and Bryson at the back of the cabin, and I motioned to them to stop. I see the door all the way open now and Tanner putting Peyton in front of him to protect her with his frame in case they were caught, and then quickly going up the side of the cabin with our two warriors walking backward behind him, to make sure no one came up.

I am glad Percy was able to reach her, and that she was not harmed. Royal Beta Harrison led as Peyton walked in the middle of him and Bryson took up the flanking position behind them. I spoke again so they could all hear and had the two warriors that had been with Tanner, and two of the Royal Guard that had been there first also go with them. My men were instructed to take one of the SUVs back to the hotel. We could get 7 into the suburban, and the keys were hidden in it, so no matter who got into what vehicle the keys were able to be used. We had learned that the hard way years ago when running from a conflict. Having keys that didn’t work, was no help at all. Now the keys were left in a hidden compartment under the dash, and my warriors would know where they were hidden. That was a necessary thing for us to do, and both B***d Rose and Ever Green did the same thing, and the keys were hidden in exactly the same place.

Nobody moved for the next five minutes until our warrior linked back that they were on their way now to the hotel. OK, we can now get this party started. Christian had the Royal guard with him use the thermal device to see where all the men were right now. They were all in the dining hall still. Christian advised that some were eating, some were watching TV, some had a smaller TV and were playing video games, and a few more were playing cards. No one was in the bunkhouse, so this was going to be a LOT easier than I originally thought it was going to be. I shook my head at how badly things are being run here, and I am leaning towards inexperience now. They cannot have thought any of this through at all. Maybe they figured that since they were going to “take her back” tomorrow that they didn’t have to worry about anything else. They should have known that taking the only daughter of the Alpha King was a really bad idea, even if they didn’t know who she was at first, the second they did. That really should have changed everything for them, right then.

I decide to speak again, “Heath, do you and the elite team have a clear visual on the door to the cabin? I am about to approach them to speak with their leader. If not let me know, and I will wait until you get into place. I think I need to let them know the error of their ways.”

“My love, I will not allow you to go alone” I heard Tanner in my ear. I smile as I knew he would always be at my side, and I at his, until the Goddess takes us.

“I already knew you would be coming with me, Tanner. I would not leave you behind” I respond back.

“Since they are all in the same place, we will move in as well. We can surround the cabin, but it seems like it is a basic build, it has no back, or side doors, and only two windows from what I can see. Do not take a big risk, Gabi. My father will be very upset if we don’t all come back safely” Christian said calmly through the earpiece.

“I have no intentions of getting hurt, Christian. I fully intend on getting to see my soon-to-be daughter-in-law tonight. Well, after we drop by to visit Alpha James. I will not be missing out on that little visit for anything” I told him, and I know that the look I had on my face was frightening. I want to beat Timothy’s little spoiled a*s myself, but I already know who needs to do it. It is a nightmare to be taken, and I remember that fear myself, but it is almost as hard on your mate and family. It will also give Peyton a little breathing room. She won’t be completely free until we deal with Alpha Jasper. I know from how quiet Percy was earlier that, he will probably be wanting to deal with that as well on this trip, as we are so close to the Dark Savage pack right now. He is so much like me, I am the spontaneous one, and Tanner is the calm to my storm. Dawson is just like Tanner, calm and collected unless you mess with his mate. Then you will see the other side come into play. Percy is always just holding it in, he is the storm just like me, and he is an excellent fighter because of it. If he needs to deal with Jasper, then we can wait to go back to B***d Rose for a couple of hours tomorrow. I will not allow him to go there alone.

With Tanner by my side, we walked boldly up to the door, hand-in-hand. I give him a quick k**s on the cheek, and he steps to the other side of the door, putting his back flush against the wall so they wouldn’t see him until they stepped out of the cabin. He knows that there are guns currently trained on the door and anyone stupid enough to raise one at us, will not be taking their next breath. I unclasp my gun and slid it out of the holder, I may not need it, but I don’t know how armed these men are. I don’t want to be shot the second they open the door. I speak lowly into my headset, “Is everyone ready?” I wait to hear the response in my headset from everyone, especially Heath, Hudson, and Jamie. Hudson was my teammate and the best sharpshooter that I have ever met. His son Jamie is also an excellent sharpshooter, following in his father’s footsteps. I already know that they will never be seen from where they have set up and that they both have my back. But this is still a nerve-racking encounter. Once I call out to them and knock on the door, all hell could potentially break loose. I need to take control of this and let them know to make the best choice that they can. I am hoping that whoever the leader of this ragtag outfit is, they have enough sense to talk calmly to me and keep his men under control. If he can’t, they will all be killed today.

I knock on the door and the talking on the other side of it completely stops. They know that they are all here inside the cabin. They also know that it won’t be the girl they were holding prisoner, because if she got loose, she would run, and not stay here to hang out or notify them that she had gotten out. I heard several chair legs scraping as some got up from the tables and benches in there, and I know that they are scared. Scared people make mistakes. I call out in a strong voice, “This is Gabi Wright, Luna of the B***d Rose pack. You took my daughter-in-law and the Alpha King’s daughter. Please think about what you are about to do right now before you make choices that could end your life. We are not here to harm you, but I do need to speak to whoever is in charge here before we go to deal with Timothy at the B***d Claw pack.”

I am hearing bits and pieces of the phrases they are saying. So many men were talking all at once, it was hard to decipher all of the phrases coming from inside the dining hall. “Don’t open that door, are you stupid?” “How did they find us so quickly?” “I know who she is, and you don’t want to shoot her” “If you cross them, we will all die today” “She won’t be alone, we have nowhere to hide” “You need to tell them if they do something to us, we will hurt Peyton” “This is all Timothy’s fault for lying to us” “I don’t know what to do” “Everyone, calm down, put those weapons away. They will already have us surrounded, if you shoot, none of us will live to see the morning. Please don’t do anything stupid” Good, finally the voice of reason, he must be the one in charge. I wait another 30 seconds before the door is opened and a young man stands there looking back at me. He looks to be my son’s age, or close to it, and although he knows that he is surrounded, he is not simpering and scared. I am glad that he has the sense to know that if we were here to kill them all, we would have just fired into the building until they were all dead. I just need some information, and then to sort them out, if they did want to stop being rogues, then we will leave.

“My name is Jerry, well it is actually Gerald Williams, but I go by Jerry. I was the former Beta of the River Walk pack” I can sense the nerves and fear coming off of him all of a sudden and I quickly glance behind me to where he is looking, to see that Percy is standing right behind me and Heath has made himself known too, with a gun pointed right at Jerry. This explains the sudden fear rolling off of him. I slid my gun back into my holster, but I don’t snap the clasp in place. I still need to determine if and when we are safe, but I know that the three men behind me, as well as Percy, and Tanner, will keep me safe. I need to calm him down before one of his men gets scared and screws this up for all of them.

“Jerry, I am not here to kill you, I just need to speak to you about what happened today, and get your side of it, before we go to speak to Timothy. He was well aware of who she was to us, and to the Alpha King, which was why he didn’t want to dirty his hands in doing it and tricked you all into carrying it out. The Werewolf Council has already passed judgment on his punishment, so you will not be dealing with him again after tonight. Can you tell me what all he told you to get you to do this for him?” I asked him and listened to all of his answers. It was as Percy said, Timothy is a coward, and had done all this to try to get her back through despicable means. Tanner recorded the whole tirade for us to be able to playback for Alpha James, who would be heartbroken that his only child did this to Peyton. Alpha James was trying to rectify all that he had done, and silently behind him, Timothy was setting fire to the bridge that Alpha James was trying to build. I was stunned though that Jerry also had recordings of his conversations with Timothy, as well as all the texting between them. Apparently, Jerry is a lot smarter than I had given him credit for. I would not mind taking him back to B***d Rose with us. With some training, I believe that he would be a highly effective man. I can sense his strength and goodness in him, and was willing to give him a chance.

Jerry also had proof of an account that Timothy had set up where he was funneling pack funds from B***d Claw into his own account, to fund his little rogue pack on the side. Timothy was devious, and it will be a pleasure to carry out his punishment tonight. I had Jerry send all the texts, recordings, and documentation that he had to both Tanner’s phone, and to Christian’s phone as well. Christian was going with us to the next stop, as B***d Claw was about 5 minutes away. We would be heading there next. I could still hear mumbling coming from inside, and I called out in a loud tone. “I will offer some of you an opportunity to come to either B***d Rose, or Ever Green to become full members of our packs. I will need to speak to each one of you separately in doing this, and then I will tell you after we speak if you are welcome to join us, or not.” I am now hearing some excited voices at the chance of getting to go and be part of a pack again.

“Guys don’t fall for it, this lady can’t authorize that. You men are being stupid if you do fall for it. I will not be going back to Ever Green. They aren’t as great as you think they are. I will go somewhere else” I heard being called out from inside the cabin and I know that I have found Terry.

“You are correct, Terry. Neither the Ever Green pack nor the B***d Rose pack wants you there either. You will be dealt with about your use of force, on two members of Ever Green, you really like to hit women it seems, Terry” I called out to him, and I see him appear over Jerry’s shoulder. I heard Percy take a step forward and I held my hand up for him to stop. It would hurt Jerry’s ego more if I dealt with this one, and as I took my holster off, both Percy and his father knew what I was going to do. Terry gives me a wolfish grin and said, “You gonna take of me, honey?”

He heard the front of the cabin rattle with the growl Tanner let out. Terry seemed surprised for a second before he let his cocky expression take back over. “Gonna let your mate fight for you, sugar?”

“No, I am not. I believe that you need to learn a hard lesson, Terry. So, if you think you can hit me the same way you hit Peyton and Jasmine, come on out here and do it” I told him and gave him a smirk that said it was his funeral as I turned my back on him and walked to an area we could fight in. As expected, Terry came out of the cabin quickly to try to attack me while my back was turned to him. I knew he was going to do that, he is a weak man, and a bully, so I already knew who he was before I turned my back on him. I know just who I am dealing with, and he needs to learn to not be putting his hands on a woman ever again.