Chapter Forty-Six

Cracking my eyes open, I groan in pain I must have blacked out there for a moment and it seems I still have no connection to my wolf and no way to heal. My body is weak from the torture they have inflicted on me, and I cannot move a muscle. Whatever they are drugging me with is causing a block, and without being able to heal, I cannot rescue myself. Not one for giving up, I concentrate on Sam and Murdoch, our family bond is strong from the years of bringing him up and being a royal we have the ability to communicate from a far I just hope that whatever they have given me will allow me to link. Forcing my way through the block on our link, I feel the same piercing pain I did when I tried to connect with Val, but unlike with Val the link connects with Sam.

"Sam?" the connection is weak, but I know it is working even if it is faint, "Sammy?"

"Jenni?" I can hear the panic in his voice and I wish I could comfort him and let him know everything is going to be ok but I'm completely broken on a cold wet basement floor which is who knows where, the only good sign apart from being able to connect to him is that I cannot hear my captors even over the roaring sound in my ears.

"Sammy, Gregory took me" I force my communication through more, the pain in my head increasing the more I try to hold the link open, "Gregory took me, Sammy."

"Gregory? Security guard Gregory?"

"Yes, you need to tell Joe. Tell only Joe or Chris, no one else." the sensation of liquid trickling from my nose registers through the pain, and I realise that I do not have long left, my body is unable to cope with this already drained from the loss of blood.

"I'll tell them."

"Wait, Sammy, tell them spies in the pack."

"Spies? Jenni?" he must feel the link fading as a spike of fear creeps through.

"Sammy, keep safe. Spies pack, get them to follow Gregory." link finally breaking my eyes shutter closed as I pass out.

"Wakey, wakey pet" ignoring the dick I keep my eyes closed and wonder how long I have been out as I attempt to rest just for a bit longer, I know whatever he has planned isn't going to be good. His hand in my hair yanking my body off the ground soon has my eyes snapping open to his pleasure "Ah there she is," he purrs "You ready for another round? Or you going to answer my questions?" gathering what I can in my mouth I cough innocently spraying blood and salvia all his face, expecting him to get annoyed he just licks his lips "Your blood really is sweet" he grins and I mentally slap myself, apparently with the loss of blood I have become an idiot of course a vampire wouldn't get offended by my blood in his face. "I am so glad you choose the hard way." Clenching my jaw closed as best as I can I stare at the bloodsucker and numb my mind ready for what he has planned.

ALPHA JOE POV

Map spread out across the conference table, the three of us look over it again to see if there is something we have missed. We have searched both of our territories for clues in where Jenni has disappeared, with knowing she was taken we have even spread further afield to find her in the hope we can find something that will lead us to her, we know they didn't escape by a vehicle whilst on pack territory but we just cannot pick up any unfamiliar scents apart from the rogues that accepted my offer to join my pack. Dean had questioned them about her disappearance due to the timing but we soon worked out that it couldn't have been them who took her.

All my warriors were fuming when they heard that she had gone missing and all jumped to volunteer to search for her, even now after hours of searching with no sign or clue they continue to search for her in the hope to find her. Even Chris's pack jumped in to join in and we also got Daniel to message his brother to check that his dad had nothing to do with her disappearance, at the moment there is no signs leading back to Alpha Rick but Caspian is keeping a close eye on him in the meantime. Surprisingly, Cayden was frantic when he found out that she had possibly been taken and took a team with him straight away in search for her which was a totally different contrast to how he has been with her, and something I will look into later when I know Jenni is home and safe.

"Sam," Chris asks, following his gaze to Sam worried that something is wrong I see Sam's eyes glazed over from someone mind linking him, what is strange though is that he has beads of sweat trickling down from his forehead as though it is taking a lot of effort to communicate through his link. Which is soon confirmed when his legs give out from underneath him. Chris being the closest manages to slide a chair underneath him stopping his descent to the floor and clasps his hand on his shoulder to keep him sitting on the seat and not falling off.

We watch as patiently as we can letting him to continue to link with whomever it is in the hope that he has managed to get through to Jenni and get a location of where she is so we can go and get her. My phone pings notifying me another team is checking in but when I check the screen it is exactly the same as all the others, no sign.

"Gregory took her." Sam gasps out after checking the room.

"Where?" Chris snaps, his anger rolling off of him that I can feel it from where I am and I am surprised that Sam can withstand the aurora being so close to the angry alpha.

"I'm not sure she is too far away. Our link is barely connecting and I think something is blocking it."

"Where is he?" I snarl barely able to control my own anger as I glare at Chris, the murder in his face no doubt matching mine.

"Wait!" Sam yells "she also mentioned spies in the pack."

"Which pack?" we both say in unison, snapping our heads in Sam's direction.

"I don't know she didn't say." I can see the panic in his face but we don't have time to comfort him yet and the best way to do that would be to get his sister back beside him.

"We are going to have to be clever about this." I sigh "What if we get a trusted few and follow the traitor?"

"That could work. But how can we do it without him realising?"

"He wouldn't suspect a pup?" Sam tells us.

"We are not-" I snap not liking what he is suggesting.

"Let me finish, please" relenting I nod "Everyone is searching for Jenni, so you cannot really call it off or move people without him realising and if there are any other spies then they will get suspicious."

"He has a point there."

"I could follow him; Jenni trained me and when I am near, I should be able to pick up-"

"Absolutely not." I fold my arms over my chest.

"I'm not giving you a choice Alpha. My sister must be seriously hurt if she isn't back or able to communicate to me properly and I am not going to leave her in the enemies' hands." He stubbornly protests standing and coping my pose.

"Well, I have a better idea." Chris butts in and I look at him with hope, anything is better than putting Sam in danger.

"What is it?"