WEAK LINK

Andrew started following the scent, ignoring the beast that was calling him. Anthony watched him closely and sighted Ava in the bush. His eyes lit up.

Andrew jumped into the bush and lay on the ground next to Ava with his hand on his head. He raised his brow at her.

"What are you doing hiding in the bush? Don't tell me you have a secret arrow that you are going to use to kill the butcher." Andrew teased.

Ava's wolf was going crazy around Andrew and was pushing her closer to him. She held his shirt and looked into his eyes.

"Can you please help me save my friend?" she asked with pleading eyes.

"First of all, don't touch me, and secondly, why do you think I will help you?" Andrew asked, raising a brow.

"Because I want you to, and besides, we have become friends recently." Ava whined.

"Just beat it. Your friend is going to die and no one can save her." Andrew said with an evil grin.

"Please save her. I can do anything to repay you. I can even turn into your puppet." Ava said battling her lashes. Andrew found it cute and shook his head trying to escape from her charms. He got up from the bush and his jaw dropped to the floor when he saw pack members holding knives and guns in front of his father. They had surrounded the whole place and were trying to save Belle.

"What the hell?" Ava said and stood up on her feet when she sighted the parents.

"I guess you don't want to help me. I already have someone that will." Ava said with a smug smile and ran to Belle's parents, who were standing in front of Carlos, whom Jackson and other warriors were guiding.

"You kidnapped our daughters yesterday. As if that isn't enough, you still want to kill an innocent young girl for what reason? What has she ever done to you?" An elderly man asked.

"You people have no right to question the alpha, or show up to interrupt what he is doing. I will advise you all to leave before things get ugly." Jackson said, glaring at them.

"Things won't get out of hand if you release my daughter!" Belle's father stated, lifting the gun in his hand.

Belle was weeping hard as the huge man wanted to kill her for real this time, so he placed the sword on her neck and decided to cut through it, just as he made a small cut on her neck with the sword.

Someone in the crowd tossed a smoke grenade in the direction of the huge man, who became confused because he couldn't see a thing. Belle's parents made sure they shot the huge man and dragged Belle away from him.

The huge man was swinging his sword in the fog, trying to cut anyone that came close to him. Belle's mother shot him again in the chest, and he held his chest and fell on the ground, causing other people running in the fog to trip. Belle didn't know who was holding her hand and hauling her away from the fog, but she felt secure.

Carlos, on the other hand, was trying to look for a way to go back into the castle because he had a feeling that he was going to meet his doom and Belle was going to use the opportunity to get to him. Jackson couldn't see anything, so he was looking for Carlos while another person in the crowd was trying to look for Carlos and kill him.

Andrew started running in the crowd with great speed, trying to make sure his dad was safe. Ava stood away from the fog and saw Belle and her parents running away.

"Yes!" she squealed, watching them go, but she had a feeling Carlos would still go after Belle and this time it would be worse.

Minutes later.

The smoke finally subsided and a lot of people started running away. Carlos had been cut in the back and he fell to the ground. Andrew and Anthony ran to him on the floor.

"Dad! Are you okay?" Andrew asked, touching his face, but blood was spurting out of his back, and he was unconscious. Jackson and the other warriors seized the people they could find, while others ran away. One of them ran in Ava's direction and pushed her aside. She staggered and walked over to Andrew, who lifted his dad from the ground and started carrying him into the castle.

Ava was about to follow them when a hand pulled her back. She looked back and realized it was Jackson. He glared at her and gave her a resounding slap across the face. Ava was stunned. She put her hand on her cheek and stared at him in awe. The slap caught the attention of the twins, who both looked back before walking away.

"W-why did you slap me?" Ava asked, holding her face that was on fire. The slap wasn't the thing that was hurting her, but the fact that he raised his hand to her.

"The alpha is down because of you. You are a warrior. You are supposed to be guiding him, but what did you do? You just have to interrupt this whole thing by arranging for people to fight for Belle, and how did you get out of the house?" Jackson asked, with his eyes burning with fury.

Ava didn't know how to react to the situation. "I just wanted to save my friend, and I didn't know the people were coming." Ava protested.

"Liar! you know pretty well that they were going to come. You just have to lay low before they come. If something bad happens to our alpha, I won't spare you." Jackson said in a deep tone. His words hurt Ava. She wanted to talk, but he cut her off.

"If you don't bring back your friend, the alpha won't forgive you, and neither will I?" Jackson said, clenching his fist and walking out on her. He was hurt that Ava was ruining the whole thing.