Chapter 103- Uncovered Private Part.
Asher hurried out of the room, the two men in tow, "You guys, go look for them, I need to be on my way- now!", just as he was about to head out, he caught a glimpse of three figures running towards them. The men took a fighting stance as they could only hear the footsteps and not see the people who owned them, "At ease", Asher urged, "It is my brothers and their Beta". Once they got into proper veiw, he noticed they were naked, including the woman that was with them, his eyes widdened in surprise and his instinct kicked in. He pulled off his shirt and waited for them to get to him before he handed it to her. At first, she was confused but once she noticed what the material was, a small blush crept up her cheeks and she wore it reluctantly.
She was so caught up in her thoughts that she hadn't even noticed that Asher had started talking or that the atmosphere had changed drastically, "Huh?", with every breath she took, Asher's sweet scent from his shirt wafted into her nostrils, playing rookie with her mind.
Asher sighed, "Would you keep up please? I do not have time to be explaining one too many times!", his tone sent a cold chill down her spine, making her remember why exactly they could never get along- he had a spit fire, bipolar attitude that she refused to deal with and the mixed signals. Damn, she could not even handle the mixed signals he was sending to her back to back. First he's cute and nice, then he's a complete asshole of a person; today he's hot, the next he's cold- she didn't know how anybody could deal with that!
"Are you listening to a single word that I'm saying?", she had spaced out in her thoughts again. She shook her head truthfully and Asher scoffed, "You know what? I have many pressing issues to deal with. You men, stay here with Liam and Levi and deal with things here", he ordered, "I want everybody back to the pack and alive in five hours, am I understood?", they nodded their head and he ran to the exit, them following behind him but not closely.
"What did he say?", Viola asked once she was finally able to regain herself,
"Imogen is here", Liam started and she gave him a look that read 'yeah, no shit, Sherlock', he rolled his eyes, "I mean, she is a captive here", he elaborated.
Viola was tempted to stop in her tracks in sheer and utter surprise but she knew they didn't have time for that kind of drama- if Imogen was here, in this building as a captive they needed to go and get her immediately, "But Darian said...",
"Darian lied to all of us. He... he's the mastermind behind all of this", his words were like a blow to her chest, how could this be possible? She finally came to a halt as she tried to digest the information that Liam had just laid on her.
Noticing she had stopped, Levi turned to her, "Viola!", he snapped, "Now is not the time to be emotional- yes, you just found out that your brother is a coniving asshole, deal with it! We've had one all our life- ouch!", Liam hit him on his side harshly,
"Shut the hell up, brother, you aren't helping", he said and Levi rolled his eyes. Liam walked back to her and held out his hand for her to take, "Everything would be alright", he tried to convince her when within him, he knew that all hell was about to be let loose. She took his hand in hers and nodded her head just to satisfy him but she also knew that nothing was going to be 'alright' and she was either going to lose one of the two; her brother or her mate. Both were completely irreplaceable and she couldn't even begin to decide the one she would prefer to lose.
They were almost at the door when two large men came into view, they could see better now since the door was opened, allowing a bit of sunlight to flood into the dark place, "Hey you!", one of the men yelled, "Stop there!", Levi scoffed and rolled his eyes while Liam just snickered- how dumb could this man be? When the men saw that they were not stopping, they went for the attack but were easily put down by the group.
They killed one while they left the other barely alive- they had questions and he was going to answer it. "Where are they keeping her?", Liam asked, his usual playful demeanor gone with his humor. "Where is she?", he asked again, he knelt down, pressing his knee against the man's neck. The rogue withered and twitched in pain as he tried to move air into his body,
"Please, do not kill me", the man pleaded, tears falling down his face, "Please, I have a mate and children", luckily for him, Liam had been the one to approach and not Levi.
"Do you promise to comply?", the man nodded frantically and Liam removed his knee slightly, "Speak!",
"She is in the Eastern wing of the house, the fifth floor, second door by the right", judging on the amount of information this man had, it was quite obvious that he was one of the higher ranking men, "You will have to be careful though, all floors are heavily guarded but that fifth...well, let us just say that it is nearly inpossible to infultrate", he spilled,
Liam placed a wide grin on his face, "See? That was not so hard now, was it?", before anyone could even blink an eye, he had the man's neck in his hands, "If you think that I do not know that all this is a fucking set up then you are a fucking joke to yourself", those were the last words the man heard before his head was ripped off his body. Liam stood up and turned to the rest who looked at him in shock and surprise, "This is a set up that was perfectly planned by Darian. They all know we're here", he pointed out, "And what's more... Imogen isn't here, she was never captured and for all we know, she has no idea about all this", once he concluded his speech, a round of clapping broke out and Addilyn came into view with about five men standing behind her.
"Well done- which ever twin you are. You know, you are smart for a Montero", her eyes trailed down his body and landed on his uncovered private part, "And packing...", her eyes ravished Levi as well, "A little more than your brother, I see", Levi let out a scoff and twitched his nose up in disgust.
"Addilyn", Viola seethed, rage washing over her- she had had one two many surprises in the span of less than one hour to last her a life time- so if Imogen wasn't here, where on earth was she?
"Oh, look what the cat dragged in", Addilyn muttered tastelessly, a frown making it's way to her lips, "You know, I'm surprised you even came here, considering the last time", she shrugged, a smirk forming on her lips.
"We are not here to talk bitch", Levi growled at her and stepped forward, his muscles tensing up as he got ready to morph into his wolf, he craved some action and he had the urge to kill them for wasting his fucking time! If what his brother had said was true and Imogen really wasn't with her, that means they had wasted weeks searching for someone who wasn't missing in the first place.
Addilyn feinged hurt, "Ouch!", she placed her hand over her heart dramatically, "You really know how to suck the fun out of the room, you know that?", she hissed at Levi before turning to Viola and staring her dead in the eye- she had mischievous glint in her eyes, "Besides", she shrugged, "I never actually told you that she was with me", Addilyn stated, "You said it and I decided to play along", now that Viola thought about it properly, she couldn't help but feel stupid and like all of this was her fault- she had led them on a wild goose chase that turned out to be void and useless.
Addilyn broke eye contact with her niece, "Of course, we did try to find her but that stupid little twat does not want to be found- only the goddess knows where she is", she tsked,
"But the footprints...", that was another thing Viola needed to be explained and since her aunt was currently taking part in her question and answer, she was not going to let the opportunity slide,
"So what? We forged them, but not to fool you but Darian. He was so keen on kidnapping her and she escaped- the bitch can run and she out-ran all of my men. We were unable to catch her and eventually, we had to let her go so we traced back our steps and faked footprints", she explained. So Imogen had gotten away? Of course, Viola was happy and relieved about that but she also felt disappointed that there were literally back to square one with all of this. "Anyways", she clapped, getting everyone's attention, "This is when the fight breaks loose"...