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Chapter 9 Stalker
After lunch we strolled towards the northern side of the island where the pine trees were thick. It was a bit of an uphill trek and most island beach goers came here for the sand and water, not the forest.
We walked into a thick area of the forest and sniffed all around. No human or wolf scent was detected by any of us. We found large enough bushes to strip off our clothes and hide them. Our wolves took off running like children at a play park. Rocky kept nipping at Leo’s wolf teasing him.
Rae loved the feel of fresh dirt under her paws and the smell of pine in the air mixed with a light sea breeze. It
reminded me of the time we vacationed at the northern California coast, where the giant red wood pine trees
grow along the Pacific Ocean coastline. It’s such a relaxing and distinctive smell.
We ran a while before we found ourselves at a cliff top overlooking a beach below us. I laid down on the ground and admired the breathtaking views. This truly was spectacular. Rocky and Leo were about a hundred yards away from me, trying to corner a family of squirrels.
I sat watching another family from the cliff, a human family with five small boys on the beach. It reminded me of my five brothers when we were pups. The youngest who was about five years old, waded into the water and was being pulled out with the undertow. No one seemed to notice he was in the water and his little arms flapped around in panic.
Before I knew it, I had willed the water to lift him up and glide him back towards the beach. My dad used to glide us as children around the water top for fun and we loved it. I wasn’t sure if I could reach him with my power from this distance and was surprised that I could. He stumbled back on the shore and ran for his
mother.
I heard a low bark come from behind me and Rocky motioned her head back to the direction we came from. I understood it was probably getting close to our time to head back if we wanted to catch the last ferry for the day. We ran back together and made our way to our bushes.
My clothes had been scattered again. I shifted back and lifted my dress to my nose, there was no scent except for mine. I put my bikini top on and couldn’t seem to find my bikini bottoms. I looked in my backpack and they were not there either. Nothing else was missing, my phone and money remained untouched.
I slipped my sundress back on and would have to return to Athens commando. I should have brought some underwear with me, but I had simply tossed on my bikini this morning with a sundress over the top.
“Anyone missing anything?” I asked Rocky and Leo.
“No, nothing. Why?” Rocky asked.
“A piece of my swimsuit seems to be missing and my stuff was scattered around.” I said.
“That’s strange, I’m not picking up any scents, not even an animal.” Leo said as he sniffed the air.
“I don’t think you two are the only ones masking your scent.” I replied.
We returned to the dock to meet our ferry back to the mainland. I sat next to an open window and looked out at the other boats. A sleek black speed boat caught my attention as it headed back out to sea. A man with blonde hair was driving the boat, while a familiar looking handsome Alpha, wearing a white linen shirt and
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dark tinted aviator sunglasses looked in my direction.
Rae let out a low howl in my head and I could feel a need to be closer to him. I considered jumping out the window and swimming towards him, or maybe using my element to float his boat closer to me… what the hell is wrong with me? I was having irrational thoughts about a stranger who had snubbed me
He stood up, reached into his front pocket and pulled out a turquoise handkerchief. He pulled it to his nose and inhaled deeply. Wait a minute, that isn’t a handkerchief, it’s my bikini bottom! I could feel him looking at me as our ferry started to move.
Once the ferry made it passed the wake zone in the ocean, it zipped into high speed mode. The ferry was practically gliding on top of the water with the hydro skies under the boat extended out. Most sight of the Alpha’s speed boat and wondered if it was also heading to Athens.
Was he following me? Or maybe stalking me? Why would he steal my bikini? Maybe it was an Alpha thing? Goddess he was hot! All these thoughts were floating around in my mind.
We arrived back at the dorm about 7:00pm and headed up the elevator to our rooms.
“I’m going to take a shower and order some delivery tonight.” Leo said.
“Sounds good, I’m going to do the same.” I said and we moved towards our doors. I unlocked my door and stepped into my dorm. I plopped down on my bed and looked through the binder of take out menus.
I felt like eating something with extra spice and found the menu for an authentic Indian restaurant in central Athens. I called and placed an order for the chicken tikka masala dish with rice, garlic naan and some spiced potato samosas. Then I headed into the shower to get cleaned up.
I was sitting on the bed wearing my pajama bottom shorts and a tank top while my wet hair was air drying. Picking up my phone, I passed the time waiting for my food by scrolling through my social media page. I found pictures from Zach’s mating ceremony posted from mutual friends. Funny, with everything going on, I hadn’t really thought much about it. Sydney looked beautiful and Zach looked happy. I wasn’t sure how I felt about it anymore and struggled with my own emotions.
I heard the elevator doors open and someone approached my door and knocked. I reached into my bag and pulled out a few euros to tip the delivery driver. I opened the door and a familiar face smiled back at me. “A delicious delivery for Miss Raven.”
It was Niko! He stood smiling at me with his perfectly straight teeth and messy but stylish long hair. His olive skin tone made his green eyes pop. “What are you doing here?”
“Oh no worries, I already tipped the driver outside.” He said as he sauntered into my room.
“Niko, what are you doing here?” I demanded.
“That’s not fair, we haven’t properly been introduced. You seem to know my name and I had to find yours out from a delivery receipt for Indian food.”
“Hello Niko, I’m Raven.” I said sarcastically. “There, now we’ve been properly introduced. Are you following me?” I asked.
“No Lun-, I mean Raven, I’m just making sure you’re okay.” He smiled and opened up my food cartons.
“Why wouldn’t I be okay?” I crossed my arms over my chest.
“Ohhhh SAMOSAS! I love samosas, can I have one?” He asked.
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“Only if you tell me why you’re following me.” I said.
“Like I said, to make sure you’re okay.” He took a big triangular samosa and bit down into it. “Mmm, these are the spicy potato ones, so good! You should try them.”
“Put down my food!” He was starting to feel like one of my annoying younger brothers even though he was
older.
“Do you have anything to drink?” He walked over to my refrigerator and helped himself. He opened up a bottle of coke and took a long drink. He stood in the middle of my dorm, just helping himself to my food and drinks.
“Oh my Goddess! It was you! You ate the rest of my moussaka the other night. You were in my room! WHY?” I
asked.
“I was checking on you and who wastes perfectly good moussaka, leaving it laying around? Didn’t want it to go to waste.” He smiled.
“But how did you get in?” I asked.
“Climbed up the tree and jumped to the ledge.” He said.
“That’s impressive.” Rae said to me. “But, why?”
“Why?” I replied.
“We heard that a female had been abducted from here and my boss wanted to make sure you were okay?” He
said.
“Did my
father hire you to watch me? Is he your boss?” I demanded and snatched the samosa carton out of
his hands.
“No. Who’s your father?” He asked.
“None of your business.” I snapped.
“He’s obviously an Alpha, like you. He’s got the resources and connections to hire my uncle, so he must be pretty powerful or important.” Niko said out loud as if he was trying to connect the dots.
“Why does that matter to you?” I asked.
“I can’t tell you.” He said.
“I DEMAND YOU TELL ME.” I used my Alpha voice. Niko tried very hard to resist it because I wasn’t his Alpha, but then he bowed his head and exposed his neck in submission. Wow! I have never tried that on anyone before, especially not a strong Beta.
“Niko, please tell me what you can.” I asked a little nicer this time. “Here, have another samosa.” I offered and he took it. He sat down on the chair at my desk and looked up at me.
“Raven, someone very bad wants you. His goons have been following you and we think your friend was taken by accident instead of you.”
“Someone actually abducted Angela? Is she still alive?” I asked.
“I believe so. We’re working on tracking her exact location. It’s complicated, there’s an entire underground system that markets weaker omegas as slaves to packs but also humans as s*x slaves to both packs and the human market.”
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“Please tell me Angela is okay.”
“We think so, we’re watching the possible locations and she will remain untouched so that her value is not
decreased to the buyer. But, they were expecting to abduct you, which is strange they would even try to take an Alpha wolf.” He said.
“Oh, Goddess! Why?” I whispered.
“We’re not entirely sure yet.” He said with a look of concern on his face.
“Who is it? Who do you believe is behind this?” I asked.
He replied with one word “Eros.”
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