The Alpha and his Mate

Chapter Thirty

Jax's POV

 
It had been 24 hours since they had taken my mate and beta and I was going out of my mind. I refused to sleep and only ate when my mother forced me to, my sole focus was on getting everyone back.

I should have known that Annabelle would pull something like this. Ever since she told me about the ultimatum that stranger gave her I could see it in her eyes that she wanted to hand herself in, I was just to consumed in problem solving more to notice.

"Any updates from Xavier Jax?" My parents asked as they walked into the office. I couldn't imagine what they were going though, not only was their Luna and future daughter in law taken, but also their son and practically adopted son aswel.

"No sorry" I sighed as I ran my fingers through my hair again. "They must have him tied up with silver somewhere, either that or they are injecting him with wolfsbane. That's the only logical reason as to why he hasn't contacted me, the only reason I can bring myself to think about that is" I sighed.

"Well I'm sure something will come up soon" my dad tried to reassure me as he came over and clapped me on the back, showing as much moral support as he could.

"I'm just so angry" I growled. "After Annabelle had her dream walk thing she said she knew where they were and if I had just shut up long enough to let her finish we wouldn't even be having this issue. We could be out there, rescuing them right now".

"You can't blame yourself honey, you were worried for the sake of your pack and the sake of your Luna" my mum tried to sooth me as she came and perched on my desk.

"An Alpha can't cloud his mind with worry though mum, otherwise things like this happen" I sighed, sounding more defeated than I thought I ever could. I had only been acting Alpha for a few years, and look what I had achieved.

My mum smiled a sad smile before stroking my cheek, she was a Luna herself after all, it's in her nature to care about everyone. "You can't expect yourself to never have feelings of anger or worry Jax, if you didn't you wouldn't be the amazing boy that I raised".

I stayed silent as I stared blankly at the map in front of me, I had been staring at it for so long I wasn't even sure if it made sense to me anymore.

"Go and take a nap, at least an hour to give your brain and body time to recharge. You're no use to anyone if you're so tired you can't even keep your head up" she smiled.

I sighed as I looked up at my mum, knowing she was right but couldn't bring myself to leave. What if there was a new development whilst I was away and I missed it?

"How about you take a nap on the sofa over there and me and your father will carry on working, that way if something comes up we can easily wake you".

I thought about it for a second before slightly nodding and making my way over to the sofa on the other side of my office. I bought it for this exact reason, I sometimes ended up working so late in here that when I finished I didn't even have enough energy to walk to my bedroom.

I settled down into the leather and as I drifted, I prayed that mum and dad would spot something that I had somehow missed.

I was walking through the woods, way past the boundary of my territory, when I heard a twig snap on my right.

Where was I? How did I get here when I was only just asleep in my office? I couldn't be sleep walking because I knew mum and dad wouldn't have let me get this far out into rogue territory.

I heard another twig snap and my wolf growled in my head, we were on another person's land and that spelt danger for anyone, even an Alpha.

I turned towards the sound of footsteps that was making their way towards me but frowned at the sound of them. They were noisy, like the person wasn't concerned about being found or trying to conceal their position.