daughter. That is really not the issue. Cloe is one of the Chosen, if I could at least speak to her and explain everything.” Darien said reasonably.
He was actually proud of himself for speaking so calmly when his wolf was pushing against him. What the hell was going on?
Bryan laughed and slapped him on the back. “Son, if you wanted to talk to Cloe, you should have done it when she was in front of you. I can guarantee my daughter is currently on her motorcycle already. She is not stupid, I explained to her what happened in the past, and she drew her own conclusions. She understands what it takes to be a leader; she will not follow a weakling.”
Darien looked at the old man in surprise. “What?” He exclaimed and shook his head; the only female he remembered was the drop-dead gorgeous one with the amazing eyes, and tattoos. He had assumed she was an Enforcer, the way she guarded the Alpha, not the Alpha's only child. “Why? And for your information, Oliver is not the Alpha any longer, my brother Quin is, and he is the strongest Alpha that any Pack has ever seen.”
“We set this up years ago, if someone came to our Pack looking for her, Cloe was to take her emergency stash and leave. It was for her protection, as well as her choice.” Bryan smirked and looked at the wolves that were now very restless. Something else was going on. “What aren"t you telling me?”
“Sir, we have a situation with some of the other Chosen. We need to get Cloe into protective custody and figure out what is going on. There have been attempts on their lives. Someone wants to stop the Seer"s Prophesy once and for all.” Darien said grimacing when he heard the large man growl at him. That was not good, pissing off the only person who could tell him where the girl had gone.
“Enforcers, find your Beta, Teagan check the office!” Bryan yelled, and Darien looked over his shoulder to the man he thought was the Beta of the Pack and frowned. Cloe was the Beta of the Pack? Damn it, he was seriously fucking things up here. The information they had was the girl had gone to school in California and returned to open her own practice. How could she be the Beta and still be a doctor, he wondered and looked around at the men who were scrambling to find their leader.
He grinned in appreciation, she commanded respect, that much was obvious, or else they would not care one-way or the other if she was gone. Maybe this would work out after all. As a Beta, she would feel the responsibility to her Pack. Cloe being one of the Chosen, her Pack would benefit from her sitting on the Council. Also, by the looks of things, this small little town would be the perfect place to have a second base of operations.
They needed a place the women could go to just to get outside. This small little town was secure and there seemed to be many strong male wolves as Enforcers. He wondered if Quin would be willing to expand his territory a few miles. He already had all the Front Range of Colorado with the Pack base in Denver. Just a few more miles and they could include this town. The Pack itself would remain intact. They would just be a small addition to the Denver Pack.
There was a burst of power released in the room, and Darien cringed. Damn, Oliver had not told him everything about this man. He had more power than he thought, no wonder he was the Alpha. When they discovered Cloe was living in Milliken, they researched what they could find about the Pack. There was not much. Seeing it now, he thought Quin would be very interested in knowing more about this Pack.
Before any of the men could reach the door, Darien heard the gunfire erupt in the street.
Fuck, someone had followed them. They led the Rogues to the small town, and now they were under attack. He had put one of the Chosen in danger, now he had to fix it.
Chapter 3
“Mom?” Cloe said into the phone she was holding. She had walked in her office and ordered the receptionist to postpone appointments for the