The Werewolf's Vampire Mate
Chapter 47: The Plan

Chapter 47: The Plan

Alanis.

I told him.

The things I was so scared to blurt out came the moment I thought I was losing him. Beau is angry but this time he is not pissed at me. He is worried, he wants to be a hero but if he comes with me, we might just end up killing Maddie. This thing happening is not so simple, it isn’t as black and white as he is making it out to be but I want to trust him. I need to trust him

A beep comes from my phone which makes me look at it, it is a message from the number that called. A video log pops up. This could be a message from Cassius. It’s been hours since he called me, he probably thinks I am not coming anymore. Whatever he has planned remains unknown to me; he wants me--for what exactly?

Beau left the room in a panic, he said he needed to talk to Bell. Figure out what we can do in this situation. The best solution is to use me as bait, get Maddie out of there and then fight. I am not weak like he thinks, I can fight my own battles. My only worry is that he won’t be alone, Cassius has an army, he has a whole gang to protect him.

Me going to that location is just a way to get me. He wants to use me as bait. He might already know my relationship with Beau. He wants to see how far; he would go for me.

The video plays and Maddie is crying, tied up to a chair. Her dress is purple with flower prints all over. I got it for her as a present for our one year. Everything about this video is heart-wrenching. Tears fall off her face as she shakes and trembles in shackles. There is a big purple bruise on her cheek.

"Time’s ticking," a recognizable voice speaks up.

The hairs on my arm spring up from the sound of the voice. It gives me chills to know that someone could derive so much pleasure from hurting other people.

"Help me," Maddie screams into the camera. "Please Alanis, help me," he cries getting to me even more than he probably intended. Closing the video, I run out of the room in search of Beau. Things are getting out of hand and I don’t know what to do. She needs me and Beau is trying to come up with a strategy, if I decide to leave right now, I doubt he will ever forgive me. He wants us to do things his way and I have to prove that I trust him completely. If this is the way that I do that then I have no choice. Running around the compound, I stop in front of Isabelle’s house.

The door opens revealing my boyfriend and his best friend. They have worried expressions on their faces. I am unsure of what they have decided "We need to get to her," I cry immediately.

Beau runs over to me, probably worried about my reaction. Can he blame me? No matter what happened between me and Mad, she is still important to me. There was a time when I felt so alone like I didn’t have anyone and she was there, she was the light that brought me out of my darkness. Just because we are not together anymore doesn’t mean I don’t care about her. I will hate myself if anything happened to her.

"We need to leave now. What have you decided? I need to know you have a solid plan if you are coming with me," I tell him point-blank.

He runs his hands through his hair and Bell walks closer to us "You know it is a set up right. If you go there alone, he will find a way to take you with him and then use you to get to Beau," she is being rational

I don’t need rational right now. I just need to get Maddie out.

"If I go with you guys, he will kill her," I interject.

She nods "Yes, I know that and we don’t want that so we need a middle ground. We make it seem like you are alone. We surround the building, makes sure we get you out after."

"He’s a fucking vampire, he will smell you from a mile away."

"We have a way to cover our scents. I just need to talk to Alby. He will make the concoction. It’s an oil that I mixes with herbs to get the desired effect. We used in in the war, with the vampires."

"We don’t have time," I cry.

"We have no other option, let Bells get to Alby, it should take him about an hour and then we will go, together. I am not letting you do this alone. There is no way." his eyes plead with so much desperation that I can’t help but sigh in defeat.

"Okay," Bell runs in the other direction and I turn to face Beau "I don’t think this is a good idea. Us going together. Cassius is very experienced. He will know about this."

the fear is clear in my words, here I am trying to convince the one person that I can’t live without, that it’s okay to send me off without knowing if I will even be able to come back. I know wall Beau is thinking about is me. He doesn’t really care about Maddie; he is a good enough person to want to help her but I am probably his first priority.

He will not allow me to go off on my own.

"You have to trust me; I will not let anything happen to you." he grabs my hands in his and the squeeze is comforting. "We will get her out, just trust me please," he leans forward and presses his lips to mine. The kiss is soft, but there is desperation.

We are both scared.

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"Everyone as you all heard and know by now; Fallon betrayed our kind," his tone is firm. Everyone in his pack is gathered outside. This is an impromptu meeting that he called. he was not kidding when he said we are going to surround the location with his people.

I don’t know if I feel good about him bringing so many people but all I want is to save Maddie and if this will be the way then I am willing to try it. I haven’t spoken to anyone at home. I know it will be better to surround the place with my people because Cassius will not sense it if they are vampires. He would be less suspicious. I know a part of him will know that I might not come alone and he will be ready for whatever I bring.

A lot of people murmur and whisper to each other after his statement but no one says anything directly to him. I know what they are all thinking. They know about Beau’s outburst. No one wants to say anything to upset him, I guess word has gone around.

They are all scared but they don’t really believe that Fallon is the bad guy. They trust him more than the word of a vampire. No matter what happens, they will still be wary of me.

"Where is the proof?" someone suddenly speaks up.

Beau’s eyes turn to the direction of the person responsible "He confessed it to me, I know you don’t want to trust the words of Alanis but trust the word of your Alpha. Fallon is my fathers’ brother, he is family but he betrayed us. Killing the Alpha is like killing every one of us, so we all have to stand together and get justice for Rick."

The person that asks remains quiet.

"We have a location on the person that attacked Moe," he announces. With a deep breath, he continues "I need a couple of people with me. We are going to surround the location and try to finish this off once and for all."

"Are we agreeing to kill a vampire now, what about the contention?" Olin—beau’s father’s friend asks.

"We need to do this before he attacks us again. He has a human hostage. he is not only threatening our kind, we can’t sit back and watch him hurt the humans too."

He isn’t giving them the full picture but the expressions on most of their faces say that they are with him on this "What do we have to do?"

Beau selects six people to come with him, Olin, Bells, Justin and three other people I don’t know their names. Thinking about it, I don’t think six people is enough to totally catch Cassius off guard but I also understand that he doesn’t want to risk everyone.

We have to do this.

As we walk into the woods with the plan, I still have this feeling in my gut that things will go south. I feel like something is wrong.

I need to save Maddie.