Alpha by Sophie Fleur Read Free Book Online

Thomas.
     
    The van drove over a bump and Fred’s head hit the side of the
van so hard that he passed out.
     
    When he woke up, he was tied to a wooden bed frame. His mouth
was covered in tape, but he could see. Never a good sign. He watched crime
shows religiously, so he knew that if your attacker let you see him, he was
probably going to murder you, sever your body parts, and tell everyone you went
to Virginia to live with your mother.
     
    He saw Thomas and three other men. He thought the small one
might be Craig, the one who hadn’t wanted to hurt him. He had green eyes that
never quite looked up and hair that was almost white, shorn close to his scalp.
The other two men were much bigger and darker. One had a hooked nose and
carried a large sharp-looking machete. The other was a little shorter than Hook
Nose and had a squashed in looking nose. Fred decided to call him Pugsly.
     
    “The beauty awakens,” Thomas said. “We’ve got such sights to
show you. I know the Alpha marked you. We just have to see how deep that mark
went.”
     
    “He’ll feel every cut. Every poke. Hell, if we rape you he might
even feel that,” Hook Nose said.
     
    Pugsly took out a cigarette, lit it, and then approached the
bed. Fred thought about begging. He’d never liked pain. Instead, he waited
until Pugsly got close enough and kicked with the one leg he’d managed to get
free.
     
    Straight in the groin. Ten points. The crowd goes wild!
     
    “You
little bastard!” Hook Nose sliced at Fred’s leg. He twisted so the knife hit
the rope and not flesh. He had two legs free and both arms still tied up.
    “Craig,
get one of his legs!” Hook Nose yelled.
    Pugsly
was on the ground, groaning and holding himself. Thomas took out what looked
like a Taser. He thrust it up against Fred’s side. It felt like fire and ice
all at once. Fred’s body jumped, jerking at the ropes holding his hands until
he could feel the skin tearing.
    “Not so
feisty now, are you?” Thomas said smugly.
    Fred hung
limp as they retied his legs. Pugsly punched him viciously between his legs. He
took a small knife and made short cuts on Fred’s arms and hands still tied to
the bed. The cuts weren’t deep, but he knew they bled. He could feel the blood
dripping down his arms.
    “Asshole,”
Pugsly said.
    “Watch
him,” Hook Nose told Craig. “I’ve got to get out of here. Think the stinking
human pissed himself.”
    Fred
hadn’t, but he would have gladly if he’d known it had meant they’d leave.
    Craig
watched him with wide eyes. “I’m sorry,” he whispered. “I didn’t know it would
be like this.”
    He
cleaned Fred’s cuts, putting large band-aids on them.
    Fred
tried to talk, but only grunting noises came out from behind the gag.
    “I can
take it off, but I have to put it back before they get here,” he said.
    Fred
nodded. “Water,” he croaked as soon as Craig had peeled the tape off.
    Craig put
a glass against his lips and let him drink. “Not too much.”
    “Why are
they doing this? I mean I know why, but why me?” Fred asked.
    “You’re
the Alpha Mate now. He can hear you telepathically. You can hear him. You’ve
heard of Siamese twins right? It’s a little like that. If you are weak, he is
weak. Thomas can’t beat him on his own.”
    James had
told Fred they could speak mind to mind, but not the rest.
    Stupid
bastard.
    He hoped
James heard that.
    Craig sat
with him for an hour or so, giving him water and talking to him. Other than the
kidnapping, Craig seemed like a nice guy. Craig worked at a coffee shop and
wanted to study physics. Fred wondered why the kid was with such a bad crowd.
He looked clean cut and had all his teeth. He remembered who one of the wolves
had threatened Craig with. Donnal. Would he come in next? How many would
torture him until he broke?
    Craig
must have heard the others coming back because he quickly put the gag back on
and stood against the wall. Hook Nose, Pugsly, and Thomas strode in smelling