Page 84 of New Blood

“Grant thinks Danielle left with Violet.”

“Oh fuck!” Francisco hissed, but headed straight for a small room under the stairs where all surveillance equipment was kept.

Jude followed him, his heart pounding out of control. He paced while Francisco logged into the system to find the camera that surveilled the driveway in front of the house.

“How long ago?”

“Go back fifteen minutes,” Jude instructed.

It felt like an eternity until Francisco had found the correct camera and the time when Violet came out of the house and walked to the Land Rover. Danielle was on her heels, getting into the passenger seat.

“Fuck!” he cursed. “She’s got Danielle.”

Cold sweat ran down his spine, chilling him to the core.

“I’ll trace Danielle’s phone,” Francisco suggested.

“Danielle’s is upstairs, charging. Trace Violet’s and send it to my phone.”

He turned around without waiting for his reply. In the foyer, he called for his brother.

“Austin!”

He emerged a moment later, joining him in the foyer.

“Violet has Danielle.”

Flora appeared in the door to the small office and stared at him.

He pointed his finger at her. “If your daughter hurts Danielle, she’s as good as dead.”

Without waiting for Flora’s reaction, he charged out the door and jumped into the closest car, a Mercedes. He appreciated the fact that most pack members left their keys in the cars, since the estate was so heavily guarded that nobody had to worry about theft.

The tires spun as he raced toward the gate. His phone pinged, and he tossed it to Austin to navigate. Like a racecar team, they worked in tandem to follow Violet’s trail.

“And you’re sure that it’s Violet who’s behind this?”

“You heard me explain it to Flora,” Jude said, his jaw tight.

“I should have seen this coming,” Austin said, shaking his head. “The morning you told me that you and Danielle were mated, I almost collided with Violet when I left your office. She might have eavesdropped.”

“Fuck!” Not that it would have changed a thing. “You think she knew about Danielle and me before the rest of the family found out?”

“It’s possible. But I wouldn’t have expected her to go so far as to try to kill Danielle. Calling the Alliance to expose you, yeah, but that? No.”

Kicking the gas pedal down harder, Jude took a breath. “Yeah, about the Alliance. Somebody did call them and told them about me and Danielle.”

“Fuck!”

“I spoke to Hendrick a few minutes ago. He’s sending the jet. I’m to return to Bozeman immediately.”

“They are removing you as alpha?”

“Yeah. That means you’re up.”

“Oh fuck!”

“I’m sorry, bro. I didn’t mean to do that to you. But Danielle… she’s my life. Even if that means I’ll never be an alpha, never have my own pack. As long as I have her, everything will be fine.”