Chameleon Wolf (15 page)

Zac suddenly had an idea. As soon as the man walked past him, he made his way around the group of men. He rubbed his body along the edges of the trees, the grass, the bushes, anything that would carry his scent. He even rubbed his body against the vehicles.

If his scent drove werewolves crazy, Zac might be able to confuse them or at least get them hyped up enough to take a few of them out.

It wouldn’t work on Alpha Issacar or his Beta, if he was here, but it would work on everyone else, including the humans.

Once Zac had circled the men a couple of times, rubbing his scent over any surface he thought might retain it, he sat back at the edge of the meadow and watched the fireworks erupt. They weren’t long in coming.

It started with a few of the men sniffing the air then baring their teeth at each other. It was quickly followed by low growls and agitation. Zac almost wished he wasn’t a Delta just so he could smell his pheromones. He imagined they smelled much like Aiden and Matt did to him, irresistible.

Zac almost chuckled when a few of the men started shoving each other. He quickly covered his mouth to keep any sound from escaping. Alpha Issacar was frowning and looking around suspiciously. Zac knew the man suspected something, but since he was immune to Zac’s Delta pheromones, he probably wouldn’t smell anything out of the ordinary.

Glancing out toward the field, Zac was relieved to see Aiden’s head lifting up into the air. He didn’t know what sort of injuries the man sustained, but at least he was alive. It made Zac breathe a little easier.

It also made it easier for him to concentrate on what he needed to do next, eliminate the bad guys. Most of the time, Zac hated what he did. It wasn’t a picnic having to eliminate werewolves who went bad, but it needed to be done. Zac was the man to do it. This time, however, Zac would take great pleasure in eliminating the rogue werewolves.

Moving over to crouch between two of the vehicles, Zac waited for one of the men to walk closer to him. The moment one did, he grabbed him, quickly eliminating the man. The next two men were just as easy, drawn to his scent like a moth to a flame.

Zac worked efficiently and quickly, grabbing the men from behind as they walked closer to him and breaking their necks. He was able to hide the first several bodies between the vehicles, no one being the wiser. Eventually, though, no more men walked close enough for Zac to grab. He’d have to go out after them.

This was the dangerous part. Zac was still in Chameleon form, and he would be virtually invisible to everyone, even the Alpha and Beta. He still couldn’t hide the dead bodies that dropped to the ground. He could only hide himself.

Maybe, if he worked quickly enough, he could cause enough confusion to get to Alpha Issacar. If he held the Alpha, then the other men might fall in line. It was a plan, anyway, and right now the only plan Zac had.

Zac snuck up behind one of the last few men standing. He timed his strike, waiting for the man to turn toward him before he struck, slicing across the man’s throat with his claw. He was moving on around the group of men before the man even knew what hit him.

Zac struck again at the man across the circle, slicing his throat with his sharp claw. By crisscrossing the small clearing and attacking the men in the small group, Zac hoped to confuse them, maybe make them think that there was more than one Delta attacking them.

His eyebrows shot up when the man he snuck over to fell to the ground before he even reached him, blood spurting from the long gash in his throat. Zac suddenly realized that he wasn’t the only Delta there.

He looked out toward where Matt and Sebastian were helping Aiden, but he could only see his two mates. That gave him a pretty good idea who worked with him. Zac looked back at the remaining men, taking in their panic with gleeful joy. Now the fun could really begin.

Zac never went on a mission with another Delta before, but he and Sebastian worked together as if they had been doing it for years. They systematically eliminated man after man until only Alpha Issacar remained, standing in the middle of several dead bodies. He had guns in both his hands and shot in every direction, trying to hit that which he could not see.

There were a few close calls, one bullet narrowly missing Zac’s head, but all in all, he escaped without a scratch. Zac’s elation knew no bounds when he heard the empty chambers of the Alpha’s guns click.

“I know you’re there,” Alpha Issacar snarled. “Why don’t you show yourself, you coward?”

Zac stepped over until he stood a few feet in front of the Alpha.

He crossed his arms over his chest and let his Chameleon ability fade away, showing himself to the man.

Alpha Issacar inhaled deeply. “You!”

“Me,” Zac replied.

“You were supposed to eliminate Aiden Kane,” the man shouted.

“Instead, I find you here, attacking me and my men? What do you think the council will have to say about your dereliction of duty?”

Zac smirked. “Ah, but you see, the council already knows. In fact, they are even now investigating your financial records and those of the elder you have in your back pocket. Your little moneymaking scheme is over, Alpha, as is your freedom.”

“You have no right,” Alpha Issacar snapped, his lips twisting into a horrible snarl.

Zac took a step toward the man. “I have every right,” he shouted back. “You tried to eliminate my mate.”

“Your mate?”

“Yes, my mate,” Zac said, “and not only did you try to eliminate him, but you tried to use me to do it.”

“He betrayed me!”

“Aiden didn’t betray shit,” Zac yelled. “You did. You betrayed your pack and everything it means to be an Alpha. You’re supposed to take care of your pack, not take everything from them.”

“What in the hell would you know?” Alpha Issacar asked.

“You’re just a Delta. You’ve never had to lead a pack before.”

“That’s not exactly true. Zac has led us just fine.”

Zac’s head snapped around in shock to find Aiden and Matt standing behind him. Aiden had an arm wrapped around his stomach, a bloody shirt barely hanging on him. His arm was around Matt’s shoulders, the small man supporting him. As Aiden spoke, Zac could see Sebastian shimmer into form beside them.

“Zac takes care of us as an Alpha should,” Matt added. “He cares for us, protects us, and gives us all of the support we could need. He’s all the Alpha we need.”

Zac’s heart filled with pride and an emotion he was quickly coming to realize was love for the men standing before him. He even felt a close kinship to Sebastian, a man he barely knew, but was quickly growing to respect.

“Don’t be ridiculous,” Alpha Issacar said. “He’s a Delta. He can’t be an Alpha.”

“He can if we choose him to be our Alpha,” Aiden said. “And despite what you may think, a pack chooses their Alpha. The Alpha does not choose their pack.”

“Well, I just won’t stand for it,” Alpha Issacar snapped. He waved his hand around the small clearing at the dead bodies piled all over the place. “Do you really think any pack will have him after they learn what he did here?”

“As a matter of fact”—Matt chuckled—“we already did. The council has already approved our new pack. Since we created it, we can choose our Alpha. And, since the three of us are the only other members, we’ve all taken a vote, and we’ve chosen Zac to be our Alpha.”

Zac’s mouth dropped open. Were they serious? He never once in all his life thought he’d be an Alpha. He was a Delta. He’d always been a Delta. He didn’t know how to be anything else. But as Zac watched the pride in his mates’ eyes glow, he realized he didn’t have much choice. He wasn’t sure he wanted one, either.

“Are you sure?” he asked.

“We’re sure,” Matt answered as he, Aiden, and Sebastian all nodded their heads. “We want you to lead us.”

Zac nodded and turned back to face Alpha Issacar. “Before I take on my duties as Alpha, I have just one last mission to accomplish.

Alpha Issacar needs to be delivered to the council for punishment.”

Sebastian stepped forward. “I’d be more than happy to deliver him for you.” The man grinned. “After all, I’m still a Delta, and that’s what Deltas do.”

Zac shook his head as he looked at his new pack member. “No, this is something I need to do. I’ve never left a mission incomplete before, and I won’t start now.”

“Fine,” Matt said as he and Aiden stepped closer, “then we’ll all go.”

“You might want to catch Alpha Issacar before he gets away then,” Aiden said as he pointed past Zac. He whipped his head around just in time to see Alpha Issacar running toward the woods in the opposite direction.

Zac growled. He was getting really tired of this guy. He took off running, not even bothering to make himself invisible. There wasn’t any need. The Alpha had to know Zac would come after him.

Zac reached the Alpha just as he reached the edge of the trees. He jumped through the air, tackling the man to the ground. Alpha Issacar struggled, getting in several good punches before Zac was able to subdue him.

He pinned the man to the ground, straddling him. He took the Alpha’s arms and pulled them behind his back. He paused briefly when Sebastian crouched down next to him, giving him a small length or rope.

Zac grinned and took the rope, tying the Alpha’s hands behind his back. He stood to his feet and grabbed the Alpha by his arm, Sebastian on the other side. Together, they lifted the man to his feet.

Zac wiped a small drop of blood from the corner of his mouth then nodded to Sebastian. “Thank you.”

“All in a day’s work, Zac.” Sebastian chuckled.

“Well, our day isn’t done yet,” he replied as they started walking the Alpha back toward Aiden and Matt. “We still need to get Alpha Issacar and those papers of Matt’s to the wolf council.” He waved his hand at the dead bodies. “And we have to explain this.”

Aiden waved his cell phone. “I’ve already put in a call to the council for a cleanup crew. They should be here soon. The council is also sending a guard unit to take possession of Alpha Issacar and deliver him to council headquarters.”

Zac arched an eyebrow. “That was quick. I thought the investigation was going to take a couple of weeks.”

“They had a chance to go over the file Matt sent over to them.”

Aiden smirked. “They weren’t happy about what they found. I guess they decided to make this a top priority.”

Matt rolled his eyes. “Oh, please, the only reason they are acting so fast on this is because one of their own is involved, and they don’t want anyone to think there will be a cover-up. They’re just trying to cover their own asses.”

“Truthfully,” Aiden replied, “I don’t care why they do it as long as
my
ass
is taken off the hit list. I won’t feel comfortable until I know the council isn’t sending anyone else after me. I’ve had enough running and hiding to last me a lifetime.”

“I couldn’t agree more,” Zac said. “A nice, quiet vacation sounds wonderful right about now.”

“And a bed,” Matt said as he and Aiden stepped over to stand on either side of Zac, “with a nice, big, juicy steak and a bath.”

Zac chuckled. “Not necessarily in that order.” He wrapped an arm around Matt when the man pressed himself close. He wrapped his other arm around Aiden. He leaned down and placed a small kiss on Matt’s lips, then Aiden’s. “I’ll take the bed first.”

Matt bounced. “Amen to that!”

“Matt, did you get the phone hooked up yet?” Aiden called as he walked down the hallway of their new home. They were able to choose a house on the edge of town, a nice farmhouse with plenty of land around it.

The move to the new Delta community took a few months, but everyone felt it was the best decision they could make. The town would hopefully fill up with other Deltas and their mates. In the meantime, it was just the four of them.

Sebastian was staying with them until his place could be built just down the road. While they wouldn’t be close enough to hear each other, they would be able to see Sebastian’s house through the trees.

Both houses would be located along the edge of a small, little lake, which seemed perfect for all of them.

There were spots for three other houses on the lake. The other houses in the community were closer to town. Aiden actually liked the fact that they weren’t in the middle of the small community. They had enough space to run around naked, which he encouraged Matt to do often, but they were close enough to town to be there in five minutes in case of emergency.

The town itself still needed a lot of work. Most of the buildings were in some form of disrepair, but at least it was theirs. They had everything they would need to set up their own little community, including stores, businesses, a city hall, and a jail once all of the buildings were refitted, revamped, and basically overhauled or knocked down.

Now they just needed people to fill it. The council, once they fully accepted the idea, promised to direct other Deltas in their direction.

Zac, as their new pack Alpha, made the decision that every new member in the community would need to be voted in by everyone. He didn’t want the total decision about who would live in their little town. He felt that everyone should get a say, which was one of the reasons they chose him as Alpha.

Aiden once again had the position as Beta. Only this time, he liked his Alpha, a lot. In fact, he more than liked his Alpha. In the three months since he mated the man, Zac had come to mean more to Aiden than the very air around him, Matt too. Aiden didn’t know what he would do without either of them.

“Matt? Did you hear me?” Aiden asked a little louder when he received no answer from his little mate.

“Busy,”
Matt replied through their shared mental bond.
“I’m on a
coffee break, damn it.”

Aiden frowned. Matt’s reply sounded winded, as if the man had just run a great distance. On a hunch, Aiden made his way to the small office Matt had claimed as his when they moved in. He stepped into the doorway and instantly knew he was correct in his assumption.

He was also instantly hard as a rock.

Matt was busy…busy being bent over the desk by Zac. It was a good thing that Matt ran around naked most of the time, or he wouldn’t have any clothes left. Zac would have been ripping them off all of the time.