We were a long way from my pack. For the driver, the person attempting to kidnap Amber, to be from there felt like more than a coincidence.


    As Alpha, I had many enemies, but none were more prevalent, especially against Amber, than Olivia. Still, to think her capable of something like this…? How would she even arrange it? Did she truly have this


    kind of influence?


    I couldn’t make assumptions, not when it came to something as important as Amber’s safety and her life. For now, until I could reach out to my pack for more information, I had to stop specting and worry more about our overall survival.


    Fortunately, the police had already been informed about the situation, and with the fire from the car, it wasn’t long until emergency had locked in on our location.


    I kept Amber close to me, holding her tightly to my side. She didn’t talk much though, and I knew she was likely going through it. As if this situation wasn’t traumatizing enough, it had to have reminded her of the ne crash she survived those years ago.


    I could protect her from the physical things, but I was helpless to stop her mind from wandering back to those darker times. The most I could do was keep her close and guide her toward the emergency vehicles as we heard their sirens.


    Scooping her into my arms, I carried her up the side of the mountain back to the top where the car had veered off the road. There, we connected with the police and the ambnce. Immediately, she and I both piled into the back of the ambnce.


    The doors closed, and the paramedics took us back to town. They looked over both Amber and me in the back. My healing had already closed all of my wounds and stitched my broken bones back together.


    I was relieved to hear that I had saved Amber from any damage from the fall. She had some dried blood on her from a few scrapes and bruises, but her wolf had healed her too.


    Amber was quiet as she was inspected, stoic as they prodded her for any lingering injuries.


    “She’s in shock,” one of the paramedics said, stating what I had already guessed. They produced a nket and wrapped it around her shoulders. I stayed there too, glued to her side with my arm around her, holding her tightly as she trembled.


    As we reached the hospital, she looked at me. “Alice?”


    “Safe,” I assured her, and then showed her a few minutester. After helping her down from the back of the ambnce, I led her into the building, where Alice was sitting behind the reception desk, between the receptionist and one of the nurses.


    When she saw us, she hopped down from the chair, rushed around the desk, and hurried toward us.” Mommy! Daddy!”


    Amber came to life then. Bending down to one knee, she opened her arms and caught Alice as she hurried forward. As Amber hugged her daughter tightly, Alice nced over to me. “Daddy, what


    happened to your clothes?”


    I’d been so caught up in protecting Amber, in getting her where she needed to be that I hadn’t looked down at myself. My clothes were mostly in tatters, destroyed in either the chase, the fall, the crashing


    through trees, or the lick of the mes from the car explosion.


    “I just had a little bit of trouble. I’m fine though,” I assured her.


    She gave me a quizzical look, like she didn’t quite believe me.


    I looked like hell, so I couldn’t really me her.


    The reunion seemed to do wonders for Amber. Holding Alice, she seemed to breathe more steadily than


    she had before. As she leaned back, she took her daughters face in her hands and kissed her nose. Alice


    giggled as she yfully pushed Amber away.


    “Mom… people are looking!”


    “Alright, alright,” Amber said as she stood up again. After taking Alice’s hand in hers, she looked at me. “I


    think we are okay but we should be checked out by healers once more, just to be certain.”


    <b>Chapter </b><b>173 </b>