Challenging the Alpha (Paranormal Werewolf Shifter Romance) by Joanna Wilson

 
    Challenging the Alpha
    Chapter 1
     
    "So, where are we?" Sin boomed as he entered the conference room.
     
    Taking a breath to calm down, Sapphire followed after Sin, ignoring the pitying looks and inquisitive gazes. Mark's been kidnapped again . The thought buzzed around her head and agitated her.
     
    The thought of him being kidnapped hadn't even passed Sapphire's mind when he'd left to go get the thing and return it to the Tsu Jai Organization.
     
    "Still not willing to tell me what it was he stole?" Sin purred softly through the link between himself and Sapphire. There was a dangerous edge to his voice.
     
    "That's not important now. What's important is finding my brother." Sapphire fired back and purposely sat away from him. She might have accepted that she was Sin’s mate, but she didn't have to put up with his alpha male bullshit when she was going through her own problems.
     
    Within a second of sitting down, Sapphire was picked up and placed back on her usual seat: Sin’s lap. "This is where you belong, Mate. Christopher, Leon, James, what do we know?"
     
    None of the wolves sitting in front of her even batted an eye at Sapphire’s place on Sin's lap. Not that she was surprised by it. No one said anything after she’d animalistic sex with Sin in the foyer about two seconds after meeting him. Sapphire fought back the memories of their first time and the blush that was fighting its way into her cheeks. Now was not the time for her to want Sin’s dick. She had other things to worry about.
     
    "Iverson and McEvoy said that they were ambushed while retrieving the object with Mark. We're still not sure what it is, but Mark stole it from the Tsu Jai Organization." Christopher addressed his alphas.
     
    Sapphire tried not to squirm in Sin’s lap as his hand traced soft circles on her stomach. Another reminder of her newly mated status. Soon she'd be pregnant if she wasn't already.
     
    "Where was my brother kidnapped?" Sapphire asked Christopher, leaning forward to hear his response.
     
    "Madam Blackwater, I'm not sure--" Christopher began, his voice a bit unsure as he looked behind her at Sin.
     
    "Christopher, I asked you a question -- Your Alpha just asked you a question." Sapphire said silkily, placing her hands on the table and scraped her nails lightly on the glossy tabletop. She was definitely going to play the alpha card or Christopher was going to get real up and close to her wolf.
     
    At that moment, Sapphire realized she was more than agitated; she was horny, angry, murderous, the list just kept going. If he decided he didn’t want to answer her, or that he was going to question her, Sin wouldn’t be able to stop her from tearing him apart.
     
    Christopher looked down subserviently; "I apologize, Alpha. Mark hid the object in your mattress at your apartment. He was kidnapped there, and the place was ransacked."
     
    Sapphire ignored Sin’s hold on her and hopped out of his lap, too riled up to sit down. The only had found him with the object, which meant they had what they wanted and were just keeping Mark to torture him.
     
    Sapphire paced the length of the conference room, trying to think rationally past her fear and swirl of emotions. She knew people that could help, actually she knew one person in particular that had an in with the Tsu Jai organization and would be perfect. "I need to go back to the city. I have a friend who sometimes works for the Tsu Jai Organization. She can help me get in the organization and get my brother out." Sapphire said.
     
    "Madam Alpha, I don't think that's safe--" James chimed, his words carefully enunciated.
     
    "This is my brother we are talking about, James." Sapphire allowed some of the fear she was feeling to seep in her words. "I don't care if it's not safe. I only care about getting him back."
     
    Sapphire looked at the three men in the room. They all knew the reputation the Tsu Jai organization had, and every second they wasted meant Mark was