Chapter 5
Avalon’s POV
“Am Hungry and tired Ava” Kayden mutters
“We will stop to eat and rest soon, okay?” I say while picking him up.
He nods and rests his head on my shoulder. I do feel really bad; he looks really exhausted since we didn’t get enough sleep yesterday before we had to get moving. We have been walking for hours today.
It has been four days since our so called parents chased us out of the pack. Surviving out here on your own without a pack is really hard; it is even more difficult with a four year old boy with you.
Sleeping on the cold hard ground for three nights sucked. The weather during the night was really harsh. It was extremely cold and unpleasant, keeping warm wasn’t easy for me since I couldn’t shift, Kayden shifted and I used the blanket I had to keep us warm during those three nights.
Anyway, after ten minutes of walking I see an oak tree and head towards it. I put my baby brother down and we sit on the floor. I start going through the bag pack, grabbing the bottle of water I turn to Kayden and give it to him to drink.
Standing up I look around the area to see if there is anything edible here, I didn’t go far so I can still keep an eye on Kayd. I see a berry tree in the distance. I walk back to my little brother and say to him
“You like berries right?”
He jumps up and down with a smile on his face and replies with “Yes, yes, I-I like them very much”
I laugh at how cute he is being right now, not able to resist I pick him up and throw him up in the air and catching him as he burst into laughter “Do you really?” I ask.
“Yes silly" he replies and giggles.
I kiss his cheek and put him down, closing the bag and picking it up. Kayden and I made our way towards the berry tree, as we approach the tree I hear I twig snap. I quickly grab Kayd and hold him closer to me. I turn to face the direction where the sound came from. Kayden is now holding me as tight as he can. My eyes go wide.
“OH SHIT” drops from my mouth.
I push Kayden behind me, still holding his hand. In front of me is a rogue. It is huge with rough, thick black fur with red eyes. It was snarling at us. It is my first time seeing a rogue up close and I freeze up, I don’t know what to do. I feel Kayden trembling behind me, oh god I need to do something quick because it looks like he is about to attack any seconds from now.
Before I can think of doing anything a man comes out from where the rogue came from. He looks scary, he is very tall, muscular and he looks like someone you do not want to get in a fight with.
“Don’t worry sweetheart, my pal here is just messing about” he says
His voice makes me cringe “First, don’t call me sweetheart ever again and tell him to stop it, he is scaring my little brother” I reply while glaring at him and his pal.
“Come on Jack shift back you are scaring the beautiful lady and her baby brother” he says to the wolf next to him who is looking at me weirdly.
The both of them are giving me the creeps so I mind link Kayden who is still trembling behind me “when I say run, you run, okay bubba?” I say to him while still looking at two men standing in front of us. I didn’t want to look away so they don’t get suspicious.
“No, I don’t want to leave you, am scared” Kayden replies
“What is the matter with the little brat, why is he crying” the guy called Jack sneers at Kayd with a look of disgust.
I quickly look down at Kayden and see that he really was in tears. I pick him and he rests his head on my shoulder closing his eyes. I rub his back while looking at Jack “Look at him like that again and I will make you regret the day you were born” I reply glaring at him.
He and his friend burst out laughing “oh my god, Mike did you hear that? She said she is going to make me regret the day I was born” Jack says
I hear Kayden whimper, I look down at him to see his eyes wide open looking straight at Jack. I look up to see that his eyes are glowing red and I knew straight away his wolf is in control. I turn to his friend and also see that his wolf his in control as well.
“Can we kill them already and get going” Jack says to his friend while staring at me with hatred and anger in his eyes.
“Yeah, whatever, if you are sure that these are his children, then go ahead and make it quick” Mike says and leaves.
I gasp and look back at Jack; he has a twisted smile on his face that makes me sick to my stomach. Putting my brother on the floor with his hand held tightly in mine, I mind link him.
“Get ready to run and find a place to hide and I will come get you okay?”
“No, what if you don’t come back for me”
“I will always come back for you Kayd, you know that” I reply
Before he can reply Jack, who is now in his wolf form lunges for me, I push Kayden out of the way while I land on the floor with a loud thud. The pain that shoots through my back is excruciating. The wolf is snarling in my face and he has his front paws on my stomach.
“Run Kayden” I shout while struggling to get the growling wolf off me.
From the corner of my eyes, I see Kayden turn around and run. Now that I know he has gone to hide, I can focus on getting rid of jack and getting us out of here alive. I have no idea where my strength came from but I push Jack away from me with so much force he goes flying into a tree and lands on the floor with the sickening cracks of bones breaking.
I stand up and make my way over to the man who is now whimpering on the floor curled up in a ball. He looks straight at me and a terrified expression washes across his face. He pales, which takes me by surprise. Why does he look like he has just seen a ghost?
“What are you?” He says with a shaky voice.
“None of your business, you shouldn’t have messed with me” I reply with a voice that sounds nothing like me.
The voice sounds cold and rough not giving away any emotions. I wrap my hand around his neck to pick him up and slam him against the tree hold him in place. He howls in pain. I tighten my hold around his neck and he starts struggling against my hold and throws a couple of punches, until his face is covered in bruises and blood.
I let him go and move away from him. He is trying to get his breath back, but I didn’t give enough time before I focus my energy and lift him up in the air without touching him. Shock is written all over his face and then he starts begging me to stop.
“Please I’m sorry! S-s-stop, I promise I won’t come after you or anywhere near you ever again just let me go” he yells out
I let go of him, but catch him before he could reach the ground and let him down gently. Walking up to him I grab his head and say to him while smiling, “oh, I’m sure you won’t be coming anywhere near me or my brother ever again”. Before he can think about what I just told him I snapped his neck. His lifeless body fell to the ground like a sack of potato.
Whatever came over me for the last ten minutes disappears. It is then I realize that I have just killed a man. Oh my god I killed someone. That is so not good. I look around to see if his friend or anyone is around.
I face the direction where I saw Kayden run earlier, running in that direction I start looking for my brother. I really hope nothing bad has happened to him. And I pray he is hiding somewhere he wouldn’t be spotted.
“Kayden, where are you?” I shout and wait to see if he comes out or makes a noise, but nothing happens, so I continue my search for him. Before I can start panicking, I hear a noise behind me. I quickly turn around standing at alert waiting to see what it was. I really hope it isn’t another rogue.
I see a little figure coming out of the little bush in front of me. I go to scream but then realize it is Kayden. I run to him and pick him up spinning him around. “There you are, are you okay?” I ask him
“Yes, I’m okay. I thought you weren’t coming and I thought the bad guy got you” he whispers while wrapping his little arms around my neck and resting his head on my shoulder.
“I’m glad that you are alright, you know I will never leave you. No bad guy will ever stop me from coming back to you, okay?” I reply.
He nods and doesn’t say anything else.
“Come on, I still need to find you something to eat before it gets dark. I’m sorry for not getting you something to eat earlier.” I tell Kayden.
“It’s alright, I know it’s the bad guy’s fault and I already ate some berries I found when I was hiding and I made sure they were safe before putting them in my mouth” he says smiling proudly.
I smile down at him. We really need to get out of this area. I have to get him to somewhere safe. Not knowing what direction I should take, I just pick one start our journey. It’s getting dark and we need to find somewhere safe to spend the night.
After walking for about three hours, I still haven’t seen somewhere safe enough for us to sleep and it is already dark. Kayden has been asleep for the past hour. I think we are going to have to sleep under a tree tonight because there is no way I can continue walking, I am exhausted and hungry. I haven’t had anything to eat today at all, but I am glad that Kayd had at least something to eat. I am just praying that the weather isn’t going to be as harsh as the other nights because we have nothing to keep us warm.
A few minutes later I find a tree that is hidden away, so even if anyone walks past they wouldn’t be able to see us. I sit down on the floor, resting my back against the tree with Kayden in my arms. Before I can even close my eyes, he wakes up and starts crying.
“I want to go home Ava, I don’t like this” he sobs
“I’m sorry bubba we can’t go home but I promise you I will find somewhere safe for us to live soon okay?” I say to him while holding him closer to my chest.
“But why can’t we go home? Is it because dad and mummy don’t want me and you anymore? Why don’t they want us Ava?” He asks with a shaky voice.
I rock him back and forth “it’s alright giggles everything will be fine, now show me that cute smile of yours” I say to him. I can’t tell him why our parent doesn’t want us because I don’t even know myself.
He nods and smiles.
I decide to tell him a story so he can fall back to sleep. Not even ten minutes into the story he is snoring away. I look at his sleeping form, he looks so peaceful. A few minutes later I close my eyes and go to sleep.
I wake up when I realize that Kayden isn’t in my arms anymore. I jump up and look around, but I can’t see him anywhere.
“Kayden where are you?” I yell
“I’m over here Ava” he replies, his voice coming from behind me.
I turn around to face him; he puts his arms up with a smile on his face asking for me to pick him up. I go to him and pick him up “Where were you? Something could have happened to you. Don’t you ever leave my side again, okay?” I scold him.
“I’m sorry Ava I went for a tinkle (pee)” he replies
“Okay but next time you wake me, you just don’t leave without me” I tell him
“Okay Ava” he says
“And what do you think you are doing on this territory” a booming voice comes from behind.
I stand up straight and grab Kayden's hand, turning around slowly I see a very angry looking man. He looks about 6ft and is very...
“I asked you a question and I expect an answer rogue” he says getting annoyed.
I flinch back from the tone he just used. Oh god, how am I going to get us out of this? There is no way he is going to let us go. Surely he is going to take us to his alpha.
“Err me and my little brother are just passing through, we are not here to cause any trouble” I respond
He looks at me as if something funny came out of my mouth “I don’t think so, you are coming with and if you think of doing anything funny I will make you regret it” he growls.
He makes his way towards me and Kayden and grabs my shoulder. I shove him away from me. He growls and four wolves come out from hiding snarling at me. Kayden whines so I pick him up trying to calm him down.
“We are not here to cause any trouble, so please let us go” I try to convince him.
“No, don’t think so, you are coming with me and that is final.” He says with a glare.
I nod in defeat and let him drag me to his Alpha. After walking for about ten minutes we walk out of the woods and in front of me is the pack house. Everyone around stops to look at me and my little brother, Kayden gets uncomfortable, so he hides his face in my neck.
I look back at the guy who brought us here to ask what happens now, but his eye is glazed over so I guess he was telling his alpha that we are waiting outside. I turn back around and see people are still staring so I glare at them and they quickly look away.
Out of nowhere the most mouth watering scent hits me. It smells like vanilla with a hint of honey. I put Kayden down and look up to see the most handsome man looking at me. He has a short straight casual hair which brings out his chiseled and clean cut face. His clothing style is very strong, stylish and fashionable. Oh his eyes are a glowing gold color. What comes out of his mouth makes me smile.
“MINE” he whispers.
“Holy shit, why are both of your eyes gold?” The guy who brought me here asks while looking between me and my mate.
“Shut up Jake, put them in the cellar with the other rogue” he responds to the guy, he looks back at me with a glare which takes me by surprise. He turns around to leave, but stops when I scream in pain and fall to the ground. I thrash around when the pain gets worse, suddenly I feel and hear my bones snapping and the pain because excruciating.
OH MY GOD, I’M SHIFTING
“Ava!” I hear Kayden scream for me.
“What is happening to her” a voice I think belongs to my mate says
“I think she is shifting for the first time Elijah” the guy called Jake answers.
I can’t make out the faces in front of me because my vision is now blurry, my eyes become heavy. But before I let the darkness swallow me, I whisper my mate’s name,
“Elijah”
It has a nice ring to it.
Chapter 4
Avalon's POV
I groan as my mind is pushed. I wake up and look at my alarm clock and groan, I sit up. It's only 6:30 in the morning. Who the hell wants to talk to me this early? I drop my wall and wait for the person to speak, but all I hear is a whimper that gets me wide awake, I know exactly who it is.
"What's wrong Kayden"? I ask my four year old brother, while getting out of bed quickly. I can feel his fear.
"M-m-mum and dad are arguing again, t-t-they are yelling and throwing things, am really scared Ava" he replies with a shaking voice.
I can hear loud noise and things breaking in the background. I am able to hear all this because of my stupid magic abilities.
"Ava please come and get me, I don't want to stay here anymore, I don't like it" Kayden says while sobbing.
I run out of the room, I was sleeping in and start walking towards the pack house while also trying to calm my brother down.
"It's okay Kayd, am nearly there just come out through the back doors and I will meet you okay?"
I quietly make my way to the back, I didn't want anyone to know that I'm here especially my parents since they are the one who hate me the most. Since I reached the age of 13 my world has been turned upside. Instead of shifting, I developed my powers. It was strange at first and scary, but I got used to it quickly, turns out I have the abilities of an Elder. Then one day I completely lost control. People feared me, that soon turned to hatred, but I couldn't care less. It just hurts to know your own parents don't even stick up for you; instead they fuel the hatred but I'm used to it.
When I turn the corner, I see Kayden waiting for me, he's shivering, but I don't know whether it's because he's frightened or cold, since he only has his shorts on or maybe both. I walk up to him and as soon as he sees me he runs at me shouting.
"Ava you came, I t-t-thought you wouldn't come and I was so scared." He says and starts crying.
"Shhhh, it's okay, I will always come for you Kayd you know that, I will never leave you" I pick him and wipe his tears.
I turn around and start making my way back to my cabin, I don't even think I took 10 steps before a loud voice stops me, making me shiver with fear.
"What are you doing here, you good for nothing girl and where are you taking Kayden?" My dad says in his commanding voice.
Oh, did I tell you that my parents are the Alphas. I turn back around making Kayden whimper; I don't dare look my dad in the eye. That's what pisses him off the most, I just stare at the ground before I finally answer him.
"Kayden doesn't want to stay with you guys since all you fucking do is argue so I came here to pick him up"
I don't even listen to his reply I just zone out. I know what he is going to say anyway, its the same old, same old. All he does is rant on and on about how I have no right to set foot near the pack house or interact with anyone blah blah blah blah. I realize that Kayden isn't moving as much anymore, so I take a deep breath and listen to his heartbeat, looks like he has fallen asleep.
I feel a sharp pain on my cheek and that breaks the trance I was in. I stare up and realize that my dad had slapped me. I don't make any noise so I don't wake Kayden up. Before I can react, he punches me so hard that I go flying smashing my back into a tree and land with a loud thud. I hear Kayden scream, I look down to see that his head is bleeding. I quickly pick him up wiping the blood.
"I am so sorry Kayd, are you okay, where does it hurt?" I ask just to check if he is hurt anywhere else apart from his head.
"M-my head hurts, "he says while sniffing, trying to hold back his tears.
I hear people snickering, I turn around to see that most of the pack members gathering around watching things unfold. I roll my eyes, god people have nothing better to do with their lives, seriously.
I look straight at my dad and growl at him "what the fuck was that for. You can hit me all you want, but not when I am holding my brother, your own son!"
He just laughs and the replies with
"I don't care, you both mean nothing to me and your mother, I want you both off my land this instant."
"Are you being serious right now?! You are actually kicking your own children out of the pack! Where are we supposed to go?" I yell.
"I give you 30 minutes to leave this territory and then I am going to send out my best trackers to find you and my instruction will be if they should find you they should kill you." He says and leaves before I can reply.
I walk towards the pack house and I go to open the door and mother dearest decides to finally use her voice.
"And where do you think you are going?"
"Err to get clothes for Kayden, as you can see he only has his shorts on so if you'll excuse me" I reply.
"Don't even think of stepping into this house, I am not giving either of you any chance to survive this so get out of my sight now oh and one more thing, you have about... 20 minutes before the trackers are after you" my dad says from inside the house.
I don't even waste any more time, I run to my little cabin with Kayden in my arms looking confused and scared. My heart is beating really fast as I grab just a blanket and some little snacks, we are going to survive this and get away from this so called pack. I put Kayden on my bed and quickly grab my smallest top and put it on him even though it is too big for him It will have to do for now.
Even though Kayden is shaking, I don't have time to soothe him. I pick him up and run into the woods, I don't look back because right now I have to find a way to keep me and my little brother alive. I run as fast as I can which isn't very fast, it sucks that I can't shift. Kayden stays really quiet; I don't think he understands what is really going on.
I have been running for about 15 minutes when I sense that the trackers are in the woods with us. I panic, my heart is beating really fast it feels like it's about to burst out of my chest. I keep going, I know that I am nearly out of the pack lands, but I know that the trackers are going to get to us before we can make it out. I can already hear them closing in. I see a cave and I quickly go inside, I concentrate really hard to mask mine and Kayden scent I don't really know if it will work or not but I really hope it does. I can only use my powers when I am calm and collected I just hope it works.
I see the tracker wolves and they are sniffing in circles so I guess I did manage to mask our scent. I look down at Kayden and he is about to sneeze so I put and finger under his nose to try and stop it. It didn't work and he sneezes, it isn't loud, but I guess one of the trackers heard it. As he approaches the cave my brain shuts down and my hands become clammy and sweaty. Kayden moves closer to me and my grip on him tightens. We stay as quiet as possible as the wolf comes closer, he sniffs the air, but moves away from the cave entrance. I still hold my breath until I hear they retreat towards the pack house.
I turn to Kayden.
"Stay here for a second. I need to check if they are really gone, okay?" I say to him.
He nods, "Why are they after us?" He asks while shaking
"I will explain when we get out of here, okay?" I reply while looking through the backpack to get him a snack knowing that he is getting hungry.
He nods while I hand him a cereal bar.
I walk out of the cave and look around, when I sense that they are not around here anymore. I close my eyes and tap into my magic. I use it to see further than any normal or werewolf eyes can see. I see the trackers walking out of the woods and making their way towards my dad. I quickly open my eyes when I hear Kayden whimper. I go back inside the cave, he sees me and gives me a small smile. He puts his arms out asking to be carried. I pick him up and I start running again. We get to the edge of the pack land and I feel my pack bond snap. I look at Kayden and see him rubbing his chest. I kiss his head, knowing that he is feeling the pain from the pack bond snapping. Before crossing over I look back knowing that mine and Kayden's life in this pack is now over.
We cross over, walking towards any dangers that await us.
Chapter 3
Jake's POV
Seeing Elijah like that was very... I can't even describe how I am feeling at the minute. Never in a million years would I have thought that my full of life best friend would be like this, so tense and restless.
He kept looking around as if someone was going to attack him any minute, but I am not surprised. God knows what those bastards did to him. What scares me the most is the emptiness in his eyes, at first he looked frightened, but then his expression changed after a few seconds. If I wasn't watching him closely I wouldn't have noticed. I can't believe we have finally found him after a year of him being missing.
"Pack meeting in 5 minutes" I shout through the pack [mind] link.
They all reply. I turn my attention to the head of the War Wolves.
"We are going to go on that trail one last time. I want you to do everything Micah (Elijah's dad) and I say" I tell him
"Okay Jake, I understand I will let the rest know immediately" he replies and leaves my office with a nod.
I stand and look through the window. I really hope we find Eli. I don’t know how long the pack is going to continue coping without an Alpha after three years. I refuse to take the role because somewhere deep down I know Elijah is still alive somewhere and we are going to find him. I miss him so much.
Without him around everything is dull and miserable. Even though he can be scary at times, he was fun and loving.He cared about everyone in the pack even the Omegas. I seriously don't understand why other pack treats them like slaves. They may be weak and fragile but they are just like us. Eli made sure they knew this.
“We are all ready" the third in command Zach says through the mind link pulling me out of my thoughts.
I shake my head and blink away the tears that I didn't realize has gathered in my eyes. I leave the office and go out front to see that the whole pack is out. I walk onto the stage and face them all. When everyone sees me, they all go quiet.
"We are going to search this trail one more time with the War Wolves. I and Micah are going to lead while Zach will stay behind to keep everything going while we are out" I say.
And then someone has the guts to shout out "What is the point you are just wasting your time, Alpha Elijah is gone, probably dead by now. So I don’t know what you are really looking for to be honest".
I hear some people mumble and nod in agreement. I turn to the person and harden my gaze.
"If you don't want me to put you in the fucking cellar I suggest you shut the fuck up" I growl.
My wolf is pissed. We still believe we are going to find him.
"The sun is setting so we are going to head out now, wish us luck, meeting dismissed" I say to everyone.
They all leave to continue whatever they were doing before the meeting.
Micah and the War Wolves already shifted and are ready to go. I shift and go up to them.
"Come on guys I want all of you to search this trail properly. I want you at 110% alert" I hear Micah instruct the War Wolves.
We set out and split into 4 groups, I lead one of the groups. We search for about four hours and we found absolutely fuck all. No scent of rogues or Elijah whatsoever. We have searched every corner of our area, so I tell the War Wolves that are with me to take a break. After a while we turn around and start heading back when my wolf starts whining.
"I GOT HIS SCENT JAKE!" Micah shouts through the mind link.
"Whereabouts are you?" I ask him, he replies saying he is up north from where we are.
The war wolves and I take off in that direction with great speed. I suddenly get a whiff of Eli's scent, I follow it and up front I see Micah has shifted into his human form and is crouching down near Elijah's body. As I make my way there all that is going through my mind is 'oh God, please let him be alive’. I shift back into my human form and jog up to them.
Micah looks up at me with tears running down his face.
"He is just unconscious, but look what they did to my boy?" He moves out of my way so I can finally see Elijah.
The sight before me makes me turn around and throw up. What the fuck did they do to him? He is unrecognizable, everywhere was bruised, and he has wounds everywhere. There are scars all over his body. There are some fresh ones and the ones that has healed. He has also lost so much weight. If it wasn't for his scent I wouldn't believe it was truly him. I hear Micah tell the War Wolves to look around for any sign of rogues around here, and if they find any rogues they should bring them in alive.
I reach down to pick up my best friend, he groans and whimpers. I cradle him to my chest and start walking back to the pack house with Micah and some of the War Wolves who stayed behind. I quickly mind link the pack doctor and the third in command that we found him and they should wait for us in his room.
By the time we get to the pack house everyone is asleep. So we quietly make our way up to Eli's room. Entering the room I hear the pack doctor and Zach gasp at the sight of their alpha. Once I place Elijah on his bed the doctor quickly checks him over.
"He's going to be fine physically. He has a few broken bones which haven't healed yet, but mentally I don't know how he's going to heal" he tells us.
Eli has been sleeping for about thirty minutes. The pack doctor left straight after he fell asleep. We are all downstairs just staring at each other. I just can't believe he is finally back at home. His mum has been crying nonstop and Micah is trying to console her. I look around and see that they were all waiting for me to talk (the third in command and Elijah's parents). I am about to speak when the head of the War Wolves' sends me a message through the pack link.
"We caught a rogue he is unconscious, we found him in an underground house which looks like where they were keeping the Alpha because we found the alpha's scent everywhere" he tells me.
"Alright, thank you, tomorrow I want us to go back to check it out to see if we can find any clues and also put the rogue in the cellar I will deal with him tomorrow" I reply.
"Alright Jake, I will see you tomorrow" he says before cutting off the link.
I turn around to address the people in front of me "Okay guys we will leave him to rest. Tomorrow we are going to announce to the pack that he's back, but he will be bedridden for a while until he fully recovers physically” they all nod in agreement and left.
I go up to check on Elijah. As I am about to make my way into his room I hear him scream. I quickly open the door and in front me is my best friend thrashing around on his bed screaming.
"Please stop, I promise I know nothing" he cries out.
I run to his bed and try waking him up.
"Elijah wake up, it's just a nightmare we have you now and we are going to keep you safe. No one is going to take you away from us or hurt you ever again" I try to comfort him. I touch his shoulder trying to get him to wake up all he does is flinch and whimper.
"Come on Eli wake up, it's just me Jake" I try again
He finally opens his eyes after a minute or two. Tears are streaming down his face. He sits up and pulls his knees to his chest rocking back and forth. Seeing my best friend like this is heartbreaking. I can’t stand it anymore so I sit down next to him and pull him to me. He tense at first but he didn't move away. I hold him tighter and he finally starts to relax. I hold him till he goes back to sleep. I try leaving him without waking him, but that fails because as I let go of him his voice stops me.
“Please don't leave me, stay with me, I'm scared" he whispers.
I am fuming how could they do this to him? He didn't deserve any of this. I climb back into his bed and hold him and look at him while he slept and the tears that have been threatening to spill since we found him earlier finally comes streaming down my face.
Chapter 2
Elijah's POV
I was surrounded in darkness, but I can hear people talking. My first thought was to stay as still as possible because my kidnappers have captured me yet again. As soon as I felt someone grab my hands, I started struggling and screaming “let me go, let me go please”. “Alpha, please calm down its me Jake”. I remember that name and voice, it’s the voice of my best friend and beta, but I still refuse to open my eyes because I don’t want to get my hopes up thinking that they didn’t abandon me and have finally found me. He let go of my hand and I felt him touch my face “come on Eli we’ve got you now, can you open your eyes me?” I shut my eyes even tighter and willed the voice to go away, but it didn’t instead my wolf Ruka who have been comatose like for 2year finally made an appearance tonight Come on Elijah open your eyes I can sense our beta.
I trusted my wolf and opened my eyes the first thing I saw was Jakes eyes looking at me with a smile, I tried sitting up to look around, but my body screamed in pain a hand reached out to me but I flinched away the sharp movement made me groan. Jake tried again to help me sit up, but I flinch yet again “don’t touch me!” I hissed. He nodded and stepped back, I managed to sit up while gritting my teeth trying to ignore the burning pain. I looked around and realized that I was in my room; it looks exactly the same as it was 3years ago. My eyes landed on my mum and dad who were standing at the end of my bed looking at me cautiously, mum smiled at me with tears running down her face, “ my baby boy, I cannot believe you are back home.” I just looked at her with a blank face my dad also had tears in his eyes, but he didn’t say anything he just smiled.
I rub my temples as my head starts pounding. “You should rest, we can talk later” my mum said. She reached out to stroke my hair, but I put my hand out to stop her “Don’t touch me” I hissed, She nodded and gave me a sad smile. “How did you guys find me” I asked, looking at everyone. Jake was the first to answer “we have been searching the trail we found you for a while now”. Then my dad finally speaks “I took few war wolves with me to patrol the trail one last time before we move on to another trail, we were about to turn back when we heard someone scream, we started searching around then you scent hit me and I followed it until we found you passed out” his voice cracked, after composing himself he spoke again “I am so sorry it took us…..” I wave my hand at him and cut him off “its fine, you found me, thanks for not giving up” they all smiled at me and I just stared back at them with a blank face all my emotion locked away. I lie back down on the bed and close my eyes, they all left my room after a while, giving me the space I needed to process all this. With a tiny smile and relief the last thing that went through my mind before I let the darkness surround me was that…… I was finally home.
Chapter 1
A prickle runs down my spine.
I look around the room they have been keeping me. It's not like I can really see anything in this darkness, but I do try to make out the room. I can only say that I'm being held in a dungeon.
The room is very small and eerie. Chains lay on the floor, which are attached to my wrist. Hammered metal shackles lying on the floor are locked around my ankles. There is a strange coldness that lingers around the room, making me shudder. The smell of suffering drifts through the room.
I’ve lost count of how many days or months I have been in this hell . Probably because I'm constantly swimming in and out of consciousness. The torture is getting too much for me to handle. I don't even know what they want. Whenever I ask, the only reply I get is " You have something that we want". What could I possibly have that they want so badly.
When I tell them that I don't know what they are talking about. They refuse to believe me. I have no idea what they want me to tell them. If I know what they want, I will give it to them willingly if I can.
Do they really think I want to be here? Or do they think I love being their punching bag? They torture me until I am unconscious; they break my bones knowing that I will always heal and that the healing process it is torture.
At first I thought, my pack will come looking for me, but after some time I realize that I am alone, no one is coming. There are times when I just want to give up.
I want the darkness to swallow me. Then at least I think I will be free from this excruciating pain. The torment is getting to be too hard for me to handle. And there were times when I still hope that I will get out of here, but that little hope is slowly fading away as time passes by.
I hear the door open which snaps me out of my trance. I know they are back for more, but they don't know what I have in store for them. For the past few days, I can feel the strength returning to my body slowly. They may have broken me, but not my wolf. He's always here, telling me to stay strong. The time will come when I can fight back.
"Do you reckon he's awake? We really need to get him to start talking" I hear a female voice say. I don’t bother looking up because I know her face is covered. I don’t know what she looks like.
"I've had enough of talking. He’s been here for too long, and we still haven't got him to tell us or give us what we want” says the voice that causes all my pain and misery. I can't remember what he looks like. I have only seen him without his mask once and that was when he took me.
“Let's just get rid of him boss, I don’t think he is the right one” the female replies.
Shit, what do I do. I don’t want to die. I try shuffling back, but it is impossible since I can move. I wiggle around frantically trying to get out of this chain. The man laughs at me while making his way towards me.
As soon as he grabs me, I gather all the strength that I have left in me and I start to fight back. I let my wolf Ruka take over and I can feel another presence also taking over my body.
Shock is written all over my kidnapper's face, he didn't expect that. The woman runs out of the room screaming for help. I know I only have a short period of time before the men come crashing into the room to take me down, I have to work fast.
I manage to knock the man unconscious before anyone comes into room; all I have left to do is run. I run as fast as I can, taking out anyone that gets in my way. I know I am too weak to shift into my wolf but I have to get away.
I bust through the doors and run for my life, I can hear them shouting and following me trying to chase me down. I have no idea where I am, there are too many trees to know what direction I am heading. I run to the point of exhaustion.
I collapse and let the darkness surround me.