Alec POV Looking around at the ground for something I could use for a weapon, I growled low, seeing that the only thing looked to be a glass blade that would prove useless against whatever was coming through those doors. Reaching down, I decided it was better than nothing. Turning, hearing the heavy door creak, I braced myself, wishing I had Hugo beside me; my brother had always had my back despite our differences, and it was no secret that I was the brains while he was the brute force. I could do with that right now. The door swung open; my heart hammered so hard in my chest I thought it might give me away as I pulled my hand back, the glass blade in hand, ready to defend my territory and impale it between the fuckers eyes who thought he could take what was mine. "Alec! Easy mate, it's only me!" Jason gasped as he pushed the doors wide and stepped aside, giving me a view of the devastation that hand ripped through my home. Both of us were naked and unashamed; the naked body wasn't
Hugo POVHad it really been that much of a heavy night? I considered as I tried to open my heavy eyes, only to find that even they felt slow and hazy. My arms ached, my head pounded like it had been stamped on repeatedly, and my back felt like I had a rod up my ass, which was ironic as that was the only part of me that didn't hurt. Even my dick throbbed, but I was confident that was for a different reason entirely, as memories of Aurora and I in the bathroom with ... Alec."Alec!" I gasped, my throat burning at the attempt to talk. The pack was under attack; Violet had a message for us, but then... Memories swarmed back, making me groan as I remembered being drugged, then nothing. Forcing my heavy eyes open, I focused on the dimly lit room. I knew the second I focused that I was hanging by my arms, my toes only just touching the floor, but not enough to get any relief. Also ironic, considering how many people I had strung up like this, so I knew that this position left me utterly immo
Aurora POVMuffled voices echoed through my room. I wanted to open my eyes and see where it came from, but something tightly secured around my head sealed my lids closed. I tried to lift my hands to remove it, but they were dead weight from the angle my body was pulled into. My last memory was of me sitting in the hallway crying over Hugo and his apparent need to stick his dick everywhere. "Nice of you to join us, Aurora." A male voice cooed through the coldness of the room, making me jump and the chain rattle above my head. Sighing, I felt my heart sink; I was so sick of chains; I felt like I had only just gotten out of the damn things, and here I was back in them. "Who are you?" I asked angrily. How was I that stupid that I kept ending up in these situations? Ava was MIA, which left me feeling utterly vulnerable. "Shall we get this show on the road?" That voice asked; I had never heard it before; whoever held me captive was a stranger, of that I was certain. I listened to my sur
Alec POV"Leon, Russel", I barked as I slipped on the sweatpants someone had offered me; as much as nudity was commonplace, there were children down here. Looking around the tightly packed basement and underground tunnel system, I watched the crowd part for those I had called forward, everyone looking to me for guidance in this shit storm!"Alpha!" Two of my best warriors, besides Finn and Hugo, replied as they approached, bowing their heads respectfully as is the custom; I could see from the weapons strapped to their sides they had been prepared to fight should it not have been me who walked through those doors, and I smiled inwardly. "Get two teams together and run a patrol, secure everything so we can get people back home." Sighing, I paused, hating that I even had to say the following words. "Get out dead, respectfully taken to the courtyard. You may encounter Jason or his wolf. He is with us, so make use of him. I will be up soon." I nodded, seeing Leon's eyes tight with underst
Hugo POVI had never been squeamish when it came to blood, but I guess when you spend a large part of your life shifting into a werewolf or torturing those who displease you, it made no sense to be scared of the stuff. I couldn't exactly be the Beta if I passed out every time I got a damn paper cut. But something about the way I was watching blood slide down Aurora's porcelain throat as she paled had me feeling weak-kneed and sick to my stomach. Her words would haunt me for as long as I lived, and I hoped that wouldn't be long because the idea of a world without her in it again was too unfathomable to bear. Plus, having to tell Alec I had let her get killed broke my heart just as much as watching her face slowly pale. Those rosy cheeks turned purple as her eyes closed; I could only imagine the way her heart pumped viciously, trying to get blood around her body for this fucker to drain it. Her arms seemed to relax into the chains, and her body slumped forward; he was killing her; that
Alec POVStaring at the pyres as the flames consumed our dead and carried them off, I felt my jaw ache from how tightly I had it clenched. My mind was swirling with the events of the last few hours. It felt surreal that I was currently saying goodbye to a handful of my pack members after a demonic attack on my pack. I had heard of these kinds of things happening occasionally throughout history, but never would I have thought that we would be on the receiving end of it. "Here, man." A deeply set voice offered from beside me, placing a cell phone in my hand. "It's all set up, the same number as before, just in case your brother reaches out." James remarked, handing me an opened bottle of beer with a nod."I don't want this!" "I never said you did, but fuck knows you need it. You are giving off mega approach me and die vibes!" He scoffed, crossing his arms over his chest as he watched the flames rise dramatically, crackling through the air. "You approached!" I shrugged, ignoring his c
Alec POV "You look like shit!" I snorted, looking into the filthy cell that held the objects of my anger at this point in time."They don't smell much better!" James gagged mockingly, making me chuckle."Let's change that!" I smirked. Opening their cell, I walked in with James close by, both of us stepping over the shit and discarded clothes. Usually, I avoided such filth. My suits cost more than most people earn in a year, and until Aurora arrived, my appearance was the only thing that gave me joy. "Do you remember that time your father kept those guys down here so long he forgot about them?" James asked, unlocking the chains behind the pair, the heavy metal clinking as it hit the floor, the sound making our human guest in front of James jump. Like the pussy he was!"The whole packhouse stunk of rotten eggs, but we couldn't work out why until we came down here to do something and found them in a cell." He laughed, gripping the human male by his hair; he pulled him from the cell wit
Hugo POV--Ten days later--"How much wolfsbane did you give him?" I heard Violet's panicked voice bounce around the bare walls of my prison cell. I fought the urge to smile. I had purposely remained still all day and worked to slow my breathing right down. Even when the bastard took that whip to my back again to wake me, I refused to make a sound; I just let my body rock back and forth from the impact. It wasn't easy, when all I wanted to do was rip their inners out through their nostrils. But there was more at stake than revenge! I daren't risk a glance at the blacked glass panel, knowing whatever I saw through that window may push me over the edge and ruin my plan. Over the last ten days I had watched them pull enough fingernails and toenails off Aurora to destroy that particular method of torture for me. The joy he took in stripping her naked to humiliate her and aggravate me in any other circumstances would have led to me removing his dead, dull eyes; lucky for him, the chains k