Lena's POV. THE BASEMENT DOOR creaked open. I was lying on a cot, curled up in a little ball with my back to the stairs. I didn’t bother to turn when I heard the footsteps. It had been the same thing for the last several days. Sometime in the late afternoon, Frank brought me food and two water bottles. He would set it on the table in the center of the room, stand by the base of the stairs for a few awkward seconds looking at me and for a second I think I saw pity in his eyes but it was gone so quickly that I might've imagined it, and then he turned and slowly walked back upstairs. And then I’d be alone. I wondered where the other girls were, and I spent a lot of time thinking about Amy, did Marcus still go back and forcefully remove the mole from her face? “Already causing trouble, your highness?” Frank asks casually as he walks into the basement. I refuse to answer, tightening my lips and glaring at him through swollen eyes. He raises his brows when he catc
Lena's POV. “I’ll be fine,” she grumbled and took a step, immediately crying out in pain. She hobbled to the cot next to me and flopped down. “You should elevate it,” I whispered. “And ice would be ideal.” The brown-haired girl eyed me curiously, guilt flashing across her face as she took a pillow from another cot and stuck it under the blonde’s ankle. She whisked around the cot and flew up the stairs, returning a minute later with a bag filled with ice. A young redhead, was behind her. She slowly approached me. “Hi,” she spoke. “I’m Liz.” “Lena,” I said, struggling to find my voice. “This is Rose and Phuong. We call her Phoebe. She doesn’t speak English very well.” “Nice to meet you,” I blurted, the manners my mother instilled in me coming out on their own accord. “Amy told us that you tried to stop Marcus from hurting her, and what he did to you.” I just nodded my head, not wanting to talk about it. “Why are you guys down here and not
Lena's POV. The next morning, the sound of the basement door opening wakes me up and then the sound of high heels coming down the stairs makes me open my eyes, because that sound means only one thing, Gina. She comes down the stairs and Frank is with her. “How are her injuries?” She asks him. “Oh, she's fine. I gave her some pain killers so she's good to work.” He tells her. She doesn't even look at the other girls in the room, all her attention is on me. “Hope a few days down in the basement taught you a lesson. You better behave today if not, I'll give complete control over to Marcus and then he can do with you however he pleases.” She tells me, just the talk alone is enough for me to swallow any retort that I had on the tip of my tongue. “I understand miss Gina.” I answer her with my head bowed. “See, that wasn't so hard, but you girls always like to learn things the hard way. “Get in the beauty room. Now.” She commands.
Alpha Leo's POV. It took him a while but Elijah finally got a location, it was hidden under different alias and shell companies but he finally had a location. She was in the united kingdom, Scotland to be precise. She wasn't even in the same country as I was, I guess crime works better over there, I don't know and truly I do not give a fuck. All I care us getting back to her safely. Emmett and Zoey stayed back with the kids while Zeo, Freya, Elijah, Vincent and I are going to get Lena back. It takes us about thirty minutes to drive out of town and get to my private air strip in the city. When we get there, my pilot Stefan is already there waiting. "Good day Mr. Knight." He greets me, I just nod my head at him, acknowledging his greeting, and then we all board the plane. Stefan heads to the cockpit and then we all get settled on our seats, I opted not to have a flight attendant here, the less people who know about tgis trip the better. I can't loo
Alpha Leo's POV. The plane lands and we all unfasten our seatbelts and remove our bags, Stefan gets out of the cockpit and opens the planes door. Everyone files out of the plane but I stay behind to talk to Stefan. "Stefan, I'm going to need you to fuel up the plane while we're gone, I don't know when we're going to leave, but when we do it's going to be short notice and we're going to have to leave fast so I need you to be ready." I tell him. "Of course Mr. Knight, I'll be ready." He tells me. "Thank you Stefan." I tell him and then I leave the plane and take the steps down to the tarmac where the other guys have already gotten into the SUV' that I arranged for us. I get into the back seat with Vincent and Freya, Zeo is at the drivers side and Elijah is on the passengers side. Zeo is driving because he is the only one who know how to drive European style. I still find it weird that they have the driver side in the right hand side and not the left. "Ze
Alpha Leo's POV. Elijah gets up and goes to wait for his guy at the elevator. While we're waiting, thoughts are just running rampant through my head, what if Lena really isn't in Scotland and we just wasted our time coming here. What if Lex saw this coming and he's like ten steps ahead of us. And finally the one thing I don't want to think about but it's a thought at the back of my head, what if the reason we can't track Lena has nothing to do with bad network or a signal jammer, what if Lex decided that torturing me wasn't enough to hurt me or bring me down, what if he decided to kill her. "I can see that look on your face and I know the thoughts running through your head, don't even think like that, Lena is alive, if she wasn't, you would know." Zeo tells me and then he squeezes my shoulder reassuringly. Elijah walks back to the living room with another guy, the guy is well built, almost the same height as me, jet black hair and green eyes. "Leo, this i
Lena's POV. After an entire day of grueling training on how to serve our future masters, dinner is served in our rooms. None of us are allowed to eat together and I imagine it’s because they don’t want any of us becoming friends—joining forces and planning to escape together or some shit. The more alone we feel, the more hopeless. We’re fed soup and crackers, a meager meal but something she claims won’t fatten us up. Apparently even sex traffickers are fatphobic and body shame the women. Never mind that they can’t get pussy unless they quite literally steal it. I’ve just finished eating when it sounds like Gina screeches from below, the enraged sound echoing throughout the house. I freeze, slowly setting my soup bowl on the nightstand when footsteps pound on the wood, though, it doesn’t sound like she has her heels on. Her angry stride travels up the stairs and down the hall, my heart beating faster with each step toward me. My door slams open, and she sto
Lena's POV. After Amy is done styling my hair and helping me with my makeup, which I'm grateful that she keeps light, we leave the room and she escorts me to the dining room. The closer we get to the dining room, the more my good mood disappears, what happened last night keeps on flashing through my mind and I'm scared that if I do something or say something wrong, something way worse is going to happen to me today. So here's what I'm going to do, I'm going to keep my mouth shut and only speak when I'm spoken to, I just have to last till Lex gets me out of here and then when he lets his guard down which I am pretty sure he will, I am going to stab him or slit his throat with my knife, whichever works best and then I will escape. The dining room doors open and we step in and there he is at the head of the table, when he sees us walking in, he gets up, that creepy smile back on his face. But then, something else catches my attention, on the other side of t
EPILOGUETHREE MONTHS LATERLena's POV. In my years that I've lived in this earth, I learnt one thing, blood doesn't always make family. I mean Zeo, Freya and Zoey, we aren't related by blood but they are my family. After Luna Kate came clean about what she did, I thought I would be angry because what she did that night set of a chain of events that got us to where we are today. But that's also why I wasn't mad or anything like that, those events made me the woman that I am today, they gave me my children, so there's no way that I can be angry at that. My parents were the Avery's they raised me and they loved me and that wasn't going to change. I was a grown woman, I wasn't interested in having a relationship with a woman that was too scared to keep me and a father who didn't tolerate weakness and I didn't want that energy around my children. So after they told me rye truth, I thanked her because I could finally solve that unclosed mystery.
Lena's POV. The plane lands and I know that we aren't at the pack yet but I'm giddy with excitement at the prospect of seeing my babies. I know it's just been a couple of weeks, but to be honest, it feels like months have gone by and I haven't seen them. We step out of the air plane and say our goodbyes to Stefan the pilot. Zoey has been calling trying to find out how far out we are, I know it was hard for her to stay back while I was hurt. But she has no idea how much I appreciate her staying with the kids while I was recovering in Scotland. We get into the SUV and Zeo drives so fast, you'd think he was being chased. But I get it, he's been away from Zoey for close to a month, when you count in the time they spent looking for me and then the time I spent recovering. Phoebe has been asking questions about the kids and she can't wait to meet them. Richard promised me that he would find the girls that we saved good homes and the ones that needed reha
Lena's POV. The next day, everyone in the house, was up early in the morning, we were all packed up and ready to go. We said our goodbyes to Richard and Elijah's's other two friends, they decided to stay behind. Richard offered them jobs as part of a covert team. He offered Mark the job too, but he declined and I know that it was because of Pheobe. We left the house and everyone pilled ourselves into two SUV's that Richard had provided. In one car was me, Leo, Brie and Zeo and in the other car was Elijah, Freya and Vincent. Richard also provided us with drivers so that they would be able to bring the cars back. “I can't believe we're finally leaving.” I said out loud. “I can't believe that I'm finally going to see another part of the world.” Pheobe said and I turned to look at her, she was seated in the middle of me and Leo. “Have you been on a plane before Pheebs?” I ask her but I have a feeling what her answer will be. “No I haven't, I kn
Lena's POV. Leo takes my hand and we both walk to the underground prison where Lex is, we get to the end of the hallway and Leo puts in his handprint and the door unlocks. “You're sure you're ready for this?” Leo asks me again. “Yea I am, open it.” I tell him and then he opens the door and we both walk in, the first thing I'm hit with is the smell, it's like decaying flesh. “Sorry about the smell, I cut of his hand the last time I was down here.” He tells me as he points to the spot on the floor where the hand is, I almost throw up but I hold myself back. I hear the sound of someone groaning the pain and I turn around and that's when I see him, Lex. The man that almost broke me and haunts me every night in my dreams. I barely recognise him, he only has his boxers on and his hair has grown out that its covering half of his face. His whole body has different shades of bruises all over and then his left hand now has a stump from where Leo ripped o
Lena's POV. The next morning I wake up wrapped up in Leo, last night was everything and so much more, I can still feel it right now, I'm so sore. “Good morning mia cara.” Leo whispers in my ear. I turn over and face him. “Good morning baby.” I say to him and then I kiss him and before too long, the kiss turns heated and I can feel Leo getting hard so I pull back. “Are you sore baby?” He asks me. “Yeah a little.” I tell him. “Was I too rough with you?” He asks me. “Yes, but don't go beating yourself up about it, I loved every second of it.” I tell him. “Ok, come on let's go take a shower, if I stay in this bed with you, there's no stopping me from having my way with you.” He tells me. I take his outstretched hand and we both walk into the bathroom, the shower is big enough to contain the both of us and there would still be space. We enter the shower and while the water sprays the both of us, I grab Leo's cock. “Don'
Lena's POV. It's been two weeks and today I was officially cleared from physical therapy, I don't even need to use the crutches, but both Leo and Zeo insist that I use it, saying that I shouldn't stress myself too much. We're leaving the hospital room, and today I finally get to meet all the men that risked their lives to save me when they knew nothing about me. I told Zeo and Leo that I didn't want them in the hospital, I didn't want them seeing me like that, they explained it to the guys and they understood. We take the elevator up to the apartment, it's my first time here, the elevator door opens and everyone shouts. “Surprise!” Everyone is there, Zeo, Phoebe, Freya, Vincent and then four men that I don't recognise. I step out of the elevator and hug Zeo, Pheobe and Freya, I hug all of them and then I turn to the first guy standing there. Zeo comes forward and makes the introductions. When he's done, I hug all four of them. “Thank you so much for all your
Lena's POV. I held on to the handle bars and took my first step, it was small and shaky, it was like I was a baby, learning how to walk again. “That's good Selene, try again.” Zeo encourages me. I take another step with my left leg and it's stronger than the other one, I take a few more steps until my leg stops shaking altogether. “Ok Selene, how about you try walking without the bars, you just have a few more steps before you get to Leo.” Anna tells me. I take a few deep breaths, my eyes are on Leo the whole time. “You can do this mia cara.” He encourages me. I remove one hand first from the bars and then I remove my second hand, I stagger a little, but Zeo is there to catch me and hold me up. “Just tell me when you're ready and I'll let you go.” Zeo tells me. I look at Leo again and his presence there gives me the strength that I need. “I'm fine Zeo, you can let me go now.” I tell him and he removes his hands from my back. I tak
Lena's POV. “But there's something else we need to talk about.” He tells me. “What is it?” I ask him. “It's about Lex.” He tells me and Immediately the smile is wiped off from my face. “I told you I didn't want to talk about him.” I tell him and then I rip my hand away from his. “I know that mia cara, but we have too. The doctor said that by next week you can start physical therapy and use your crutches and by the upper week, we can take you back home. We have to decide what we're going to do with him.” He tells me. “I don't care what you do to him.” I tell him and I mean it. “I know that you don't care and you probably don't want to see his face ever again but I don't think that's a good idea.” He tells me and I swear to the goddess if I was not bedridden, I would be strangling him right now. “Oh really, please enlighten me.” I tell him. “Don't be like that Lena. I just thought it would be a good idea for you to confront him
Lena's POV. Phoebe hugged me so tight it was so painful but I didn't say anything, I just hugged her back because I knew that she needed this, I also needed it too, she risked her life to save mine. Finally we separated and I shifted on hu bed and had her sit next to me. “Thank you so much Phoebe, if you weren't brave enough to go out for help and then stumbling on Leo, I would probably be dead.” I tell her and I mean it, if not for her, there was a high cahnce that I would've not been here right now. “It's fine Lena, you told me I had to be brave and I was.” She says with a smile on her face. “So how has it been living in a house full of boys, are they treating you well.” I ask her, from what Leo tells me, she's been sticking to only Mark since she came out and I'd like to know why. “Yea, they're all nice, especially Mark.” She says and I see a tinge of red in her cheeks. Oh I get it now, she has a crush on Mark. “Oh, really, you know I haven'