ALPHA GIOVANNI POV
The next morning when I wake, I ring the Rogue King using the contact on the bounty order
"King Marcus!"
"I have the bounty you are looking for!!"
"Princess Scarlett has caused me too much trouble and cost me too many of my rogues. I don't want both the Werewolf King and especially the Vampire King to invade my kingdom, so as far as I am concerned, you can keep her!"
"What of the vampire prince?"
"He will be no problem...."
"Well, that works out nicely as I have plans for her, which you are welcome anytime you want to have some fun with her."
"I may take you up on that one day if you still have her... From what I understand, that mate and brother of hers are relentless and if my spies have the right intel, then her son has now joined the search for her and he will be a force to be reckoned with.."
"I
SCARLETT /CARAPOVI fight the heaviness in my mind as I once again overcome the drug that was used on me. I move my hand to my head and rub it a bit. I then notice the chain. I follow it with my eyes and land on the cuff on my wrist. I sigh and look at my other wrist to confirm that there is one on that one, too. It just doesn’t seem fair. I just get free and actually lay my eyes on my mate for the first time in twenty years and here I am back as someone else's prisoner.I move up into a sitting position and look around. There isn’t much in here other than the military-style cot I am sitting on. Now if I was naked and not still wearing my pants and blouse, it would bring back bad memories of the prison cells Charlotte and I were held in, not that the memory of that didn’t flash before my eyes anyway, making me shiver.I then look at the cuffs on my wrists again, they are silver with something coating the
SCARLETT /CARAPOVI know it isn’t for my benefit that he loosened them, but that doesn't mean I can't use it. The Alpha approaches me but this time I wait, feeling the other Alpha's blood run through me, giving me the energy I needed to continue to fight again. I use the slack the Alpha just gave me to pull myself up and kick the Alpha that grabbed me from the pack in the face, making him end up on his back across the room.The new Alpha lets go of the cord, making his way back over to me, forgetting to tie off the cord to the chains, giving me even more slack to move more freely. He goes to hit me, but I block it. I go to kick him again but grabs my ankle just like before, except this time I have more freedom to move.I use the grip he has on my ankle to lift myself up again and swing my other foot around, connecting with his jaw, getting him to let go of my leg as it turns him around. I land on my feet and move quickly
RYKER POVAfter losing Isabella's trail, Christopher became very agitated pacing and howling in my head, making it very hard to concentrate on anything, so even if I wanted to use our gift to try to find her he was not calm enough to allow me access to it. That is when I hear a soft and familiar voice."Ryker, you must calm yourself..." I turn at the sound of my Grandmother's voice"Grandmother, what are you doing here? I thought Grandfather was still against you travelling?""Well, yes, but there are some things that he can not do, but I can.""They took her Grandmother, they took Isabella, they took my mate. I think they may have even taken mother as well!" she wraps me in her arms, giving me a tight hug before stepping back "And let me guess you are trying to use your gift to find her?""Yes, but it isn't
RYKER / CHRISTOPHER POV Once they leave we get on our way as well, I wanted to shift and run making it there quicker but Noah overruled me saying that we will take the SUVs as arriving in wolf form would be seen as an act of aggression and the pack would instantly be on the defensive but by arriving by SUV would be more diplomatic. I bite my tongue and get into the SUV with Noah and we start on our way. The trip there was boring, but it gave me a chance to just relax and think of both my mother and my mate. I must have dozed off because I am then woken by the SUV coming to a stop. I get out and look around as I stretch out my arms, legs, and back. I then bow my head in what would have been taken as respect but was really just being formal. "Alpha Emmett and Luna Athena, at your service, your highness. What do we owe for this surprise visit?" I notice Emmett is a little pale, but I don't say anything as I move away from King Noah, allowing him to speak to Alpha Emmett and Luna Ath
SILAS POVAfter I had whistled for the rogues with me to attack, I smile as I see my princess come fighting out of the pack house. I then frown a little as she looks a lot weaker than she has ever been. I go to make my way over to her when I see King Dominic, King Noah, Phoenix and Ryker enter into the fighting.I just stand there and watch as Scarlett fights and Phoenix and Ryker fight their way over to me. I see the moment Scarlett is joined by two wolves. I don't know. They fight and protect her from my rogues even though they didn't have to, as they were ordered not to kill but to capture her.The two new wolves then seem to turn on Scarlett as I see one of them grab her from behind. She then collapsed into his arms, and he throws her over his shoulder and leaves the fighting with no one watching. I go to follow when Phoenix and Ryker finally make it, to be standing in front of me, Phoenix says around
PHOENIX /SORENPOVI work my way through the rogues with Ryker by my side. I never really thought of him as anything but my son and right now I couldn't be more proud. We work together and make our way slowly over to where Silas is standing, just watching over the fighting; I take a quick look in the direction he is staring and see the most beautiful female ever, someone I haven't been able to touch for twenty years, my mate, my Butterfly, my Scarlett.I am unfortunately brought out of the miracle of her as I just see the swipe of claws coming at me, which I manage to dodge just in time. I block the next hit from the rogue in front of me. I then manoeuvre around him so that I can grab him, pull him against my chest and sink my fangs into his neck. I drink deeply and quickly before ripping out his throat.I take a quick look back towards where I saw Scarlett, but she was no longer there; I
ALPHA GIOVANNI POVOnce we got word that King Noah was on his way to the Crystal Lake pack to see Alpha Emmett, I organised and got some more sedatives from the Doc, gave a dose to Scarlett and moved her from the basement back to the caravan. Not knowing how long the sedative would last, I used the cord I had tied her hands with and secured her to the bed next to Isabella, who was passed out from the exhaustion of fighting Santiago.We got on the road quickly, making our way back to my pack. We only stop occasionally to re-sedate the females and grab something to eat. Once we cross into my territory, I get Santiago to pull up behind my pack house so I can carry Princess Scarlett inside and down into the basement without the rest of the pack including my mate don't see her and therefore don't know I have her, so if they are asked they never knew she was here.The only one I will tell before I break her and start shari
SCARLETT POVI fight the drug that one of the Alphas had injected me with again. Both me and Cara are getting sick of these males always getting the drop on us. I may have let Silas get close to me at one stage, but that was more out of necessity than anything else. Ruth wouldn't have lasted as long as she did if we didn't. With being a mated wolf, she needed the physical contact. I carefully move and once again feel the weight of cuffs around my wrists. I sigh and move so I am leaning up against the wall. I then turn to Cara."Hey, how are you feeling?""I feel much better. I am sorry about the bloodlust and not being able to stay on top of it!""Cara, it is fine. It was to be expected as we had been without real blood for so long and then with the trauma of the miscarriage... Cara, how did they?? After so long keeping him from get
SCARLETT POVOnce we got back to the castle, we did a lot of research using old magick books and talking to other witches and warlocks but it wasn't until we spoke to a high elder that we found out what we needed to do to remove the bracelet from around my ankle. With the combined power of Isabella's natural born magick, and Griffin's mystery power, he never would tell me what he was, the vial of Silas's royal blood mixed with Ryker's, Nathaniel's and my powerful royal blood they are able to remove the enchanted silver bracelet without losing Ruth or Cara or making a sacrifice of themselves, as they know I wouldn't have let them proceed with it if that is what had to happen. I sit on the hill above the training ground, watching as Phoenix goes through his sparring routine. I have always loved watching him move, always so graceful. I place my hand on my swollen belly and smile, remembering the miracle and surprise of them. After Phoenix saved me from Giovanni, we have been slowly repai
ISABELLA POVI wake to Santiago, kissing me. I have never woken up to him in my bed before, and this scares me. I try to move my hands and find that he has them pinned to the bed above me; I struggle against him, not wanting him to be touching me. He continues what he started last night. He may be being gentle, but he is still just taking. He gets that far-off look, telling me he is talking to someone. He then rolls off of me, gets out of bed and gets dressed, he then turns to me saying, "Go shower while I find the really nice dress that should be in that pile.." I get up and a shiver goes through me as he growls low. I move to the bathroom, wondering if I covered myself again like yesterday. Would he punish me? I have a shower washing as much of him off of me as I can. I wash my hair and then get out, drying myself before heading back into the bedroom.Santiago points to th
RYKER /CHRISTOPHERPOVAfter Carter had told me that he had seen Isabella and that she was alright, it didn't really matter what this Alpha did to me. He continued to hit me again and again and again. After his last hard hit, he moves up close and whispers next to my ear "You will be my bargaining chip to get that mate of yours to become my Luna and give me a pup..." Christopher takes part control at Santiago's claim of making our Isabella his Luna. I growl and try to move; I pull on the chains wanting to attack him but they are too tight and I barely get an inch off of the wall as the silver starts to take effect, weakening my connection, forcing me to take a step back, giving Ryker back full control.Santiago just laughs and hits me again and again until he knocks me out. I wake up to a slap in the face and laughter. I look up as much
ALPHA SANTIAGO POVFor the first time of many to come I wake with Isabella in my arms and smile after the wonderful night I had with her, she struggled but with her hands pinned above her head, she couldn't burn me so even though I normally like it when she adds pain to our fun, last night I didn't want that, I wanted something close to love. I wanted to show her that I can be gentle and that if she agrees to be my Luna, then I will give her a little bit more freedom than she has now. Unfortunately, I know that she is going to need more than just one night of gentle love to agree to be mine, so I contact my Beta "String up the prisoner in the pack centre!""Yes Alpha! May I ask why?""I have chosen your Luna, but she needs a little convincing...""Okay Alpha, it will be done." I smile to myself. She
ISABELLA POVTalking to Scarlett was as good. She didn't know this Carter, but her faith in King Noah was enough for me to send Ariel to her through him; I didn't want to say goodbye to my little girl, but if he really is a friend of Ryker's, then there is no way I can keep her here without putting everyone at risk. I get to my feet and pass Carter his phone and move over to the window. I see a male standing on the other side. I can feel the power come off of him and bow my head slightly and whisper, "King Noah?" He nods "Please look after her and take her to Scarlett, I don't really care what happens to me but Santiago must not get his hands on her..." "You have my word that she will be protected..." I give Ariel a kiss and then do the hardest thing I could ever think of doing. I pass my precious daughter to a male I don't know, trusting that he is a male of his word. I can't st
CARTER POVI nod as he then leaves, locking the door behind him. I wait and listen; I look at Isabella and she seems to be doing the same. Once Santiago is out of hearing range, she seems to collapse on a sigh. I move quickly and catch her before she hits the floor. I sit her on the floor carefully. However, once she realises that I have my hands on her, she starts to struggle. I smile but let her go and move away from her, saying, "I won't hurt you Isabella and I don't plan on touching you either... At least not until I have to!" She looks at me confused and says softly, "Who are you? How did you convince him to allow you in here with me?" "My name is Carter and I am a friend of Ryker's..."It is then that I hear a small whimpered cry, and it comes from the corner, not in front of me, so I know it isn't from Isabella. I walk o
RYKER POVDuring my meeting with Noah, we think we have come up with a way for me to get into Santiago's territory without him knowing so that I can search for any signs of Isabella. Only Carter, Noah and I knew the plan, as with most infiltrations. The more that know the plan, the more that can go wrong and the more likely that Santiago will find out about it. I make my way out of the pack house and into the woods nearby. I shift and run, making my way out of the border of BlackWater, heading for Blue Water Lake territory. Because Noah is doing his rounds of the packs, he has been given the patrol schedules of every pack in the kingdom for the next few months, as it is always hard to know how long the inspections will last; he needs to spend more time in some packs than others. I crouch low and wait for the patrol to pass and then make my way into the territory; I know they will come across my scent the next time they pass here, but that is also par
ISABELLA POVMy training with my magick fire wolf is progressing but progressing slowly, my pregnancy however is progressing normally as far as I can tell. I have managed to keep it hidden from Alpha Santiago; it is still the same routine; he comes into the cabin and forces himself on me, which is hurting more and more as the pregnancy advances, he then gets me to make him a meal, and then he leaves.Zoey keeps refusing to tell me if it is a son or daughter but says we will have the pup soon, so I have slowly been making a small crib kind of thing which I hide in the corner of the cabin with my concealment spell which is now working without me even having to say anything.I have also been working on making it soundproof and smell proof so that Alpha Santiago won't be able to smell him or her whenever he turns up for his daily fun because I know as soon as my pup comes Alpha Santiago will try to take it away from me. I have also been using
RYKER POVI wake up to my phone ringing... I answer it "Ryker, are you awake and sitting down?" "I am now, Father. What is it? Has something happened?" I don't miss the happiness in his voice as he says, "Yes, we did it! We found your mother!" I quickly sit up. "Is she okay? Did they hurt her?" "She is okay, cuts, bruises and maybe a broken rib, but she is fine. She is asking for you." "Okay, we will set out at first light and head to you and father. We may have a lead on, Isabella, but I may need the King's and your help to get her back.""Of course son, as soon as you get here and have spent a little time with your mother, we will organise a way to find and rescue Isabella." "See you in about two to two and a half days." "See you then!"