What Now?

Alora

I think it’s been days, but I really don’t know. They come in here every once in a while and shoot me with some kind of tranquilizer dart. Then while I’m out they undo this fucking thing around my head. Then I get a chance to eat and drink, but then, another dart and another chance for them to put it back on. That bastard from before keeps coming in here. They have me chained and gagged, and then he wrestles me down with the help of his bastard buddies. Then they take turns raping me. Somehow I always heal from what they are doing.

They put some kind of almost sackcloth dress shit on me. It’s not really clothes, but it’s better than being naked I guess. The only things I have in here are this paper thin mattress on the ground, and a toilet, well, it’s more of a porta potty kind of thing. Perhaps I should be grateful it’s not a bucket.

There’s not much light in here, but I find I don’t really need it. I can see just fine, and I can hear way too damn much. It seems I’m not the only female they have locked up down here. I can hear screaming coming from somewhere and it sounds female to me. This thing inside me is fucking pissed, she wants to rip them all apart, and I find I am more than willing to let her do that and help in any way I can.

I hear a bunch of commotion but it's jumbled up. I'm still getting used to how much I hear, and sometimes it's like information overload to my senses and I have to pull back. When I hear gunshots I become much more focused. I feel my wolf right behind me. We couldn't shift because the collar around our neck was too small. They had changed it to this smaller tighter one, one of the times they had tranquilized me.

We listen, there's more gunfire, shouting, screams, doors slamming, chains rattled, and boots or heavy shoes clomping on the cement. I wait to see if those bastards come for me or not.

Suddenly the huge metal door to this room is flung open, and 3 people I don't know storm inside. Then I sense their wolves, and I growl, my hackles rising. All 3 of them have guns drawn and aiming around the room. There's a female with them who runs up to the bars of my cage.

“Mother fucker, she's muzzled. Get some bolt cutters in here, she's collared as well. Fuck, we'll have you out of there in a few minutes.” I realize she's talking to me.

I stop growling, but my wolf is still close. I am scenting the air and I can smell blood and more people. I wait to see what they do. The woman squats down and meets my eyes, my wolf growls a bit and she tilts her head exposing her neck. My wolf seems appeased, so she backs up slightly.

She stares at me wide eyed as she stands back up. There's a bunch of commotion behind her and she turns. Several men rush in with bolt cutters and break the lock on the cage. They come in holding up their hands.

“We're not gonna hurt you. We're going to get the chains and collar off you. So just hang on for a moment.” He has an accent but not sure where from.

“Where's Killian?” I hear the female ask.

“He was making sure the other women got to the van.” The man in front of me says.

Then suddenly there's a jolt, and a loud metallic crunch and my head is finally free. I move my jaw and lick my dry lips. Then another crunch and my neck is free as the collar falls to the ground. Then he works his way around to all.4 of the cuffs and chains on my wrists and ankles.

“What the fuck? Why do they have her all chained up all to hell?” I hear another man ask.

As soon as all of the chains were gone, I scrambled to my feet, ignoring the offered hand, not wanting to be touched. Then I look up sharply as more people arrive at the door. As soon as a huge man steps into the room my wolf hones in and says 2 things, alpha, and mate. I almost fell back on my ass.

Killian

We had managed to take out 3 of the remaining pack members, but the Alpha and his beta weren't here. There were 4 women in the other rooms, each showing signs of abuse. Each had a chain attached to an ankle cuff. Once we got them free we got them to the transport van.

The woman we'd actually been alerted to hadn't been with the others. Nissa ran down the hallway looking to see if she was being kept prisoner somewhere else. Then I'd heard her yelling for bolt cutters, so I had assumed she had found the woman.

I was almost to the room when I heard Paul my beta exclaiming about how many chains she had. I moved to the entrance way, and several things clicked with me and Seril, my wolf, all at once.

First was the deplorable state she was in, the chains as well as a muzzle on the ground, and the power rolling off of her. Then she met my gaze and Seril growled at me, alpha, mate. I stumbled as soon as he said that.

Her eyes got huge as she looked at me, so she'd obviously felt the connection, even if she didn’t understand it. I moved closer and I saw her struggling with herself or more likely her wolf.

“We won't hurt you.” I told her and her wolf. Her eyes changed to a deep blue, which was unusual for a wolf. I heard a soft growl.

Seril pushed forward and softly growled back. I saw my wolves in the room exposing their necks in submission to the amount of dominance we were throwing out.

“We are here to help. You need to back off so they can help you.” She tilted her head slightly and huffed at me. I felt myself smile a little despite the circumstances.

“So, it seems you're my mate.” All of my wolves turned to look at me completely shocked at my declaration.