More Bodies

Ethan’s POV

“Where are these slaves coming from?” I sighed, rubbing my temples. Nothing happened in my kingdom without me knowing, but somehow this was flying under the radar. Why couldn’t we find out who was behind? We got close a few times, but then the trace went cold. There had to be witches involved, but why?

“I don’t know, dude. But if I pull another body out of the forest like that again.” Garret couldn’t finish his sentence. The man that sat before me felt just as broken as I did. Someone was dumping the bodies of omega slaves on the border of our kingdom. The state that we found the bodies in was the worst that we had seen.

“We are missing something. Why are they getting dumped near the border? Is someone trying to start another war with the Lycans? I think we need to visit the Crescent Moon Pack again. I know they signed an alliance with the Lycan King but I have a feeling he is helping.” There was a knock at the door as my Gamma and Delta walked into the office.

“How many this time?” James asked me. James was my Gamma, there was no one else that compared to the way he trained all the fighters, and there was a reason why our kingdom hadn’t lost any ground. Every person that lived under my kingdom had to learn how to fight, which is what made us strong. I assigned an Alpha to each pack with his Luna, but the Gamma had to come here and be trained by James.

“There were five this time, well at least that’s what we think. They were ripped apart, no heads this time, but the state their bodies were in, they suffered profoundly.” I poured myself another drink and offered my friends one as well. We sat there in silence until the maid told us that dinner was being served. In the dining room, we sat down to eat.

“Where is Sara tonight? Is she not joining us?” Isaac, my Delta, asked me as he said this as she walked into the room.

“Sorry guys, they needed help at the hospital. One of the omegas found her mate, but he rejected her, she was knocked out cold from the pain and just left on the ground.” Sara explained. She kissed my cheek as she took her seat by me. None of us had been lucky enough to find our mates yet. Sara lost her mate many years ago. I helped her heal and we fall in love. The kingdom loves her and so do I. That’s why she is my chosen mate and Luna. She is one of the pack doctors when she is needed there.

“Do you know who she is?” Garrett asked her.

“That’s the sad thing. We can’t figure out who she is, so I was hoping one of you guys would come by the hospital tomorrow and see if you know who she is. How was the trip?” She asked as she looked into my eyes, searching for the answer I didn’t want to give.

“That bad. Ok, let’s talk about it later. I did hear one of the omega girls today saying her sister was sold off to Alpha Than and her mother was informed two weeks later she had died in a rogue attack.” This is why I loved Sara. Everyone trusted her and she didn’t care what your rank was. But another rogue attack on Alpha Than’s pack. I found that hard to believe.

“He has something to do with this. No pack in this kingdom claims they get that many rogue attacks and the only ones that die are omegas. It is time to pay Alpha’s Than and Alpha Jacob a visit.” I said, for the rest of the meal we were silent, I think lost in our own thoughts.

“Ethan, I will be back soon. I want to go back and check on the omega girl. James, do you want to join me?”

“Don’t work too hard, baby.” I whispered in her ear.

“Yes almighty Mr Alpha.” She said, causing everyone to laugh. She knew how to make us all smile even when we were in the worst moods. After they left, I went back to the office to make a few calls.

“Hello King Ethan, to what do I owe the pleasure of this conversation?” Alpha Than answered.

“I am coming to visit after hearing about another rogue attack. I will be there within the next week.”

“Of course Alpha. We look forward to seeing you.” I hung up the phone. I pulled the file out on the Crescent Moon pack. Aiden had just taken over Alpha in that pack with his Luna Alexis. It seems that they still haven’t found Alpha Jacob adn Luna Maree’s daughter. They assume she is dead. The photo we had of her she was only fifteen years old. The poor girl would have been twenty-one this year. She was a beautiful girl. They told us she was an omega that they had adopted because they had lost three children of their own. I still think that they did something with her. I have to go there because Alpha Aiden wants an alliance with us instead of the Lycan King this time.

“Alpha, we have a list of the names of the bodies you brought back. I am sorry, but they are all omegas who were reported as missing by their parents. All from the same pack Alpha. Crescent Moon pack.” Stan said to me through the pack link. Stan was a friend of my father's before he died. He still held the same job. He prepared the bodies and handled all the deaths for the pack.

“Thank you Stan. Can you write a report and I will contact the Alpha of the pack tomorrow.”

“Alpha from the tests, they were raped. There were traces of wolfs bane and silver in their blood. The way they died was horrible.” He sighed.

“Thank you Stan. I know your job isn’t easy.”

“Neither is yours, Alpha.” He said as he cut off the link.

“Ethan, you need to get here now.” Sara screamed through the mate bond. Colton howled in my head.

“Isaac, Garrett, we need to get to the hospital now.” Within minutes, we got to the hospital. We heard James’s wolf growling. What the hell happened to him to sound like that? Sara was on the bed protecting a girl, trying to calm James down, but he had Tobias backed into the corner like he was ready to kill him. Sara’s eyes fall on me and she instantly calmed down.

“James, buddy, you need to calm down.” I said, placing a hand on his wolf’s back. It took a few seconds before he shifted back. Garrett handed him a robe to put on because he had shredded his clothes from the look of things.

“Now, does someone want to tell me what is going on?” I said, using my Alpha tone a little, which caused the girl to whimper. James ran to her, soothing her.

“Sorry Ethan. This here is my mate Lizzie.” James announced to us. What the hell was going on? I looked at the girl. I didn’t know who she was.

“Tobias over there was the one that rejected her. He came back because he wanted to have a little fun with her. The bastard was on top of her, trying to rip her gown off when we got here. We recognized her as our mate right away. He is lucky I didn’t kill him.” He was angry, but he never took his eyes off his mate’s face.

“Luna Sara, is that what happened?” Garrett asked Sara.

“Every word is spoken true.” Sara answered.

“You know what happens when you try to rape someone in my kingdom, Tobias.” I roared at him. He was whimpering in the corner.

“Please, Alpha, I didn’t mean it.”

“You didn’t mean to try to rape this girl who you rejected and left for dead on the street.” I grabbed him by the throat.

“Isaac, take him to the cells. We will punish there you and then you will die at the hands of the girl or by Gamma James.”

Isaac grabbed him by the back of the neck, him and Garrett walked him out of the room. This poor girl, so much, had happened to her in a day. I walked over to her slowly because I didn’t want to frighten the poor thing anymore.

“Lizzie, this is our Alpha King Ethan.” James smiled at her. I had never seen him so gentle with anyone before. He used to curse the Moon Goddess, thinking that he was never going to get a mate, but here she was.

“Hi Alpha, I am Lizzie.” Her voice was very soft, she was shy.

“Lizzie, I am very sorry for what has happened to you. But your mate will look after you now, I promise. He is my Gamma and I trust him with your Luna’s and my life.” She looked at James with her big puppy dog eyes.

“Honey, do you have any family that we can tell you are here?” Sara asked her.

“No Luna, my entire pack was killed by rogues many years ago whilst I was here studying.” Tears fall from her eyes.

“You are our family now, honey. James, I think we will be ok to move her to the pack house tonight. I think it will be safest for her.”

“Thank you Luna. Thank you Alpha.” I looked at the way Sara was with her. I couldn’t wait to have pups with this woman. We were both twenty-six now, that’s why I always believed I was mateless. Sara agreed that if I hadn’t found my mate by twenty-five, then she would let me mark her and make her the packs Luna.

“James, are you going to be ok with Lizzie? I would like to talk to my Luna.” I asked him. He nodded his head, not taking his eyes off his mate.

“Luna.” I said as I took her hand, leading her to her office. Closing the door, I spun her around, pushing her against the door. She gasped.

“My Luna, you make me want to take you here and now.” I whispered in her ear as I kissed her neck, sucking on my mark, causing her to moan.

“Alpha Ethan, how dare you?” She laughed, pushing me back.

“What happened?” I asked her as I sat at her desk, pulling her onto my lap.

“We came to the room and James said mate when her scent hit us as I opened the door, we saw Tobias trying to rape her Ethan, he almost killed her again. Flora took control, ripping Tobias off her. James made sure Lizzie was ok. I have never seen that side of him before. Then he shifted and was about to rip his throat out when I commanded him not to. Then you guys came.” She sighed as she rubbed her temples.