Later, as we are settling down for the night, Lily lets us know that Nick had to be sedated. There were also signs of past abuse, healed bones and deep bruises. Doctor thinks most of the broken bones happened months ago; since Nick hasn’t shifted yet he was forced to heal at a human’s pace. Just what hell has this child gone through? Samantha didn’t take the news well, and she is sitting on the roof. The moon isn't full, but she says the half moon may still help calm her nerves. I’m giving her space because she asked for it, but I agreed only if I could check on her once she was gone for more than 30 minutes. I could feel her emotions and they were scaring me slightly; going from extreme rage to sorrow back to rage again. I was feeling exhausted, and these wasn’t even my emotions. I glance over as she climbs back in the window and I go over and hug her. She is shivering and I kick myself for not making sure she had a coat.

After we got the trailer packed up, we sat and visited with my parents. Tim stayed by us the whole time, I don’t know if he was trying to hide from Monica, but we haven’t seen her since the incident in the yard. We learned that Kimmie left the pack soon after Dad banished her from the packhouse and kept her in the dungeon for a few days as her punishment. Her parents seemed very apologetic for their daughter and sent her away to family members. I’m glad that she is gone. The bitch brigade is down to three now and we haven’t seen the other two today, thank the Goddess. My mom pulled me to the side as Chris started asking more about the role of a Delta, our parent’s pack doesn’t have one and he was planning on creating that post when he took over. “I found something for you, dear.” She led me into her bedroom. “I was going through some of my things and found a bunch of pictures. If what you

Early the next morning my mate went to check on Nicholas. The doctor had to sedate him again last night. It seems as soon as it gets dark he starts to become frantic. One of the other women who was with him told us that at night one of the rogues would knock him out with chloroform to keep him quiet while they were moving. I shudder when I think of what those women went through. Some were sold to the rogues, and some were taken in the night. Some watched their whole families get murdered and their pack burn. And that didn’t even begin to describe their ongoing abuse. The ‘lucky’ ones were sold to other packs...and some were kidnapped and delivered to other packs for a fee. Others started out as human and were turned when it got to be too hard to attack a pack. I didn’t like to even think about it. Of course, the council has been notified of every little detail we uncovered but they haven’t r

Penny fell to the ground screaming in pain, she was clutching her stomach and she curled up into a tight ball. The other pups started to surround her worriedly. Samantha hurried over and maneuvered a few pups out of the way. “Come on, pups give her room.” <Ben! Did you feel that?> Violet mind linked me. <Is Samantha close by you?> <She’s here. It’s Penny.> I linked back, <we are in the yard.> “Hey pups! Who wants ice cream?” Samantha smiled. Most of the pups looked at Penny worriedly but the older ones grabbed the little ones and they all started to walk away towards the kitchen. Nick grabbed one of my hands and hid behind me. “Ben, is she going to be alright?” He asked as he looked on worriedly. I smiled down at him as I saw Greg’s red wolf come running across the yard. “Yes Nick, she will be fin

Kneeling on the floor with my brother behind me I held the stone lovingly. So, this is proof I was here! Right here! Solid, undeniable proof! But when? The more I looked at the small rock in my hand the more it started to come back...and just like that I was transported back to my past...to when I was barely 5 years old... ~~~~~~~~~~~ “Mom! Chris is hitting me!” Jake shouted, I was happy I was in the chair with Lily’s car seat this time; she looked up at me and giggled. She was only two years old, but she was already loud. I held my Iron Man toy close; I was so happy to finally get the newest one. I played with his arms and his light on his chest until my Mom’s SUV came to a stop. I looked out of the window, there were kids running around and having fun. Balloons were put out and we were celebrating a boy named Sam. My dad said he was the oldest child of this pack’s alpha, so this was a big