NICOLAS… I follow him to the car but I am not quick enough to stop him from throwing Annalise into it or stop him from getting in and then stopping the car from pulling away. I stand on the curb and watch as the rear lights disappear down the road. I thought about calling for my car and following until my phone goes off in my pocket. Against everything in me, I take one more look down the street before pulling my phone out of my pocket, flipping it open and placing it to my ear as I say, “Alpha Nightmoon.” “Alpha, I have it…” “Randolf?” “Yes, Alpha. I have what you need to get Annalise away from Alpha Remington.” “Really? Did he really document everything?” “Yes, but I also have one better.” “Randolf? What did you find?”

ANNALISE… I watch as he stands, and a shiver goes through me at the roughness of him and his voice as he says, "Now that's better. Who are you? What happened to you? Why and what are you doing in our pack lands?" I don't answer him, still shocked that someone other than Randall hit me. I guess it is something I will have to now get used to, especially after they find Randall's mate and slave mark. Thankfully, the marks don't tell them who I'm mated to or belong to, it just tells them that I am a mated sex slave. Being mated even as a slave is meant to keep other males away unless given permission, however, some males don't care and just help themselves. If this Beta hitting me is anything to go by for this pack, then I may be in a lot of trouble. When I continue not to answer, he growls low and goes to take a step forward, but stops when the warrior behind him steps up next to him and whispers something into his ear. I watch his eyes go wide as he looks at me and listens to the w

ANNALISE… *BEEP* *BEEP* --- *BEEP* *BEEP*I groan as I hear that continuous annoying ‘BEEP’. I try to open my eyes and it feels like there is something heavy weighing them down. It is similar to the rest of my body, only I stop moving as soon as I try when a wave of pain spreads through me.So I fight the urge to move more and focus back on opening my eyes. It took a little, but I managed to open them just a little and look around. Now I know I am not in my pack as even if he beat me to the point where I needed medical treatment, it was always done in his or my room.As soon as I see the white walls, I know I am in a hospital. As the heaviness slowly disappears and the pain is a little more manageable, I slowly start to move. I lift my left arm and see that there is an IV drip attached, so I lower it once more. I then lift my right and notice that there is a light blue cast starting from the middle of my forearm to the

ANNALISE… I know he would like more information, but I just can’t give it to him yet. Alpha Michael sighs, turns and picks up the phone from the desk. He dials the number and then waits. I then listen to his side of the conversation as he says, “Alpha Bridger, Alpha Michael from the Nightstar Stalkers pack…” “Good, good. Listen, I have a female here that wanted me to call you. Did you want to talk to her?” “Okay, I’ll put you on loudspeaker.” I then watch as he puts the phone back on his desk and presses the speaker button. He then says, “Alright Alpha, you are on speaker.” “Hello, you wanted to speak to me?” I take a deep breath but still only manage to say in a whisper, “Thalia? Is she okay? They didn’t hurt her, did they?” “Luna Annalise? Is that you?” “Please tell me she is okay?” “Luna, Thalia is perfectly fine. She is, however, very worried about you… Did you finally manage to get away from him? Is that how you are with Alpha Michael?” “I did, b… but he w… will come

RANDALL… Once I get to the creek, I crouch down and rinse the blood off my hand. I then look first down the creek and then up. I know both the packs that line this creek. Alpha Michael is a little goody two shoes but I wouldn’t want to get on his wrong side as like all of us Alphas, he can be brutal. However, Alpha Jones. Now he puts up a good front, but he is a cruel bastard, which is why we get along so well. I would, however, be lucky to get Annalise back in one piece if she wandered into his pack’s territory and he managed to see my slave mark and the fact that she was mated wouldn’t matter in the slightest to him. Now I know she either went up or down the creek, as there were no other footprints anywhere around the creek. This is the only time I am kicking myself for putting her in the containment cell. By removing her wolf, I removed her scent, which sort of helped at the convention, but doesn’t help me in the situation I am in right t