Chapter 43

(Maya POV)
Hearing Noah’s voice seemed like a dream after the drugs these men were giving me. Part of me hoped everything he had said was real, but I can’t trust my own mind right now. How could he even reach me? We had not bonded yet. I didn’t know what to think. My head felt like a hazy place, and I could barely keep my eyes open since we arrived at this place. I am not sure where we were now, but it was not like the last place. At least as far as smell goes, since that was all I could tell from the place I had been held before.
These men did not seem concerned about me seeing their faces, so I could see everything around me, and it was not much. There was nothing distinguishing about this place. It was a white walled carpeted empty room. There was a bed in the corner where I could sleep, but not much else. My hands were tied, and the drugs kept me too weak to fight using only my free legs, so I guess I am stuck. I hated this feeling of being defenseless. I had been drugged when I was taken, but they did not keep me drugged the whole time I was there. This time was different, these men were different. As soon as they saw me coming through the drugs, they would inject me again. I was sure it was not safe.
“The alpha wants us there tonight!” I heard through the room door.
These men seemed more impatient to be rid of me, and I won’t lie I was ready too. At this point it didn’t matter that I would be delivered to the man who had been hunting me. I just wanted everything to be over. I was tired of being held captive and moved from place to place. I was tired. The drugs made me sleep but it was a dark sleep. I didn’t dream at all, there was just darkness. That scared me, because it was what I imagined death would feel like.
I wanted to stay alive and keep fighting but it was getting so hard. If I died than the alpha wouldn’t have the satisfaction of killing or torturing me, my mates and their pack would be free of all this drama. Yes, maybe it would be easier to just let myself go but there was something that would still wake me and make my fight just a little more. I didn’t care what it was that kept me going, but I hoped soon it would stop and I could find peace.
My wolf was gone again, I think because the drugs made me too sleepy to try and connect to her. Or maybe these drugs were to keep her subsided so I would not shift and fight back, I wasn’t sure. By now hunger was something I didn’t even notice anymore. I hadn’t eaten much since being taken, and according to my captors I didn’t need food. So, they didn’t offer, and I didn’t ask. They did give me a few sips of something terrible, so I wouldn’t become dehydrated, but it tasted terrible. It was some kind of alcohol, I think. I was never big on drinking because most alcohol tasted pretty bad to me, so I really did not enjoy the few sips I was given. Also, alcohol and drugs do not mix well, so more than once I couldn’t keep it down.
Please let this end soon….


(The Alpha’s POV)
“…make sure you do not let me down again. I will be very displeased if I do not see her before me by tonight!”
I hung up the phone before that incompetent man could give me yet another excuse for why the girl had not been brought before m yet. Finally, she was coming to me, and although I had hoped to have spared some lives it seemed many still would die because of her. I would happily take the lives of these men who I asked to bring her, they had let me down too often for me to let them live. So many years have passed since I had last seen her. She was a small child at the time, and I had hoped to do then what I planned to do now, but she was stolen away.
I knew the moment I first saw her that she was nothing like the other children. She was special, but she didn’t even realize it. Her so called parents, refused to let me train her. They said she was to grow like the other children and be treated like she was just like everyone else. When I had sent out the order to bring her by force, they ran and took her with them. It took me years to track down where they were! It was such a small little town that it was easily passed over. James was supposed to kill her parents and bring her to me! I had told him what she was and why I wanted her. I was stupid to think we had been friends once.
He let her get away too, and I gave him, yet another chance and he still failed me. If she had not killed him, I certainly would have. She is a fierce wolf, but she is untrained. Those people let her grow up with her wolf hidden away and let her pretend to be human! They wasted all that she could become just to keep her hidden from me. They must have known I would have found her easier if her wolf was more prominent. I was drawn to her more when her wolf was free. I wonder what it would be like to see her fully shift and let her wolf run under the moon’s light. I was sure she was beautiful.
She was too young to shift before she was taken, but now I would have the chance to see her, the real her. I wonder if her powers have emerged as well, will she be as strong as it was foretold? When she was born, everyone could see she was special. I wanted to know how special and I asked a witch to come and tell me everything she would become. The prophecy she shared confirmed that this child was a gem to be treasured. When her mother told me, I would be a father, I wanted us to be a family, but she refused me. She did not want to be with a ruthless alpha like me, and she did not want me as her baby’s father. I wanted her for so long, and during one night of passion during heat we were together.
She was not in her right mind, or so she said but I loved her. I had loved her since were young, but she had always pushed me away until that night. I thought it meant we would finally be together, but she snuck out the next morning as soon as she realized what had happened. When I found her the next day, I begged her to become my mate, but she refused. She said that she only believed in being with her true mate, and everything we had done was a mistake. I didn’t want to let her go, but a couple of short weeks later she found her true mate. Everything between us was lost, until word got out that she was carrying a pup. I knew the baby had to be mine, but she told me she was not sure who the father was. My heart was broken, and she pushed me forever out of her life after that.
When Maya was born, I rushed to the hospital to see her, and after seeing her eyes I knew she was mine. She was my daughter, and I needed her in my life.

(Tommy POV)
We chased Noah as he weaved through the trees trying our best to keep up with him. He wanted to be with his mate, and his wolf was determined to find her. Noah’s wolf was far less buttoned up than Noah, that was why Noah was strict about when to shift. He did not like that his wolf would not listen to him and would often act too much on his emotions. He was unpredictable and Noah was not. In short, they were total opposites. As much as I would rather not follow such a wolf, I knew for sure he would take us to Maya. His wolf was growing impatient not being bound to his mate, and that instinct was strong that nothing would keep him away.
So, we followed him, and by night we had made it to the top on the mountain. We looked down at the valley that lied on the other side. There were scattered homes close to the hills and small towns in the distance. Beneath the moon light, it was a very pretty sight.
“Where do we go now Noah?” I ask him through the mind link.
We had lost Maya’s scent back at the cave, but that was not what was driving Noah. He was being driven by pure instinct by this point, and the spiritual connection Maya and he shared. Mates not only sensed each other by scent but by a thread of destiny. It was a spiritual connection that made the desire to be with your mate far stronger, and also why being without your mate was so painful. This had to be what was driving Noah in this direction, but as far as I could see most of the homes closest to the mountain were empty.
“She is not far. I think she is in one of the houses closer to that town.” He replies.
“Are you sure? Why would they bring her so close into a town? Wouldn’t they be more noticed that way?” Will asks.
“Not at night. They will probably move her soon while most of the town is asleep. This might be our last chance to get her back, they wouldn’t risk this if the alpha was not close by. Let’s go!” Noah says running down the side of the mountain.
He took off before we could object and now there was no time to ask questions, we had to hurry, or we would lose him. The decent was steep in many places and made a smooth decent a little difficult. My hind leg slipped on a stone and sent a cascade of loose dirt and rocks downward toward Noah.
“Noah look out! The ground is about to give way!” I yelled through the link.
Noah turned his head back for a moment and saw the slide of debris sliding toward him and tried to move away from the impact of stones, but they hit at the back of his legs. His steps became unstable and he stumbled over the loose ground and went tumbling down the mountain side. His body slammed against a large bolder sending his howl of pain echoing toward us. We ran after him but before we reached him his beaten body landed hard on the ground below.