Scouts

Ashtons POV


This castle is more of a maze than I thought, finding the stairs was hard enough. I'm making my way up to the floor that the scouts were on, but I'm doubtful I will find them in this place. I exit the stairs and look around. As I turn I see him, a man I hate with a passion. I could do it, I could kill him. He hasn't noticed me, he wouldn't even know what hit him. He will pay for everything, especially for haunting Ava. I think about her and the hatred simmers down, replaced with love and care. She wouldn't want me to do this, I need to get the scouts and get back to her first. I turn and walk away from him, reminding myself that she is more important than that bastard. 
I walk as quickly as I can without drawing attention, trying to search each area subtly. I keep dodging people and ducking down corridors to avoid being seen so I'm now thoroughly lost. It doesn't seem like a place you'd take prisoners, most of the rooms I have seen look like bedrooms, nothing fancy like you'd expect in a castle but similar to our servant quarters. 
I'm pretty sure I have passed that painting on the wall 3 times now. I hope I can at least find the wolves so they can follow the scent of fresh air out otherwise I'm going to be stuck here longer than I thought. 
I hear a growl, it's faint, but definitely in this area. I hear it again, stronger this time. Fuck they must be torturing the poor scouts. Guilt fills me, I know this is my fault even if I don't want to admit it. I rush to follow the sound. A woman screams and I speed up. I find the door it's coming from and a burst it open, ready to burn everything in sight with one hand and drown the fuckers with the other. As I take in my surroundings I freeze. 
There is no army, no prison cell, no torture device. Just 2 people on a bed. 
The woman bares her fangs to me and hisses.
"Eh sorry, I heard a scream and worried you were hurt" I say backing out of the room. 
"Her hurt, she isn't the one in chains. She is fucking enjoying this, the sadistic bitch." The man says, hatred for the woman clear from his voice. 
I look at him and see that his foot has a large chain around it and his arms appear to be tied behind his back. What is going on here? Let's see. 
"I'm sure it's a terrible punishment for you" I say trying to sound like a taunting guard as I turn around before the woman's eyes burn a hole in my head. 
"This is sick, I have a wife and pups! I would never want to be this close to a blood sucker" he shouts. 
I turn around, quick as a flash and use air to choke the woman before she can react. She passed out, but as a vampire she won't stay that way for long. I check that no one in the corridors saw and I shut the door. The man stares at me in shock. I remove my helmet briefly to show him who I am and then put it back on in case anyone comes in. 
"Prince Ashton, thank you for coming!" He says relief washing over him. 
"What's your name scout?" I ask 
"George, I'm the new leader of the wolf scouts" 
"Ok George, what is going on here? Where are the others?" I ask
"I don't know, they brought us all here and then I got put in this room and chained up. They injected me with some kind of stimulant that makes you aroused and then these women come in and take advantage. I'd scream at them to get off, but they just ignore me. My poor wife will be heartbroken" George explains
"It's not your fault, I'm sure she will be glad to have you home safe. Brace yourself, I'm going to melt the metal around your chain so it might burn slightly if you move too much." I focus on trying to precisely melt the metal until I hear the chain clatter to the ground. "Now let's go find the others!" I say. 
We search the remaining rooms and I manage to free several more scouts. I send them to escape the castle rather than wait because a group will draw more attention. I open the next door and find another vampire on the bed with a scout. I use air to smother her like the last one. 
"No please don't hurt her! She is different, she isn't like the others! She is my mate!" A desperate plea comes from the scout tied up still on the bed. I'm so shocked that I stop. 
"What do you mean? She can't be, she isn't a wolf" I say confused. 
"She is, see" he shows me a mark on his neck that has 2 small fang marks in the middle. 
"I'm prince Ashton, I'm here to get you all home safely and she is a liability." I turn to the woman. 
"Please, I can help, I have keys to the rooms and the chains. It will be quicker to get them out. Just let me go with you, I can't leave him, I can't leave Erza" she sounds just as desperate as he did. I ignore her and look back at the man, he is younger than the rest, not as strong but still handsome. I don't trust this woman and I don't really want to bring her, but keys will speed the process up and I would rather he have someone to keep his attention off Ava. Maybe I could grow to be less jealous of him if he had another mate. I extend my hand to him. 
"Nice to meet you Ezra, Ava sent me, she is waiting outside" 
Confusion crosses his face, then concern. 
"We need to move quickly, she is defenceless without her wolf. Terra please go and free the others, but be careful." Ezra instructs.
She scurries off. I smile, defenceless is the last thing I'd call Ava, but he doesn't know, he has probably never seen her fight either. I try to send him away with the others, but he ignores me and follows after Terra.