Chapter 22 - Bite

******Alpha King's POV*****

"Adam please... shut the fuck up!" I roar for what seems like the eightieth time as he continued to sing badly out of tune.

"Listen here grumpy! You can't just stand there looking out of that window all day and besides... Leoni was the one that asked me to watch out for you!" He complains, as I roll my eyes.

"I'm not five years old and you're the one that asked her if you could come in here so don't talk shit!" I snap back, causing him to grin at being caught.

"Well... ever since Ive got here all you've done is stand and look out that damn window! It's now seven o'clock at night Kane you need to do something else with your time!" He complains again.

"You don't even need to be here! You can leave!" I roar back, as he just laughs. He actually just laughs whenever I get mad which fucking infuriates me.

"Where is your mate? Go spend some time with her!" I argue now as he shakes his head.

"She's with Leoni! Hence why I had no choice but to come up here!" He states as if it's obvious.

"Why couldn't you just sit in your room alone and watch a movie or something... I'm perfectly happy standing here." I grumble.

"That's boringggg." He drags out dramatically, driving me to the edge.

"Alpha there's an unconscious body... it's uh... it's lying here naked at the south border."

"Music to my fucking ears!" I say aloud, wasting no time as I move towards my office doors to leave.

"Woah! What's going on where are we going?" Adam rambles, running behind me to keep up.

There's honestly no getting rid of him I swear... he's like a bad smell.

"South border... that witch actually stuck to her word and dropped off the guy that she claims took Maddison away." I grin widely, excited to torture whoever this wolf is.

"Just keep in mind that it might not actually be him that took Maddison... for all we know that fake teacher is lying and is framing him? After all... she did already lie about the whole land of the rogues thing right?" Adam suddenly states- panting out of breathe from the fast paced walking- causing me to halt in my tracks.

As dumb as he can be... he actually has a point this time. For all we know she's framed an innocent man...

I got so ahead of myself since I'm so desperate to find out who took Maddison that I'm willing to just believe everything that people tell me.

"True." I nod in response before continuing on my way to the border.

His point will be noted.

I shift into my large wolf, Adam following behind me, before I sprint to the location in a matter of three minutes tops.

I see five of my guards all stood in a huddle blocking my view from the man I was most dying to meet.

"Move." I demand once I shift and pull on some shorts.

They immediately part in order for me to get a better look for myself as I approach...

Before me lies a naked, bruised and shivering man who was barely conscious. Or should I say boy... he must roughly be the same age as Karson...

He is completely useless to me at this point though, since I planned to question him before taking things further and by the looks of him he can barely open his eyes let alone speak to me.

"Take him to the pack doctor immediately and then bring him to my office once he's fit for interrogation!" I roar, as all guards drag him off without hesitation.

"Why the hell was he naked?!" Adam yells, being immature as usual.

"I don't fucking want to question why he is naked since he may be the one that took away my daughter!" I growl in response.

I swear if he touched her in any inappropriate manner I'll slice off his balls and feed him them.

I didn't pick up Maddison's scent on him though due to the dirt coating his skin. Any trace that may have been there would be gone by now after him being dragged here- what looks to be- through the mud.

I couldn't help but notice the massive, freshly made bite mark in his neck though...

It was definitely a wolf bite... but not the type of bite that a mate gives to a fellow mate... it was a feeding bite.

Thus explaining why he is so weak and unstable... but to my belief it takes a very long time to fully weaken a wolf by feeding on them?

I could tell immediately what it was from the bruising surrounding it and the fact that it had turned a darkish yellow colour. Our bodies naturally reject such a violent bite hence why it turns such an ugly colour compared to a mark bite from ones mate which forms into a tattoo like shape and is coloured light brown.

A feeding bite is a bite that is banned in wolf laws.

'Under no circumstances will a wolf be permitted to bite and feed from a fellow wolf- taking ones blood as a power and strength substance'

I made that law over twelve years ago when I heard about a few packs using the runt wolves' blood to make them stronger.

It angered me so much since my beautiful wife and mate Leoni is a runt wolf and to think of people feeding on her like that and putting her through so much pain again was enough to put me in a rage.

It's extremely sick I know. Feeding on the blood of your own species to gain power...

I made it a point to visit the packs that did this and to take over, locking away the wolves who were cruel enough to do such an act.

I've not heard or seen anything like it since...

Well until now...

My first task will be to find out who gave him that bite... but something tells me that I already have a rough idea of who done it...

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******Maddison's POV******

This whole thing has just became way harder to deal with since I now know that Coda is my mate.

Here I am thinking about him every second of the day wondering when the next time I'll be able to see him will be...

I was becoming extremely scared that something really bad was happening to him and I didn't like worrying about him every second of the day and never hearing any updates on what was going on or if he is ok.

The first alarm bell was that he had now missed a day to bring me down food.

I figured that he must be struggling to cope with her up there and that the last of his problems is to remember to bring me down some food.

It still didn't feel right though...

Maybe he didn't bring me food because he thought it would blow his cover?

That excuse still doesn't fully settle with me! Something feels off...

I remember him strictly saying that I wasn't to text him first with this phone though, so I can only really stay in this cell and do nothing other than to sit and wait...

But something wasn't settling well with me at all. My wolf continuously paces back and forth in my mind unable to rest too.

I tried to question her on what was wrong and she stated that she had no idea and that it was just a major unsettling feeling that she had- the exact same feeling that I have right now.

He wouldn't just forget to bring me food? He told me himself he would make sure I got it and that I wasn't starved again.

I'm starting to freak out slightly at what the problem could be...

It sickens me thinking that he has to stay up there to keep that sick awful woman satisfied. I just hope that she's not putting him through too much hell.

If anything I'm lucky to be stuck down here away from her. He's the unfortunate one having been abused for years upon years...

I swear once we get out of here we will both have the best lives ever. I'll make sure of it!

My fathers pack number is in this phone if anything goes wrong. I remember him telling me that.

But how will I know when it's time to call him? How do I know if something is wrong or not?

I guess I'll just have to trust my instincts and take the risk...