Chapter Fourteen

*Braxton's POV, 1 hour before Emily's rescue*
Racing down the highway and weaving in and out of traffic I am thinking of the many ways I can kill Emily's captors. The doctor’s words ring over in my head. What has he done to her? I need her and our pups to be okay. My first pups and I will not be there to see their birth. I cannot be by Emily's side while she gives birth to our pups. I am thankful she at least has a doctor there. I will forever owe this doctor. After his call, the pack house was loaded with men within 10 minutes. When the Alpha calls, they listen. I decided to take 40 wolves with me on our journey. I had no idea what to expect all I knew was I would not leave without Emily and our pups.
Me and my pack pull up a half a mile away from where Emily is. I can feel my wolf trying to break through the surface and take control, but I am waiting. I will allow him control when I lay eyes on Emily's captors. I want to taste their blood on my lips. When I get out of the car I silently nod to the other wolves and we split off into groups. I can smell the rouge wolves. I can smell Emily. I keep a steady pace until a rouge wolf comes into view. I sneak up on him and snap his neck. The pack and I use are mind link, but we only find one more wolf and the other group takes him out. I can see the front door in sight, and I hear Emily scream. I take off into a full run and stop to open the front door quietly. After opening the door, I see the doctor in the living room and hear my pups crying.
I go to check on my pups, but the doctor stops me. "She needs you. Her captor is with her and it doesn't sound good."
My eyes go completely black and my wolf comes front and center. I race up the stairs and crash down the door. I see Emily completely naked and shackled to the bed in a puddle of blood. Using my outstretched claws, I throw her captor into the wall. He is unconscious. I want to finish him off right here and now, but I know I need to get Emily and my pups out of here first.
"Braxton?" Emily whispers. Her voice is strained.
"It's me baby. I'm so sorry." I say and go up to her.
She touches my face and slides her hand down my cheek. "It's really you." She says and begins to cry.
"Please don't cry baby. You are safe and our pups are safe. I am going to get you out of here and then come back to destroy him so he will never hurt you again." I say to her.
"Please." She whimpers.
I do not waste any more time. I break her shackles on each foot and gently remove them. She has deep cuts and bruises where she tried to pull on her restraints. I remove the shackles from her hands and notice the same lacerations and bruises. I am trying to remain strong for her when I all I want to do is break down. You cannot even tell she is my Emily because of how battered her face is. She has bruises all up and down her legs and arms. There are hickies all down both sides of her neck and all on her breasts. I find a sheet and gently wrap her up in it. I scoop her up into my arms as gently as I can and head down the stairs. Our pups are no longer crying now, and the doctor gives me a heartfelt look as I bring Emily down the stairs.
"Can you follow me to my truck please with my pups." I ask the doctor.
"Yes Alpha." He says with no hesitation.
My pack is outside and waiting. My father pulls up with my truck and comes to my side. He tries to take Emily from me, and I growl at him. "I will hold her. You can drive." I growl at him.
He does not argue with me. He helps the doctor get my pups into the car and I roll down my window to address the doctor. "You are welcome in my pack anytime. I hope you come to visit Emily when she is better. I am sure she will want to thank you in person." I tell him.
I turn to one of the pack members. "Her captor is upstairs unconscious. Please tear him to shreds and report back to me when you get back to the pack. I need to get your Luna home."
On that note my dad gets into the driver’s side and pulls out of the driveway. I hold Emily to my chest the whole way home and watch as she sleeps. From the way she is sleeping it seems like she has not slept like this in a long time. She feels safe. I have not been able to hold or put eyes on our pups, but I know Emily has not either. I must make sure their mother is safe first. If we lose her the pups will also lose me.
Using my mind link I contact the pack doctor. 'We are 5 minutes from the pack hospital. Please be ready for us."
When we pull up there are nurses ready with a bed. The doctor meets us in the room as soon as they roll her in. When they unwrap the sheet, I hear gasps from the doctor and nurses that are in the room. They clean her up and begin to stich up her lacerations and re stitch the stitches her rapist broke after her giving birth. They hook her up to heart monitors and an IV drip that administers morphine into her. Only seconds later her heart monitor begins to go berserk and we all smell blood. The doctor pulls back her sheet and alerts the nurses and I that she is hemorrhaging. They immediately take Emily up to surgery. One of the nurses stops at my side before following the doctor.
"She may be in surgery for a couple hours Alpha. I would take this time to go see your pups and try to remain calm. We will do everything we can." She says to me reassuringly.
Walking to the pup nursery I look in to see my two pups. A boy and a girl. Our boy is already so much bigger than his sister. He looks like me. When I look over our baby girl my knees almost buckle beneath me. She looks just like her mother. I place one pup in each of my arms and hold them tightly. The nestle up in my arms and fall asleep. These are my pups, and I cannot wait for their mother to meet them. I will do anything for them and their mother. After about an hour I decide to go look for the nurse and place my pups’ side by side in their carriage.
Entering the waiting room, I see the pack member that I assigned to kill Emily's captor.
"What's the update?" I ask him.
He is hesitant to answer me. "Alpha. When I went upstairs to kill the captor, he was gone. I could smell a rouge wolf. Someone got him out without any of us seeing. He has escaped."
I demolish the table in front of me. "FIND HIM!" I shout.