Chapter 92 - Bring her back

**Hopes pov**

I cling to Callum and still can’t quite believe this isn’t a dream. My dreams have always been very realistic. My legs feel heavy and lethargic, not just my legs, my whole body. Another sign that this is a dream, it is usually difficult to move forward in dreams. When I think of the scene around me, it would be strange if this were reality. Ambrogio is here with Callum and Reece..that’s something I have a hard time see happening. Mercedes is with them too, talking about her mate. She is human, not only that, she belongs to the cruelest hunter organization, how could she have a mate? I bury my face into Callum’s chest and enjoy feeling when his strong arms press me harder against him. I draw in his scent in deep breaths. Had it been real, Luna would have reacted, but she doesn’t..she is completely silent and still.
“Hope..baby, look at me..we are going to take the collar off” Callum says, trying to tilt my head up. He is so beautiful even with my blurry sight.
“What the fuck have you been given her?” He growls at Mercedes
“It’s a couple of different sedatives, she also has severe anemia and they gave her a blocker..”
“A blocker? To block what?” Callum growls
“The wolf..It isolates her wolf DNA..making it harder for her to..use her wolf.” Mercedes’ voice is low and filled with fear. A roar hits the walls of the room and then a scream from Mercedes as Reece pushes her up against the open door, her feet dangling over the floor.
“Give me a reason why I shouldn’t break your neck right here and now!” He growls at her.
“Reece..please Reece..let her go.” I try to make him hear me but my voice is weak. I leave Callum’s arms to get to Reece but before I can reach him he flies across the room and lands on my bed. I look confused where he was standing, Mercedes is still there but in the arms of a man, half through a shift. His big naked body is covered in dark brown fur. Reece is quickly back on his feet and both he and Callum stand in front of me and a growling contest starts between them and the dark brown beast. Over Reece’s shoulder, I see Ambrogio sigh and nonchalantly settle into the armchair to wait for the grown men in the room to come to their senses. I concentrate on gathering all the strength I can into my voice.
“CALLUM! REECE! STOP IT!” Their growling stops immediately and they turn to face me. Callum quickly scoops me up in his arms again and Reece looks really worried. “Please listen to me..this is Mercedes..she is the only one who has treated me well here..and I guess this man is her..mate?” I look over at Mercedes and she nods slowly before leaving her mate’s arms and coming towards me. When she puts her hand in her pocket, Callum growls again but I put my hand on his chest to show it’s okay, I know what she’s going to bring out. Before she can do anything, the speaker in the ceiling beeps. Damn, I had completely forgotten about the camera and by the look on her face, so had Mercedes.
“Miss Hope, I didn’t think I’d get the chance to do this again.” Mr. Landrover’s contented voice permeates the room, and as I feel the electricity go through my body and knock me to the ground, I hear his sick laugh. I see Mercedes fumbling with the remote to unlock the collar and the wristbands and she succeeds but my body is already writhing in pain and muscle cramps. Now that Luna isn’t awake to block the current, I’m experiencing a whole new level of pain. Mr. Landrover’s laughter continues to echo through the room. Ambrogio is fast on his feet and and rips out the cables to both camera and speaker before turning to Mercedes.
“Show the way, I think we need to meet this man face to face.”
“Please, it’s on the way, follow me.” She takes her mate’s hand, Callum carries me up in his arms and we all follow her.
The pain and cramps have left my body and, despite the fatigue, I ask Callum to let me down, he must be able to help the others fight, Ambrogio, Reece and the beast are doing a good job at the front but the soldiers coming towards us are many.
“Hope! No sign from Luna yet? We really needed her now!” Ambrogio yells at me but I just shake my head. Then I think of something..
“Callum! Bite me, make Beacon reach her!” He looks confused before he understands what I mean.
“Hope..it’s too risky..what if he doesn’t reach her, you might bleed out if she doesn’t heal you!” He shakes his head and I take his face in my hands.
“I trust her..I trust them both..he will find her, I’m sure. We need her Callum, we need her to get out of here!” I can see the conflict within him. He leans his forehead against mine.
“Don’t you dare leave me Hope..If you..if you leave me I will follow you..We will follow you, we will follow all three of you” He knows..how does he know?..I don’t ask, I just nod before I tilt my head to the side. He leaves a few hot kisses along my neck before he gets to the spot where his mark is from the first time. He lingers a bit and I know he has an internal debate..
“Beacon..go find her, bring her back to us..” I whisper and immediately feel his teeth penetrate my skin. Everything around us falls away, the sound of the gunshots whizzing around us, the smell of blood, the screams, the growls, the tearing of clothes and bodies..everything falls away and all I’m aware of is Callum and Beacon. Callum press me harder against him as his teeth sink deeper. The second they hit my soul, it’s as if all the colors of the world explode. My body comes alive like never before, I can feel every nerve and every cell, my bone marrow is rapidly producing blood and before Callum even pulls his teeth back, Luna is in full swing healing me.
I feel stronger than ever before, more present, more connected..I feel the wolves that are in the building, the ones that lie on their beds with needles in their arms waiting for the next experiment they will be subjected to. I also feel those who are outside, fighting for their lives, for their packs and for me..I feel those who get hurt and I feel those who dies and that pisses Luna off. I don’t stop her when she takes over. Her roar as she shifts causes the walls to shake and cracks to appear in the mortar. We rush forward to the battle and the wounds from the bullets that hit us heal as quickly as they appeared.
“Nice of you to finally join. I thought I would have to save all these mongrels alone.” Ambrogio says with a cocky smile before sinking his teeth in the neck of a soldier. Luna growls at him before she snorts and turn her focus to the next door. I can hear him laugh out loud behind us.
“Hell of a girl you have there Alpha, hell of a girl!” He laughs again and I cant stop a little smile of my own, thanks to Lunas form, no one can see it though.
I feel no anxiety or anguish about killing these men..these men who dedicated their lives to exterminating my kind. Together with the others in our small group we make our way through corridor after corridor, when I sense a wolf nearby we make sure it has the opportunity to escape or come with us.
“This way!” We stop and turn to Mercedes, who is holding a side door open. It reminds me of the glass door I found myself the other day and this too turns out to lead out to a yard under the open sky. When it closes behind us, the sound of the war becomes different. The night air brings it to us but the high walls distort it. Luna tilts back her head and howls loud and strong. She connects to all the wolves around and shows that she is free and she is with them. She pours her strength and encouragement through the link to anyone she can reach, sharing what she have with them.
A large bird circles in the air above us, it screeches encouragingly as if it is happy to see us..Luna knows her before me. Zandra. Ambrogio also reacts to the bird and looks at it in wonder. He looks calm, at peace. His gaze follows the bird’s large circles and a smile plays at the corner of his mouth.
“So beautiful..always so beautiful..” he whispers to himself into the night air. Then I remember, her soul is connected to his as well..of course he feels it is her. The sound of a shot hits the walls of the yard and the bird makes an abnormal movement in the air before falling.
“NOOOOO!!!!” The roar from Ambrogio’s throat as he runs finds its way into the marrow of us all and freezes us where we stand, all we can do is watch as he catches the beautiful bird. The large wings fold over his shoulders like a lover’s last embrace as he fall to his knees.
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