Chapter 28

This chapter will have some torture in it, so if your uber sensitive you might not like it. But it's not really that bad.

Anders pov

I throw myself head first into battle, at least 20 rogues are attacking my warriors, and before the reinforcements can arrive have them severely outnumbered. But that doesn't hold them back from giving it their all and I can't help but feel pride in their efforts. I see Nari fighting with 3 rogues surrounding her, and she is clearly injured but still takes down the one nearest to her. Suddenly the others take advantage of her being busy killing their buddy and both lunge for her, one of them manages to get hold of her ear and yanks, splitting it in two making it dangle by her head. She yelps in pain and the second grabs hold of her throat, luckily I'm close enough to reach them and I ram into the side of the one holding her throat. The hit is hard enough to break bones and he lets go with blood pouring from his nose, I clamp down on his neck, easily breaking it. I look back at Nari just in time to see her ending the life of her other attacker, then I go back into the thick of the fight biting and ripping my way.

Suddenly my mate link is filled with Kyles voice "Anders, I was attacked, I think I might have gotten drugged, I'm starting to feel numb."

"What? Where are you? I'm coming right now!" Fear fills my body.

"I'm on the path between the river and the pack house," I turn around and run faster than ever as I sprint towards him. "I feel really..."

"What? Kyle, you feel really what?!" I try to talk to him, but there is no reply, and I push my body even harder.

"The Luna is in trouble, he's on the path between the river and the pack house, get there now!" I can feel what he's feeling over the link and I know he's about to fall unconscious, and I urge him to hold on as I run as fast as I can.

"There are hunters, I love you." Then he's gone, I know he's alive, I would know if he was dead but he's unconscious and I can't reach him anymore.

I get to the path in no time, but my Kyle is gone.I can smell his heavenly scent and I know they had to be there only minutes before, but as I start to track the scent it suddenly disappears. "Fuck, they used some kind of scent disguiser, I lost the scent!" Luckily Lewis shows up, he's the best tracker we have and he starts to track as soon as he gets there and heads off into the forest with me close behind. My heart drops when he slows down almost immediately and starts sniffing the ground and soon comes to a complete stop. "I'm sorry Alpha, I can't find the scent anymore, I'll head back to the trail and see if I can pick up anything that can help."

It feels like my heart is trying to rip its way out of my chest, if Kyle dies I won't be able to go on, the thought of his death is enough to almost make me lose it. My legs buckle underneath me and I am close to shutting down when Carl shows up, "Anders, this is not the time to give up like some kind of loser asshole. The rogues called off the attack and ran as soon as they had Kyle, that means he must have been their objective. And we have seven wolves down, four wounded and three dead." "We managed to capture two of the attackers, so we can question them and try to figure out what the hell is going on." His words, although a little harsh, pulls me back. He's right, I'm the Alpha, I don't have the luxury of falling apart, I have to stay strong for my people. The last thing Kyle told me was that there were hunters involved, why the hell would hunters team up with rogues? Wolves are hated by hunters, not allies.

"Keep tracking, let me know the second you have something!" I bark out the command to the people gathered to search.

"Yes, Alpha!"

I start going towards the holding cells, eager to get my hands on the two rogues, but I veer off and head towards the clinic instead. I have to have my priorities straight, my people have fought and been injured and killed, they deserve to be at the top of the list. Mads begrudgingly agrees, Kyle is the thing that keeps me alive, but our pack is more important than I am right now.

As I get to the clinic I'm met by chaos, men, women, and children crying and sobbing over their dead mates, children, and parents. And doc Gordon yelling out orders to his assistants who run around trying to cover their three patients, doing their very best to keep them alive. The scent of blood, fear, and grief permeates the room, the feelings seep into my body making my it feel like it weighs a ton.

I shake off the feeling, shift back and pull on some shorts handed to me by a pack member. Once again I wrestle up my inner strength as I step into the room, and it goes quiet as my pack members pick up on my presence. They look to me for comfort and help, and I have to deliver. Doc Gordon and his assistants keep working but they are also giving me their attention.

"Words cannot express the grief I feel seeing my pack members, my brothers and sisters laying here wounded and dead," my words are interrupted by muffled sobs, "they fought hard and fell protecting us, they fell protecting their loved ones, and there is a no more valiant way to go." I see many of the people in the room nod their heads in agreement. "They are now safe in the arms of the Goddess, waiting for the rest of us to join them years from now. And as for the wounded, well they have the best doctor in the world taking care of them, and they WILL be up and about soon." Doc Gordon smiles and shakes his head while he's stitching up the patients on his table.

"The rogues were working with hunters", the room goes deadly silent at this revelation, "I believe their target was the Luna, they have taken him." The pack already knows about Kyle, something that big would not stay a secret. "Now we all have to find our bearings, and pull our selves together for our Lunas sake, we can not leave him in the hands of hunters," they all nod affirming my words. "Griev, but do not give in to grief, love for our pack must prevail over personal suffering, we will all work together and find the people who did this. And they will pay for the pain they have caused us!" With those words I stalk back out of the clinic and head straight for the holding cells, the rogues we have in captivity will tell me what I need to know.

I slam the doors to the cellar open and walk down the stairs, heading straight for the room we use for interrogation. Inside the room I'm met by two men dangling from the roof by metal shackles, they're already bleeding badly so I know my men have been unable to control their need to avenge their pack members. And since they are both breathing I have no problem with that, I want to ask questions and it's not like I'm planning on being a gracious host.

"Hello gentlemen, I'm Alpha Anders, and it seems to me that you have made a few grave mistakes today," they look at me with weary eyes. "Your first mistake was attacking a strong pack like mine, your second was to work with hunters, and your third," I walk up to the rogues and grab hold of their throats digging my nails into their necks and enjoying the sounds of their whimpers and raspy breathing "and by far biggest mistake of the day, you were captured alive."

I have never been a big fan of torture, but I have to admit I am damn good at it, and Mads can be a ruthless bastard when he needs to be. "These animals helped take my mate, I will enjoy making them scream." Like I said, ruthless.

The first hour goes by pretty fast, they never tell me anything of use, but I didn't expect them to talk that fast. By the time hour three comes around they start to waver, their screams get weaker and so does their denials. I think we're getting somewhere, the only problem is they are also getting closer and closer to dying. The massive blood loss is catching up to them. "You know what?" The only answer I get is a scream as I pull out a molar from the rogue's mouth using a pair of pliers, "I'm starting to feel a little tired, all this beating, cutting and teeth and nail pulling is making me all sweaty and tired." I give them both a big smile as I walk towards the door, "Tell you what, I'm gonna go take a little break, get something to eat. Why don't you use this little break to decide if you want to endure more of this treatment, or if you want to talk. If you talk I will guarantee a quick painless death. If you don't, well you'll still die, but the way it will happen will be less then desirable."

As soon as I step outside the cells I mindlink Carl, "Please tell me you have something new to tell me!"

"I'm sorry, but no. We have had all our best trackers out here looking and searching, but we can't find a trace of them. Have you had any contact with him?"

"Fuck! We need to figure this out! I need Kyle back! He must still be unconscious, I know he's alive, but I cant pick up anything from him." But then something happens, there is a nudge on our mate link, Kyle is awake, and he's sending us love and assurances that he's okay. The link is weak, so I know he's far away from me, but he is alive and I will get him back. I send my love back to Kyle and sprint out of the cellars to talk to Carl.

I find him in the fields talking to some warriors, the field is where the memorials will take place for our fallen pack members so there are mourners already in place getting ready for it, some with stoic expressions on their face and some sobbing and crying. Carl takes a look at me and raises a brow, probably trying to silently convey that I look like shit, but who wouldn't, covered in dirt, sweat, and blood?

"Carl, I just felt him, he's okay! But he's far away, I cant talk to him, I can only pick up on his feelings."

Carls expression changes to that of relief, "That's great Anders, at least we know he's alright for now, and..." Carl is cut off as I yelp out loud feeling a stinging and burning sensation on my back, the pain is so sudden and intense that it makes me fall to my knees. Another yelp leaves me as the stinging is now spreading to my ass cheeks and back of my thighs.

"What the hell is going on Anders?" Carl is quick to move to my side and kneels down beside me grabbing my shoulders so I don't fall flat on my face.

"Goddess," I can't help the tears streaming down my face as the truth of what this pain must be dawns on me, "Carl, they're torturing him, they must be whipping him!" Carl pales beside me. I can feel Mads losing control, he is ready to find the bastards hurting our mate and I am having one hell of a time keeping him in check as I growl and snarl, I feel blood dripping down my chin from my now elongated teeth biting my lips. I know that if I fail to control him now I will fall into a state where the bloodlust will dominate, it will consume me and leave me no better than a rogue. I have seen it first hand, and it's not pretty. I could become a danger to my pack.

"Alpha, Beta, we finally got a hold of Alpha Colleen, and she gave us the number for the cell phone she gave Warrior Axel," one of my warriors wearily steps up to us and hands Carl the phone and he wastes no time hitting the call button and bringing the phone to his ear.

"Pick up the phone Axel! Pick up! Pick up!" Then I hear Axels voice on the other end and Carl rambles on, "Thank the fucking Goddess I reached you, Luna Kyle is missing, the hunters and rogues were working together, we were attacked and they took him. They seem to be torturing him and Alpha Anders is losing his mind to worry and bloodlust, get your fucking asses back here right now!" Then he just hangs up the phone.

"I'm sure Axel will get here as fast as he can, and that means that we have to get the info we need from those rogues, that way we will be ready to launch a rescue party as soon as he gets here, not to mention Leila, that girl is a force to reckon with, and she loves her brother to death. She will be a good addition to the party." Carl is right, we need to figure out where Kyle is and be ready to save him as soon as Axel and Leila get here.

I waste no time and run right back into the cellar, I pick up the knife from the table and without further ado, I shove it in between the ribs of the rogue closest to me. Turning the handle I bore it into his side then I make a sideways cut and pull up towards the bone dislodging it, the rogue screams in agony, but I'm not done yet. I let my hand follow the knife, I push two fingers into the wound, hook them around his rib and yank, effectively pulling the bone from his body. The man passes out from the pain, but being a wolf he won't die, I know how to do this.

The other rogue watches me with fear in his eyes, and I move towards him holding the bone in my bloody hand, "Do you want that to happen to you too? It's not like I wouldn't enjoy repeating this, hell, I know plenty of ways to make a wolf scream in pain. And you need to know that I am highly motivated today." I hold out the bone and snap it in two, he is white as a sheet, and slowly the smell of urine reaches my nose, the man pissed himself in fear. But just then another round of pain sears through me, it makes me scream as I clutch my head.  I know this pain, this is electricity!

The rogue who's still awake eyes me with curiosity, and since I'm not that keen on having an audience I use as much power as I can muster through the pain and punch him right in the temple, there's a crunching sound, and he's unconscious. After quite a few rounds the pain slowly lessens, only for an intense pain to suddenly gather in my hand, I stagger out of the room and the pain makes me puke my guts out as I lean against the wall. What are they doing to my love?

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I'm sorry I didn't update last week, as an extra way of saying sorry I will be posting two chapters this week. Chapter 29 will be published tomorrow.

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