“Doing the buttons up. Stand still,” he says before quickly doing them up and dressing me. I look down and huff that he got them through the holes so easily. Looking up I see Tate is gone.
“Where did he go?”
“Probably back to the basement,” Ace answers, slapping his brother’s face.
“Oi, dick lips! You alright?” He asks, slapping his face.
“The basement?” I ask, isn’t that where he tortured me? Ace tenses before spinning around and looking at me.
“No! I meant the, bases? Yeah! The training bases!” he says quickly.
‘He’s lying’ Amanda says to me.
“You’re lying” I accuse and he seems shocked at my words.
“You can’t go down there Reika. You’re going to stay up here. Maybe go back to your room,” Ace says.
I walk out, when Ace grabs my arm as I head down the stairs.
“Reika, go to your bedroom, now!” Ace bellows at me. I feel his Alpha Aura rush out of him, and become shocked. It barely does anything but annoy me. I become confused at the reason of why he was being so horrid to me all of a sudden.
“Reika, your room, now!” he says, and I raise an eyebrow at him.
Yet I find his aura just irritating, not like Ryker’s which is painful when used on me.
“No.” I tell him.
“Fuck! Mine doesn’t work on you anymore. Shit!”
“Huh?”
“Ryker has marked and mated you. Technically your aura is now stronger than mine but weaker than his. Shit!. You are to stay with me,” he says, grabbing my arm and trying to pull me back to his room. I shake him off.
“What is going on?” I ask him. Starting to worry, Ace was never like this.
“It doesn’t matter. Ryker will kill me if you go down there, so just come play video games with me”
“No. I want to see Ryker,” I tell him, before turning and heading down the stairs.
“Reika!,” Ace yells to me but I ignore him going to find my mate. I hear him curse before slamming his door, while I follow Tate’s scent to the basement door. Blood drops were on the floor and smeared on the door. I open the door and gag at the stench of burnt flesh and blood. Gagging before holding my breath and walking down the steps.
What I wasn’t prepared for, was seeing my mate standing naked and covered in blood. The ground is thick with congealed blood and I see Tim hanging from a chain. The image gives me flashbacks of when I was once strung up there. I shake the feeling off.
Ryker holding a blowtorch burning Tim’s genitals made me gasp. Drake, Tate and Ryker spin around at the sound and a loud growl rips out of Ryker.
“Get her outta here! Now!” Ryker yells at Drake and Tate. Tim lifts his head and I see one side of his face was burnt, his eye literally burnt out of his head.
A lopsided smile graces his face and he looks at me. “46 what a pleasant surprise. I suppose you’re here to find out where,” he doesn’t finish, Ryker punching him and knocking him out. His jaw breaking and hanging loosely .
“I said get her the fuck out!” Ryker says using his Alpha voice.
Drake rushes toward me grabbing my arm, Tate behind him.
“Come on Luna, not a place for you,” Tate says, grabbing my other arm. I shove them off and Ryker growls at me. The onyx eyes of his wolf glaring at me. Drake grabs my arm and I shove him and he goes flying into the wall.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean it!” I rush to him feeling terrible. I didn’t mean to shove him so hard. Just before I reach him I am grabbed from behind, an arm wrapping around my waist and jerking me back. Tingles rushing up my arms and Ryker growls menacingly, before dragging me toward the stairs.
“What’s going on?” I ask, trying to get out his grip when he tosses me over his shoulder.
“Nothing that concerns you. Why would you come down here?” he says marching up the stairs.
“Put me down Ryker! Tell me what happened!” I ask him, kicking my legs trying to reach the ground. He starts walking up the stairs, ignoring me asking him to put me down.
He walks into the bedroom before tossing me on the bed. His deadly gaze on me. I crawl to my hands and knees about to get up.
“You do not go into the basement for any reason, understand?”
“What! Why?” I ask, getting off the bed. Ryker grabs me and tosses me back on it and I growl at him, though I could tell Brax was also forward with him. His anger radiating off him in waves.
“It doesn’t matter. You stay here till I get back,” he says, turning for the door. I get off the bed chasing after him wanting to know what’s wrong with him. I grab his arm.
“Ryker?” I say when he spins around so quickly, I actually step away from him.
“Reika get on the fucking bed and shut up!” he yells, and his Alpha Aura erupts out of him. Knocking the air from my lungs, my chest tightening and a whimper leaves my lips, before my legs move under his command and I am back on the bed.
“I will come see you soon,” he says before walking out and locking the door. I tried to call out to him yet no words left my lips. even Amanda muted under his command, leaving me stuck on the bed and unable to speak. I didn’t understand what I did, I was only looking for him.
I just wanted my mate and he shunned me, locking me in the room. I move to the edge of the bed, yet can’t physically put my foot off it. Pain radiating through every nerve when I try, sweat beading on my skin as I fight the crushing urge to submit to his demands. Why would he do this to me? What did I do? I wondered before feeling tears brim, I crawled back to the center of the bed before curling in a ball under the covers. I even put stupid clothes on so he wouldn’t get upset and he locks me in our room.
R yker
The bastard said he wouldn’t break. And even after everything he has endured he still, hasn’t uttered a word as to where they are. Just the occasional taunt, besides his screams.
I watch as Drake hooks a blood bag up to him, we had been at it all day and half the night. At this rate he would die long before we got answers from him.
“We will start first thing in the morning. Organize Jacob to come watch him,” I tell Drake exhaustedly. My ears are ringing from his constant screaming.
“Ah Ryker, is it alright if Tate and I stay at a motel instead of here?”
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