“He hasn’t been with the search party for hours and he hasn’t been here. So where the hell has he been?” Chris snapped.
“That is the million dollar question! Dad, let’s go back to that cabin and track Xavier. We may be able to end this all tonight,” Tony said and the Alpha stopped pacing.
“Yes, you’re right son but you’re going to stay here. If what Greg said is true then he wants to take the pack from us. I’m not delivering the both of us to his very doorstep,” the alpha demanded angrily. Tony started to complain but nodded knowing his father was right. “Now Tony, bring me Greg,” The alpha added. He turned to Chris and James. “We’re going to finish this and we’re going to finish it tonight!”
It only took them fifteen minutes to return to the cabin. They entered the house and Andrew frowned as he looked over the body. “It can’t be! Why this is Kyle Patrick,” he announced.
“Yeah, I remember him but I thought he ran away,” Tony admitted. The name sounded familiar, but James couldn’t place it.
“Poor boy was always so sickly. The day you disappeared, James, his mother came to me and told me how Tony and you’d been bullying him. I’d planned on punishing you both severely for it,” the Alpha explained and James now recognized him. They use to call him Omega K. At the time, it seemed pushing Kyle around was the best way to prove how tough he was. James looked at Andrew; he looked even more crushed if that was even possible.
“So now that you found the cabin can I go back please?” Greg pleaded and James eyed the man with curiosity. He was now one of the strongest creatures in the world, yet he still whimpered like a pup.
“Grow a pair, Greg,” James barked. “You’re the second strongest creature here and I am almost sure that Xavier is a normal werewolf. He can’t do anything to you anymore man!”
“Yeah, well tell that to Kyle there on the floor,” Greg shot back fearfully.
“You don’t know what happened to him, besides he was a traitor and alone,” James reasoned with Greg. “You’re not alone! Chris, the alpha, and I are here. Hell, there’s enough strength between the two of us to take anyone down. Now we are wasting time! As long as Xavier is out there your family is in danger and so is Lily. He wants to change her to be like us, do you want that too on your conscious too?” He demanded.
Greg hung his head as he shook it side to side. Let’s go before Xavier has a chance to do anything to her,” Andrew ordered and everyone nodded.
Xavier’s scent was easy to follow. He hadn’t taken any precautions in hiding it. He must have been convinced that everyone would still be following the bogus instructions he gave them. They walked into the deepest most secluded part of the woods. Travel was slow and hard going due to the amount of debris of the forest. The group had to maneuver through slippery dead leaves and large rotten tree branches and trunks.
But James knew they were going on the right path because the scent of Xavier was getting stronger; he’d also picked up the imposter, Kyle’s scent everywhere, along with a few other scents. He recognized a few of the scents from their captives, but others remained unknown. “What the hell?” Andrew exclaimed once they saw an old large brick building suddenly emerge from the darkness of the forest.
James stumbled as if he had suddenly been hit and his face paled. The memories of those two years that he had been missing started rushing to him all at once. James remembered everything now. He remembered escaping that exact building on that dark stormy night after another day full of painful needles filled with liquids that burned him from the inside out. He remembered his screams and his pleas for mercy.
James would beg until his throat was completely raw. Most importantly he could remember Xavier’s face, looming over his while he was strapped to a cold metal table easily ignoring those screams and please. “Let’s go,” the alpha commanded and James growled in agreement, feeling his body shaking and tingling. It was time for payback, he vowed silently.
Lily attempted to move her wrists as little as possible, that way the silver didn’t burn her nearly as bad. She licked her dry lips and kept her head down with a feeling of defeat. Several “what ifs” were running through her head, plaguing her with the ever pressing question of could she have avoided this situation?
Lily glanced at Xavier through her eyelashes and clenched her fists tightly as her rage flared. How could he do this to the pack, his friend, and her! When she was adopted at thirteen by the Robert’s family he’d become her doctor. He saw her through a broken wrist, vaccinations, colds, and even when she needed birth control for the first time. Now he had violated her, making her something she was never meant to be and he was just getting started.
She looked up into the tops of the trees; it would probably be the last time she would see them. She was sure she’d never survive the experiments the doctor had planned for her. She kicked a rock in the path as she looked back to the ground not ready for this to be the end; she had so many things to do. She had future nephews and nieces to spoil; she had to thank her parents for taking her in and loving her despite that they had no obligation too! Maybe even one day she could have her own little baby to hold and love. “Here we are Lily,” Xavier told her once they reached a large brick building.
“So this is the secret lab, Dr. Frankenstein?” She asked with bitterness in her voice. This may be her end but if he thought she was going down without a fight then he didn’t know her at all.
“Lily, you really are a treat, my dear,” he said with a nasty smile and Lily couldn’t stop herself. She kicked him in the shin, quickly knocking him to the ground, and head-butted him in the nose. She cursed vividly and silently, her vision blurred and a sharp pain flared between her eyes.
That wasn’t exactly as impressive as she expected, then cursed herself for actually doing something just because it’s what they did in the movies. The two human brutes pulled back on her chains and she cried out as the chains burned and sunk into her flesh. Xavier got up slowly cursing wiping the blood from his face and he looked at her in pure rage.
“Now that was a waste of your energies young lady,” he told her as she could literally hear how his broken nose mended itself. She glared at him and simply shrugged and he laughed. “That’s a good girl, keep that spirit. You will need it soon,” he told her as they entered the building and her mouth suddenly went dry. Even though she was terrified she refused to give in to fear, she wouldn’t be the victim again!
The beta ordered that the humans remove her chains and as soon the chains were off Lily shifted as quickly into her wolf. She leaped on at the human to her right. Wrapping her sharpened teeth around his neck, she tore into his throat more on instinct than anything else. The disgusting metallic taste filled her mouth and she did her best the spit it out, not willing to focus on the fact she had just murdered someone. She dashed for the open door when she felt someone grab her hind legs. She growled with rage turning to see it was Xavier who grabbed her.
Lily was consumed with anger, leaving no room for anything else. Only one word jumped to her enraged mind: Kill! She turned and jumped at the beta. Knocking him to the ground, she snapped her jaws at him but he managed to keep her just far enough. “Get the wire,” he yelled to the surviving human. Seeing a window of opportunity, she sunk her teeth into his arm.
Xavier cried out as she whipped her head side to side, destroying the flesh. She released his arm and just as she was about to wrap her hungry teeth around his neck a flash of something crossed her eye and suddenly her neck burned as something strangled her. Lily howled and she attempted to free herself. She turned to see the human pulling a long wire that was connected to her neck.
When she looked at the man before her, she didn’t see a person who probably had a wife and kids at home. She saw a disgusting creature that prevented her from her revenge and held her trapped with silver. With a rabid growl, Lily leaped at him and he cried out in surprise. The human tried to flee, but she was faster. She swiped her powerful paw across his face, causing his head to snap to the right with a sickening crack and he crumpled to the floor like a rag doll.
“Enough Lily, you’re not achieving anything,” the beta yelled at her and she quickly turned, wincing as the wire still around her neck sunk in deeper. He pointed a gun of some type at her, but she wasn’t afraid. Lily would rather die by a bullet than his experiments. It would be quicker and cleaner. “You’re only causing unnecessary death,” Xavier said waving the gun towards the dead men. “And unnecessary harm to yourself. Now I will have to wait until you heal from all the silver burns and that is something that doesn’t make me happy at all,” he told her and she laughed silently like she gave a damn what made him happy or not.