We were surrounded in no time by Darren and his men, a few men attacked and hit me down. I could hear my mate screaming as they continued their assault on me, these men held me down on my knees, Greg was down too. Powell laughed out loud at our position,
” Look who is on his knees now uh, The almighty Liam Torres, who is feared among werewolves. This time, I promise to end it with so much pain,” Powell voiced out with hatred laced in her voice.
Darren walked up in my direction, he had a smirk on his face as he approached me. “I’m sorry yet not sorry, Liam, you have always believed you are stronger and the toughest among all others in our race. However, you are now on your knees.”
” You are a fool to say such Darren, I always knew you were a coward hiding behind a woman,” I said with gritted teeth, instantly a blow landed on my jaw, I wriggled, but his men held me down,
” Shut the fuck up, or I’ll cut your mate to pieces in front of you,” Darren threatens, I felt Macy through the bond, and she was terrified. I arched my neck in her direction, and we locked gazes for a few seconds, she had tears running down her cheeks, one of Darren’s men held her. My wolf tried to claw its way to the surface, it took everything in me to keep Rage under bay. We cannot afford to do anything that’ll cost the life of our pregnant mate.
” Tie them up,” Powell announced, and immediately Darren’s men hauled my men, and me. They tied us down with ropes laced with wolves bane, I watched closely as Powell tied my mate to a chair, Macy’s tears streamed down her face continually.
” How about we have some fun with Macy, Liam, you get to choose what instrument we use first,” Powell says with an evil grimace on her face, a box filled with so many items for torture was brought forth. She picks up a screw with a sharp edge,
“Maybe we could start with this one, do you like it? Because I love it, it’ll go deep,”
” Don’t you dare touch her,” I said as my eyes followed her every move. Powell only scoffed at my words, she walked in slow strides toward my shaking mate. Darren’s men held Macy on the chair she sat on, Macy’s screams filled the room as she writhed in their arms, fuck! I struggled to set my hands free, the ropes were strong, joined with the wolfs bane. Nevertheless, I was an Alpha and a small amount of wolfs bane would never hold me down for long.
I scanned Powell’s movement, Darren simply stood by the side observing everything that happened, Her hand moved to me to the face of my mate, she was going to pluck out Macy’s eyes with the screw, Eventually, I cut the rope open with my already elongated claws. I stood up quickly, running toward Macy when a loud noise halted everyone,
Suddenly, blue light that affected the eyes of shape-shifters crammed the entire warehouse, Powell and Darren’s men all fell to the ground wailing in pain, trying to protect their eyes from the blinding lights, including myself and my men we all closed our eyes in pain, I could hear the foot of men matching into the room, I blinked my eyes to check on my mate however I noticed one of the men who just got in untying her from the chair she was bound to.
I tried to get on my feet but the blinding lights hurt so much, I groaned in pain as I crawled toward where Macy was, just then the troop of men who burst into the warehouse began beating up Darren’s men, while some released my men from their bounds. Due to the lights, I found it hard to recognize any of them. Who were these men, and why did they help me? I thought.
One of them approached me and helped me to get on my feet, just then the light was turned off, this man smelt and seemed familiar, there was no way that I would not recognize him even in the dark. The man in front of me removed his mask from his face and I stared in utter shock at him.
” Derick? _” my voice came out a whisper as I called his name, my brother smiled at me, before pulling me into a hug which I returned.
My men and Derick’s men managed to put down all of Darren’s fellows, I glanced around and realized Powell and Darren were nowhere to be found,
I turned to see my mate, she stood there staring at me with tears in her eyes, I ran toward her and immediately picked her up in my arms, she wrapped her hands around my neck. Macy’s sobs were loud as she cried in my arms, Goddess how I missed her, my heart was now at ease as we both felt the electric sparks that ignited when our skin touched.
My wolf was now silent as we held her in our arms, her smell had now begun to change because of the baby, I buried my face in her neck inhaling her scent, and I placed a kiss on my mark.
” It’s alright You’re safe now baby, everything is fine,”
“I thought that I’ll never get to see you again, I___I Was so scared Liam,” she says in between sobbing, her voice breaking as she tried to form words, She refused to let go of me, her emotions were heightened I felt her through the bond.
Greg walked up to us with a blanket which I used to cover my mate up, My men stayed behind in cleaning up the mess, I got into the back seat Derick’s truck while he drove. Macy had fallen asleep, my brother drove to one of the buildings that he owned in Phillea which was the closest to us.
We arrived, and I immediately took Macy to one of the empty rooms, she was weak even in her unconscious state. I felt her through our bond. Derick quickly called a doctor nearby to come over and check on Macy.
My brother urged me to go take a bath, which I reluctantly agreed to. After cleaning up, I wore clothes Derick had readied for me. When I came out of the bathroom, the doctor was already in the room checking on my mate. Derick stood on the side, his arms folded on his chest, he had all his attention on Macy.
” Is my wife alright Doctor?”
“Yeah, they are both doing great, she is just dehydrated and needs to feed properly, the fetus is still so young, which means she needs enough rest for now. Apart from that, she is good,” the doctor explains, he was a human doctor and the only one available in the area.
I released a breath I never knew I was holding, after the doctor’s comments, my mate, and pup were doing great. I moved to the bed where she lay, my hands found hers, and I brought it to my lips before placing a kiss on her hand.
Derick turned around to walk out of the room however I halted him by calling his name, Derick looked in my direction staring at me. ” Let’s talk brother,” he simply nodded his head at me.
There was no maid or servants in the house since Derick hardly came around, he served us two glasses of whiskey, and we now sat in the living room. “Thank you, Derick, If you had not come at that time, then I do not know what would have occurred,”
” Liam, you are my brother and I would help you over and over again, I’m sorry I arrived late,”
” I’m glad you came,”
” So you and Macy are expecting, uh?” My brother says I glanced at him and Derick had a sad smile on his face, I simply nodded my head at him, confirming his statement.
” Wow, I’m happy for you brother,” he says, avoiding eye contact with me, I knew he was hurt, it was evident in the smile he tried so hard to give. However, I completely understood my brother, I admired the extent of love he had for Macy.
Just then her scent hit me, she was awake and was headed this way. My wolf jumped with joy as she approached us, I helped to clean her up earlier and changed her clothes into something warmer, her face was pale.
Macy arrived in front of me and wrapped her arms around me, I pulled her into my body returning her warm hug which I needed at that moment. “I missed you,” she murmurs in my ear,
” I missed you too, baby,”
We pulled away from our hug and her eyes darted to Derick who also had his eyes on her, Macy moved toward him, and in that instant embraced Derick. My brother wrapped his arms around Macy as they shared a heartwarming hug. I simply sat in the corner watching. There was no need to feel jealous because I understood that these were two friends who missed one another, and I’d be a fool to stop them from expressing their feelings.
” I missed you,” Macy says to Derick as tears fall from her eyes,
” I missed you too, Macy, I’m glad you’re okay,”
The two of them enjoyed each other’s embrace for a minute until Greg and my few men arrived at the house, we were all going to spend the night there, the house was big enough to contain everyone. Derick stationed some of his men outside in case of any foul movements from Darren and Powell.
My mate pulled me up to the room where we settled in, “You must have heard,” she murmured rubbing her belly with her hands, I nodded my head at her words.
I went on my knees and pulled her close, I placed my face on her still-flat abdomen and placed a kiss on it. “Our pup is growing in there, this is the best news I’ve received in all my life,”
” Macy you have made me the happiest man alive, There is nothing more I could wish for than this, having my family.”
Macy tugged me up from my knees, she had a big smile on her countenance, “I am happy babe, This child will bring joy to our lives and family,”
” I love you so much, Macy Liam Torres!”
” I love you too,”