Crystal's POV

　　Rumours had been going around the pack about Jakes mystery mate and how she was incredibly beautiful, surely, she can't have been that pretty. I tried a few times to get into Jakes room but that stuck up bitch Alice and some guy called Nick stopped me each time. If this girl was so special, why was she hiding out in the bedroom and why was Jake not with her. Jake had been spending most of his time either in his office or in the dungeon.

　　"Lilly who do you think they have down there?" Maybe my wolf had an idea.

　　"I have no idea but I'm guessing it's the same person they were visiting that night alpha bought his mate back. Remember that hot older guy, I think it has something to do with him. His aura was hella powerful and I haven't felt anything like it before. That guy Nick said Jakes mate was a Princess maybe that man is her father, and someone hurt her. It would explain her not being introduced to the pack"

　　"Uh I'm sure she's not actually a princess! He just said that to get me to leave I know it. If someone has hurt, her then good bitch deserves everything she gets for trying to take my man!!" This conversation was starting to make me angry.

　　"I've already told you alphas not our mate, he's still out there somewhere and I know we will meet him one day soon" Lilly then blocked me from contacting her again stupid wolf always trying to take the high ground. She wasn't complaining when I was making love to Jake, she practically took over to fuck his brains out.

　　I needed to know who was in the dungeon and if they could help me get rid of this Angel character for good. If they, could I'd help them get out. I had waited for beta Benson to leave the dungeon and head to Jakes office, I knew no one would go back down there for a while. I'd been keeping watch the last couple of days and took note of how they came and went every two hours.

　　As I headed down the tunnel that led to the dungeon I pinched my nose because the smell down here was disgusting and having a heightened sense of smell really didn't help. At the end of the tunnel all the cells were empty except for one. In the cell sat chained to a chair was a badly beaten man. He had short brown hair that clearly hadn't been washed in a while. He was older than me, he looked a similar age to the of the older man I bumped into. All of a sudden, I felt my wolf take over just as the unknown man's eyes shot open.

　　"Mate" my wolf purred.

　　"Who are you?" The man asked, his voice dry and coarse.

　　"Crystal, who are you?" I was completely shocked i thought when I eventually find my mate, he would at least be young.

　　"I'm Jason alpha king to the royal pack" he tried to smirk but ended up wincing instead.

　　For the first time in my life, I was speechless. If he was the alpha king, then why was he here and why had Jake and beta Benson done this. If anyone found out they would be charged with treason of the highest form.

　　"Can you help me get out of these?" He asked trying to wiggle his hands gesturing at the silver chains around them.

　　"Be careful Crystal he is our mate, but he isn't the alpha king. I sense beta aura nothing more" My wolf wanted to trust him but the lie he told made her suspicious.

　　"Why did you lie? If I'm to help free you I want the truth, who are you really?" A horrible pain in my heart appeared because I didn't trust my mate.

　　"I haven't lied young lady. I am the alpha king; I just don't possess his power. I promise to tell you the full story but first I need you to put them gloves on and brake my chains."

　　I could feel the bond strengthening the longer I was in Jason's presence. Doing as he asked, I put on the gloves and tapped into my wolf's strength to break his chains. As I helped him to stand Jason took the chain from round his neck and unscrewed the top of the cross. There must of been some kind of potion inside it, as soon as he drank it his wounds healed. Jason stepped towards the cell bars and bent them apart like it was nothing.

　　He looked back at me and took my hand making sparks dance on my skin.

　　"Are you coming love" his voice no longer dry but deep and sexy.

　　Jason's POV

　　After being locked up and beaten I swore to the goddess I would make sure I got Williams alpha power and then I would destroy Jake and his whole fucking pack for what they have done to me. The one thing that caught me by surprise was meeting my mate. I mean I'm fourty-two, so I had kind of given up on the hopes of getting one. I had always been a fan of blondes and had been in love Vanessa even though I couldn't act on it. So, imagine my surprise to find out my mate was not only a brunette but that she's only twenty-one. If we would have been anywhere else, I would have fucked and marked her there and then.

　　Crystal had asked me where we were going as we fled the pack house before anyone knew of my escape. The problem was I didn't know this packs territory, so I told her we needed somewhere to hide. She told me there was an old tunnel under her home that led far out past the territory.　　"Will there be anyone there" I asked her as we made our way through the outskirts of the forest.

　　"My dad should be on patrol tonight so the cottage should be empty" she whispered.

　　Fuck her voice turned me on. As we got to her cottage, she unlocked the door and we went inside. A low growl came from the corner of the room.

　　"Dad what are you doing home, aren't you meant to be on patrol tonight?" Crystal casually asked him.

　　"My shift changed not who is this man?"

　　"He's my mate dad don't start"

　　"Don't start, don't fucking start! This is my house, and you think I'm going to stand by and allow you to bring some strange man in here. It's not a fucking hotel"

　　The way he spoke to Crystal made my blood boil. I could feel Blake trying to break through. Before I knew it my hand was covered in bright red blood and in my hand was her father's throat. All I could hear was Crystal scream as she watched her father's lifeless body fall back into his armchair. Finding the tunnel door under the kitchen rug I picked up Crystal and ran