Nick's POV

　　Why did I have to intervene? Why couldn't I have just ignored them and walked away? So many things were going through my head and not one of them were good. I was going out of my mind. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Marie begging for her life, begging not to be violated and each time I woke up I hoped it had been a dream, yet I knew it wasn't. I don't know how many hours it's been since that bastard took my wife's life destroying me in the process, but it felt like days. Jason's Beta, Roger came by earlier and took Marie's body away, she had been left cuffed to her chair for me to look at in the hopes I too would beg for my life. As broken as I was there was no way in hell, I was giving him that satisfaction. I was snapped out of my thoughts as the door opened and the bright ceiling lights were turned on, being as there were no windows in this room, I had no idea what time of day it was. My eyes were swollen and stung from all the crying I had done over the sight of Marie which made them take longer to adjust to the lights. After what seemed like an eternity, I was able to make out the silhouette of a young girl cleaning up the blood from where Marie had been sat. She couldn't have been any older than Angel though it was hard to tell because she had a black eye and a scar that ran down the side of her face. A scar such as that meant she had been injured with a silver knife, for any wounds made with a silver object wouldn't disappear once healed.

　　"Want to take a picture? It will last longer" she snaps when she catches me watching her.

　　"I'm sorry, I just wondered if you knew the time"

　　"I think its about 6.30am. What did you do to the Alpha to get in that state" she asked though I could tell she was nervous.

　　"Thank you, let's just say we have history. Who did that to you?"

　　"Alpha lets his Beta do what he wants with the she-wolves if we speak out of term"

　　"What did you do?"

　　"Called him out over the way he treated my mum"

　　"I'm sorry…." Before I could finish my sentence, a guard walked in and dragged her out after smacking her with a force that knocked her to the ground.

　　Now I felt more guilty than I already did; how is that even possible? This girl was only in here doing her job and because she spoke to me was likely to receive another beating, one she didn't deserve. I knew I had been here a long time, but not once did I lose faith that William would come for me. It was no secret that both William and Jake wanted to be the one to put Jason in his grave yet now I was going to do whatever I could to ensure that pleasure was mine. Beta Roger walked into the room followed by the packs doctor who injected me with some blue liquid. Whatever was in the syringe made me feel all warm and fuzzy before I felt my eyes become heavy leaving me surrounded by darkness.

　　All of a sudden, my heart jumped out of its chest as the door came flying off its hinges crashing into the wall on the opposite side of the room. Shortly following the door was the guard that had previously dragged the young girl out forcefully. The second he hit the ground I heard his bones shatter; he must have been thrown by an enormous force for that to happen. Before I knew it Henrik had walked into the room and with a click of his fingers my cuffs were no longer restraining me to the chair but laying on the ground beneath my feet.

　　"Nick hurry we can only keep them occupied for so long" he gestured for me to follow him before he darted out of the door.

　　As I followed him into the corridor there were wolves fighting in every direction. It didn't take long before Maximus's big black wolf came into view. His eyes glowing a bright red; the last time I had seen them glow this much was when he found Vanessa. Out of nowhere a silver dagger flew through the air embedding itself into Maximus's neck. I turned to look in the direction from which the dagger came to see a twisted smirk etched on Jason's face. It was then that my eyes darted open to find Jason standing in front of me while I remained cuffed to the chair.

　　"Have a nice dream Nick? What did you dream about? Oh, wait let me guess…. You thought that Henrik had saved you and that I killed William" he chuckled.

　　"You bastard… what did you do to me?"

　　"I told you Nick, I told you I had other ways of breaking you. I had my witch make a potion that the kind doctor injected you with enabling her to get into your mind letting you see whatever I choose" he smirked.

　　"I will die before I beg you for anything you sick twisted animal" I snarled before whipping my head to the door of the room as it once again burst open.

　　Jake's POV

　　The second Henrik located Angel using my blood, I mind linked all my packs warriors telling them to prepare as we would be leaving shortly. Benson and William went to gather the visiting Alphas as they too were coming with us. Werewolves live by a code, the main one being that you never committed treason to your Alpha King. Now that the surrounding packs knew of Williams survival, they were more than happy to give their support aiding in the Jasons downfall. I left my mum in charge of my pack whilst I set off to find and help my mate. Don't get me wrong I was more than pissed that she would go off by herself; especially after what he had already done to her yet being able to feel what she felt through our bonded soul and the mate bond I understood.

　　Jason had taken every good thing Angel had ever known away from her. She didn't remember what her mother looked like which I knew was eating away at her. I had asked my own mum to dig out some old pictures of our visits to the Royal Kingdom which I knew she had stashed away in the hopes one of Queen Vanessa would be there. Marie was dead and we didn't know if Nick was still alive or not, though Hunter was sure he would be dead already. The pain of loosing a mate is enough to kill a wolf unless you happen to be an Alpha, then and only then would you normally survive yet your strength would be at a loss.

　　"Jake there are plenty of wolves that have survived the loss of their mate" Hunter spoke.

　　"They may survive the initial pain, yet many go on to commit suicide as they can't bare to live without their mates. To feel that pain in your heart day in day out could be too much to bare. Nick though if he had been tortured then its more then likely the pain of losing Marie killed him, he wouldn't have had the strength to fight the pain" I tell him causing him to retreat into the back of my mind knowing I was right.

　　It had been six hours since we left Moonlight territory; we were travelling in wolf form as driving to our destination would have taken longer and yet not a single wolf wanted to stop and rest. My warriors knew better than to ask for a break knowing I would dent until I got my Luna back, though I had at least expected members of the other packs to moan. As we came to the top of a hill a gust of wind blew straight through us and the scent it bought our way instantly caught my attention.

　　"Angel" Hunter growled.

　　"I can smell rogues and blood also" William said through mind link as he came up beside Hunter.

　　Normally only pack members can mind link with other wolves but as the power of alpha king ran through his veins, he was able to mind link any wolf he chose. After signaling the other Alphas we all took our positions around the woods just in front of a cave. Angel's scent was coming from inside, these stupid rogues must have thought it was their lucky day. How wrong were they I chuckled to myself.

　　When I gave the signal, we attacked only stopping once each rogue was dead. A couple of the must have taken a potion they likely obtained from a witch as their size was abnormal. One of them was almost bigger than Hunter. Rocky was shifting giving Benson back control, he had been sliced down the side with a silver knife by a rogue in human form. It was going to take a while to heal but would leave a scar going from under his arm to his hip.

　　"Alice is going to kill us" I told Hunter. Since becoming pregnant she made me promise no harm would come to Benson and now it had.

　　"She could try but at least he will live" Hunter replied.

　　Staying in wolf form we made our way to the entrance to the cave, William right on my tail. The tangy smell of fresh blood came from the back of the cave. Hunter whined knowing instantly the blood belonged to our mate. Using out heightened sight we were able to see in the dark until we reached the very end of the cave. Behind the lit fire was Angel, she had a stab wound to her abdomen and was being stitched up by Wayne.