Reese's little brother started to shake, fear rolling off him in waves. Tears pricked his eyes as Odette cackled in my mates face, of how he couldn't reach her.

His whimpers reached his parents, to me, and last but not least, Reese himself.

Reese snapped his attention to the noise, his eyes growing impossibly wide. The blueish yet greenish eyes looking so confused, yet dark.

"Keegan," he whispered.

The little boy started sobbing, calling out, "Danny."

Reese tried to break the chains off, but to no avail.

He shouted as it burned him once more, but you could tell that the wall fragments were breaking. He was using all the strength he had in him.

It meant I had a chance to break the chains I had already begun to rip away from the walls.

Trying to plan out the details, Odette suddenly marches over to where Keegan stood. Right by my side, clinching my leg. He screamed a petrified scream, shouting and crying as Odette tried to grab him.

I tried with all my might to shield him, even taking blows to my body to protect him.

I spat some blood out once more, when she landed a blow to my chest. Keegan shook behind me, but stepped out, standing in front of me with his arms spread out.

Almost as if he wanted to return the favor.

I gritted out, "Get ... out of ... her way, Keegan. Stay behind ... me."

He shook his head wildly, his legs trembling yet he swallowed the lump in his throat, tears gathering at the edges of his eyes.

And said a thing I wouldn't expect of him to say.

"I will protect brothers mate!" he shouted, blinking the tears rapidly away.

Reese yelled, "No, Keegan! Don't! Get behind me dammit!"

My mate looked like he could break at any second, so desperate to protect his little brother. He then looked at me, his eyes trying to blink away tears.

He was choosing who he needed to protect the most.

His family.

Or me.

And I'll make that choice for him.

I took a deep breath, and stretched as far as I could with my legs, putting my weight on my hands. The wolfbane burning me, but it felt numb now.

I wrapped my legs around Keegan's small form, and clutched him to me.

With all my might, I tossed him over to where Reese was, into his chest. Keegan let out a wail of surprise, but ceased when he knew he was safe.

Odette snarled out at me, reaching out before Reese asked her crassly, "Why are you doing this, Odette? We've done nothing wrong to you. Nothing!"

She froze, turning around with a crazed smile.

"Nothing you say? You all know that's a godamn lie! This... whore of yours... she is the daughter of a slut! You want to know the story, fine. I'm tired of this shit anyways," she chuckled, exploding.

She tapped her chin, taking out a blade and gently gliding it towards my neck, as she whispered, "Let the story begin, shall we?"

A/N: From this moment forth, the next few chapters will go to the past prior into another characters perspective. Odette's mothers POV.