Gavin snickered and relaxed his grip a little on the arrow and released it just a tad away from his throat. "Awwww, such a sweet, sweet thing," he sneered. "Why don't you go ahead and kiss and make up? It looks like you need it."

"Then you need to let us go, Gavin," my father said, "so that we can do that. I have no weapons on me. I know that you have made sure of that."

"Yes, but Leonardo is not done with your daughter," Gvain said and looked at him. "I do not know if she has any more weapons on her, and I know that she will lie to me, to us, and say that she doesn't have anything else."

I didn't say a word and slowly blinked while I kept my gaze on Leo. My heart pounded hard and fast in my chest, and I couldn't help but flinch while I pressed my lips into a thin line, scared of what was to come next.

"Well?" Gavin asked and raised an eyebrow in question before he narrowed his eyes and scowled. "Do you have any other weapons on you?" he asked. He pushed the arrow further up my father's neck, and my father closed his eyes and pursed his lips in annoyance and fear. "Do not lie to me, Annabelle."

I hesitated before I slowly shook my head. "No," I said, my voice barely above a whisper. "I do not have any other weapons on me. Leo took all of them from me."

Gavin narrowed his eyes further and pursed his lips in annoyance, and I could tell that he did not believe me. "Go ahead and finish checking her over, Leonardo," Gavn said with a small snap in his voice. "I hope you know what will happen if you are lying to me, Sweetheart." He bared his teeth in warning and dug the arrow further into my father's neck.

"Stop, please," I begged when my father groaned in pain and tried to move away from it, and my heart started to pound faster and faster while I stared at him with tears in my eyes. "Please, I am telling the truth, Gavin. Let him finish checking me out, but take that arrow out of his neck. Please. I am begging you."

Gavin sneered and narrowed his eyes, and I could tell that he was happy because I was crying. "Fine," he said and pulled the arrow away from my father's throat, much to my relief. "Go ahead, and check her over, Leonardo."

"Yes, Alpha," Leo said and nodded in confirmation. He finished checking my breasts before he slowly moved his hands lower body. His hands started to shake, and I could tell that he didn't want to continue.

"Touch her ass," Gavin said, watching him, "and then touch the insides of her legs, too."

"Bu-"

"Do it," Gavin said, interrupting him. "Now." He started to push the arrow further into my father's neck, and my father winced and grimaced while he closed his eyes again.

"Ok, ok," Leo begged, and tears seemed to prick the corner of his eyes while he watched my father and him. "Please, stop pushing the arrow into her father's neck." He did what he was told to do and touched my ass and then moved his hands until he was touching the inside of my legs.

I bit the inside of my lips and stayed silent while I stared at him, praying that my mate wouldn't know what was happening to me.

"Well?" Gavin asked and raised an eyebrow in question, releasing the arrow from my father's throat. "Have you found anything there like I thought you would?"

"No, Alpha," Leo said and shook his head. "I have not."

"Then continue down her legs," he said. "One at a time. Front and back."

"Yes, Alpha," Leo said and nodded. He started to do what he was told to do and moved his hand up and down my leg. His whole body was tense, and he kept his gaze on me while he did so.

"Well?" Gavin asked and raised an eyebrow in question. "Have you found anything yet?"

"No, Alpha," Leonardo said while he shook his head. "I have not felt anything yet."

"Hmph." He pursed his lips into a thin line and narrowed his eyes while he stared at us. "Keep looking. You still have one leg that you haven't checked."

"I will," he said and nodded in confirmation. He did what he was told to do and went to the next one. He paused when he felt the gun through the boot before he moved his hand lower as if he felt nothing.

Shit...

My whole body grew tense, and I slowly blinked while I stared at him. I didn't say a word while I stared at him, praying that he wasn't going to tell Gavin about the gun that I had hidden in my boot.

"Well?" Gavin asked and raised an eyebrow in question when Leo stopped checking me over and stood. "Did you find anything?"

"No, Alpha," he said and shook his head. "I have not found anything else." He cleared his throat and shifted on his feet while he bowed his head a little. "I have not found anything on her. I apologize, Alpha."

Gavin bit back a small snort while he rolled his eyes before he looked at my father. "You haven't taught your daughter anything, haven't you, Hunter?" he asked and raised an eyebrow in question.

"She didn't need to be a part of this world," my father gasped out, and I couldn't help but bite my lip when a sting of pain filled my heart. "She didn't need to know."

"Awwww, poor, poor little Bellie," Gavin said while he sneered and looked at me. "It looks like you are just a worthless piece of shit that didn't need to know how to protect yourself."

"I still knew how to fight even without not knowing about the Supernatural world around me," I said, my voice barely above a whisper. I kept my gaze on Leo and didn't even look at Gavin or my father because I wanted to figure out what Leo was trying to do.

"Hmph," Gavin smirked and narrowed his eyes further while he stared at me. "Of course you can," he said, sarcastically. "Then why didn't you stop me from clawing your side on that fateful day?" he asked and raised an eyebrow.

I licked my lips and bit the inside of my lip, hesitating. "Because you scared me, Gavin," I said, my voice barely above a whisper, "when you shifted into your wolf form, I-I froze. I-I couldn't breathe, couldn't think, and I was scared of you."

I am still a bit afraid of you, but I know that I will be able to survive this...

"Hmph." His smirk grew deeper before he pulled the arrow away from my father's throat. "Are you still afraid of me?" he asked and raised his eyebrow higher.

Yes...

I gulped and hesitated before I slowly nodded.

"Good," he said and shoved my father to the ground before he looked at Leo. "Tie them up and make sure that they are away from everything and everyone. Is that understood?"

"Yes, Alpha," Leo said and nodded. He grabbed my arm and pulled me toward him and my heart skipped a beat before it started to pound in fear because I had no idea what he was planning on doing.

"Oh, and Belle, Dear," Gavin said, and I hesitated and looked at him to see that he was standing over my father. He sneered and kicked my father in the face, and there was this sickening crunch when he broke my father's nose.

My father bit back a groan of pain and grabbed his nose, twisting away from Gavin, and my heart sank into the pit of my stomach.

"No!" I exclaimed and lurched toward him but couldn't because Leo had both of my arms in his hands. Tears poured from my eyes, and all I wanted to do was go to my father and take care of him, but I still couldn't move because Leo was stronger than me and grabbed my arms a little too hard. "Papa!"

"I'm ok, Belle," my father groaned out through tears. "Stop struggling against Leonardo. I'm alive and am ok. I promise."

"For now," Gavin sneered. He bared his teeth and growled while he took a threatening step toward me. "If you do not behave, then I will kill your father. Is that understood?"

I stopped struggling against Leo and nodded, not able to speak.

"Speak, Goddess damnit," he snapped. "Do you understand?"

"Yes, Alpha," I said, my voice barely above a whisper. "I understand."

"Good." He looked at Leo. "Now, get them out of my sight."

And with that, he left, leaving my father broken on the ground and then me in Leo's arms in tears,

Oh, Goddess, no...