Cody's POV

I groan as I feel my aching body pressed to something deeply uncomfortable beneath me. There's something that's digging into my back but my body feels too groggy and dead for me to do anything about it. It's a struggle for me to open my eyes as if someone is purposely trying to keep them close but after a few minutes of struggling I finally managed to get some light.

The force of it makes me squirt away but once my gaze is settled I'm able to widen them to take in my surroundings and my breath catches in my throat when I find out that I'm not at home. That I'm not even close.

Fear and anxiety race to shoot down my throat and spine as the events from earlier or yesterday or whenever it happened, come crashing down on me. I remember getting that text from James and being so excited to see him. I recall the way that I left the library early and went to the bathroom to make sure that I was cute for my papa bear. And when I walked in that bedroom and saw what I did.....

The thoughts of those invasive pictures that I found in that room where anybody could come in and see them, has me gagging in fear and hatred towards whoever is behind this. I'm not able to stop myself as I throw up all over the floor in front of me with tears streaming down my face as a panic attack slams into my body. I wipe my mouth with the back of my hand and look around in fear as I whimper.

I'm in what looks like an abandoned old cabin that's turned into an open, empty shack. Across the room I can see a bundle on the floor but as I look closer I begin to see that it looks like another human form curled up against the wall.

The prospect of having someone else in the same situation as me, is mean but only a little to know that I won't be going through this alone.

I knew I should've stayed at home.

I knew I should have begged James for us to stay.

My breathing comes in rapid gasps and my hearing goes in an out as I panic on what to do. I go to bring my hands up to cover my ears in hopes that the rising voices in my head would shut off but I am unable to when I feel the shackle around my wrist.

Seeing the metal sitting there so calmly around my body has me spiraling down into a mental hole that I can't seem to keep myself from falling into.

Just as I'm about to reach the peak of no return, I feel Jessie begin to stir within me. My gasps for breath must've woken him from his own slumber and I feel him begin to look around as confusion and then alarm begin to set in. 'Cody what the hell happened?' He asks me as he takes in the one room abandon building and a lack of anything in there besides two bodies in a dingy blanket then I'm laying on.

'I don't know. I got a text from James' phone and.... and...' I'm unable to finish the sentence as a new round of sobs in panic force its way over me choking the words that are trying to come from my throat. Realizing that I'm in no state to answer his questions, I feel him go through my conscience as he searches for how we got here and there's the feeling of anger and aggression that fills him form inside of me making me whimper away from him in fear.

My mind is to all over the place for him to be getting so angry and violent inside of my mind and I think he realizes that when I whimper and begin to spiral even further into my own thoughts .

'Let me take it from here, Cody.' He tells me and though I wish I was strong and that I could take on whoever it is that took me unwillingly from my Mate and my life, I know in my heart that I'm too weak and I may as well let Jessie take control. I whisper an okay to him and I feel him wrap his conscience around me in a loving way before he allows himself to push forward while settling me into the back of our mind. Not wanting to be a part of this any longer I'll let myself drift off to sleep and allow my wolf to handle this scary and frustrating situation for the both of us.

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Jessie's POV

     I let myself come forward to take control of our conjoined body and I can't help but allow the anger and frustration to flow through my body at the thought of us being taken away so easily from James and Sloan. The two of the,  I have no doubt, have figured out that we are no longer at the school and their reactions are something that I don't wish to be a part of.

     I feel Cody force him self to sleep in the back of my mind and I feel pity for the small omega human wolf knowing that all of this at once is triggering his anxiety that started all those years ago with our family. With the small bean asleep now allow myself to start thinking of ways to get out of here knowing that we won't stay for long either at the hands of our self or our Mate.

As I look down at the chains that bind my wrist I try to let my conscience wander out in order to reach James and let him know at least the environment that we're in. But to my surprise there's like a weight weighing down my mind that's making it unable for me to reach out to anyone, much less my Mate.

And suddenly Cody panicking doesn't seem like such a bad idea after all.

I try to keep my mind on straight as I begin to look around me for clues in case the temporary block on my link decides to disappear. Looking around I noticed that the front door is barely on its hinges.

There's no lightbulbs or anything in the room so when night reaches us this whole building will be dark. And if that door is barely hanging on and I don't know was out there outside of this cabin, I'm not so sure that me or the person huddled in the corner will be safe tonight.

I turn my head and noticed that there's a chair sitting in a corner. It's not run down and raggedy like everything else in the small cabin but new and clean. That lets me know that somebody comes here often and I bet whoever it is is behind this whole shit show that started a few months back.

As much as I love and adore both James and Sloan I don't understand why one person would go to such great lengths just for a little high school crush. Everyone knows that wolves Mate for life and are extremely loyal to a fault so the fact that this bitch, whoever it may be, thinks that she can get away with harming an Alpha's Mate, she has another thing coming. I make myself get up from off of the dirty blanket beneath me not knowing where is been and pull myself backwards until my back is pressed against the wall behind me.

Even as the water soaks through my shirt and leaves me shivering, I would much rather have my back pressed up against the wall where nothing can sneak up on me.

I don't know how long goes by, maybe an hour maybe three but I'm staring off the space before my ears twitch and I pick up the sound of footsteps coming my way. I straighten myself up, not wanting to be caught lacking especially in a place that I'm unfamiliar with and let my eyes travel to the door where they stay waiting for the person to make an appearance.

The footsteps are heavy and thick as they fall on a crush leaves outside and suddenly I have a pitiful epiphany on who it might be.

I watch with gritted teeth as the half broken door to gets pushed inside and the man that hunts half of Cody's nightmares steps inside the room. "Hello, Cody." The man tells me with a disgusting smile on his lips and it makes me want to barf all over again.

"Alpha Richard." I snarl at him, my lip raising in a challenge and I see his surprises look that crosses his face before he laughs. He comes closer to where I am chained to the wall, but I don't notice the way he stays out of reach.

       "Oh that's new. You got a little wolf, huh?" He taunts me but I don't let it phase me as I stare the old bastard down, my eyes narrowed at the smug look of his face.

      "Go to hell."

       " I probably will be. But before I go I'll try my damnedest to make sure you get there first. I told you, you weren't going to tarnish my name or my family with your sins." He tells me as he looks down at my small form and I wish I could shift into my wolf and tear the bastards head off. And I still might be able to, but I'll break my wrist trying to get out of the chain, and it might not heal in time for me to serve the final blow.

     Fuck.

      "James is going to kill you." I tell him and he shakes his head and gives me a taunting smile.

     "Oh, he won't kill me, all I did was provide a plan and a means."

      "He'll get Jessica too. We know she's your accomplice." I tell him but before he can answer, a voice does for him.

      "See that's where you're wrong. It's always Jessica this, and Cody that. That's okay though. You'll both be gone soon enough." I turn towards the chilling voice and when I see who it is, I wish with all my heart that it was Jessica instead that was behind this thing all along.

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Haha got you guys. So many of you were convinced it was Jessica. So if it's not her? Who's is it then?

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