XANDER'S POV:

Noah and I were walking silently back to our pack when he asked, "So how are we going to find the place where he is hiding her?"

"I'm gonna smell it out."

Noah frowned at me"How? How can you know the scent you haven't smelt for years."

"I Have something to remind me."

Noah is silent for a minute. "I do too, but...it might smell more like the Alpha Rogue than the place." He says bitterly.

I pat his shoulder, "It's okay. I'll be fine to track it with what I've got."

Noah nods silently. There was a long pause before he asked me, "So how're you holding up."

I laugh without humour, "What're you think, Noah? My mate has been taken from me by one of the cruellest creatures to walk this world. I feel like there's this half of me that's missing and whatever I do I can't get it no matter how bad I want it. So Just fuck off, Noah, you don't know what I'm going through!" By the end of it I found myself shouting. 

"Actually I do...My wife is dead. What you have is better than what I had." Noah growled bitterly.

"Yes but she wasn't your mate!" I growled, "She was just some girl that you fell in love with! I have it worse! I have the other half of my fucking soul ripped from me!! I am NOT WHOLE!"

Noah grabs me by my shirt and shoves me against a tree, "Don't speak about my wife like that! I have NO MATE!! The moon Goddess did not make me a mate!! So I did what I wanted! I fell in love with a human, but it was damn well worth it! SHE WAS WORTH IT! So don't give me shit about not knowing the feeling of your other half ripped out of you! MY OTHER HALF IS DEAD AND YOURS IS NOT!!" he shouts.

I push him, grab him by the neck and slam him down on the ground.

"If you ever handle me like that again Noah...I won't hesitate to end your misery!" I growled.

I felt my wolf almost surfacing. I blinked my eyes and realised what I was doing. I was holding my beta down on the ground for trying to be a friend to me.I soften my hold on him and help my Beta up, "I'm sorry Noah. I shouldn't have said those things. Having Izzy gone is driving me crazy, but I know that's no excuse for treating you the way I did" I sighed and rubbed my neck, "And I know you loved your wife very much. And I hope one day you will find a mate that will ease your pain Brother."

Noah nods and pats my shoulder, "I get it, Xander. I do."

My ears perk up as I hear a twig snap in the distance. Noah and I are both on edge as we stand ready to fight.

My eye catches the bush beside the tree shaking. I'm about to charge and attack, but I stop when I see who came around the tree.

"Eddie?"

He's lost a lot of muscle. He's got bruises and whipping lashes all over his body. He drops to the ground and reaches out his hand.
He wheezes, "Help me....."

IZZY'S POV:

I wake up to the sound of my cell door opening.

I am instantly on my feet ready to fight. I see one of the guards come in. I smell him and smile slightly. Human. Easy.

He tries to grab me, but I escape his attempt. I kick him where the sun don't shine. He groans as he cups his pathetic excuse of a manhood. I grab his keys and run out of the cell. I then lock him in. He runs to try grab me through the bars, but I back away.
"Let me out of here, you bitch! Guards! Guards!"

I quickly move to Lincoln's cage, but he grabs my arms and shoves me back.
"No! Leave! Don't try to free anyone! Just go and save yourself!" He shouts at me

I felt myself beginning to feel torn, "But what about you! You helped me!"

"If you really want to help me come back for me with Xander's army."

"I will! I promise" 

I quickly run down the large hallway of cages. I open each door and run through. Trying to find my out to the surface. It seems that each room has a set of stairs which leads me to think that all of the prisoners quarters are underground.

I see light under the last door! Yes! I'm coming for you Xander!

I rush to open it only for my hope to die. Matheseus stands in the doorway with a big happy smile.

"Why, my darling, are you being so difficult?"

I growl, "Because I want to get back to my mate! That's why!"

His smile falters, "Well...I guess you may want to stay if I eliminate your mate. If I get him out if the way, you will be all mine." He says in a cheerful voice.

I snarl at his face and spit on his shoes, "I have no desire to stay with you. Even if Xander was killed, I would rather die along side him if it meant getting away from you and staying with my mate."

This did not make him happy. His face totally transforms into pure evil as his eyes turn black with anger.

He grabs me by the neck and lifts me into the air. I hold onto his wrist. Trying to relieve the constriction. "You listen my darling and you listen well," he growls, "You are MINE!! You will forever be mine! And you will have to live with the knowledge that you are the reason that Xander was killed."

Wait....what?

He smiles darkly at me with his evil eyes."Yes that's right! You being here is luring him here, and once he's here I will make him suffer."

"No!" I chock, "Don't ....hurt.....him!"

He laughs, "Oh honey, his tolerance for pain is amazing thanks to me. Torture does not work with him. I will be hurting the one thing that he holds most close to him."

No...

He smiles twisted, "You. I will be hurting you, violating you in front of him. And he can't do anything about it. It will rip him from the inside out seeing his mate. Wait no, his pregnant mate going through the exact same thing he went through."

He tightens his hold on my neck. My eyes roll back in my head as I fall into blackness.

XANDER'S POV:

I sat beside Eddie's hospital bed as well as my sister Zapora. She has fallen asleep with her hand in his. As much as I don't like it, I know he'll be good to her.

"Do you think he'll be okay?"

I look at my sister. Her eyes are puffy and red from crying.

"I don't know. Who knows what he went through down there."

Zapora looks at her mat with worry.

In the corner of my eye, I see Eddie stirring awake. I see him opening his eyes. He looks around the room with confusion. "Where am I?"

Zapora is instantly standing up and leaning over him to check if he's okay.
"You're in a hospital Eddie. You're okay. My brother and Noah found you in the bush."

He looks at her in confusion, "I'm sorry, who're you?"

Tears are instantly filled in her eyes. Damn it. I stand up and walk around the bed and lay my hand on her shoulder.

"What do you mean who am I? It's me? Zapora? Your MATE!" She cries.

He looks at her for a minute and then his eyes widen. He grabs her and crushes her into a hug, "Zapora! Oh thank god! I'm so sorry! I forgot something's from all they've done to me. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

She smiles as she hugs him back, "You kept your promise."

He frowns a little, but said "Yeah...yeah I did keep my promise."

I frowned. I felt myself observe him closely. What's wrong with him? What have they done to him?

I leave the mates to catch up. I see Soul and Noah sitting in the waiting room as I approach. They both bow their heads.
"Alpha."

"He's just woken up. Once he gets a hold of himself and gets stronger, we'll ask him for everything he knows about the Rogue Army."

"What do you mean get a hold of himself?" Soul asks.

"He seems confused about himself and disorientated."

Soul frowns a little. "Doesn't sound like him. Eddie would usually jump straight with a clear mind."

I nod "I'm sure he would have. But we don't know what he's been through. His mind could be slightly addled with the tortures he insured."

Soul nods but he's still frowning.

I hear the door to Eddie's room open. I turn around and see Zapora in a panic.
"You need to hear what Eddie needs to say!"

We all rush into his room and see his pale sunken in figure cower as we approach.

I hold my hands up, "Eddie, everything is okay. No one here is going to hurt you."

He nods, "You need to get to my sister! I saw her there Xander! She's in your old cellar!"

I growl and my jaw clinches in anger, "Is she okay?"

"Not for long. You need to get to her before his plan goes into motion!"

"What plan?"

"He's wanting revenge, Xander. He wants you to suffer. He's planning on getting Elizabeth pregnant."

I snarl loudly. This fiery fury boils inside of me. I grip my hair as I walk around the room growling in extreme anger. I shout as I punch a hole in the walls. "He's not gonna put any fucking bastard of a child inside of her!" I yell.

"There's more." Eddie said hesitantly.

"What else is there?" I say breathing heavily.

"He says that if you don't come to meet death...then he will kill her...in 3 days."

"He's not going to touch her!" I turn to my beta, "Noah, round the troops and get them ready. Eddie, do you think you can lead us to where it is?"

He nods.

Zapora stands up, "No! Eddie was just found and now you want to send him out there again? No way!"

Eddie gently touches her elbow. He whispers something in her ear that made her sag. She slowly nods her head with a sad frown.

I nod, "Good. Tomorrow we go to war."

IZZY'S POV:

Xander is holding me close to him, I remember him saying, "I would have found you. I will always find you Izzy, wherever you are I will do everything to have you in my arms....safe."

I open my eyes in disappointment. It was just a memory. But it still gave me hope.
I've been in this room for a day now. I woke up in a room with concrete walls and no windows. There was a big extravagant dark red bed with lamps on each side. A photo of a sunset beach.
A coffee table with a small couch. There were also two doors. One, I'm assuming is the bathroom and other, the exit.

No one has come in or out for hours. I look around the room. There was cameras in here. Of course there are cameras in here.

I see the knob of the door jiggle as someone unlocks it with a key.

Matheseus steps in with his big twisted smile. "How are you feeling my darling?"

I ignore him. All I do is stare at him with pure and utter hate.

He nods his head and sighs totally unaffected by me ripping him to shreds with my eyes, "I see. What a shame. Don't worry my dear. The fun will start once your mate gets here. And don't fret, there are no cameras in the bathroom. We're not perverts."

I laughed. Genuinely laughed because what he was a fucking joke, "I'm sorry, it's not actually funny. It's just this is coming from a man who molests little boys."

He marches right up to me. I get up off the bed and stand my ground. His arm strikes out, I duck under it, but he grabs my hair, pulling me back, causing me to yelp, and then he slams me against the wall and punches me in the face twice. One in the eye and one in the mouth. The looks he gives me leaves me feeling frozen as his eyes held no warmth, no mercy. They were black with a sick darkness."Do not disrespect me ever again my darling. I would hate for you to suffer at the same level is the prisoners."

"Why not? I feel like one, might as well be one?" I groan in pain.

He gives me his creepy smile again and chuckles, "Of course you're not my delicate little butterfly. You're my guest." The quick change in moods only made him scary. He was completely unpredictable.

"Do you treat all your guests like this? Like a punching bag?" I shout.

"You're my only guest darling. Now, one of my boys will come in with some food."

I growl at his back as he leaves.

I lay down on the bed in exhaustion. I take a deep breath. I need to calm down. My stress is probably not good for the baby.

I look down at my stomach. It's already protruding slightly. I lift my shirt and run my hands over my belly.

"Hey there little guy." I whisper, "How you doing in there?"

My eyes pool with tears. I keep rubbing it, "Mummy love you," I sob, my thoughts going to Xander, "Daddy loves you. Oh baby daddy doesn't even know about you and he loves you with all his heart." I sob.

I sob for Xander, for Lincoln, for my child, for Eddie and for my future.

"Please let my baby live," I sob to the moon goddess, "I give you FULL permission to do ANYTHING to me as long as my child is safe with my mate!"

I curl in a ball and sob my heart out. I release all my pain through my cries.