Mates: Revenge

Chapter 14

~Jayden~

Two days…….it’s been two days since my little girl disappeared. I can’t eat, I barely sleep. I am simply a shell. I can’t remember what I do from day to day or minute to minute. Everything is a big blur and I can’t distinguish anything from….well, anything. My heart has stopped beating, though I’m sure that can’t be true since I still exist. It FEELS like my heart has stopped beating. I barely leave my room and if I do, I wind up in my office. I don’t remember how I get from one place to the other and I don’t really care. I know I’m supposed to be an Alpha and I have a pack to think about, but……

I WANT MY PUP BACK!

There has been so much of that. If Jace isn’t curled up and crying about our missing pup, he is yelling like that and threatening to break free. I’m struggling to keep him under wraps. The struggle is taking everything I have, which isn’t much because I am grieving my loss. If Brooklyn doesn’t make it back soon, I may lose it for good. I will lose my pack and my mate. The weaker I am, the weaker Jace is. On the other hand, the weaker I am, the more I lose touch with those around me. I need my heart back in my arms.

~Kehlani~

Jayden has been in a daze for the past two days. Everyone has been working around the clock to find Brooklyn and Melanie. Many times I have wanted to break down, but I can’t. I have to hold it together because Jayden is lost to us all. I have forced him to drink water because making him eat is an impossible task. Keeping the water in his system keeps him out of the hospital. Issac has been on video call daily to check on him, but Jayden doesn’t process that he is there. Issac is away on pack business with his family and they can’t be there for him physically. Jayden’s parents are due to arrive soon and they, too, are devastated.

I’m running on fumes to be honest. I’m trying so hard to keep up a brave face and be the Alpha that my pack needs me to be. The pain from Jayden is crippling to the point where I had to block him just to be able to get out of bed in the morning. We, both, can’t fall apart. The pack needs us to be there for them even during our own grief. I just hope that we can find them soon, because I don’t know how long Jayden can hold on to the tiny bit of sanity he still has.

~Melanie~

I don’t know how long we have been here, but we are rarely left alone. We barely get any food or water. Anything we are given, I make sure Brooklyn takes it all. She tried to fight with me about that in the beginning, but I won out. I need her to be as strong as possible. If I can’t make it out, I will make sure that Brooklyn survives. Her parents need her and she has her entire life ahead of her. Daniel keeps spouting the same crap that he has since we first got here and it hasn’t made any more sense than before. I have no idea what I could have done to him to make him do this to me. I never met him before seeing him at the school that one time. Hell, he is supposed to be my fated mate, so I don’t get how he could do this to me. He keeps me tied up and injected wolfsbane, I’m guessing. I haven’t felt Winnie in so long, so I assume it’s the wolfsbane doing its worse. I don’t know how much more I can take before I lose my wolf forever.

Daniel is sitting in the chair, as usual, talking his usual nonsense. The CeCe person he mentioned hasn’t been here that I have seen, so it leaves me a bit hopeful for Brooklyn. I hear the door open and feet going down the steps of the stairs. As they walk down further, I am able to see more of them and nothing is familiar. It is an old woman with grayish silver hair down her back. She is wearing a simple black dress that covers her feet and has long sleeves. Her eyes are purple, which is not common at all. She reminds me of a witch to be honest.

“CeCe, what the hell took you so long to come back? You were supposed to be back days ago!” A can see the smirk on her face as she stands next to Daniel and takes a look at myself and Brooklyn.

“You know I had to ttttttttttake care of sssssssssssome bussssssssinessssssssssssss.” Her voice is so raspy. I don’t know if this is common among witches, which I have decided that she is, or not.

“Your priority is whatever I need.” Daniel shakes his head and stands up. “I thought this was supposed to wear off already.” What is he talking about? CeCe turns to him.

“If it wears off too ssssssssssoon, sssssssssshe will be at full capaccccccccccity. You may find this to be an inconvenienccccccccce, but it issssssssss keeping you ssssssssafe at the sssssssssame time.” I wish I had a decoder book or ring so I could figure out whatever they are talking about. I know it is something having to do with me and the more I know, the better I can plan to get Brooklyn out of here.

“Well, when will you take the child?” Oh hell no, Brooklyn is not going anywhere with her. I can hear Brooklyn whimper next to me. I wish I could reassure her, but I don’t have that luxury right now.

“I will oncccccccccce you no longer need me. I have enough power to sssssssssee thisssssssss through. SSSSSSSSSSSShe will just be…….fuel for later.” At least I know I have time to come up with a plan. What that plan will be, I have no idea. I have to get Brooklyn out of here and talking to Daniel is a waste of breath.