How to reject a Luna

Chapter 21

*Tobias POV*

I need to catch up with them. Willow must be scared out of her mind. I need to get her back. Tell her I am sorry. Tell her I was wrong. Tell her that she is my everything and I should of treated her like that from the very first moment that I saw her.

But have I already lost her? Does she love Sebastian? How will I ever measure up to Sebastian? Will my Luna end up the beta female of the pack. I shake my head. No time to think about that, I have no time to break, my heart has no time to tear to shreds. I just need to get her back, get her to safety. Finally the scent starts lingering showing that they were slowing their pace.

'Keep your eyes open, they started slowing down here'

I can feel how anxious Sebastian is. I am going out of my mind too. But we can't do anything stupid, we can’t be in a rush. We don't want to get ourselves killed and we don't want to do anything that is going to get Willow hurt. We slow down our pace to assess the situation. We can't just go busting into unknown territory completely blind. We arrive at a massive concrete structure it looks like it has been abandoned for a long time. The concrete looks rough like it is brittle and bits have started to come down. It is surrounded by dense trees and there are vines growing all over it. There are even a few small trees starting to grow on the roof. If it wasn’t for following the scent I would have never even known there was such a large structure here. We stop and crouch down. Our wolves laying flat to the ground. Sebastian reports.

'I see 5 guards just patrolling the outside, I don't know how many more are inside'

I stop and think for a second. He continues.

'Should we call for backup?'

'I don't want to leave her with them any longer but I feel like it would be foolish to go rushing in there straight away'

'I can't handle thinking about what they are doing to her’

'I can't either'

I link 10 warriors to come to us. I link Sebastian again.

'I have back up coming, but I can't just sit here'

There is no way that I can just hang back until back up arrives, I have the main man that I trust beside me. Every second could be a second closer to Willow’s death. If I don’t know their purpose, I don’t know what they plan to do with her.

I look at Sebastian and his big gray wolf nods. We have trained together since we were infants. I don't even have to give him orders, we work as one, we know each others thoughts and plans without a single word spoken.

He backs up further into the trees and shifts. The sound is brief enough to not not be heard by the guards. He takes the position beside me and then I do the same. We stand side by side. I look at him and nod. He darts quickly to the right while I go left. Our footsteps silent and fast over the forest floor. I dive on the first guard. Wrapping one hand over his mouth and quickly snapping his neck. I drag him back into the trees and leave his body hidden. I run right again taking out the next guard taking him out just as quickly as the first and dragging him back into the trees, the whole process so fast that one would blink and miss it, barely a single sound can be heard, like a guard was never there.

I run again. I can't hear a single thing. I stop suddenly at the back of the building. I see the last guard. Sebastian stops in front of me. A big smile covering his face. We both look at the guard and then back at each other. He bows to me. I smile and silently take the last guard down. Sometimes there are privileges to being the boss.

Once all the external guards have disappeared without a trace, we silently slip around to the front entrance.

Sebastian nods at me before entering the building first, he moves so fast and so silently. I hear a little bit of a scuffle and enter barely 5 steps behind him.

We are going in blind but there is no one in this world I would rather have by my side to face something like this, to me he is a better partner than having 20 warriors flanking me.

I trust him with my life.

As soon as I enter the sight that greets me is Sebastian standing with a big grin on his face and blood covering his skin. I look at the 2 dead wolves and smile, we don’t stop for long to celebrate our victory, we won’t be victorious until Willow is safe and sound by our side.

I pick up Willow’s scent again and start leading the way, we move slowly and cautiously in the dangerous space. So far we have remained undiscovered, which is how I want to keep it.

I am not sure what they will do to Willow if they are alerted of our presence. Every so often Sebastian darting off to kill another wolf. I don't worry about that, I leave the unnecessary things to him, focusing solely on Willow.

I just follow where her scent leads me. Finally we get to a door. I motion Sebastian and the smile instantly disappears from his face. I look at the big solid wooden door. I have no idea what we are going to find in there, all I know is that Willow is in there.

I press my ear to the door. I can't even hear a single thing. There is just a single heartbeat but she wouldn't just be in there unguarded. I look at Sebastian. He nods and shrugs. We both raise our legs and release a powerful kick to the door with perfect synchronicity.

*Willow POV*

Finally they start slowing down, I don't think I can handle being carried like this any longer. My stomach hurts and my back hurts. I am positive that I must have broken a rib or two in the process. I don't say a word, I don’t complain, I don’t beg, not a single tear has fallen, I give no facial expression, nothing to show them what my thoughts and feelings are.

I try and use the time wisely and take in the faces of the people around me, notice their distinguishing features, work out if I have seen them before. I try and move around to see where we are going. But I really don't see much of anything. I don’t know what they want from me, they wanted to know if I was Tobias’ mate but I cannot figure out the reason for it. So what if I am, what value do I hold? To threaten him? He wouldn’t care whether I lived or died. If they just wanted to kill me, I assume it would have been done already, why bother going to such lengths?

The group stop suddenly and I nearly get whiplash as I my face hits the back of the man that is carrying me. I rub my nose as I am unceremoniously dumped on the ground. I hit the rough ground with a thud.

I glare at the guy but he takes no notice. I turn and look at the building in front of me. I hope we aren't going in there, it doesn't particularly look very stable. Large chunks of concrete are missing and the vines covering it have weakened the structural integrity. A big clump of my hair is grabbed as I start to get dragged, I struggle and try and hit his hand, my scalp feels like it is on fire. I am actually starting to miss the ride on the shoulder now.

"I can walk"

I yell in an annoyed tone. The pressure on my scalp is released and I stumble to my feet, I have no intention to run away, I am not the most athletic person in the world and even if I was, would I really stand a chance of outrunning a group of werewolves?

I brush off the sticks and leaves from my clothes and follow them inside. I follow them around the dilapidated structure, the internals are not fairing any better than the externals. If I don’t die by the hands of the people I am with, I may just die from building collapse.

I try to take in every twist and turn in case I get a chance to escape, even though I am well aware that the chances are slim. A big solid wooden door is opened and I am shoved roughly in the door, I barely keep my footing as I slightly run forward in an effort to stabilize myself.

4 big men follow me in and the heavy door is slammed shut with a large noise. I look up at the ceiling to make sure nothing is going to fall on me after the rude action. I look around the room after making sure I am not in any danger of falling debris. The 4 men position themselves in each corner and I stand in the middle. The room has a large, dust covered bed and not really much more furniture. The paint on the walls is peeling and by the looks of the age is probably filled with lead. There is rubble and dust everywhere, the large action with the door earlier disturbed the dust so it is hanging in the air, I cover my nose and mouth.

"What do you want from me?"

I glare at each and every one of the men, trying to work out who is in charge, waiting for someone to answer me. I wasn’t expecting much but one of them actually replies.

"Someone will be coming to get you soon"

"Who?"

"You have no right to know know"

I study the mans face, he shows not a shred of expression on his rough and haggard face. My lips curl into a smug smile

"I can't know because you don't know?"

I can tell I have hit a nerve straight away, they have no idea why I am here and who is taking me. His eyes start searching me.

"Shut up before I do something to shut you up"

I snort.

"And what are you going to do?"

His eyes instantly turn a dark shade of black and he starts walking toward me in a slow intimidating manner. Good one Willow why can't you just keep your mouth shut? Why poke the bear? I am not sure what is wrong with me, I should be scared, I should be crying, I should be hiding in the corner, instead the level of sarcasm coming out of my mouth is well beyond my usual level.

He grabs me by the throat and throws me across the room and on to the bed. A big cloud of dust flies into the air, it nearly chokes me more than the large hand that has a tight grip on my throat. I look around wildly, my eyes shifting back and forwards as I claw at the hand that is quickly cutting off all airflow. The other 3 men come towards my flailing body, a mixture of sinister and lustful expressions on their faces.

"It seems a pity to miss a chance with such a pretty young thing"

I finally start to panic. Me and my big mouth, why did I have to say that? What are they going to do to me? My voice starts to finally have a tiny shake to it.

"What are you going to do?"

Malicious smiles spread across their face, their eyes are all as dark as ink as they watch me with unblinking sight.

"What do you think we are going to do? We are men and you are a little woman"

Realization finally hits me, they are not going to kill me they are going to do something else, I start to panic. The one with his hands around my throat rips my singlet top to shreds with his claws. I scream as the expression on their faces shows pure lust and malice. I am so terrified. I keep picturing Sebastian and I keep picturing Tobias, wanting them to come rescue me but they probably don't even know I'm missing yet. Why did I run? I would feel safer in the midst of their fight. Why didn’t I just listen to Sebastian? I could have been out of town by now. Fear grips my body, my legs kick wildly, my hands hit anything within reach, my body bucks wildly.

All of a sudden everything goes black.