The Abused Mate

Chapter 18 hunting then the war

Logan's P.O.V 

  The night went on and all you could hear were wolves howling and bears roaring into the night, it sounded like a stampede in the forest, as they hunted their prey, rabbits, mice, hogs and deer all ran for their lives and hid in their homes. The running and hunting was finally done and everyone ran back to the castle, shifting and getting dressed as they arrived back. Nancy, Connie and a few other females started sniffing the air, as some of the men started doing the same, they were smelling their mates. We came together as one that night and the packs cheered, full of joy that some found their mates that night. Everyone was getting tired and started heading back to their rooms and cabins. Layla was standing next to me, as Rose walked over to us and bowed her head.

  "Rose, I have thought about it and you are just too young to fight in this battle. I will permit you to train, but only after the battle is over and done with." Layla said and I nodded in agreement. 

  "I understand, when the time comes for the fight I will go down to the safe place with the kids and pregnant women." Rose replied, nodding her head and bowing to us, Rose walked away and went to her room. The night was a huge success and had ended, everyone shuffled off to bed, leaving the sounds of crickets and frogs echoing into the night, everyone slept in peace, even if it was just for one single night. The next morning was a sight to behold, what with newly formed mates and friendships. Everyone got up, dressed and was out on the training grounds, but they weren't training, instead they were standing around and sniffing. Kaun and I walked out to the training grounds and the smell hit us straight away, rotten eggs, death and there was something else, but I couldn't put my finger on what it was. I knew there were rogue's in the forest and they were watching us, but they weren't attacking. Was this Greg? Was he attacking now? 

  "We know you are there, if you don't want to be killed you need to come out now." I yelled, turning to face the forest.

  "And if there is anymore of you hiding in there, then you had better come out with them." Kaun said, looking in the same direction as me.

  "There are only ten of us here. We ran from the Red Devil pack, when we were told who we will be fighting and we came to join the fight with you sir." One man said, before coming forward. 

  "SHOW YOURSELVES NOW!" I growled loudly and one by one ten wolves walked out of the woods.

  "SHIFT!" I commanded, using my Alpha voice. They all shifted and we saw that there were three men and the rest were female, they all looked defeated and abused. 

  "My name is John. We escaped the Red Devil pack to come and help you fight that bastard. He tried to take advantage of the women and force them, we had to get out of there, I had to save them. I'm just sorry I couldn't save more from him. We knew after he told us who we would be fighting, that we needed to leave. We needed to figure out where to go, but we didn't realize how close we were until one of the females smelled a scent, she followed it and we followed her." John said, they all kneeled down, submitting to us. 

  "Kill us if you must, it's better than going back to that pack." John continued, baring his neck to us and everyone was stunned.

  "You may stay, but you will not fight. We will put you in the cellars until the war is over and if you wish to leave or join a pack, it will be up to you." Kaun said and John nodded. That pack must be bad if he preferred the cells to staying in the Red Devil pack, but yet again I was told of Greg's disgusting behaviour and I couldn't wait to kill that mutt.

  "Lead the way." John replied, just happy to be away from that pack. 

  Trish's P.O.V 

  I followed behind as they were taken down to the cells, I knew I still needed to face the ones that had killed my family, but I really didn't want to. I walked down the cold brick steps and down the long hallway, towards the cell that they were being kept in. I stood in front of the cell, watching them for a few minutes, until one of the girls stood up and walked towards me. 

  "Greg has been mind-linking us, he thinks we are still free." The woman said, why was she telling me this?

  "SHUT UP!" One of the guys behind her yelled, but she just rolled her eyes at him and turned back to me.

  "Greg is the other one that killed your parents, he was with us and he wants you for himself. He wants to rip out your tongue and torture you until you die. With your permission, I want to join you in the fight, I want to, no I need to redeem myself. I need to prove to you that some of us have changed and that we didn't want to do any of this." The woman said,  looking regretful.

  "I'm sorry, I can't let you out, not right now not yet." I replied, shaking my head. I had finally got what I wanted all along, the truth. Greg had always been sadistic and hateful, but to learn that he was the one that dealt the final blow to my parents, not only hurt it infuriated me and I had a new found hate for that man. I was never truly wanted in that pack and now I would have to fight for my life against them. The rogue's that had come forward today walked past me, as the guards led them to their cells and I couldn't help feeling sorry for them. They had escaped the same as me and were just trying to survive, I knew all too well what that felt like and what they had gone through, especially the women.

  "Make sure they get plenty to eat and one of the cells has a shower in it so they can bathe." I said to one of the guards and he nodded. I turned and left without looking back and without a second thought for the rogue's involved in my parents murder. I finally got outside and returned to David, collapsing into his arms.

  "Greg was there." I said, sobbing as David held me close, but looked confused. 

  "What do you mean Greg was there? Where?" David asked me and I started crying harder.

  "He was there when my parents were killed. Greg was the one that killed them." I said and David growled.

  "I think, No, I know he is going to go down, he is done hurting you. I'm fed up every time he is always linking, always near." David said, shaking his head to calm down, when suddenly the bells started to ring and the horns were blown. David and I quickly stood up to see that The Red Devil pack was here and they were running from the woods. We shifted and started running towards them, as everyone else shifted and ran out from the castle. Logan grabbed hold of a wolf, ripping it's head off and spitting it out as he ran forward. Mandy and Josh had shifted as they ran midway out the door and everyone was fighting. One of the bears grabbed a hold of a rogue sinking his teeth into his shoulder and ripping it's leg right off of him, he howled out in pain and went silent as the bear leaned down and bit his head off right off its shoulders. I was fighting a she-wolf and she had me pinned down, scratching at my chest and biting down on my neck, I jolted up and tossed her to the side, making her hit a huge tree. I had to shift back so I could heal quicker and then she shifted back to my wolf. Layla grabbed hold of a brown wolf that had white on its head and bit down onto her tail, it yelped out, as Layla swung it round by its tail and let it go, I watched as it flew into the sky and hit a tall pine tree. The war went on, when I was suddenly hit hard on the head and knocked out. I slightly came to when I felt someone dragging me along the forest floor.

  "HELP!" I screamed out as loud as I could.

  Skyler's P.O.V 

  I looked up and saw Trish being dragged away, she was surrounded by rogue's. I ran as fast as I could towards them, just as other rogues jumped in front of me. I quickly lunged at them, ripping their heads off and killing them, as I kept going, dodging rogue after rogue, when suddenly I got hit hard and knocked to the ground. I looked up and saw a huge black wolf stalking towards me, it growled at me and I growled back.

  "She's mine bitch." The huge wolf snarled, mind-linking me. I snarled and attacked him, David jumped on the black wolves back biting down on his shoulders, as he howled and fell back, making David let go of him. Kaun had a wolf by the paw and was ripping it from it's leg, another attacked him, but he shook him off and killed the wolf with the torn off paw, while the other ran. I looked back to see where Trish was, but she was gone and so was the huge black wolf. David let the angriest and saddest howl out, it echoed through the pack and everyone quickly shifted back, bowing down and submitting to him. 

  "We didn't want to do this, he was going to kill our families. Please, please do not kill us." One of the rogue's begged, but we just growled at them, watching as they begged for their lives.