Life of a Broken Heart

Chapter 7–Bryan Rogue King part 1

Ares Maxwell POV

Scanning my surroundings, making sure we have seen no rogue. Titling my large golden wolf's head from my resting place on the ground, standing up stretching and shaking out my golden fur. Letting the light breeze go through my warm fur. Enjoying being in my wolf form, after the week of being in my mate’s old pack lands.

“Ares, we need to head back soon. Something doesn’t feel right with our mate” tensing up my body from hearing Ra’s worried voice. “Ra, keep our connection open with Lilianna!” closing off my mind link connection with my wolf, making a full run back towards the pack’s land of Rising river wolf pack.

“Seanna, are you all right, my love?” sending a link to my mate through our private mind link. Feeling worry coursing throughout my body, making myself run faster to get to my heart, my life, my love, my angel.

Making it back in record time, shifting back into my human form, grabbing my sweat pants putting them on.

“Angel, please answer me.” Heading towards the pack’s small clinic within the pack house full of young adolescent pups and ranked members. Seeing the clinic up ahead, worry still coursing through my soul.

“Ares, what is going on?!” sighing with relief, hearing my mate’s voice through our private link. Pushing open the office door to my mate’s temporary office here in the pack.

Scanning the room, looking for my beautiful mate. Taking a seat in my mate’s office chair, breathing in her calming scent of fresh rain and lavender. Closing my eyes, waiting for my mate to come back.

“Ares?” tender touches upon my face, feeling the sparks and love coming from the one woman who holds my heart in her small delicate hands. I open my eyes, seeing my love sitting upon my knee on my lap. Worry written across her heart shaped fae features. Wrapping my arms around waist pulling her more onto my lap. Sighing with contempt, happiness knowing that my mate safe in my arms.

“Love, when you did not answer our link. I got worried something happened to you again” pulling her more into me, hiding my face within her slender neck, trying to keep my fears and tears at bay.

“Ares, my warrior mate.” Feeling her tender hands run through my dark chestnut hair. Letting her presence engulf me, calming down my racing heart from today’s ordeal. Tightening my hold on my mate, not wanting to let her go.

Seanna’s Myst POV

Sitting on Ares lap, wrapping my arms around his neck, hugging him to me. Just letting him hold me, knowing that something is going to happen. Kissing the top of my warrior’s head. Letting him know I am not going anywhere from him.

“Sea, Ra just told me he felt something off with us. Like something bad is going to happen” tightening my hold on my mate, laying my head upon his own letting Lili’s words soak through my thoughts.

“Lili, do you suppose the rogues are behind this?” I asked through our connection.

“Not 100% sure.” Lilianna replied, laying down in her human mindscape, ending their connection.

Keeping my arms wrapped around my mates’ neck, feeling myself being lifted into his strong muscular arms. Leaning my head against his chest, as he carries me bridal style, back towards our room within the pack’s house.

“Sleep, my love” hearing his strong heartbeat and soft baritone voice, always brings warmth and love throughout my body. Nodding my tired mind, letting sleep consume me. Snuggling more into the warm bed, sniffing my mate’s powerful aroma of fresh ocean and sandalwood. Smiling with so much happiness coursing through my veins, with my mate near me. 

Sitting up in the bed, crawling my way towards my strong warrior mate, my alpha male sitting next to me on our king size bed. Curling myself against his side, placing head upon his chest, wrapping my arm around his waist. Snuggling more into him, feeling the calmness wash over me. Letting my tired eyes droop close, hearing his strong heart beat breathing in my mates’ scent, calms my nerves. Knowing tomorrow will be another day to fight for us. Feeling his strong fingers run through my hair, keeping my mind from worrying about the what if’s, about the danger that is rising within these rogue attacks?

“Sleep, my love. No one will ever take you from me.” Snuggling more into my mate, letting the darkness of sleep consume me. Closing out private link from his deep rich baritone voice, lulling my tired mind to rest from the day.

Line break

Mid-morning the next day, Seanna is working back in the pack clinic alongside the other pack doctors. Sighing with worry about her warrior mate out on patrols. Looking up from her pile of paperwork, noticing how everything was quiet too quiet.

“Sea, something does not feel right.” Opening up both mind links with Lilianna and her Ares. Getting up from her seat, the pack doctor makes her way through the clinic.

“Lili, keep our mate's bond connection strong, and do not allow our connection to break with our mate!” hiding her scent from plain sight, seanna makes her way back to her office keeping her guard up. Scanning the room for any threats.

“Sea, we need to leave now. I can feel someone in our office.” Listening to Lili, seanna grabs her coat from her chair along with her cell phone. Pivoting around to leave the room. Stopping in her tracks seeing the one person she has not seen in six years.

“Bryan?” taking a small step back from her ex-mate.

“Seanna, my sweet, sweet seanna” trying to keep her heart rate from bursting out of her chest from the fear of seeing her ex-mate.

“Ares!” sending an urgent message to Ares through our private mind link. Keeping her eyes upon Bryan, trying to figure out her way out of this situation she is in. “Bryan, what are doing here?” trying to stall time for someone to come save her.

“tsk, Seanna. I am here for you.” Seanna kept her eyes glued to the approaching man, two feet away from her.

“Love, where are you right now?!” letting out the breath she was holding in, hearing her warrior’s mate voice from their private mind link.

“Ares, I’m still in my office. Bryan. He is here, he wants me for himself” trying to hold back the powerful emotions of fear, love, and worry from the man in front of her.

“Sea! Move!” Lilianna yelled.

Seanna turns around side stepping the one who tried to grab her from behind. Realizing that it was too late. Seanna tried to break free from Bryans hold.

“Tsk, Seanna. Don’t make things harder for you. Come along, my dear mate.” Being grabbed from behind, having both of her arms held against her chest from Bryan holding her against her will.

“Bryan, let me go!” Seanna yelled. Struggling with everything she had against her enemy. Using the bit of strength, she had left, kicking her legs out trying to make a hit against Bryan. Grunting noises came from behind.

“Stop struggling, stupid b***h!” narrowing her eyes into slits, burning rage was coursing through her veins from this deranged man. With little thought, seanna uses the momentum of her body, letting her head hang low, faking her need to give up. When all she needs is hit against Bryan.

Bryan, seeing that she gave up. he keeps his hold on her tight, making sure she won’t do anything. Nodding his head towards his men, he brought with him. What he was not expecting was for seanna to head butt him. Letting her go from his hold, holding his broken nose from the damage seanna had made.

Seanna made her way towards the entrance within the pack clinic. Fear washing over her. Not knowing what to do, she opens the door, starts running back towards the main entrance of the pack house looking for her warrior mate. Taking a quick peek behind her, seanna can see the man following her that was working with Bryan.

“A rogue? You have got to be kidding me!” making her way outside seanna could only pray that everyone was outside. Running for her life, Seanna could only pray that her warrior mate comes for her.

Stopping where she was in the forest, knowing she can no longer keep running. Only thing on her mind was her mate and daughter. Last thing she will do before darkness consumes her.

“Ares!” sending out one last mind link to her mate. Passing out from lack of sleep and running on empty. Last thing she saw felt was Bryan carrying her away. Letting the darkness take over her mind.

Ares Maxwell POV

After hearing my sweet angel’s voice from our private mind link. Making my way back towards the pack house. Rushing my way back towards the black sedan car, Alpha Alexander lent to me for use while we were here.

“Love, where are you right now?” mind linking my angel, starting up the car, pulling into oncoming traffic. Waiting for her to reply. Worry was seeping through my veins for my mate.

“Ares, I’m still in my office. Bryan. He is here, he wants me for himself” just hearing the fear within my angel’s voice. Making my way towards the gravel road that leads to the Rising River Wolf Pack entrance. Pressing on the call button in the car, waiting for the phone to ring. After three rings, Alpha Alexander picks up the phone call.

“Hey, Ares. What’s going?” Alpha Alexander replied on the other end of the call.

“Alex, seanna, she is in trouble.” Clenching my hands around the steering wheel, trying to keep my voice calm. Even though hot, burning rage was coursing through my veins.

“What? Do you know where she is right now?” replied Alpha Alexander.

“Bryan is with her, right now at her office” Pulling up to the gate guards letting them know it was me. Driving up the winding road towards the pack house. Praying my mate is all right.

“I will send someone to her office right now” hearing the tone on the call end. Growling with rage coursing in my veins. Jumping out of the car. Taking in a deep breath, trying to locate her calming aroma of fresh rain and lavender. Not being able to catch her scent. Anger and worry creep up from with my soul, fearing for my mate.

“Ares!” Hearing my mates’ distress from our connection, I knew she was in trouble. Growling from the rage building up from within my soul. Feeling her fears from within our mate bond. Within our souls, bonded for life. Making my way towards the Alpha’s office, letting go of hiding my true rank from everyone.

“When we find the fucker. He will pay for ever putting this much stress upon our mate. Ares, Lili just contacted me. They are being held against there will at Rosewater High school?” Seething with rage, my eyes kept changing back and forth between my hunter green eyes and Ra’s dark brown eyes. Entering, not giving a f**k on being a diplomat with this pack. Letting my Alpha aura spread throughout the room, like a wildfire spreading into an inferno.

“Alpha, I know where the bastard is keeping my mate.” Watching Alpha Alexander get up from his seat behind his desk.

“Where are they?!” Exclaimed Alpha Alexander.

“Ra, just told me he has our mate at Rosewater High school?” I replied, holding back my rage.

“That is where me, Seanna, and Bryan went to for high school. He is going to make her his.” Alpha Alexander spoke in fear for his old childhood friend.

Growling from deep within my chest, it fills both me and Ra with unadulterated rage.

“We need to leave now! I promised my mate, no one will take her from me again” keeping my voice deep, filled with rage coming from me and Ra. Listening in on the many voices of everyone in the room. Sitting in my seat, looking out the window, arms crossed over my large broad chest.

Ignoring everything around me. “Ares, please. Can you hear me?” startled by my mate’s sweet voice from our private mind link.

“Love, please tell me you are all right?” keeping my eyes locked outside. Worry seeping throughout my veins just hearing her voice calms me.

“Yes, I am doing all right. A little sore from being thrown around.” Seanna replied with clear exhaustion in her voice. Letting out a breath I was holding in trying to keep myself from losing my mind in anger.

“Baby, where are you?” keeping the mind link open, leaving the office without being noticed.

“Well, for whatever reason, he brought me back to our old high school. Babe, can grab your sniper rifle. I will be in the Dean’s office. That is where he has me right now” keeping a blank face, holding a smirk from hearing my love ask for my sniper rifle. The one thing I never leave home without. Making my way back to our room, heading into the walk-in closet, grabbing the black slim case where my Barrett M82 lays within.

“Let’s get this fucker, and save our queen” double checking I have everything on me, looking around the room one last time before heading out to locate my Queen.

“Ra, you’re correct on that one.” Ending my connection with my wolf.

Grabbing my black leather coat, my love adores. Heading my way out towards the car port with my case in hand, leather coat on. Pulling out the car keys to the sedan, opening up the trunk placing my sniper case down. Getting into the driver seat, starting up the car after putting on my seat belt. Putting Rosewater High school location into the gps system. Making my way back to the main road leading me straight to my queen, following the gps. Once I saw the school in the far distance. Parking the car a block away from school. 

Getting out of the car, calm serenity rushes through my veins. Opening up the trunk of the car, grabbing my Barrett M82 out of its case.  Assembling my sniper rifle for use. Scanning the street and area around me, walking straight towards the school. Ignoring everything around me, trying to locate a perfect spot to set up for my crow’s nest with my Barrett M82 sniper rifle. Making my way towards the front entrance of the school carrying my Barrett M82 across my back in its holder with a leather strap across my chest.

Stopping in my tracks, turning around watching Alpha Alexander running up to me panting. Raising one of my elegant eyes in question. Narrowing my dark hunter green eyes at the man before me.

“Ares, hold up!” keeping my anger at bay for being interrupted of entering the school.  Sighing from the ordeal of today’s situation. Pulling out my cell from my pocket, sighing, seeing that it was mother calling me. Pressing my Bluetooth ear piece that I have in my ear for occasions like this one.

“Mother, is everything all right?” nodding my head towards Alpha Alexander, watching him pull out his own pistol from his waist band. Following him towards the main entrance towards the principal office of the school.

“Ares, when are you and Seanna going to be coming home?” keeping my face blank, trying not to laugh when hearing my precious miracle was making so much noise in the background playing. Keeping my movements silent following Alpha Alexander further into the school.

“Mother, we will be back by the end of next week. I have to go now, mom. Alpha Alexander has me working with his men in a routine for training. Give Natalia our love. Bye mom.” Shaking my head in slight irritation, hanging up the call with my mother. Stopping in our tracks, both of us holding in our breaths once we made it to the front entrance of the office.

Nodding my head to Alpha Alexander, watching him push his way through the door. What we were not expecting to see, was my petite mate sleeping in a sitting position, sitting upon the main desk looking like the goddess she was. With many rogues knocked out or dead surrounding her. Picking up my sleeping queen, heading back out the same way we had entered from. Tightening my arms around my mate, holding her petite body against my chest with her arms tightening around my neck and her taunt thighs wrapped around my waist. Hefting her up more so, keeping my hold on her more secured. 

Kissing the top of head, letting my scent calm her frazzled nerves. Watching Alpha Alexander and a few other warriors of his pack bring out someone who I had no idea who he was. My only guess was it must have been Bryan? The one who had rejected her six years ago. Claims that she is his.