My Perfect Mate

Finally Home

**STELLA’S POV**

I felt restless, it had now been 4 days since Thomas ripped me from Gavin arms. I could feel my body shutting down. My muscles felt paralyzed by the way I was bound to the bed. I smelled wretched, I was really hoping that Thomas would let me shower today. I was covered in grime from head to toe. I could feel my mind slipping into a state of depression. I knew that my whole body wanted to just give in and waste away, but I couldn’t do that. I knew that Gavin was trying to get to me. I tried with all of my might to send him a link last night. Thomas had been injecting me with a serum that was supposed to block my abilities. I was utterly exhausted after trying to reach Gavin. I had to hope that he got my message, I wanted to show him the memories that I treasure the most. Our runs, the tree house, the trip to Silver Moon. I closed my eyes and a tears started to stream down my face. I wanted Gavin, I wanted to see my brothers. I couldn’t help but think that I would never see them again. I saw their faces flash across my vision. The one I missed the most was Scarlet, I felt completely empty without her. I hoped that she would come back when I tried to link, but she didn’t resurface.

Thomas didn’t actually want me, he took me just to quench his thirst for power. I never thought that being a good person would cause me to end up here. I started to self sabotage, if I would have just been a little tougher or meaner, maybe I wouldn’t have let him sit with me all those years ago. Again, all of this is my fault, every instance so far has some how been my fault. I started to hate myself, my whole mindset changed. I knew that It would be a very long time before I could look myself in the mirror.

I heard the keys jingle outside the door and shut my eyes tight. I prepared for what was about to come. I tried to go to my happy place until it was over, I had to treat it like a job. I closed my mind off as I heard his foot steps as they neared the bed.

**GAVIN’S POV**

We finished loading the cars. We were going in two separate teams, each of the 5 cars would hold 4-5 grown men. It would be tight but it was the one way that we could transport all of us in one shot. We had picked out two secondary locations about 10 miles from each sight. We would hide the cars in the trees and walk the rest of the way. We decided to wait until nightfall so we could be more discreet. Truth is, us wolves worked better in the dark.

Noni had armed us with enough tranquilizer to take down 10 grizzly bears. “It will stunt his powers and knock him unconscious. It’ll work long enough to get him here. Once we have him, we will give him another dose to strip his powers until we can take care of him.” I remember she drew a line across her neck when she said that last part. I loved Noni, she was a low key mob boss. She rose up on her toes and kissed my cheek, “Now, go get my grand baby.” I nodded my head sternly, “Yes Ma’am.” I slipped the vile in my pocket, we would be able to use a crossbow to administer it. That way we could keep the element of surprise.

I climbed up into the passenger side of Matt’s truck. Alex, Conner, and Kevin had to squeeze into the back. Our team decided that we wanted to cover Thomas’s childhood home. I had such a strong gut feeling that my angel was there. If she wasn’t, I would have to hope and pray that she was at the orphanage.

Conner gave the side of the truck a slap when the last of the guns were loaded before jumping into the cab. We took off out of the compound, and hit the highway. This fucker had taken Stella about 4 hours East of the Silver Moon territory. My body radiated anger the closer we got, I knew that I had to hold her again, kiss her petal soft lips. I was spacing out the window as the treeline whipped past us. I got lost in memories of her, I envisioned her heart shaped face, her perfect deep dimples, the way her copper curls bounced when she was excited about something. Every cheesy joke, or witty one liner. I tilted my head back and felt the wind rippled through the hair on my arm as I hung it out of the window.

I was lost in my imagination when suddenly, the hair on the back of my neck stood up. I felt my mind go blank, and then I heard her. She was trying to link me again. It felt stronger this time so I tried to respond.

Stella, baby, are you there? It was still silent so I tried again, Stella baby, can you hear me?

When I still got nothing back, I chalked it up to being a fluke. I rested my head back once more. Then I heard her again.

Gavin, I just heard you! I love you so much baby. I can’t believe that it’s working. Please try to respond, I feel my strength coming back a little. Please baby, please Gavin please respond. She was almost pleading for me. I wanted to respond to her but I had to be careful of what I said, just in case Thomas was watching her thoughts. I remember having a conversation with her in the tree house at Blue Moon. She was telling me the certain code names that her and her brothers had for certain things. Then it dawned on me. I cranked my head to the back seat, “Guys Stella just tried linking me, I want to respond but I know that Thomas is probably watching her brainwaves. Quick tell me some of your codes.” They listed off a couple that would work, I decided to give it a try.

Stella, can you hear me baby? I love you, I love you so much. I was just thinking about you as I watched the Sunset (It’s almost over). Then I saw a shooting star (we’re coming to get you). It was the most beautiful thing that I had ever seen. I saw a bird swoop in front of me, it perched (stay put) in a near by tree. It sang such sweet music to it’s babies in the nest above me. I miss you baby, I wish that you were wrapped in my arms.

It took me a minute to realize what he was trying to do. At first I was like, What the s**t is this? Then it clicked, he must be with my brothers. When the three of us came up those codes, we were just being stupid kids. I honestly never thought that we would use them again. At least he was trying to be smooth, I knew that our parents saw right past that s**t. I had to giggle at the ridiculousness of it all. I suddenly got a small burst of energy.

Gavin, I love you so much. As much as I appreciate the codes, Thomas doesn’t know that I am slowly getting my powers back. If he knew, he would have injected me with his serum. I love you, I love you, I love you. I have to go, he’s coming.

Unlike the other nights, Thomas was coming back to my room, but for what? I suddenly got nervous, why was he back? Hasn’t he inflicted enough pain on me for one day? I shut my eyes and pretended to sleep, hopefully he was just coming to check on me and then he’d leave again. No such luck, I heard the floor boards creak under him and felt the mattress shift. I held my breath at his stench, it was still more unbearable than my own. I felt warm soapy water run down my leg followed by a loofah sponge, He was cleaning me up? But why? Maybe he just started to feel bad?

Thomas started with my legs and feet and eventually made his way up to my stomach. I tried with every fiber of my being to not cringe when he ran the sponge over my breasts, I didn’t want him to know that I was awake. I tried to stay as still as long as possible. He made it up by neck and I was ready to puke. Hold your s**t together Stella! Don’t move, don’t move, don’t move. When he finally finished I heard him set the bowl down on the floor. I heard the familiar sound of the keys jingling, I waited until I heard the door snap shut before opening my eyes. My vision was spotty from squeezing my eyes tight. I needed sleep, let’s see how much I could get tonight. When it wasn’t Thomas waking me up, it was the terrifying nightmares. They seemed so realistic, they honestly scared the s**t out of me. Most of them were of me dying, others were of my loved ones being beaten and tortured while I watched. I would always try to start my dreams off with Gavin and our memories but then they would quickly flash back to me clawing the ground trying to get back to him. I knew that I would be f****d up in the head for the rest of my life, that is if I get to live that long. I took a couple deep breaths and started dreaming of Gavin as the darkness slipped in.

I woke up to a loud bang out in the hallway, then I heard yelling and growling. Oh my f**k! They were actually here, they were here for me. I started screaming and clanging my chains, “Help! I’m in here! Please help me! I’m in here!” I heard things being thrown around, glass was breaking and wood was cracking. Tears started to fill my eyes, I was so overwhelmed with joy. I kept clanging my chains, I heard a course voice scream from the other side of the door. “Guys! She’s in here, Luna’s in here!” They found me, I couldn’t believe it. I heard several bodies throwing themselves at the door. I watched as the padlocks on the door were vibrating with ever blow. Finally the door broke free, I saw Cade standing in the doorway with shock all over his face. He was trying to ignore the fact that I was naked, he rushed over to the bed and tried yanking on the chains. I yelped in pain, my skin was super tender and raw. “I’m sorry Luna, I didn’t mean to hurt you. Just hang on, it’s going to hurt for a couple seconds.” I nodded meekly at him, “Just do it!” He nodded his head and yanked a couple more times until the bracket came flying out of the wall, covering me with plaster. Cade looked down with a smile, then in one swift move scooped me up in his arms.

We ran out of the house and straight to an awaiting truck. Cade placed me gently in the back and hit the side, “go,go,go! I’ll clean this up.” There were a couple of guards in the back. They pulled me up under my arm pits and immediately started working on my shackles. I saw Cade smile at me as the truck sped away into the night. I couldn’t focus, I was still staring at the large building in the distance. I didn’t even notice that one of them started talking to me. “Luna, Luna can you hear me?” I turned my head up, “Yes I’m sorry I’m fine. Can we just get these things off of me?” He nodded his head and continued working. The other one chimed in, “Did you inform Alpha?” I smiled, Gavin. Oh my god, I couldn’t wait to see him. “Yes, they are heading back with Thomas now.” Wait what? I looked up at the two of them, what were they talking about? They saw my surprise, “don’t worry Luna, he’s unconscious, soon to be dead.” I sucked my lips in, why didn’t they just kill him on the spot? That’s when I heard him,

Hello my Goddess. I love you so much. I can’t wait to get my hands on you, I am never letting you again. I thought that after everything that this fucker has done to you, you would like to do the honors.

He knew me all too well, I couldn’t wait to rip Thomas limb from limb.

Why yes baby, how thoughtful of you. I have know idea where we are, but I’m coming to you. I’ll meet you at home!

**GAVIN’S POV**

I remember the moment they told me that they found her. Thomas had taken her to the orphanage. Even though I was at the wrong location, I knew that Cade would take extra special care of my Goddess. I knew that she would be returned to me in one piece. As we sped towards home it took every ounce of energy not to rip Thomas apart, but Stella was the rightful person to handle that task. I’m hoping that it would help her with her closure, knowing that she was the one to end him. She could physically see that he wasn’t going to be a threat to her any longer. I heard Thomas moan from the back, “Can you shut that fucker up?” Conner flashed me a beaming smile before jutting the butt of his gun directly into Thomas’s nose, effectively busting it into smithereens.

Once the truck was quiet once more I heard my duchess start talking to herself, I decided that this would be the perfect opportunity to surprise her.

What were they talking about? Why didn’t they just kill him on the spot?

I couldn’t contain the smile that spread across my lips.

Hello my Goddess. I love you so much. I can’t wait to get my hands on you, I am never letting you again. I thought that after everything that this fucker has done to you, you would like to do the honors.

I damn near lost my s**t when she responded,

Why yes baby, how thoughtful of you. I have know idea where we are, but I’m coming to you. I’ll meet you at home!

There was that beautiful, witty response I was looking for. Gah, I couldn’t wait to see her angelic, perfect face. I vow to never let her out of my sight every again. I slapped the dash with anticipation. Matt shot me a sideways glance, “If it’s not too much trouble, can we hurry the f**k up?” He gave me a huge, mega watt grin and floored it as we tore through traffic.

**STELLA’S POV**

I was secretly hoping that we made it back before Gavin and my brothers. I really wanted to shower and clean up before he saw me. I knew that once he saw the blood and bruises that he would lose it. I didn’t want him to automatically start blaming himself. I also knew that there would be a throng of pack members, not to mention my own family waiting for me when I arrived. I just wanted to get this stink off of me and soak in the tub for hours.

It was the longest 4 hours of my life. As we neared the compound I turned to the guards that were accompanying me. “Would it be alright if you guys sneak me in through the service entrance? I really want to get cleaned up before I have to deal with all these people.” One of them smiled down at me, “There will be no need for that Luna. Alpha Scott has very strict orders surrounding your arrival and security. The only people allowed contact with you is Alpha and your family. You don’t have to worry.” I smiled sweetly at him. Truth is, I wasn’t sure if I even wanted my mother to look at me in this condition. I took a deep breath and calmed my mind. I knew that we were getting close, I could feel the buzz in my bones. I tried to turn slightly but heard something crack, it sent shock waves of pain through my body. “Don’t worry Luna, we’re almost there. We have Dr. Nelson ready to examine you, she will be sure that nothing is broken.” I looked down at my hands, they were finally able to pry the shackles off. My skin was rubbed raw and I had several new scabs forming. I knew that I needed a full work up, I can only imagine the laundry list of things that were broken, busted, or bruised.

As we pulled up to the house, I wrapped the blanket tighter around my shoulders. I didn’t want to give anyone a glimpse of my injuries. One of the guards jumped down to the ground while the other helped me stand. I shuffled to the edge and let the guard on the ground scoop me up and set me down, “Would you like me to carry you Luna?” I shook my head and clutched onto my blanket, “No thank you, I’m fine.” I kept my eyes down to watch where I was walking. I could feel the guards still following me into the house. We headed directly to the elevator and headed up to our apartment.

When the doors opened and I stepped out into the foyer I could hear hushed voices on the other side of the main doors. I took a deep breath as the guards stepped forward and opened them for me. I gave them a kind smile before stepping past them. Mom, dad, Scott, and Diane were standing in a circle in my living room. They fell silent as I walked in, my eyes were instantly watering. I started sobbing as they all rushed over to me. I felt my mom’s arms wrap around me as I cried. After almost a week, I finally felt safe and protected. I tried so hard to keep my legs from buckling underneath me. My mother sensed I was slipping, “Here I got her,” My dad stepped up and swept me on my his arms. “Where to my love?” I looked up at him, “My bathroom please.” he gently kissed my forehead as he walked me to my bedroom.

I was safely in the bath tub when there was a soft knock on the door. My mother popped her head in, “Darling? Dr. Nelson is here to see you. She said that you can stay put if you’d like.” I shook my head, “No mama, it’s okay I can get out, can you grab me my robe from behind the door.” Mom gave me a shy smile and stepped and unhooked my robe off the back of the door.

I was still a little wobbly on my feet so mother held on tight to my elbow as we walked into my bedroom. Mother set me down on the settee at the edge of my bed. “I’ll leave you to it darling, if you need anything just call for me.” I gave mother a shy smile and nodded my head.

The exam with Dr. Nelson was quiet extensive, she checked every inch of my body. “Now Luna, I know what you have been through is quite traumatic, so I want to make this next part as quick as possible. I need to check your inner walls for any tearing.” I sucked my lips in, I was so paranoid of anyone touching me down there again. I knew that she was only doing her job. After a few seconds I gave her quick nod. She laid me back onto my bed and I propped my knees up on the edge.

The exam only took a few seconds, once I sat up, Dr. Nelson took her gloves off. She sighed deeply before she began. “You do have significant damage to your vaginal canal, it’s nothing permanent but it will take a few weeks to fully heal. I want to put you on some pain meds for the discomfort. Other than that, there really isn’t too much other damage. Just please take you time with your recovery, it’ll be a long road but you will be just fine.” she placed her hand on my shoulder before heading towards the door.

I sat alone in my room for a few minutes before I heard some commotion in the living room, “Where is she? Can I see her?” Gavin sounded frantic. I sat up on my knees and starting crying. I wanted to run to the door but I just sat and waited. A few seconds later Gavin burst through the door. He stood there holding the door knob staring at me for a fraction of a second. I knew that he was looking at my bruises and my black eye. I reached out for him like a child asking for candy. He strode over to me and wrapped my in his arms. I started sobbing against his shoulder as he held me. He nuzzled himself into my hair and inhaled deeply. My whole body was on fire, all my nerve endings were slowly waking up.

Gavin wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me up off the bed. I wrapped my legs around his waist. I could tell that he was not planning on letting me go anytime soon.

Gavin and I laid in our bed, I had my head on his chest as he traced circles on my upper back. The rest of our family had gone back to their rooms, they wanted to give us some privacy.

Suddenly, my stomach started to rumble. I hadn’t had anything decent to eat in days. Gavin shot up from the bed, “We have to get you something to eat.” He grabbed his phone off the bed side table and started typing before turning to me, “What would you like Goddess?” I couldn’t decide on anything in particular so I let my cravings take over, “Um, how about a burger and fries? Ooh and chocolate cake.” He smiled at my appetite, “coming right up.”

Gavin grabbed the remote and turned on Netflix. He flipped through the options until we landed on a comedy special, I needed a good laugh. About 20 minutes later there was a knock on the front door, my food was here! Gavin returned a couple minutes later with a full tray of goodies. I must have inhaled it because he was looking at me in awe. I giggled as I shoved the last bite of burger into my mouth. “God I missed that laugh.” He leaned over and kissed a small bit of ketchup off the corner of my mouth.

I glanced over at the clock, it was almost 2 in the morning. I needed to sleep, I’m still not sure if I’ll get a good night sleep, but I had to try. I stretched in Gavin’s arms and wiggled a little as my muscles relaxed. Gavin kissed the top of my head, “are you sleepy baby?” I nuzzled into his chest “hmm.” Gavin pulled me in tight, “Okay baby, why don’t you try to sleep. You’ll be safe in my arms.” I didn’t know what else he said because I was already passed out.