Filed To Story: Their Bullied and Broken Mate by Teri Petry
Lying on the grass watching the clouds, the little man was tossing and turning up a storm. I think he has beef with mommy’s ribs and bladder. One swift kick and he had me sitting straight up. I rubbed my belly and talked to him softly. I told him that mommy was being nice, and he needed to be nice too. Scolding an unborn child seemed weird, but I guess it wasn’t necessarily scolding him.
I heard a twig snap behind me, and I turned to see who it was. It was a tall man with dark, shaggy hair that I didn’t recognize. “Pardon me Luna, I didn’t mean to disturb you, but the Alpha sent me to fetch you. He says it’s important,” he said. Why would Maddix send someone instead of linking or calling me instead?
I started to get up, but was grabbed by the man instead. He placed his hand over my mouth to muffle my screams, and dragged me into the forest. I fought the best I could, being almost 5 months pregnant. He was much stronger than I was.
Once he got me to the destination he intended, there was another large man waiting. The shaggy man called him Jackson. Where did I hear that name before?
Jackson placed a gag in my mouth and bound my hands and feet. He had the shaggy haired man carry me to Jackson’s car, and placed me in the trunk. My heart was racing, and my little man was moving so much I knew he felt my stress.
I decided to try and link Maddix, and I never got a reply, so I tried Lindy. Thankfully, she answered. I told her about Jackson and that I was in the trunk of his car. I told her I had no idea where the car was heading, or what direction we were going. I could only tell her that it was a bright blue car. Not much to go on, but I prayed Maddix could track me by using our bond and maybe Luke.
We must have gone too far out of range, because the links weren’t going through anymore. I prayed silently to the moon goddess, and also to the goddess Litae, in hopes that they would guide my mate to me. It was too dangerous to use much of the magic I possessed, but I started to chant a small spell of protection for myself and the baby, and confusion for this man named Jackson and his shaggy-haired lackey.
I closed my eyes and repeated the words to the spell three times. I could hear the men start to argue about which direction “the cabin” was. I knew it was working. I started to kick the backseat, and the car pulled over. When the trunk lid opened, they seemed not to remember why I was there, or who I was. I wasn’t sure this was going to work in my favor or not, because it was obvious the spell went slightly wrong.
The trunk lid was slammed shut again as Jackson was pacing around the car cursing. The men got back into the car and turned around and started back towards Blood Moon, or so I thought.
By the time we stopped again, it was dark. We were definitely nowhere near the Blood Moon pack, but in a mountain area somewhere. Soon enough, the shaggy-haired man gave away the location. We were somewhere on the actual Spirit Mountain in a hunter’s cabin.
The Spirit Mountain pack wasn’t far from the mountain, but I wasn’t sure how far up we were. I hoped they would untie me, and if they left me that way, I would sneak out after they fell asleep.
Jackson sat me down at a table, and a plate of food was dropped in front of me. “I’m sure you and the baby are hungry, so eat,” Jackson said. I looked up at him, and shrugged my shoulders. Getting the hint, he removed the gag, and untied my hands. “Thank you,” I whispered.
He glared at me from across the table, and gave a curt nod. “Eat up, there’s plenty left. I will warn you though, any more of your witch bullshit, and I will kill you. You think I haven’t done my research on everything about you and the Youngs? Well, I have. Your spell wore off about 30 minutes after it affected us. Not so powerful are you?” he taunted.
There went all hope of me figuring a way out of here. Not being able to use my magic fully was going to be a hindrance.
After I ate, Shaggy, as I have formally named him, showed me where the bathroom was. Just my luck, no windows. As I was standing there, it hit me. Alette hasn’t had her Luna ceremony yet. She is still technically a member of Blood Moon. I tried to link her, hoping I wasn’t too far out, and that it still worked with her.
Thankfully, she replied. “Riley? Why are you linking me so late? Is Maddix alright?” she asked. Thank you, Selene and Litae.
“Listen to me closely, Alette. I was taken by Jackson. I think I am going to be used as leverage to get to you. He took me to the mountain close to your pack. I don’t know how far up we are, but I saw snow when they took me out of the trunk. It’s an old hunter’s cabin. I’m sure it’s owned by the pack. Tell Maddix, please! Alette, Hurry!” I demanded and closed the link.
*Alette POV*
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