Filed To Story: Their Bullied and Broken Mate by Teri Petry
While we were sitting and talking, she asked me a serious question that I hadn’t thought about. “Mel, I know that you have a lot on your plate right now. However, have you thought about how you are going to feel after all is said and done? Your mental health afterwards is very important,” she asked. I nodded my head and replied, “Yes, that’s all I think about sometimes. When I found out the fate of my brother’s, dad and the alpha, I was relieved. Yet at the same time, very sad. I was scared about how my life was about to drastically start changing. All I have known since I was a little girl was what I lived with them.
In a sick and twisted way, I saw that as love until I was old enough to know better. I truly don’t know how to live without fear on a daily basis, and since I have been here, I haven’t had to worry much about fear. The twins and everyone have been so amazing and protective, but that deep fear is engrained deep within me and sometimes I’m still afraid. Especially when voices are raised and tempers are flaring. I know I am going to need counseling, and I will do it. I just need everything to die down first.” She gave me a hug and said she was proud of me, and I asked her to wheel me back to my mates.
As we approached them, I overheard one of the prisoners mention that Todd’s mate, Jed, was unaccounted for. So was Scott’s son, Jasper. I started to tremble with fear and Roxy asked if I was OK. I shook my head and told her what I had overheard. She motioned for Rico and he ran up to us. “You needed me Ms. Roxy?” he asked. She had me tell him what I had overheard and show him who said it. He went and pulled the prisoner out of the lineup and dragged him over to my mates and Iris. “Repeat to the Alphas what you were telling your friends in line.” Rico demanded. The man remained silent, and I spoke up and told them.
Liam kneeled down beside me and asked why that made me fearful, and I had to explain about Jed’s involvement in helping come up with ways to hurt me, and how the alpha’s sons were part of my bullying group at school. I showed them a scar that I had on my chin from where Jasper had cut me with a piece of sharp silver. Lisa’s twin, Kyle, and his friend, had held me down so he could do it. KYLE! “Liam! Lisa has a twin brother. His name is Kyle. Please tell me they got him too.” I screamed out in a panic. He went to speak with Iris and she checked her list. I saw her shake her head and heard her tell Liam that he wasn’t on the list. How in the hell did they miss him? I was in full panic mode when he returned, and tried the best I could to explain that Kyle was worse than Lisa.
Kyle and Jed were cousins, and I’m sure Jasper was with them wherever they were. That deeply engrained fear was at full surface right now. Liam asked Roxy to take me inside and get me some water, and help me calm down. He told me him and Loki would be in soon, but needed to handle something very quickly. I nodded my head and Roxy started to push me inside. I heard him say as I was being carted away, “Loki, this is bad, there are three missing that are worse than Lisa. Let’s hurry this up here. We are going to have to start a manhunt.”
Death Becomes Them
*Jason POV*
Did I hear that correctly? Did I just hear someone say that Jed, Jasper and Kyle are unaccounted for? Dammit! This could be bad. Once we had all the prisoners squared away, I made sure to find Liam and Loki. I found them standing near the entrance of the barracks with Rico, Nick and Timmy. “What is this I hear about 3 key dangers being missing?” I asked no one in particular.
Loki is the first to answer, “Apparently, you heard correctly. We were just discussing a plan of action, but before we could even attempt to go searching, we have to finish things here regarding your family. Iris is pissed that it wasn’t done immediately. Especially when it comes to Scott. I was telling Liam, that in my opinion, we should use Todd, Scott or Lisa as bargaining chips. Once they take the bait, we kill them too.” What he said made sense, but how would we even get the word out to where they would hear about it? “That would work, but how would we get word out about the ‘negotiation attempt’?” I asked him. I could see their minds working, and Rico spoke with a suggestion.
“Were there any packs near Mystic Shadows that had ties to any of the 3? If so, we could basically send word to the surrounding packs stating that if they come across them to have one of them contact us to discuss a solution.” Liam raked his hands down his face and said, “That could be the answer, it’s just whether they took the bait or not. Until then, there will be extra guards at the cell houses, and at the pack house.” I quickly followed with a pack name that had ties to Kyle and Jed. “Dark Star pack. Kyle and Jed’s uncle is Beta George Montana. I have a gut feeling, that’s where they are.” I have only been to Dark Star once, and compared to the way that it was run, made Mystic Shadows was a walk in the park.
Their Alpha was twice as ruthless as Scott could ever think of being. We had all agreed to take care of what needed to be done here today before Iris and her associates left, and that the twins would contact Alpha Callum of Dark Star to arrange a meeting. “Come on boys, off to the cell house. We have work to finish.” Loki called.
When we got to the cell house, we walked into a different room than before. There were no chairs, no torture devices or tools, just Thomas and Michael. They were standing with their hands bound and feet chained to the floor. Thomas looked straight ahead as Michael kept his gaze lowered and I could tell he was weeping. “Boys, today is the last day of your existence. As much as we would like to keep you around and play, the Royal Council says we must immediately carry out the sentence you have been given. I have to give you the option to say something, but trust me, it doesn’t matter what you have to say.” Loki bellowed.
Thomas’ gaze finally met mine, and he shook his head and chuckled. “Jason, how does it feel to be a traitor? You turned your back on your family for what? A piece of ass and a worthless piece of trash? You have no honor where family is concerned. As for the two of you, Alphas, you could both rot in hell along with the piece of trash mate of yours.” He spat at us and missed and Loki looked at me and asked, “What is with your family and spitting? Haven’t they learned how much that just pisses me off?” He started to laugh and drew back his fist and punched Thomas right in his mouth. He then took his knife out of his pocket, and told Rico to hold Thomas’s head. Liam grabbed Thomas’s mouth and forced it open and Loki cut out his tongue, and threw it at Michael. Michael started to scream and freak out when he saw the tongue and heard Thomas choking on his own blood. Knowing that Iris instructed them not to play around with anymore torturing, Loki took the same knife and slit Thomas’s throat. Michael started to beg for his life and apologize for everything he did. Again, it fell on deaf ears. Liam and Loki weren’t listening to any of it.
I spoke up and talked to Michael, “Bro, you had years to apologize and make things right. Now that you are being held accountable, you are sorry. Now that you are being punished, you have remorse. Fuck that!” I wanted him to look me in the eye when I did what was coming next. I grabbed both sides of his head and twisted his neck until it broke. His lifeless body fell to the ground. Choking back my anger, I turned and left the room. The only one left was Todd, and unfortunately he had to stay alive for now. I went out into the hall and leaned against the wall. I asked the guard for a cigarette and lit it up. I needed to calm my nerves, because even though I knew their sentence was right and I had already washed my hands of them, I felt completely alone at that moment. Nick came out to talk to me, and I assured him I was fine. I told him how I felt, and that it would go away. He then asked me something I wasn’t expecting. “Would you want to help me with something? The alphas have left it up to me to execute your stepmother and the former Luna.” I agreed and followed him to the hallway that held the newest prisoners.
I grabbed Luna Millie and Nick grabbed Constance. Once we reached the executioners’ room, we hooked their bound hands to the hooks from the ceiling, and Nick read them their judgement. He looked over to me and handed me a silver dagger, and at the same time, we slit both of their throats. All that was left for the day was for Alpha Scott to join his mate in death, and by the sounds of his screams, he knew his mate was gone.
Hiding
*Alpha Scott POV*
There’s a lot of movement in here today. I heard one of the guards say that they were prisoners from the former Mystic Shadows pack. So, I guess Iris and the Royal Council kept their words. My pack is gone. I can only sit here and wonder what became of my mate and my boys. I know they are alive because I haven’t felt that bond break, but where they are is unknown to me. Standing at the cell door trying to see who is there and being put into the surrounding cells hasn’t been easy. I have just a small opening to see out of, because I’m in a ‘special’ cell. One made specifically for Alphas, they say.
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
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