The Abused Lycan and Her Mates

Chapter 16

Gabriel POV

The rest of the ride was quiet. At some point I must have fallen asleep since Uncle Cole was shaking me awake. “Hey, time to wake up. We are home” I open my eyes but can’t move since Violet is curled up on my lap. I smile down at her. I don’t want to wake her up but we need to get Cameron inside to be monitored by our pack doctor. Noah is in front of me and grabs Violet from my lap. “I got her. You get your other mate. I will follow you to your room” he tells me. I nod my head and I pull Cameron into my arms.

My parents, along with Uncle Keenan are waiting for us. “What happened?” Keenan asked Cole as they hugged each other. My mother is by my side and kisses my cheek. “Son, lets get him upstairs in bed.” She tells me and I nod my head for Noah to follow me. My father is not a fan of that and stops him. I growl at my father. “Do not. That is our mate and he is her brother. I will explain later.” I tell him and gives me a stern look before he nods his head.

I lead the way up to my room and lay Cameron down on my bed. Noah is still holding Violet in his arms when we enter my room. I walk over to him and he hands her to me. “I will have one of my warriors take you to a guest room on my floor. Get some sleep.” I tell him. He bows and then heads out of my room. Shortly after he leaves the doctor comes in to check on Cameron.

Once he is finished, he looks to me. “My prince, he is healing. I can see that he bares your mark. It might take at least three days for him to wake up but it may take him longer considering the wound he sustained. Please call me is anything changes.” I say my thanks before he leaves my alone with my mates. Violet is in my lap curled up against my chest while we sit close my bed.

My mother comes into the room with some clothes in her hands. “I figured she may want a shower and some clean clothes” she tells me as she gives a gentle smile to Violet. “Thanks mom. I just…. I feel like I failed him.” I tell her. “Gabe, you did no such thing. You know what happens when we fight. You could not have predicted this would happen. Be grateful that he is alive” she tells me with a sad smile. “Your right. I just can’t lose either one of them.” I tell her.

She places a hand on my shoulder and smiles. “I understand sweetheart. Trust yourself and your beast. I have a feeling that this is only the start. I have done some reading on the Silver Claw pack and I found some interesting facts. The council also found something that is big. I would like to speak with both of you and her brother when she is awake.” I am shocked but also happy. My mother is amazing. I nod my head and look back to Cameron.

“Gabe, I know that you don’t want to leave his side. I was the same when I turned your father but you heard what happened. We will talk in the living room that way you are still close to him.” I sigh and look up to my mother. “Thanks mom.” I tell her. She gets up to leave and I am left in my room with my mates. I lean back in the chair and close my eyes for a few minutes.

When I wake up Violet is no longer in my lap. I stand up starting to panic when I hear her voice outside the door. I sigh and walk towards the door to open it. When I walk out into the living room I see everyone sitting and talking. Even Noah has joined then. “Gabe, why don’t you come join us” my mother calls out. I walk over to where Violet is sitting lean down to kiss her cheek. “You could have woken me up” I tell her. “You needed your sleep plus it gave me chance to talk with your mother.” She says in a shy voice.

I tap her shoulder and she stand up. I sit down and pull her into my lap. I nuzzle into her neck and breath in her sweet scent. My father chuckles before speaking. “Son, lets get down to business.” He says with a smile. I sigh and pull away from Violet’s neck. “Alright lets here what you found” I tell them. My mother sighs and then looks between Noah and Violet. “First off, I would like to say that I am happy to see that you both are alive. I met with your parents a few times and remember when you two were two years old. That was the last time that we saw you before we got the news a few years later.” Mom says.

I look as Noah looks at her shocked. “You mean that we were here before” he asks. She nods her head and dad clears his throat. “Ya, it was hard to get both of you away from Gabe and Cam especially Violet. Gabe wouldn’t let you go” he says with a chuckle. I looked at then shocked. Why don’t I remember any of this. I shake my head and look to my mother. “Gabe, I will show you the pictures later. Right now, we need to talk about what we found.” She tells us. I nod my head and hold Violet closer to me.

My mother looks to my father and then starts. “We know that there was an attack on Silver Claw. But the question always was why attack a pack that is viewed like the royal pack and has the power to take out an enemy. Your parents were gifted and only a few knew about it. My parents and I knew about it since we had an elemental wolf in our pack. He is still here and I have asked him to come by later to help teach you both.” My mother says looking to Noah and then Violet.

“How come I didn’t know about that” I asked her. “Because son, there are people out there that will kill them for their power. That is what we think happened to your parents. There was a threat made against them saying they were going to come for their children.” I growl at the thought of someone trying to take Violet from me. “Son, you need to keep your beast under control. I know this is tough to hear but you need to stay calm.” My father tells me.

I nod my and take a few breaths. “What your mother is saying is that a threat was made against their children. They reached out to us for help. Asking is we can watch you both while they hunt down the threat but by time a team arrived, we were too late. I met with Lord Jasper and we searched everywhere for both of you. When we found your parents, we had lost hope.” My father says. Noah starts to shake and I feel tears on my arm.

I look down and see that Violet is crying. I pull her head into my neck and rub soothing circles on her back. “Please tell us. We need to know” Noah asks my father. He nods his head and take a breath. “When we found then, they showed signs of being tortured before they were killed. They were both drained of blood and we found slashes all over their bodies but no teeth marks.” I feel Violet start to shake in my arms.

Shit, this is triggering her. I try to help clam her but she just shakes more. “Sweetheart, use the mate bond to help calm her.” My mother tells me. I place a hand under her shirt on her back and rub circles. When I look up Noah is right next to us. “Sis, breath. Use what grounds you” he tells her and I continue to move my hand up and down her back. I feel her inhaling as she buries her head in my neck.

After a few minutes she finally calms down. “Love, talk to me” I ask her while still moving my hand up and down her spine. “I think I might know who did it” she says as she pulls away from me. “What do you mean love?” I ask her. She looks at me and then to my parents. “I was taken at a young age from my foster family. They would slice me to drink but never bite.” She tells us. I watch as Noah takes deep breaths and my father growls. “Violet, dear, do you know the name of the one who kept you?” my mother asks in a soft voice.

Violet shakes her head. “No. He never told me his name.” she tells my mother. My father is pacing the room and I have the urge to take her back into my room and snuggle with her next to Cameron. “Sweetheart, I can see you are about to run” my mother says and I nod me head. “I am sorry. This has been a lot and I just want to keep my mate safe” I tell my mother. “I know son but she is the only one who may have been in contact with their parent’s killer.” My mother says. Noah is slumped in a chair trying to breath through everything.

“So, you are telling me that my sister may have been in the hands of the ones who killed our parents. Do you think they know what they were getting their hands on” Noah asked in a strained voice. “I don’t think so. If they did, do you think that she would still be alive” my father says. Noah growls at my father. “I am only stating a possibility.” My father states with a low growl himself.

I sigh and look to Noah. “What can you tell me about being an elemental? When does your power start to manifest?” I asked him. He looks up to me and then to Violet. “If she is like me, then I started to show signs around age 12 but I am guessing that her lycan had tried to hide it as long as she could.” Noah says. I look to my mate and she nods her head. “She says that she had to keep it hidden until we found out mates. I never understood what she was saying until I woke up and scented my mates.” Violet tells us.

Noah nods his head. “That would make sense. When our lycans sense danger, they will try to hide our power the best they can. But with you weakened like you were, it may have kept you alive long enough to get out.” Noah states but I can’t help the growl. “Calm mate” I hear Violet tell me. I feel her hand on my cheek and lean into her touch. “No matter how it happened, I am here now with you” she says and kisses my lips.

I open my eyes and see my mother smiling at me. “What” I growl out. “Son, I am happy seeing you with your mate.” She says smiling. I huff out a breath and stand up with Violet in my arms. “I am going back to our mate. My beast is getting anxious being away from his side.” I tell them. My mother stands and places a hand on my shoulder. “Son, we will have the elemental wolf meet up you guys tomorrow. Take the rest of today to relax. Explain things to dear Violet” she tells me. I nod my head and watch as my mother looks at Violet. “My dear. I am really happy that you are here. I hate that you had to go through something awful. Please reach out if you need to talk about anything.” My mother tells her as she places a kiss on her head. I nod my head to my father and Noah before going back to my room.