Let Me Live

Chapter 7: Prince Ryker's POV

***TRIGGER WARNING***

Ryker POV

I mind linked the men to meet me at the west end of town to start gathering everyone. We spread out and started canvassing. Thankfully, this pack wasn’t very big and within 2 hours we had all 253 pack members inside the giant ball room of the pack house. The only exception being those working on Titan’s mate. Who was currently the only patient in the small hospital. I couldn’t help the small smile on my face when I thought about the spirit in that little girl. The fact that she was maimed, battered and nearly dead but still turned and tried to fight 2 men easily 10 times her size and had the balls to not only bite me but then spit my blood at me in a show of disrespect! I wasn’t sure if she was insane or just that damn brave or both, but I knew already that I liked her a hell of a lot! 

Once back at the pack house, I knew I needed to address the pack as a whole and explain the situation. I stood up on a small stage at the far end of the room. 

“Everyone, please quiet down and listen. For those of you not aware, your alpha and this pack are now under official investigation by the Lycan royal court and council for slave trafficking. As of this moment, no one is to leave the pack house for any reason.” A murmur ran through the crowd and though many seemed nervous, very few seemed surprised by the allegations against their alpha, which was a telling sign. 

“There are plenty of guest rooms and I have designated the staff to ensure everyone is fed and given an adequate place to sleep for the night. More men and councilmen will arrive in the morning and we will further assess the situation at hand. If you have any concerns please speak to me or one of my men and it will be addressed as soon as possible. It is late and I suggest an early night for everyone.” I finished and stepped off from the stage. The man who had informed us of the cells underground, I believed the doctor had called him Roman, came up to me immediately.

“Your Highness, my sister is the beta’s wife and she is not here! I’ve searched everywhere I can but I don’t know where the alpha and beta rooms are. I assure you, she and Luna Anna are innocent in this and are as much victims as anyone. Please, I have to find her!” 

“Her innocence will be for the council and the court to decide, but I also need to know where she and the luna are. Have you ever been inside the packhouse before?” I asked.

“The only time anyone from the pack is allowed in is if they are working in it or being punished. This is a first look inside for many.” He said as we walked to find a maid and had them show us where the alpha and beta quarters were. At the door to the beta room I listened from the other side for a moment before opening the door. Only one heartbeat and scent were coming from inside. I kicked the door open and was followed quickly by Roman. In the corner of the room was a small cage with sharpened spikes sticking into it so that the person inside could barely move without being stuck. The beta female laid curled up, naked and crying on the floor of it! Jesus Christ, what the hell is going on around here?! 

“Amilia!” Roman shouted, rushing to the cage which was padlocked from the outside. 

“Roman, what are you doing?! He’ll kill you if he finds you here! AHH!” She screamed as one of the spikes jabbed into her back. 

“He won’t be harming anyone anymore.” I said and yanked the padlock from the cage. Roman helped her shivering and bruised form out and threw his jacket around her. She fell into his arms, bawling.

“Luna Anna! Please help her!” She sobbed. I ran from the room down to the door that the maid had shown me and again kicked open the door and was met with a horrific sight! The Luna was suspended from the ceiling by her wrists, and deep, bleeding slashes covered her back! I knew all too well that those marks had come from a whip with silver made into it! She was lowered enough to straddle a wooden beam and her feet were chained to the floor so she couldn’t move! I rushed to her but when I went to free her hands she began shaking her head frantically and fresh tears streamed from her green eyes! I instead removed the ball gag from her mouth. 

“Please, you must leave! He’ll kill me and you! Please leave! He hasn’t been back in hours! I need to make him happy so I can stop being punished!! Leave please!” She ranted in a panic!

“No. No. Shhh. It’s ok. He’s locked up. He’s not going to hurt anyone anymore. It’s going to be OK.” I said, soothingly. Her eyes went wide and she shook her head again! 

“No, he will come back and will use the maid if he finds you here! Please go!” She hadn’t seemed to have heard me. That sick son of a b***h! Using the mate bond to purposely cause your mate torrents of pain by f*****g (probably more like r****g) someone else, was a new level of deprivation!! 

“Hey, hey look at me. It’s ok. He’s locked away. He can’t hurt anyone. Ok? I need you to slow your breathing down. Can you do that for me?” I spoke softly and gently as I guided her face to bring her eyes to mine. 

“Breathe easy sweetie, ok?” I coached and gently stroked her hair. As she focused on me, her breathing started to slow. I again reached up for the wrist restraints and she tensed again.

“No, please. You have to start with my feet and take me off of them first.” She started to sobb. I wasn’t sure what she meant, but I wanted to keep her calm, so I leaned down and easily snapped the chains on her feet. I then started to lift her up gently off the beam and she cried out. I looked down to see that she had been impaled on 2 large dildos that were fastened to the beam!! He had left her for hours like this?! I had to take a moment to control myself because I didn’t want to frighten her more, but all I could think about doing was rushing down to those cells and driving a silver spike up both of their asses!! I had to focus. I reached up and undid the buckles from her hands and she fell limply into my arms. She had fainted, most likely due to exhaustion. I pulled a blanket from the bed and wrapped her in it. When I reached the crowd downstairs, there was an audible gasp when they realized I was carrying their unconscious Luna. 

“Are there any more medical personnel here who can come to the hospital?” I said loudly. I didn’t want to pull any staff from Titan’s mate because she was in dire condition. However, the Luna was in need of attention too. 3 women came forward and we headed out quickly to the car. This was going to be a hell of a long night.