His Graceful Queen

The Pain

Xander walked carrying Hannah in his arms, her hands around his neck. Someone had given him a jacket, which was now used to cover her back. The sound of her heartbeat and breathing growing fainter by every second. He couldn't sense anything else that was happening around them but her unconscious body.

Xavi whimpered by the pain of his mate.

His Alpha aura was strong and filled with fury it forced anyone away from him which gave him a clear path through the building and into the car Cammie and Luke had brought with them. Christian followed him closely and got into the driver's seat, while Xander got on the backseat still with Hannah in his arms.

Xander didn't have to give Christian orders to drive, he just turned the engine on and drove as fast as he could towards the hospital. Xander was quiet, with closed eyes, resting his chin on Hannah's.

"I have contacted Isa, she will meet us at the hospital" Christian said, his voice full of worry.

Xander just growled as a reply.

Within a few minutes they arrived at the hospital. In the back of the main hospital there was a wing that belonged to their pack and Xander wasn't going to let anyone he didn't know touch his mate. He got out of the car, still carrying her limp body, at the hospital entrance, several people tried to approach him with wheelchairs and beds for Hannah, he just snarled at them, letting them see his fangs. No one was going to take away his mate. They all backed off.

A tall redhaired woman with scrubs came running down the corridor waving them towards a hospital room.

Xander and Christian followed her gestures and walked into the room. It was a big white room, with a hospital operation tables, medicine, bandages and some sort of operating tools.

She looked at Hannah, in Xander's arms.

"Xander, I need you to control your aura and give me the girl"

Xander snarled at her, acting like a hurt wolf.

"Xander, listen to me, I want to help her, but you need to trust me, control your wolf"

He looked at the redhaired woman.

"Xander, I need for you to place her on the table so I can help her" The redhaired woman looked at Xander.

"Christian, I need him to place her on a table, the woman pleaded"

"Xander, listen to Isa, you know she would do the best for your mate, you need to trust her" Christian mind linked Xander.

Finally, they got through to him. He carefully, with the help of Isa, placed Hannah on the table. First laying her on the side and then on her stomach. Then they carefully removed the blood-soaked jacket that had been covering her back.

Isa, let out a sound of horror "what have they done to you poor thing" She looked at Xander and Christian.

"We found her like this in The House of Pleasure" Christian replied.

Xander couldn't utter a word, his alpha aura spreading to the room, by the sight of his mate and her bloody flesh. The aura filled everyone with fear. Suddenly he felt the mate-bond become weaker, as if it was disappearing, and he could hear her heart stopped.

"Xander i need you out so I can save this girl" Isa yelled. "I can't do anything with your aura around. Control it and get out" Isa yelled, beginning to find some medicine and syringes.

She began yelling at some nurses, that couldn't move because of the Alpha.

"CHRISTIAN, GET HIM OUT NOW"

Xander couldn't react, it felt like his body had gone completely numb.

Christian pushed him, prepared to fight him if necessary but luckily, he didn't fight back and his Beta got him pushed out of the surgery room, the door closed behind them and then a lamp above the door, changed colour to red, making it impossible for anyone to enter the room.

Xander stood outside the door, after several minutes had passed, he finally looked down on his hands, they were filled with blood, her blood. He only had a pair of shorts on when he had found her after having shifted. He looked at the windows reflection of him chest was also filled with her blood and her scent of lavender hung on his skin.

He let out a loud growl of pain. The sound could be heard several miles away. What had he done? Why hadn't he protected his mate?

When he had run off, he had sprinted towards the orphanage as fast as he could. With every minute her fear had become more and more extreme. He had tried to push himself as hard as he could. When he arrived at the orphanage he ran up to the door, he could scent her, but it was locked. He couldn't open it so he had run to the door using his body as a ramp several times until the door finally caved in. The door had made a loud breaking sound as it splintered.

He couldn't sense her inside the house, and he had realised she wasn't there. He followed the strongest of her scent, hoping to get some answers.

Christian had arrived just as the door broke and followed Xander closely.

Still in his wolf shape Xander had followed the scent to a room. Her scent lingered in the room, and on the floor was a boy, bleeding from his head.

"Call an ambulance, he is still alive" Xander said

Christian called an ambulance just as he was ordered.

"We need to find her, it is getting worse."Xavi whimpered.

At that moment a car pulled up, it was Cammie and Luke, they entered the house and walked into the office.

Xander used his wolf hearing, listening for any signs of her. and then he heard it, several heartbeats from upstairs. He sprinted still in wolf shape upstairs, Cammie and Luke followed him.

Luke sniffed the air, "It is kids, several of them" he mindlinked Xander.

Xander stopped, there was no light. They walked towards the heartbeats.

"Do.. don't come any closer"a young boy stuttered. His clothes were ragged, he looked like a teenager.

The wolfs eyes adjusted to the dark, and in the back of the room on a few bunk beds they saw a lot of kids huddled up together, and some older ones standing in defending poses in front of them.

Cammie grabbed Xander's silvercoloured fur. "Let me handle this, they are only scared kids" she mindlinked him. She approached the boy, "hello my name is Cammie, I am looking for one of my friends, we mean you no harm, what is your name."

The boy eyed her, still standing in front of the rest of the group. His body shivered with fear.

"Our friend, her name is Hannah, she might be in great danger"

By the name of Hannah, the boy relaxed a little"Are you friends of Hannah?"

"Yes, yes we are. We went to school with her"Cammie said noticing the boy relaxed a little however he kept watching Xander in his wolfshape with caution.

"He took her"the boy said with tears in his eyes. "He took her"

"Who took her?"

"The headmaster" he whispered, by saying the name all the kids shivered with fear.

"What the hell have been going on here" Luke said in the mindlink.

"I have no idea, but they are clearly afraid of the man who took her" Cammie replied.

Xander looked around the room, there wasn't even one whole piece of cloth in the room neither any light. All the children were covered in ragged clothes most of it on the brink of being to small. He noticed a bed near the door, it was the place where the scent of lavender was strongest it must have been where she slept.

"Boy what is your name?" Cammie asked again.

"My..my name is Tom", the boy replied.

"Okay Tom, can you tell me where the headmaster has taken her?"

"I don't know he said" his voice breaking by the tears "but she promised to come back for us"

An older girl with 2 small children on her hips said. "I am not sure, but the rumour is that the girls, that turns 18, will be working girls in the old parts of town, and..." Her voice cracked "Today is Hannah's birthday" she whispered.

Suddenly Xander felt a huge pain in his body, it was like his soul was being hurt. The pain was getting stronger and stronger.

"Cammie, contact the pack, we need to help these kids" he ordered through mindlink. He needed to find Hannah, his wolf and soul was hurting.

"Luke can you track her? "He asked as well, Luke was the best tracker in the pack.

"Yes alpha, just give me something with her scent" Luke replied.

Xander went to the bed that was filled with her scent and with his mouth, he grabbed the thin piece of fabric, he guessed was supposed to be a blanket. He walked to Luke "here"

"Okay, I need to shift" Luke said, "lets go down stairs, no need to frighten the kids more."

They went downstairs and Luke shifted to his big brown wolf, he sniffed the blanket, and began to run.

Xander followed him through different alleys. Until they came to an old house, with rusty windows. There was an old wooden sign above the door, House of Pleasure. Xander knew he had read that name before.

"Christian we are at The House of Pleasure, Bring the car and some clothes, contact some of our warriors

as well". Xander ordered Christian through mindlink.

"On my way" Christian replied.

"Alpha, most of the people at The House of Pleasure are dead, some ran away, through a hidden door. And a few surrendered. What do you want us to do with them" One of his warriors mindlinked to him.

Xander began pacing in front of the hospital door. "Bring them to the cellar" he replied. He wanted to punish them for participating in the event that hurt his mate.

Christian came around the corner. Xander hadn't even noticed he was gone, but he could see that he had had a shower and put fresh clothes on.

"The boy is okay" Christian said to Xander.

"Is he awake?"

"Not yet, the blow to the head have probably knocked him out for a few more hours."

"I want him in a private hospital room, and as soon as he is awake, I want to talk to him"

"Consider it done" Christian replied After a few moments,

Xander looked at Christian "did you know?"

"Know what?"

"The connection between the orphanage, Bryan and The House of Pleasure"

"Do you really think, I wouldn't have told you, if I knew there was a slightly chance that my Luna was going to be tortured and abused?" Christian growled offended at his Alpha. "Do you think that low of me ?"

"Sorry, I don't, I just..., I know you wouldn't hurt your Luna" Xander closed his eyes and pinched his nose.

He couldn't really think straight. He knew Hannah wasn't dead yet, because he could sense the bond, but it just felt like the bond was one tiny string that could snap any moment.

"Just hang on princess please he mumbled"

"Maybe you should go take a bath and change. I have set up a room a few doors down and someone from the pack have brought you a freshly set of clothes. I will stay here and call you if needed" Christian said.

Xander looked down at his bloody hands, the blood has dried into his skin. "Thank you"

He walked to the room, undressed and went into the shower, letting the hot warm water burn his skin.

Christian had arrived shortly after and the warriors who was in the neighbourhood had gathered as well in a mixed group of wolves and human forms.

"This house belongs to Bryan Borges and his father", Christian stated when he arrived.

Xander nodded, he was aware of that. It was solely the reason he was on edge.

He turned towards the group of warriors that had gathered around him and said within the mindlink

"I need you all to help me save my mate. She is somewhere in this building. But be careful, as Christian said, this house belongs to The Borges, and there might be rogues in there.

The warriors growled in anticipation by the word rogues "yes Alpha" the warriors replied.

Christian in his human form, carried a big black bag, to the door and knocked on it.

Someone opened it and Xander jumped in and grabbed the person opening the door by his throat with his teeth. He let his fangs sink in and then he ripped the throat out.

Xander felt Hannah beginning to give up, the bond had begun to weaken.

"She is dying" Xavi said to Xander

"Luke find her, fast" Xander yelled at Luke

"on it"

Suddenly a whole bunch of guards entered the room but the packwarriors were highly skilled even though they were outnumbered by only being 7 and the guards kept coming.

Xander knew his warriors could manage the situation so he and Christian followed Luke.

They followed through a lot of different rooms. Women with no clothes on were screaming, and their visitors, screamed as well. Luke, Xander and Christian didn't have time to stop, They knew the warriors would handle the situation.

The three of them entered an office room. An elderly woman sat there.

"Who, who are you", She pointed her long at Christian, the only one who hadn't shifted. "You aren't allowed to be here!"

"Where is Hannah" Christian asked

"She has been here, not long ago, but her scents ending here" Luke confirmed.

"I am only going to ask this one more time, and then you are asking for it yourself, WHERE. IS. HANNAH?" Christian used his Beta-voice, making the woman tremble.

"I don't know who Hannah is"

Xander had had enough, He shifted right there in front of the woman, even though it is against protocol to shift in front of a human.

Christian tossed him a pair of shorts from the bag.

He put them on and then he walked close to the woman, and grabbed her throat.

"I am done with your f*****g games, he growled. Where is Hannah, MY MATE, Blonde hair and blue innocent eyes.

The woman cried out from the pain of Xander's hands on her throat.

"I don't know a Hannah, and the only blonde girl I have seen today, is the one th..." The woman stopped as she realised what she was about to say.

"The one who, what?" Xander said, letting his nails grow into her skin

"Please let me live, she cried out."

"Tell me what I want to know and then I will consider it" He answered her with a voice as cold as ice.

"The headmaster, brought a blonde girl to the auction room, in the cellar"

"How do we get to the cellar Christian asked’

"Press the panel on the left and press #1569"

Christian went to the left and pressed on the panel and a door opened.

Xander snapped the woman's neck and let her fall dead to the floor.

He went down the passage, when he got further down, he heard the sound of a whip and men cheering. The further they went down the clearer he could scent Hannah.

They came down to a big room, and he saw a lot of people sitting in chairs around a platform illuminated by a spotlight. He heard the sound of a metalflogger, hit someone, then he heard a cry, and a voice saying "45" and the crowd cheered. It was his sweet innocent Hannah, counting. She was on the platform.

He saw red.

"Kill them" he ordered, Luke and Christian.

They ran out beginning to kill the audience. Scream and blood filled the air. Some of the packwarriors joined in. Xander ran towards the platform.

The one who swung the whip got scared by the sight of Xander, so he threw the whip and ran. Xander didn't have time to chase him, all of his focus went to Hannah. She was almost naked, shackled to the ceiling and floor. He ran to her, her head hung forward with closed eyes. Her long blond hair had blond in it and hung around her face. He listened for a heartbeat and was relieved when he heard it. He quickly released her from the shackles that held her arms,

"Hannah, please, I got you princess" He tried to let her know that he was here. She opened her eyes and looked into his just for a second, and then she collapsed and fell into his arms.

Her legs and neck were still shackled, and he couldn't leave with her, but he couldn't let go, so he could free her.

"Christian I need you"

Christian came running in his wolf shape.

"What have they done to her?" He looked at the poor girl who had collapsed into the arms of his Alpha.

"Free her"

Christian shifted from his Black wolf, put on a pair of shorts, touching another wolfs mate while naked would be a bad thing, especially in this high tensed situation, and she was naked as well.

He opened up the shackles at her feet and the shackle around her neck. When the one around her neck got removed, he saw two holes with burn marks on each side.

"What the hell" He said loudly

Xander didn't reply, he was holding Hannah and only focuses on her and her breathing.

Someone brought Christian a jacket from the bag and he gave it to Xander, that placed it on Hannah's naked body.

He got up and began walking carefully but at a fast pace towards the car. Christian sprinted ahead of him.

He left the warriors to take care of the rest.

After his shower, Xander put on a pair of black jeans and a black t-shirt and went back to the surgery area. The red light had been on for 3 hours now, he could still feel the Thread of the matebond.

He nodded at Christian as he sat down at the chairs outside the room just waiting