A New Hope

Chapter 11

Another premonition of Hope came to me but this time I was awake. It hit me like a brick and dropped me to my knees mid run. She was being f*****g tortured. Mutilated and even though she was trying to be strong I felt her pain, every time the blade touched her skin I felt it against my own.

"Gabriel?! Whats wrong?" I could vaguely hear Max as he dropped down next to me.

I was silently hitting the ground as I was looking down at her mutilated bloody body through her own eyes.

"I love you Gabe" I heard her whisper as if she was right here with me but I was helpless God knows how many miles away.

I shifted and howled in pain running as fast as I could with no clue where. Was that to be the first and last time I'd hear her say those words. I wanted to let the wolf take over and take away this pain, but no matter how hard I tried my mind always stayed present in wolf form.

I could feel the packs collective pain as my sorrow washed over them, as the images of Hopes bloody broken body was seen by everyone on the compound. I stopped by a cliff and howled with my whole being, never knowing I could feel such a deep anguish and sorrow.

Max walked up next to me in wolf form his head hanging and whimpered before joining my howl. One by one pack members emerged from the tree line and joined in the howl. The trees shook with our sad acapella.

We're here for you Gabriel and Hope isn't dead.

You don't know! There was too much blood, too much pain! Oh God Hope!

I paced back and forth noticing the wolves were all whimpering, the mates cuddling into eachother for comfort.

We all know Gabriel, your not just sharing your words, but your projecting your bond... the images to us all. We all feel her pain, but we all can still feel your bond.

My father spoke to me as he watched me pace.

Why won't my wolf take full control for awhile, I can't do this... I can't do this to the pack.

I looked around at the seventeen wolves all heads hanging and whimpering.

Don't worry about us brother we've got you we aren't going anywhere

Max comforted me and the other wolves nodded their heads in agreement.

I looked at them again all cowering in pain and sorrow, in my pain and sorrow.

I command you all to block my thoughts and feelings and return to what you were doing.

The pack all shook and stood like a weight was lifted off of them before they disappeared back into the woods. Max stood looking at me hurt and unsure what to do.

You too Max, I need to be alone. Thank you brother.

With that he turned and left, leaving only my father and I on the cliff.

You commanded MY pack

He chuckled as he stared at the valley below and the endless forest.

I didn't know I could, I just figured if commands didn't work on me maybe mine would work on them. I didn't mean to over step but they don't deserve to suffer.

Neither do you Gabriel. You know I was wondering if you were going to be the packs new Alpha, but your command had no effect on me. Its the same as if you you were an alpha from another pack, but that's impossible.

No its Hope. She's special and not just because she's my mate. In the vision I had of her... they didn't know she was human. If she has been surviving experiments made for werewolves there must be something more to her. She is turning into a werewolf now, the silver burned her and there's no way a human could survive those wounds, but could a werewolf?

Hope is strong, she'll get through this, you'll get through this. She must be getting stronger if you had a premonition while awake. And that bond was stronger than anything I've heard of or felt even with your mother.

It somehow felt even more real then the other visions. Before I could see but not feel anything, I'd know she was in pain but I wouldn't feel the pain as she does. I felt the cold against my feet the burning chains, every sadistic thing that fucker did to her.

The whole pack felt that pain but was overwhelmed by your sorrow. We can link our minds to talk in wolf form and even vaguely feel our mates strongest emotions. But Never able to push images onto others or project our emotions to the whole pack and to that magnitude.

What does that even mean?

That Hope is truly special and even though it doesn't feel like it right now, she's going to be okay.

He stood up and rubbed against my shoulder before leaving me to my thoughts.

Hope has been missing for seventeen days and so much has happened, but so little at the same time.

Our search for her and Alice hasn't gone very far other than narrowing down a very few ships. We decided not to contact them all and only investigate from the shadows incase they decided to do anything drastic. We got more from Hopes visions then from any of the leads.

David was also looking into Hopes bloodline, at this point we all believed she wasn't just human or we somehow created a bond with unheard of reactions and strength.

Hudson cleared his schedule for two weeks so he could train me and walk me through everything that's been changing in my body. On the second day he was annoyed to tell me there wasn't anything more he could teach me about shifting or controlling my wolf. He focused more on the history of werewolves and other supernatural beings.

I was able to tap into my wolfs instinct, but always kept control even when pushed to snap. I could shift faster then the others and I just found out I could command them too.

Training in wolf and human form has proven my strength, speed, and senses are noticeably superior as well. Instead of taking baby steps and growing into my new werewolf abilities they came on their own too easily and naturally.

I constantly have Hope on my mind and can feel her in pain, nothing like today just a background feeling. Reminding me every second that she's suffering and there's nothing I can do about it.

I also feel our bond growing like the changes she's going through are making her stronger even though she's being malnourished and tortured. Her visions are becoming more frequent, paining me to see her in that state but relieved she's still alive.

Max can feel Alice and says he doesn't feel any pain from her, but there's something different to their bond, not like its lesser but as if somethings been added to it.

If Hope can send me visions and dreams maybe I could do the same for her. I've been playing with the idea for awhile, but assumed since I'm the wolf it wouldn't work both ways.

I shifted back to human so I could speak out loud and not just in my head. I stood naked looking down at the valley feeling like I was losing my mind.

"Here goes nothing baby. I love you too Hope. I've been seeing you in my dreams, like real dreams that I know to be true. I know your suffering but you got to hold on, I'm never giving up on you my love" I whispered to the wind, feeling ridiculous.

I shook my head at myself and shifted back to a wolf to run back to the lodgings. I needed to apologize to the others for projecting my pain on them and for ordering them. I knew I wasn't in charge and had no plans on stepping on any toes when everyone's been so helpful and caring.

I shifted outside the lodge I was staying in and got changed before headed towards the main lodge.

The biggest building on the compound was the storage building that had all the cars bikes and toys. Second largest was basically our community center. Log cabin style but modern with a big kitchen, dinning area, rec room with a bar, and a twenty person hot tub in the screen room. The rest of the cabins were spread out on the property for privacy, most of them two bedroom with the basics. Comfortable but not over the top.

My father was the only one that lived here full time and he stayed in his cave or roaming the forest. He enjoys company on runs, but his constant wolf form has made him anti social. He is the packs alpha, but he delegates most of the pack operations to many different wolves.

There was always a handful of the pack at the compound at any given time, like a family we're drawn to eachother, but the modern world has made it too difficult to live in big packs like our predecessors.

As I walked to the main lodge I was surprised to see everyone waiting for me inside. Looking expectantly at me slightly confused.

"Hey guys I didn't expect you all to be here" I said as I stood infront of them.

"Didn't you want all of us here?" Max asked concerned.

"Well ya, but I didn't expect you to be waiting for me." I looked around confused and shrugged. "Anyways I wanted to apologize to you guys for making you feel that, it wasn't my intention and I'll do my best to avoid that in the future. I'm also sorry for ordering you like I did, but I didn't know what else to do"

"I think I speak for everyone when I say you got nothing to apologize for" Max said and looked at everyone else who agreed.

Cassie ran up to me and hugged me, "I hope you never have to feel like that again I'm so so sorry Gabriel" she had tears in her eyes as she let go of me.

The other pack members followed her lead hugging me and comforting me as if we have been brothers and sisters since birth. Some left to return to their cabins or shift and enjoy the forest, but most stayed and hung out enjoying the pack company.

"How you doing bro?" Max asked following me outside onto one of the benches.

"I don't even know anymore, lost, useless, angry... but I'm f*****g grateful for the pack" I said looking down at my hands. "how're you holding up?"

Max sighed and and let out a half hearted laugh. "Bout the f*****g same man, I miss Alice... and after today's events Hope too"

"Excuse me?!" I started making him meet my gaze.

"Woah not like that... uhh it's hard to explain. So when you shifted today you somehow shared your bond with Hope to all of us. It imprinted on all of us but not in a mate way?" he watched me to make sure I was following him. "so after Hopes bond imprinted on us the images of her... like that... it broke our hearts and your pain on top of it made it unbearable"

His knuckles turned white reliving today's shock. Max and I got close very close and were almost inseparable on the compound. We trained in both forms together, ate together, and desperately tried to help with the search for our girls in any way we could.

"f**k Max I'm so sorry. You got so much on your plate without adding my s**t to it." I apologized again to him making him shake his head.

"You don't get it, no ones mad at you, but your apologies are insulting. Your new to this whole pack thing, but we're a family." Max softly scolded me.

"Now you see you didn't have to command us to get together to hear your unnecessary apology" he joked punching me in the arm.

"I didn't command anyone, I mean I just thought I needed to apologize to everyone and you were all here waiting" I explained just as confused as him.

"We're practically misery brothers so I might be biased, but maybe you didn't just bond us to Hope but to you as well" Max mused more to himself then me.

"Misery brothers huh?" I couldn't help but laugh stopping short feeling guilty.

He was right though. Misery brothers, we both felt guilty feeling any comfort or joy while our girls were on a misery cruise.

"Yeah when you basically told us to f**k off earlier, Hudson and Sonia left the compound to do some research on how and why that happened. They'll probably be back in a few days still scratching their heads" Max got up and went inside to join the others, leaving me to my thoughts.

The next few days went the same as most in my new routine of waking early after an uneasy sleep, an hour run as a human before another hour as wolf. Followed by a shower then a call to David for an update just to be told that he'd call me the minute he had news. I'd meet Max for breakfast then spar as humans and wolves, lunch then another run.

We'd then helplessly scour the internet for everything and anything related to kidnappings, illegal human experiments or even medical scientists that have lost their licenses.

We'd eat again and then I'd spend a couple hours going through work emails and sign off on various things. Around eight I'd call David again to be told the same thing as in the morning, then another run as a wolf which a handful of pack members would join or sometimes just my father.

Sometime during my afternoon run Hudson and Sonia had returned after being gone three days. When Max and I got back they were waiting for me.

"Hey Gabriel can we talk to you in private?" Sonia asked me meekly. Shes Hudsons mate in her late 30s. Sonia is so tiny that even at her age she could pass as a kid if she wore the right clothes.

"I'll only tell Max anyways so might as well tell him now" I smiled down at her and Hudson just nodded.

"Alright let's go to the office" Hudson led the way to one of the smaller lodges.

"That bad huh?" Max asked earning him a glare from Sonia.

"No not bad, possibly far fetched but all that we have" Hudson explained as he sat on one or the desks waiting for us to all sit.

"So after you opened up to us and shut us out we flew up to your grandfathers house to research in the library" Sonia began, waving off my confused look.

I didn't know they had access to my Grandfathers home. I rarely visited the massive property, but kept it maintained and exactly the same.

"There was no mention of the alphas in your family being special or any alpha for that matter having those abilities. No gifted female bloodline either. So we broadened our search to other supernatural beings and we think we found something that might match" Sonia looked at Hudson for him to continue.

"So it's only myth and a few old rumors." Hudson glanced between Max and myself. "but we think Hope might be a Luna vessel and she made you her Sol."

We just blinked at him in confusion.

"You guys are talking about f*****g greek gods?" Max looked at me wide eyed. "are you gonna start smiting people?!"

"He's not a God Max! He might just have the soul of one... or something like that. Its not exactly clear." Sonia smacked Max on the arm.

"The myth says that Luna takes human form to be closer to her Sol, sun, her true love. Once in that body she has no memories of being Luna but spends her life on earth searching for her Sol." Hudson continued. "It is said that Luna usually fails to find her Sol and when her human form dies she settles for the brief eclipses for hundreds of years before she tries again."

"It is rumored that Luna has found her Sol in supernatural beings before. Vampires who lost their minds from centuries of having a Sol in them craving the sun, finally stepping into the light killing himself and Luna. Mermaids who actually mated with only one instead of being polyamorus. Even werewolves with mate bonds so powerful, it bonded any wolf around them to them as well. In every species its speculated that the Luna and Sol had substantially more powerful attributes and extentions of the species powers."

"So Hope might be a goddess?" I asked flabbergasted as Sonia and Hudson exchanged a look.

"Its the only thing we found that was remotely close to explaining whats been going on with you"

"So he's not the new alpha?" Max blurted out making us all look at him.

"No, but I think if he wanted to no one could stop him" Hudson shrugged, "but your not planning on that anytime soon right Gabriel?"

"What? No! I felt horrible for ordering everyone the other day, then worse again when just thinking I wanted them together they just did"

I knew how to run a company, but had no idea how to run a pack. All I wanted was to get Hope back in my arms and never let her go.

"Wait you just thought about wanting everyone together and they did?" Hudson asked concerned.

"Yeah it was weird we were all drawn together in the main lodge. Honestly we all thought he was going to announce he was the new pack leader" Max filled in Hudson and Sonia.

"Huh well maybe be careful with your thoughts, don't want to be mad and have someone get hurt or killed" Hudson warned me while standing up.

"Great another thing to add to the misery brothers s**t list!" Max grumbled.

"Yes unfortunately and I think we should also keep this between us for now, I'll go fill your father in tho" Hudson said before kissing Sonia and walking out the door.

"Silver lining, those assholes don't know what Alice and Hope are. Its just a matter of time until the girls get an opportunity to turn the tables." Sonia said sweetly before leaving us in the office.

"Well we're already in the office, shall the misery brothers continue our search to find our loves?" I asked Max.

"Sherlock bros at it again" he sighed flipping open a laptop.