Barron: The Ruthless Bear King (The Hybrid Series) Book 7

Chapter 1: Rescued

Two Weeks Later

Barron

I couldn't believe my sister was taken on the way back from Elvira, word was sent and Emile appeared in Bearmore offering to help as he felt responsible as she was taken just outside his territory. The Elves were fascinating beings and my people could not help but watch them as they walked through the land, they were tall for sure but I don't think that I have ever seen an ugly elf, the men and women were beautiful beings. Emile was beautiful and he had the ladies swooning, he didn't mind though as this was not new to him, it was part of the elf's charm, and you are drawn to them. King Silas also lent a helping hand as he had always cared about us since we were kids and respected my father. He wanted Polly to marry his son but rumor has it, he prefers the likes of men, not like I cared, you can love who you love. Clarke was ready to go and get Polly-Anne, we had located her a few hours ago and were discussing strategy, Roman that snake took her trying to force my hand. I knew this had something to do with when he visited but to take my sister? I was going to end him slowly but I had to be careful how I did things because he was still King, Emile had a few men that I could use for a civil war if it turned out that way.

The Dragon King, Dominic had offered to join us if we planned to kill Roman but we agreed that was not our revenge to take. Once the boys woke and we believed that they would, they would take him out and we would help, the moon goddess assured all of us that Aidan and the others would be back but we weren't sure when. Clarence mind-linked me saying, "I got the men, we are ready, it's about half a day run from here," and I told him, "We head out in thirty minutes." I looked at Emile and asked him, "How good are your men at running?" He laughed as his eyes glowed saying, "Are you toying with me, Barron?" I smiled and said, "If you're hitching a ride, it's about time that we head out." We were running at full speed heading to the lost tower, some of the elves rod us and the others were running in between us and I must admit, these fuckers were fast. King Silas had his sifters running with us, they had changed into bears since they can duplicate anything to make us look bigger. Some keep their natural form and other shifters are a mixture of other species like the cats, all the dangerous cats you can think about. The sun was setting and we were a few minutes out, I could smell the wolves in the area and we were prepared.

Clarke and his team branched off to the west to corner in those who might plan to escape, the elves were running straight through the tower from the front., They had jumped off us pulling their swords and kept running with Emile out front, the man was a beast when it came to fighting in battle. The other shifters went east and my team entered from the back of the tower, I could smell the blood and the others battling the wolves. I could smell the stench of Roman but it was faint, he was no longer here and that pissed me off because King or not, I was going to kill him, I just didn't tell the others of my plan. The slaughter was going on and I headed up to the tower reaching a locked door, I took a log that was next to it and knocked the lock off. I pushed the door scenting my sister, she was in bed asleep, I woke her and she jumped up but there was something different about her and I scented it, she was violated and I hugged her as Clark ran in yelling, "Polly," before she finally broke down crying in my arms. I linked Clark about the situation and he released this roar in anger almost shaking the walls, I knew that he was stronger than before, and I was proud of him.

Clarke changed into his bear and I placed Polly on his back, she was still distraught but held him tightly and he ran out of the tower. I saw men escorting him and Polly across the field and I linked my men to kill every single one here, take no prisoners, I wanted revenge but it would have to wait. My sister will be forever scarred and I know that she will never be the same again, there was one wolf who handed Emile the treaty that Roman stole and he knows now that Emile was my ally but he didn't know about the Fae Twins and Dominic, we hope to keep it that way. I looked at him in anger and said, "Who violated my sister? He wasted no time in saying Roman and I snatched his head off his body in anger. We headed back to my territory, but we didn't reach back until late in the night and my men headed to rest and be fed. Emile and his men decided to stay overnight while the sifters headed back to their territory not far from us. We offered the King food and he had a woman escort him to his quarters and I just headed over to my parents to check on Polly. My mother was in the room with her, I could hear her cries and my father was furious his baby girl was assaulted, Clark went home to burn off steam and I decided to stay so that Polly knew I was here for her.

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Thirteen Years Later

I was by the waterfall playing with my nephew, Polly has a son from her ordeal years ago and she became my second-in-command after I executed my former second-in-command and his father for treason. They were the reason my sister was kidnapped and raped by King Roman, she has a son she barely spends time with but he was a good kid and I won't punish him because of the evil deeds of his father but Polly was traumatized. Polly after giving birth never held her son but there was no way my parents were going to abandon him because they were kind like that. Clarke loved him and so did I, we kept the secret from Roman so he wouldn't come back for him but after the kidnapping, I never heard from him again. He kept out of my way, seeing the c*****e that I left behind with all his wolves' heads on spikes, he knew he had pissed me off. Polly's son's name was Marrow, we called him Rowe for short, he called me Dad and I don't mind. I was his father figure, however, we will tell him the truth when he got older, he was thirteen now and I brought him out here waiting for his first change. The people in my Kingdom loved him and respected him, vowing to keep Polly's secret, they wanted King Roman dead for violating their Princess.

Rowe started screaming and I knew it was his Bear so I guided him through it when I felt Polly through our twin bond, she was cheering him on and I was shocked she came. She mind-linked me, "It's less painful when a parent is here," but I knew she loved him, she just was constantly reminded about how he was conceived and she needed time. Rowe knew Polly was his mother and he could feel that she was cold towards him but she never abused him, well physically but emotionally he wanted his mother's love. When his transformation was complete he was the most beautiful unique bear he was gray because he had wolf genes, we weren't sure if he would get a wolf but it seems Polly's genes were stronger than Romans. Rowe walked over to his mother and she smiled rubbing his head, I knew he wanted that, Clarke ran over to us in his bear form and nudged the little guy. Polly changed into her bear and so did I, then we saw my parents join us in bear form and we played with the kid until he was tired. Polly was happy that he was a bear and we headed inside to clean up.

Polly was no longer the Princess on a pedestal, she trained hard to become my second-in-command and she beat most of my warriors. She, however, doesn't let any man touch her, hopefully, one day she will give her mate a chance if she finds him but right now, I was glad she was coming around mentally in accepting her son. Clarke walked with me to the throne room and said that he was heading out again to help the poor bears around the edge of our territory to set up shops and businesses to help out and as time moved on, we expanded and became more civilized. I only dealt with Roman through proxy because if we ended up in the same room, I would kill him. Eventually, I couldn't put off being not mated anymore, they needed heirs in case anything happened to me, however, Polly had an heir but he was not as they would say, 'the right choice' because of who his father was and I agreed with them. I loved my nephew but this was business and a legacy I was creating. Over many years, I was introduced to Larkina, Lark for short who they had picked to be a future candidate, she was attractive and I decided to date her to see if she was indeed a great catch. However, I never expected to fall in love with her and that is when my trouble with my family began.