Her Devious Mate

The Past

I walked through the back corridors in the house. I didn’t want to bump into anyone that didn’t need to know about Blake and Cassie right now. Blake followed close behind me. It was a little bit of a walk since the house was so big.

We got to the clinic and I walked in through the side door. They had kept Cassie in the special room that was usually used by the Alpha and Beta’s. Cassie was laying on the bed and had a blanket over her. Her eyes were closed and she looked so peaceful. There was a little bit of colour back on her face. God, I hope Adam hasn’t done anything stupid. Blake walked up to Cassie and took her hand in his.

Adam and Leo walked in and Adam pushed a stool in for Blake to sit on. I narrowed my eyes at Adam and he gave me a WTF look.

*whatever it is, I didn’t do it* he mindlinked.

*she looks better. You didn’t mark her, did you?* I asked

*oh no-no-no. Not that stupid! Doc gave her a little bit of my blood. She was in pretty bad condition internally. So he said that was the best thing to help her*

I relaxed a little and nodded at him. Just like I had rubbed a little of my blood on Blake’s wounds that healed immediately, Adam’s blood would have done the same for Cassie. If you had a human mate, our blood was the fast way to heal them. It was like liquid gold for them. But only for our mates.

Leo stood next to Blake and placed his hand on Blake’s shoulder.

“Young man, I have some disturbing news for you. Your sister, she’s obviously been through a lot of trauma. Her body looks fine from the outside but the insides are quite bad.”

Adam had moved and stood next to me. He leaned into me like he needed support. I linked my arm into his and stood up strong to hold him in place.

Leo continued “I’ve done some scans and there seems to be some damage to her kidneys and intestines. I’m guessing this is due to the lack of nutrients but also trauma because of being hit. There was internal bleeding as well which was why she was in so much pain. But we have sorted that now.”

Adam’s blood must have healed most of that. Blake and Cassie have been through so much. Adam and I stood there supporting each other and with the way our hands had tightened around our arms, we were trying our best to not explode.

“Young man, your sister is a very tough girl. You’re very lucky she still alive.” Leo said and gently rubbed Blake’s shoulder.

Blake’s eyes were moist now and tears threatened to spill out. He had been looking at Leo the whole time Leo spoke. But now he turned back to his sister and kissed her hand.

“She will have to stay here a few weeks so we can help her more. She needs rest and lots of food” Leo finished and turned to leave.

*Alpha, come with me* he mind linked me. I nodded and excused myself and followed doc.

“Rosy” he started when we were a little further away. “We need to give her a few more doses of Adam’s blood. Because we can’t give too much in one go, it will take some time before she’s completely healed. I’ll move her back to her room upstairs so she can be more comfortable but Rosy, whatever’s happened to this girl, it’s bad. We found multiple broke bones in her body that has healed up the wrong way due to lack of treatment. There’s multiple cuts and bruises on her skin and her blood count was low so we had to transfuse some. Also, she may have been sexually assaulted too.” I looked over at Adam right away and he was looking straight at me. He was listening. There was pure shock and anger on his face. He was starting to shake vigorously.

Doc oblivious to Adam carried on “she needs to eat well. Her nutrition is very bad as well. I don’t know how Blake hasn’t lost weight but Cassie has. It’s very unhealthy. I want to do some scans on Blake too just to make sure he gets some treatment too if he needs it. Our best bet for him will be your blood too”

“Take whatever you want. Drain me of all my blood if you have to. But make them better doc.” Leo nodded and walked back towards Blake and j followed him. Adam stood in a corner still shaking. He was hugging himself to calm himself down.

“Blake” I walked over to him. “Doc wants to do some scans and tests on you too. Do you mind going with him? It won’t take long. We will stay here with Cassie” I said, giving him the chance to refuse. But he nodded and got up. Maybe he trusted us now that we were taking care of his sister so well. He followed Leo out of the room and Julz walked in with a tray with equipment on it.

“Alpha, doc said to get some blood samples from you,” Julz said and placed the tray on a table in front of me. I sat down on the stool Blake had vacated and out my arm for Julz.

Adam grabbed another stool and sat on the other side of Cassie and cradled her hand in his and kissed it gently. Cassie stirred a little from Adam’s touch but stayed asleep.

“Rosy, what kind of monster would do something like this to them?” Adam asked. His eyes burning with anger.

“I don’t know sweetie. But we gotta find him before he comes looking for them again. I’ve mind linked dad but dad said that we need more information on the uncle. So maybe when Blake comes back we can get him to tell us what’s happening.” I replied and Adam nodded and went back to staring at Cassie.

I didn’t even know how to empathise with him. Our mates being injured like this was honestly the worst thing that could happen. At least mine was still walking around. I couldn’t imagine what Adam was going through right now.

I really wanted to know what was happening with Blake and Cassie. The only way I would be able to help them was through them telling me what was happening.

An hour later Blake had finished his scans and test and the doc said he had some bruising and cuts and broken bones that had healed the wrong way. But he wasn’t as bad as Cassie. We had moved Cassie into her room and there was a nurse to keep an eye on her 24 hours. Adam wasn’t leaving her side either.

Sarah had brought up some clothes for Cassie to use and I grabbed some more of Adam’s clothes for Blake. Once Cassie was settled into the room. I got Annie to bring up some food for all of us.

Everything was set up in front of Cassie’s bed and Adam sat on the bed feeding Cassie while Blake and I sat in front of the bed.

“Okay well, now I would like to know what’s going on. Don’t even bother to lie or come up with some excuse. I want to know the truth, the whole truth so that I can make sure this never happens again” I said and looked at Blake. He could see I was serious. He looked at Cassie who nodded at him and he sighed.

“Fine. Cassie and I grew up further up north. A town called Delta. We had parents and awesome life. My dad was a lawyer and mum was a teacher. When I was 7 my mum passed away in a school fire accident. She was trying to save her students and died in the process. Cassie was only 5. Dad had a hard time after that and somehow got involved with Trisha. She was his client and was a very evil lady. Dad thought she would look after us and blah blah but she was the evil stepmother from hell. Cassie and I did all the housework and cooking and when dad was around she made it look like she was the best mother in the world. Her stepbrother also came and started living with us. We later found out that she was actually sleeping with her stepbrother. He was as bad as Trisha and use to try and get his way with Cassie. I was always around to stop him, to begin with. Trisha and dad went away for a weekend and never came back. Apparently, there was a car accident and they both passed away. Since we didn’t have any other relatives, Scott, Trisha’s brother became our legal guardian. To start with things were okay. Mum and dads insurance money came through and Scott was enjoying all the money and was happy with us. Cassie and I were living a comfortable life. Then one day the lawyers called and said that the bank had informed them that too many large withdrawals had been done and the money was about to run out. After that, we wouldn’t have any money left and had to manage some other way. The lawyer told Scott that Cassie and I had a trust fund that we would only get once we were 18. So till then, we had to find other ways. This made Scott very angry. He salvaged whatever money was left and then started torturing us. He made me get a job and used the time I was out of the house to abuse Cassie. He threatened to hand us over to child services if we didn’t do as he wanted. We knew we would get separated which I didn’t want. I work at a local fast food place and got food at work and would sneak in food for Cassie. She sometimes ate and sometimes just cried over it.” He stopped and looked over at Cassie who was now crying. Adam was hugging her and his face was filled with rage.

“Scott couldn’t maintain a job. He kept getting fired and he sold our family home and moved us from town to town. The abuse never stopped and if I tried to stop him and would beat me up too. For some reason even though I knew I was strong, I could never hurt him. He was too strong for him. I did everything but could never be as strong. He always had the upper hand and managed to beat my ass” he lowered his head in defeat.

“Last night when we got home Scott was home. I’m glad you guys had invited Cassie because when he got home he was in the mood to abuse. So he went looking for Cassie and when he couldn’t find her he was mad. So when we got home he just beat us up for being away for so long” Blake’s voice was cracking and Cassie was still crying.

“Where do I find this Scott ?” I asked. My voice must have been very harsh because Blake flinched a little. I didn’t care right now. All I wanted was Scott’s throat!

“He works as a mechanic at Big Tony’s garage at the end of town” Blake replied and I didn’t wait for anything else. I was out of my sit and Adam quickly kissed Cassie’s before head before getting up too.

“Julz, keep an eye on them, will you. Get them anything they need. We will be back later” I said and started to walk out the door.

“Wait Rosy, where are you going?” Blake called out. His voice panicked.

“I’m going to find Scott and we’re going to have a chat,” I said and walked out. I was pissed and now that I knew what was happening, I couldn’t keep it together.

I mindlinked dad, Jay and Jason. Adam called Vince, Nick, Claire and Kate. They were our warriors.

Once I got downstairs they were all standing waiting. Dad was the first to step forward.

“Rosy what are you planning on doing?” He asked calmly.

“Everything besides killing him because I want him to suffer just as much as he made them suffer!” My voice was very angry.

“Rosy his human. You can’t. Let me get the police involved” dad said trying to reason with me.

“No disrespect Alpha Storm, but I don’t think he's human,” Adam said and crossed his arms.

“What makes you say that?” Dad asked.

“Blake said something about not being able to defend himself. He said no matter how hard he tried, he could never hurt Scott. That he was always stronger and had the upper hand. Blake looks strong. If he punched a normal human I guarantee he could cause some damage. But Scott always left unharmed” I said and everyone looked a little shocked.

“Alright then. To find out if his human or not. If he isn’t, we deal with him. But if he is human, we get the police involved. Do you hear me, Rosalie?” He said using his firm voice. Even I had to bow to that. I nodded and we all walked out.

Big Tony’s garage was about 20 minutes from the packhouse. It took longer because of how far into the woods the packhouse was. Adam and I were sitting at the back because Jay was scared we would drive like maniacs. The rest of the group was in another car behind us and I had a few wolves circling the garage from a distance. I was boiling with too much anger and I knew Adam was too. The whole time all I could think about was the way I would torture him.

We got to the garage and we got out. Tony must have seen us so he came rushing out of his office. People around town knew us regardless of whether they were werewolves or not. The moment I got out of the car, an unfamiliar scent hit me.

“Rogue,” I said under my breathe. Loud enough for the boys to hear. They all stiffened and I could hear Adam mind linking the wolves in the forest to stay on alert.

Tony was a big man thus the name big Tony. He ran one of the 2 garages in town. The other one we owned but we had a healthy relationship with Tony.

“Miss Storm! What a pleasant surprise. What brings you to this side of town?” He asked bowing a little.

“You have a mechanic named Scott?” I asked him.

“Yes, ma’am I do. Is everything okay?”

“I would like to meet him, Tony. Would you be so kind as to ask him to come out?” I stepped closer to him showing I meant business.

“His out the back ma’am. He's a little hungover so I told him to sort out the scrape. What has he done?” He pressed.

“Walk with me Tony,” I said and started walking towards the back. Everyone split. Claire, Kate and Nick went towards the right and Jay, Vince and Jason went towards the left. Adam followed Tony and me. We got out the back and the smell got stronger.

*I smell a rouge. Everyone on high alert. We might be right about this Scott being a wolf* I mind linked everyone. I sensed Adam stiffen.

*Adam, stay out of sight. Let’s give him a surprise if he tries anything*

Adam nodded and disappeared into the side of the building.

I heard scrap metal being tossed around. There was a figure between the pile. I signalled Tony to call him.

“Hey, Scott. Come out here will you?” Said Tony loudly.

“Yeah yeah coming your fat ass” the figure replied. The figure walked towards us and there was a tall blonde man. He looked like he was in a big fight and was covered in black dust.

As he walked closer to us the smell got stronger and it was coming off him. The sting of rotting animals and moss. He noticed me standing next to Tony and tilted his head.

“Well isn’t this a pretty sight? Didn’t know you had such pretty friends fat man” he said as he walked up to me. He stood a little distance from me and looked me up and down.

“Tony, would you be a dear and leave us alone” I looked at him and tilted my head signalling for him to leave. Tony nodded and started to walk away. “Tony” I called out. He stopped and looked back “you might want to find a new mechanic.” Tony didn’t stop to ask questions. He quickly walked away and we heard his car start before he sped away.

The whole time Scott had a smirk on his face.

“Now that you have me all alone, what would you like to do pretty girl. An Alpha has stepped down from her throne to mingle with one of the low life’s. This is very flattering” he said and closed the distance between us. He placed his finger on my arm and dragged it down and looked at me suggestively.

“I’ve been told you like to abuse and torture children that aren’t yours. Around here we have rules and boundaries which you need to follow.” I said calmly and placed my hand on his shoulder. “Unfortunately you’ve decided to hurt the wrong people”

“Is that so? Please do explain? I’m dying to know how I’ve upset the big bad wolf” he was being cocky.

“ Blake and Cassie,” I said and Scott sneered.

“Those two? Really, is that what this is about? They are useless. Don’t waste your time. Those humans are worthless.” He sneered and wrapped his arms around my waist. “I’m more worthwhile pup” his face was a little too close.

I smiled at him. “What do you know about this pup?” I made the P sound pop.

“That you’re very hot. I can smell the Alpha blood but you’re still waiting for the throne. Now I wonder why Alpha Storm would send his pup to defend his territory.” He was holding me tight.

“Look around you,” I said and his expression changed. He loosened his grip around me and looked around. 6 large wolves were standing about 6 feet away. All ready to attack.

Scott let me go and took a step back.

“Wolves that travel alone are rogues. We travel in packs. Makes us stronger and scarier. To answer your question, my father didn’t send his pup, he sent the queen. You’re right that I haven’t taken the throne of Alpha here, I’ve taken it somewhere else.” I kneed him in his jewels and he grabbed his balls and fell to the ground. I grabbed his hair and pulled it so he was looking at me.

“When you speak to the Queen of the South, I expect respect asshole. You bow down and show that you’re in the presence of royalty”

“Qu... que..... queen of the south?... you’re the queen ?” He stammered. His face was filled with fear. He didn’t know where he had come and who this territory belonged to.

Adam was behind him now picking him up.

“Adam, let’s take him home and give him a little welcome to the Storm Pack. Don’t forget to show him what happens when you disrespect the Queen”...