Bonded by Fates; The Origin

3. Fear and Discoveries

***This chapter contains abuse and violent graphics that will be signalized with an asterisk, doesn't contain rape in this chapter. Don't worry***

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Liam POV:

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“Oh no, they’re coming for me, please, go hide now.” She demands desperately.

“For you?” I was clearly more confused than her now. Prospero was startled and confused as well.

“Look, there’s no time to explain it like I was supposed to. I woke up and took my wolf Hope to go for a run. I’m forbidden by my dad to even stay out of the pack house. I’m like a prisoner. You were right, almost nobody knows me or about me and I don’t know why. I’m not allowed to ask my dad about it. I made my way out of the wolf’s borders, which my dad had strictly forbidden me to do or I’d be severely punished, you both have to go know, please.” She demanded desperately again, while tears were falling down her face and I’m the one who’s got desperate now.

“What? No, I can’t let anything bad happen to you. Come with me.” I saw Alec nodding in reassurance in my mind as I took her hand in mine firmly, and I was about to teleport away but she put her hand away from me, making my heart clench.

“I’m sorry I can’t, there’s no way out. I can’t leave my dad or else the little good he has in his soul will fade away and everything will crumble down. Don't worry, I can take it. I can’t let anything bad happen to you here in my own realm because of me. Please, it'd kill me, just. You have to go now. If you ever consider us together, please, GO” She cried as she shouted the last part and I nodded. I didn’t want her to feel more distressed. I couldn’t leave her without making sure she was OK either, so I turned around and disappeared into the forest. But I rushed back in a minute. I was far enough but I could use my eyes’ focus on her and got hidden behind a tree. My scent would still be lingering in the air around her so she wouldn’t notice I was still around but not too near from where she was.

My heart was racing and I was afraid of losing her. I didn’t know what would happen.

“So that is what it was all about, she was her dad’s prisoner, that Alpha is a monster, I’m not going to give up on her.” Realization hit me like a stab on my mind.

“I can’t let anything bad happen to you here in my own realm because of me, it’d kill me.” Her desperate voice kept repeating over and over again in my head. We had just met and she was sacrificing herself for mine and Prospero’s safety. I felt guilty taking myself over.

“Prospero, teleport to our mansion and get me an invisible rune.” I mind-linked Prospero.

“On my way. Don’t worry, we’ll save her.” He replied.

After a couple of minutes, Prospero teleported back to where I was. I ordered him to teleport back to safety and he did as I commanded only after I made sure that if anything happens, I’d mind-link him right away.

I used the invisible rune but when I turned to see her, she wasn’t there.

“f**k, how did they just disappear? I have to find her and get her the hell out of here.” My voice came out as a whisper.

“If they hurt our mate, I’ll kill them and burn the whole Realm.” Alec roared in my mind, trying to force himself to shift.

“I agree with you, but right now we have to act smart by finding her, making her safe and then come back here to investigate who robbed our mansion. There are many packs around the werewolf’s realm, this is only the nearest one from the borders. We can easily burn the whole realm without any effort, but also our chances to get to the bottom of this will also be gone and we’ll never find out what happened.”

Alec groaned in pain just thinking about Alice getting hurt. I forced my fist into a ball, trying to control myself.

When I find her, I’ll tell her everything and she has to accept it. She doesn’t even have a choice, because I’m not going to live without her and I won’t give up on her anymore. I’m the King of Dragons and she’s my mate and our future Queen.

Alec relaxed at this thought.

Little did we know that our story and the hard path were just about to begin.

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Alive POV:

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I calmed down after he left.

I could take whatever punishment ahead is waiting for me, I just couldn’t take seeing anyone getting hurt because of me, especially my just found mate.

I tried to run away to the secret hole in the border but the warriors approached and quickly handcuffed me and put a bracelet on my wrist to prevent me from shifting. Where did they get that?

“Wait, please, I’m sorry, I won’t leave again.” I tried to say something.

They just laughed and slapped my face as I fell on my butt.

For the first time ever, I mind-linked my dad.

“Please Dad, don’t do that, forgive me. I won’t go out again.”

I just heard him yelling back in my mind; “ALICE, WHERE…”

And the guards used a teleport rune and I found myself in the dungeon. The mind-link connection was off. The dungeon looked like a huge prison and spacious lockups, but we were in front of the smaller cell around there. It was the one that looked older with stones all over it and iron tables and chairs. It all seemed rusty. Someone casted a spell on the dungeon to cut mind-link connections? What’s happening?

Did dad make agreements with the Wizard Realm?

Of course, he was going to ask me where I was going and I was prepared for my punishment and to face anything that comes after, but that doesn’t mean that I wasn’t going to fight for my life either.

A malicious laugh got me back from my thoughts, 2 of the warriors threw me out into this cell. I could see there were chains hanging from the ceiling and some stuff wrapped in a velvet fabric on top of a rusty iron table.

“She’s cute, we could have some fun before we get some answers from her.” One of the wolves said, the rest of them nodded.

“Please, don’t. The Alpha won’t allow it.” I tried to reason but they laughed even louder, as if I was telling some joke.

“So naïve, let us take this innocence out of you so you can be our whore.” The other wolf said and took the handcuffs off. I started to jump, trying to fight for my freedom, but they were much taller and stronger and forced my hands to the chains from the ceiling with my back towards them and my arms were up preventing me from putting them down. I panicked.

I couldn’t shift, I couldn’t mind-link anyone. I feared for my dignity more than my life.

“No please, kill me, hurt me, torture me, but don’t do this”. I was pleading as tears were falling nonstop from my eyes.

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***Abuse and violent graphics triggered***

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“Relax pup, you’re going to enjoy it.” one of them said, unbuckling his belt and came in front of me, looked at my face and ripped my tank top off with my bra reveling my breast.

I felt so disgusted and ashamed. I thought about Liam. I had just found my mate, I was saving myself for him and only he could ever touch me. Then I thought about my wolf.

“This can’t be happening. Hope, please, forgive me” I said to my wolf, who was quiet. The bracelet spell made me also lose her in my mind. I couldn’t reach her. I cried even louder, he came closer and squeezed my breast painfully as his other hand was trying to take my pants off. My self-protective instinct was to kick his balls off.

“f**k, ENOUGH.” He screamed in pain and his rage made him go behind me with the other wolves. He opened the velvet fabric and took a whip with silver barded tips.

“Urgh…pity we won’t enjoy her like we wanted to,” the others said in a boring tone.

I turned my face carefully to see what they were doing, but then I closed my eyes because of so much pain I felt. I screamed as I felt my back burn and sting and then, again and again, 3 times whipped with the silver barded tips were enough to make me feel like my body was tearing it all apart from my back. I was almost losing consciousness but deep inside I was somehow relieved.

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When I felt like it all seemed lost and my life was slowly being taken away from me, I heard a loud, raw and very feral growl.

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Randall POV:

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I woke up and took a quick shower, brushed my teeth and had breakfast. I went to check on my little girl. I do that every day when I’m at the Pack House while she’s still asleep. But I had to get ready for the Royal Pack’s meetings. I really didn’t know why the hell we needed to go there every couple of weeks, just a bunch of wild wolves drinking Wolfcraig nonstop. The King always made sure we all drank it on a golden goblet and cheered for the union. f*****g non sense. Rarely did we talk about business. King Conri was nothing but a pain in the ass. It was such a great time when he acted based on duties. Taking care of all the packs at the same time, he could be on every pack at once. That’s one of his powers as King; omnipresence.

But now it’s all just bullshit.

These days when I’m away I can’t help the feeling of losing my daughter and my heart clenches in pain. I did everything I could to protect her in any way possible. I’ve already lost my mate. I felt like I had failed her, I wasn’t a good mate, I never cheated, but I also wasn’t there for her in our life and neither in her bed as well as mates should. I felt like the pull was weak and I blamed myself for 4 long years for that and there was also "her".

I couldn't sleep at all at night dreaming about "her" and feeling such pain.

I tried to compensate for it all by taking care of Alice as much as I could. She was always happy with me and I felt complete. I survived Alice's mother's death all thanks to the f*****g Goddess. I should be the one dead instead of her, especially dying by poisoned fairy wine. I killed the son of a b***h omega who poisoned her, but it didn’t bring Alice's mother back.

After so many years, I couldn’t help the feeling that there was more to it. Many weird and wicked things have been happening around the Realms recently. I shouldn’t have killed the man who poisoned my first mate. I should’ve questioned him but my instinct took me over.

I’m trying to protect my daughter from all of it and all the distress. She’s young, she doesn’t need to have her days filled with sorrow and darkness.

I kept her locked and hidden. I wish I couldn’t, but I’m left with no other choice. If I get too soft on her, something terrible might happen. I'd rather deal with her hate than her pain. I had to keep my secret as long as I could until the moment comes.

I have to remain strong for both of us, eliminate any possible threat. If something ever gets to happen to Alice, that is my most precious thing in life, I’d definitely die this time. My daughter and "her" was the thin line that was hanging me up to life.

All of a sudden, I heard Shadow whimpering in pain and my heart started to race.

“Please Dad, don’t do that, forgive me. I won’t get out again.” Alice shouted in a desperate and crying tone.

“ALICE, WHERE ARE YOU? I’M COMING FOR YOU.” I mind-linked her back but the connection got cut out.

I tried to mind-link the Manager of the General Security but he couldn’t be reached.

What the f**k is happening? She’s clearly in danger.

“Our pup is in danger. I think she got out hidden and the guards took her…Randall, almost nobody knows we have a pup and these wolves are sadistic and dirty as horse’s poop” My wolf Shadow growled loudly as anxiety took over us, I shifted to run as fast as I could, f**k, I knew exactly how dirty these warriors were, I gave them all orders to always wait for my command after they capture any enemy or possible threat but it’s my daughter screaming for help and I would not wait any longer, this can’t be happening, I hoped it was not too late.

Shadow is a huge black wolf with bright green eyes, very strong, merciless and has a threatening aura. He bows to no one. Combining it with our Alpha aura, we’re very dominant and wolves obey our command willingly and there’s no need to use our Alpha tone. I have a Beta. He used to be my best friend ever since we were pups, but there’ve been some decades that our relationship was only professional.

It takes about 30 minutes by car from the pack house to reach the security building, but I got there in about 5 minutes and shifted back in my naked form and got inside and the manager and some warriors approached me.

“What the f**k is happening that your connection got cut out, Adam?”

“Alpha” he bows down. “Forgive me, Sir, but my connection is open”, he talked back at me.

I growled like a feral beast and he started to tremble. “Don’t you f*****g think I tried to mind-link you before saying this? Do your f*****g job and leave your connection open. I put you as the manager of the general security and I can take it back whenever I please.” I yelled at him.

He just nodded and bowed down with a confused face.

“If something bad happens to my daughter, you will all get killed slowly.” I warned them, their eyes went wide open and I threw them all away violently. I didn’t even care I was naked, I had to find Alice.

A weird man with a very strong and royal aura came from nowhere and tried to punch me. I dodged easily…who is this fucker now? I have no time for this.

“Back off, get out of my Pack now, I have no time for this you preppy fucker.” I yelled, but his eyes were enraged and I swear I could see smoke coming off his body.

“What did you do to Alice? Where is she?” I frowned. How did he know about her?

Is he trying to take her away?

“Over my dead and furry body”, Shadow said with a growl.

We took our positions to fight. When we were about to shoot ourselves at each other, I heard Alice’s screams echoing the place and I snapped out of it. The regular wolves couldn’t hear it, but I was the Alpha and my senses were a thousand times higher.

Shadow was pacing violently in my head, coming to the surface and he put his ear up as if to hear what was happening to her.

I ran as fast as I could to the cells, ignoring the weirdo, and when I got there, my heart literally stopped and it all turned into a f*****g slow motion as I saw the worst thing I could ever imagine.

Her bare back had deep cuts and she was bleeding non stop, her body was all over covered with blood, she was almost unconscious. I lost it, my fangs elongated, wanting to sink into some necks and my claws were sharp, ready to decapitate whoever did this.

Shadow was howling in pain for the first time but he was also enraged. We want their bloods now.

The guards wolves noticed I’m out of my mind and they started to tremble out of fear.

“A…Alpha, Sir…” He didn’t even finish. I sunk my fangs into his neck, biting it with all my might and pulled his bloody neck’s flesh with all I had, one down, a few more to go…my claws were ripping their flesh out. I made sure to watch them dying until the very little piece of life vanished from their eyes.

Shadow was satisfied.

I turned to look at her and the unknown fucker had already got her in his arms with his shirt around her and she was no longer tied up, but I still don’t know who the hell he was.

“Let her go right now if you don’t want to join these fuckers' dead bodies.” I was about to kill him.

“We’re mates” he simply said, still looking at her, making me fall down on my knees.

I guess the moment of the truth came then.