My Alphas Promise

Chapter Eleven: Answers

Jacob's POV: 

        My dad was silent on the phone. I had just told him his daughter was kidnapped. Taken to only Goddess knows where. How do you even process that? I hear my mom on the other end asking what's wrong, I don't know how he is going to tell her. 

        "Dad, I need you to send trackers here and anyone else you can spare okay? Dad?"

        "Expect them within the next few hours, call me when they arrive. I have to go and explain this all to your mother. Keep me updated on any news."

        "Of course, hug mom for me"

        I hang up and immediately look for Charlie, she was barely keeping it together. She feels guilty about staying close to me during the chaos which I share in the same feeling. Why didn't I stay close to my sister and protect her? I could only imagine Elijah's grief. His mate is missing. My wolf howls at the thought. We had to turn our thoughts back to Charlie and just focus on her.

        "Hey babe, my dad is sending more guys over, they should be here soon. Find anything new?"

        She was supervising the search around the tire tracks, hoping to come up with anything that could lead us to Maddy. 

        "No, nothing! How could there be nothing though? A thousand freaking wolves come out of nowhere but they leave no evidence behind of where they came from?? What did they all shower and fluff before attacking us?!"

        That made me smirk, "Fluff?" I asked, tilting my head a bit towards her. "Oh you know what I mean!" She stomped her foot and went right back to breathing down some poor guys neck about thoroughly checking the ditch behind him. Even though I was stressed and scared out of my mind she made me feel better and think clearly instead of fueled by my emotions.

        I walked away to go find Elijah and update him that more wolves would be joining us soon but he was already talking with Tyler, well more like calmly yelling at him while pacing back and forth. Honestly I think he's handling it better than I would be.

        "...would even think about taking her?? An Alpha's mate?? A LUNA? Who would dare lay a hand on her? Don't they understand this means war on whoever is responsible?!"

        "We are looking into everyone who would be the slightest bit upset with the pack boss, we will find out who is behind this. I swear, they will pay the highest price for this treason."

        They both stopped and looked at me, "Any news from your father Jacob?"

        Tyler seemed relieved by my interruption, "Yes, please give your pack a heads up on more of our guys showing up within the next few hours"

        Elijah just sighed and went back to packing. 

        "I'm sorry man, but please keep in mind Maddy is tough as hell, she won't go down without a fight. We will find her alive"

        "I know, I'm just waiting to see if any of these things survived and go from there. I apologize for being coarse with you. I know she is your family and you equally care for her."

        "Hey, I get it. I lost my sister and I'm scared but you lost your mate. Your other half. I don't know how you are even forming coherent calm sentences right now. "

        He smirked. "Thank you Jacob"

        "Found one!" All our heads turned to Charlie dragging a Rogue over to us. Bleeding everywhere but alive. She threw him to Elijah's feet. The guy was half shifted and mangled as all hell, you could see the panic in his eyes as he looked at all of us around him but he started shaking when his eyes met Elijah's.

Elijah's POV:

        I had the Rogue dragged back to the pack house to our cells. I would be questioning him personally alongside Tyler and one of our pack doctors. I wanted him kept alive through everything I had planned.

        I waited outside the room while he was being chained to the wall and the doctor looked him over.

        "Ready boss?" Tyler walked up, visibly angry and ready for answers. "Yes, let's get our Luna back"

        We walked in and the Rogues eyes immediately went to the floor. "How is he doc?" I asked, eyes still glued to our guest.

        "I patched him up best I could Alpha but I don't know how long he has without taking him in to the hospital"

        "Thank you, you can wait outside, you don't need to be in here for this"  She nodded and left. I quickly turned all of my attention to the task at hand. 

        "Well, sounds like we don't have a lot of time together so let's just jump right in shall we?"

        "Sounds good to me boss" Tyler walked over immediately threw several punches.

        "Okay, now that we are all comfortable with each other, first question of the night. Where is my mate?"

        The man just looked up, one eye already swelling, teeth missing and blood dripping from his mouth but he could still smile right at me. "I won't ask again" I boomed. Still smiling. I nodded to Tyler who walked out of the room for a minute and returned with a syringe of wolfsbane. No hesitation he jabbed it into the mans neck. 

        We waited as he screamed and thrashed in pain. I normally don't go to these lengths to get answers but this was Maddy's life on the line. Once he finally settled down we tried again.

    "Now, I can do this all night but I'd rather just get answers and then let you die quickly so let's not waste each others time. Answer my question."

        "She is with the King" his breathing now labored "He wants her as his Bride, I don't know where. He finds us. He can link us but not the other way around"

        Tyler and I looked at each other, both contemplating on what to do next

        "What can you tell us mutt?" Tyler yelled, He was understandably frustrated, we already knew the who and the why, granted. We didn’t know this kings real name or background.

        "I don't know anything else. He came to us this morning and told us all where to meet and when to attack. Our orders where to capture not kill his Bride. We pushed her towards his Beta who knocked her out and took her back to the King. That's all I know"

        "The syringe we found, is that what he used to knock her out?"

        He barely nodded. We were losing him.

        "Okay let's see what we can do with this, leave him here to die, we have work to do" Tyler followed me out. I told the doctor as we walked by to update me when he dies and then to dispose his body off our lands. 

        We headed upstairs to meet Charlie and Jacob who had come back from the scene of things to rest. I left Tyler to update them while I went upstairs to my room. I needed a minute to myself. Novi kept trying to link Bodhi, I couldn't take his pain. I collapsed on my bed, looking around the room seeing all the changes that were made for Maddy in hopes she would feel comfortable here.

        "We will find you Maddy, I promise.."

Maddy's POV:

        Bride? That caught my attention real quick. This was the man Elijah and the rest of them were talking about, the Rogue King. 

        "Well my dear, how was your rest? You were out for quite some time. I almost killed my Beta thinking he dosed you wrong"

        Yeah I wasn't responding to that. I was trying to peer around him and get a sense of where I was. If I could just see the layout I could maybe link the others and give them clues. Mr high and mighty saw I was ignoring him though and quickly rushed over so he was maybe an inch from my face. "My dear, it would be best for you to answer me as quickly as possible, I'm not a patient man as you will soon learn if you continue to be like this." 

        Again, didn't respond. I was caught off guard by the way this guy smelled. Somewhere between old cheese and a baby's diaper were the closest things I could think of. My stomach started to turn when he stepped back and hissed down at me "Fine! We will see how obedient you are after Lucas here has some fun with you. You will soon learn its better to stay on my good side wifey" 

    He smiled and left the room only to be replaced by the same man I saw back on the road. He flashed his teeth at me and I knew to brace myself for the long night ahead.

        I slowly stood up, trying to even out my balance, I was not going to just lay there like some defenseless child. If he wanted to come at me, he was going to have another thing coming. I had been trained and prepared for things like this, even with my hands chained I knew I could stand my ground.

        "Waiting on you pretty boy" I said with a smile. I wanted to get him riled up so he would be more focused on his anger than actually fighting. He snarled back and started walking over. Ha, easy peasy.

        I gave as good as I got. I may of been bruised, broken and bloody but I was alive and standing which is more than I could say for Lucas laying at my feet. He was breathing but definitely needed some medical attention. I moved my chains around so I could poke him in the chest. No response. Whelp, he's knocked out for now. Guess I will just sit and wait for mister Royal rotten garbage to show back up an see how he reacts to this one. 

        I sat down and started accessing my injuries, few broken ribs, fingers and a wrist. Possibly my nose? Lots of blood and bruising everywhere else though. Also noticing clumps of my hair was scattered around the room. What kind of man pulls hair? Wtf? I was still looking over myself when the door swung open.

        He looked at me and then to his Beta. I just smiled at him, showing him I wouldn't go down so easily. I had taken out his Beta with ease and still wasn’t showing any sign of fear. His eyes flashed from anger to calm in just seconds. He walked over and squatted next to Lucas on the floor, accessing the damage I had caused. He looked back up at me and smiled.

        "Well, aren't you just full of surprises? I wonder if my brother knows what a handful you can be?”

        Brother? I tilted my head in confusion when all of the sudden it hit me. This is Dean. The Rogue King is Elijah's brother..