Mate Protect Me

Chapter 34 - I'll Find You

The weeks bled into a month with no hard leads. Gemma and Zac had literally fallen from the face of the Earth. If it wasn’t for the mind linking and their living connection to the pack, they would have been presumed dead. Baden had even commissioned witches to help locate them, he was clutching at straws. His sanity holding on by a thread, as he lived around his mind links to Zac and Gemma.

Ian started to fear Baden’s frequenting out bursts, staying particularly close when Sarah was around. Baden on the most part, could reel himself in remembering that he was wasting time in the search, but a few times he lost control. Trapped in wolf form after he rained down destruction to his immediate area, until once again he heard of or from Gemma.

In the past, Amelia had her moments of viciousness, but what she was doing now was just demonic. Baden tried to stay connected to Gemma, to support her through her torture, to distract and take some of the pain. The pain was to great, to severe and too often. Gemma couldn’t keep her mind link open. Zac was pushed even further to the breaking point, he and Amelia had never seen eye to eye and she clearly she still despised him. Gemma and Zac were cut, burned and beaten on repeat. Baden knew with this treatment, it was only a matter of time before their hearts gave out. Their wolves could only heal them for so long, this wasn’t sustainable, their lives were at risk.

He had to keep it together, if he didn’t, Gemma and Zac would be forever lost. Baden was filled with rage, he hardly slept as he kept searching, following leads that led to nothing. He couldn’t stop thinking about her, day and night she filled his thoughts. He missed her, he missed her touch, missed her lips, her voice, her everything. Knowing who she was with and what she was enduring, was almost worse than the week he didn’t know where she was at all.

What made it unbearable was a week ago when Gemma had been removed to a different cell from Zac. Completely out of site, Zac could no longer update him on her physical condition or mental state.

2 Weeks later

“Baden”

Gemma’s voice rang clearly through Baden’s mind. Standing abruptly from his desk. His voice almost broken, “Gem.” Forcing the words from his lips tyring to stay calm he rushed, “are you okay? I have not heard from you in two days. I have felt you, your…” Baden didn’t finish his sentence, he had been trying non stop to contact her for the past few days with no luck, but she was awake. She had blocked him out, leaving him just with her emotions that pulsed through their bond. He knew she had been beside herself, yet still unwilling to speak with him.

“Baden don’t talk, just listen to me and promise you will do as I ask.”

“Anything Gem, I will do anything Gem.” Baden’s words flowed easily through the link.

“No, you need to promise me Baden, promise me you will do as I ask.” Gemma’s voice was strained, she was desperate.

“I promise.”

“Bae..” Exhaling deeply Gemma started again. “Bae, I love you more then anything, but I need to be realistic. At this point, I don’t know if you will find us, at east before we..”

“No Gemma, don’t think that way. I will find you, I will. We are making progress.”

“Baden let me finish.” Gemma’s tone was harsh and unchanging as she sharply relayed her order. Having his silence, Gemma continued. “I need you to know that I love you, but from now until we are together again, I can’t talk to you anymore. I hope you find us Baden, but if you don’t. You need to know that I love you, and it is not your fault.” With that she broke the mind link, placing up her block.

Baden didn’t understand why she did it. He was shocked, enraged, upset. He kept replaying the conversation in his mind thinking, what just happened? Thinking she must have been joking or exaggerating he tried to connect to her. No success, she was blocking him. To break through her block, he would break her mind. After last time, he also vowed to never do it again. Even so Baden gently nudged at her block trying to budge it. Stumped when did she get so practised with her mind linking, it had no weaknesses like before. Using a bit more force her barrier still didn’t flex to his will.

In a last-ditch effort, he begged through the bond. With still no response, Baden’s breathing became uneven. Heart racing, he went from 0-100 in a second flat. His wolf took total control, completely enraged at the block. How could she? why would she? questions rippling through his mind almost as quickly as he was ripping up his office.

Ian stood outside Baden’s office hearing the commotion, not daring to enter. These days if he could not contain himself, Baden would smash through the window running to the woods to gain control. Sure enough, after a minute the sound of a shattering window echoed through the corridor. Even some shards escaped under the door, only just stopping by Ian’s feet.

“It’s going to be a long night”, Ian spoke to himself opening the door to find the wreckage Baden had left behind. With a pitiful sigh Ian continued inside cleaning the space and calling for help. It was worse if Baden returned to see the damage he had caused.

Baden still had contact with Zac, but Gemma had been taken away from his cell. He never saw her anymore. A screen had even been erected in front of his cell to obstruct his view. All he could hear were her screams, or the blood splatter on the screens. Baden knew Zac had been lying about the severity of their conditions. Baden had ordered to watch through his eyes using the mind link. Gemma had not yet even been capable of such a mind link.

The first time after the connection was broken, after he had watched his little Gemma at the brink of death. He almost killed Ian, if Gemma hadn’t mind linked him, Ian would most likely be dead. His wolf had lost total control and Ian, well he was just close by. The shame Baden felt was otherworldly, he had never been so out of control. Except with her, Amelia.

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