Bullied By Twin Alphas
Chapter 24: Gone

The week zoomed by, and I practiced every day with Sherri and Demetrius exclusively. Sherri was my freight train, but Demetrius taught me how to be unmovable. By the end of day four, my body started feeling better, but I was bruised everywhere. I slid my sweaty clothes off my body and stepped into the shower. It felt so good to have the hot water pounding all over my body. Today, Demetrius threw me around like a rag doll, and it was definitely not fun.

“Hey my love, are you okay?” Xavier said from the doorway. “You didn’t even notice me when you walked by the bed?” I sighed.

“I’m sorry Xavier, I’m so exhausted.” I said, trying to scrub the dirt out of my hair. “And in pain.” I closed my eyes, not really having the energy to condition my hair. I heard the shower door open, and Xavier stepped in.

“It’s okay, let me help you.” He said, lathering my hair with conditioner. I sat on the bench and closed my eyes, my body relaxing as his fingers scratched at my scalp. “You’re doing great, Little Lily. I’m proud to have you as my Luna, as my mate.” I looked up at him, and he smiled. He helped me rinse my hair out and started scrubbing at my body, softly washing my face with my face wash.

He pulled me under the water to rinse off, washing himself off while I stood under the water. My muscles were loose by the time he pulled me out of the shower, and he wrapped me in a towel, drying my hair with another one. When he was done with that, he carried me to the bed, laying me down and covering me with the comforter.

“Rest, my love. You’ll feel better tomorrow.” I nodded as my eyes closed tightly, sleep overtaking me immediately.

When I woke up, I sent Demetrius and Sherri a mind link to meet me at the mountain, next to the pack border, in 10 minutes. They both responded in seconds. It sounded like they both were struggling to get up. It might have been training for me, but I didn’t take it easy on them either.

Xavier was already out of the bedroom, probably down in his office. Knowing him, he already gave me a k**s before leaving for the morning. Wyatt and Xander were nowhere to be seen, and I wasn’t sure if they even came to bed last night.

I got dressed and jogged out the door, grabbing a breakfast sandwich when I passed the kitchen, and ran to the meeting place. I made it just in time and began stretching my limbs. There was a rustling behind me, and I assumed Sherri and Demetrius had made it finally. I turned towards them, just in time to meet with a hard first against my forehead.

My body flew backwards, my head knocking against a tree. I hit the ground, my vision swimming. A pair of feet made their way towards me, legs entering my vision as my attacker crouched down. With all the strength I could muster, I dug my hands into the ground, but the dirt crumbled in my fingers.

There was a sharp stabbing pain in my arm, and I screamed. I don’t know how loud it was, but I could feel myself getting weaker by the moment. The last thing I remember is being picked up and carried somewhere.

I drifted in and out of consciousness, hearing voices I couldn’t identify. Everything hurt, but I couldn’t feel anything at the same time.

My head was throbbing, my eyelids sticking together. I could barely open them, they were so heavy. I couldn’t move my arms or legs, I felt frozen in place. I don’t know how long I fought against this weight, but I eventually was able to peek through my eyelids. The room I was in was dark, and smelled musty like a basement. I could hear soft chatter from outside the room, and I blinked my eyes as hard as I could a few times.

I heard a set of voices coming into the room, and closed my eyes. The light brightened, and the voices stopped near me.

“Any change doctor?” I know that voice. Who’s voice is it?

“Not yet. She should wake up soon, within the next couple hours.” Another voice said by my head. I still couldn’t move, and I was thankful I couldn’t. The steps moved away, continuing the conversation about the wolfsbane in my system. s**t, that meant I couldn’t contact Xavier, Wyatt, or Xander. I couldn’t even talk to Dash.

I tried lifting my arms, and it was as hard as lifting my eyelids. Even harder since it was such a wide range of muscles. After a few minutes of struggling, I gave up and relaxed again. If I wasn’t supposed to wake up for a while, I might as well fall back asleep. I shut my eyes and counted my breaths, forcing myself to fall back asleep.

My eyes flew open to the sound of a door slamming, my body forgetting it couldn’t move. I jumped up, looking around wildly.

“Relax. Nothing is happening. Yet.” A deep voice came from by the door, and my eyes met with Kade Knight, the Alpha of Black Crescent.

“Where am I?” I asked, looking around. The walls were painted red, and there was a toilet across the room from the bed. A lonely sink stood next to the toilet, with the world smallest wall mirror screwed in above it. The bed was a tiny twin size, barely big enough to fit comfortably. The sheets were white, with one lonely pillow sitting on top of it. The “window” was just a hole high up on the wall with thick iron bars.

“In our dungeon. But you’ll be moved into a new bedroom if you want.” He answered, examining his nails. It was like this was a regular Tuesday for him.

“How long have I been asleep?!” I asked in panic. Oh goddess, how long has Xavier, Xander, and Wyatt been looking for me? Did they even know I was missing?

“Two days.” He said flatly. “Any other questions?”

“Why am I here?” My arms wrapped my body protectively.

“To be my Luna, of course.” He answered. We stared at each other until I realized he was serious.

“I have my mates.” I said coldly.

“You have two of three mates so far. I will be your third.”

“And what if I say no?” I glared at him. He walked over to me slowly, backing me against the wall. I shrunk to the smallest size I could, trying to avoid him. His fingers brushed up and down my arm, moving my hair behind my back. Goosebumps raised over my skin, and not the kind I welcomed. He planted his lips against my shoulder, making his way up my neck and right under my ear. I had to physically stop myself from gagging.

“You’ll die.” He whispered, and I froze. He’ll kill me if I refuse to be his mate? My eyes squeezed shut in a prayer to the Moon Goddess, asking her to let the boys find me quickly. “I’ll give you a day or so to think about it.” Kade stepped away from me, still smiling. “For now, would you like to be moved to a real bedroom?” Before I nodded, he held his hand up.

“Before you agree, you must know that there is only one door, and that is the entrance and exit. It will be guarded at all times. The window in there is exactly like this one, except there are four.” I nodded and he motioned for me to turn around.

“Why?” I whispered, scared out of my mind.

“If you don’t want to be cuffed and blindfolded the easy way, we can do it rough, too.” He backed me against the wall again, and I instinctively pushed him away from me.

“No!” I shouted, and his eyebrows raised. “No.”

“Okay, then turn around.” I did as I was told, and he grabbed my hands, tying them together with a long piece of cloth. He then covered my eyes with another cloth, tying it behind my head. He spun me around, grabbing me by the arm and gently pulling me out of the room. My heart was pounding as I tripped every few steps, not knowing where to place my feet.

We stopped in front of a room after going up a few flights of stairs. I heard the door open, and Kade gently pulled me inside. He shut the door and took off my blindfold. I was disheartened by the room. The walls and carpet were black, the “windows” looking exactly like the ones in the room I just left. The bed was a double bed with white sheets. There were two pillows on this bed. What an upgrade.

“There are clothes in the closet, and books on the shelf.” He said, gesturing towards them.

“What if I need to shower?” I looked at him out of the corner of my eye.

“You tell me.” He said, smirking. “Have fun. I’ll be bringing your meals up to you.” He left the room, locking the door behind him. I guess I get to check out my new room. I sighed, on the verge of tears again.

I prayed to the Moon Goddess again, asking for us to make it out of this alive

[Xavier P.O.V.]

“Well, it seems like it’s going to be a little more expensive than previously thought. Would you like to go through the pack funds again?” Wyatt and Xander looked at each other, each of them nodding.

“It’s not like we don’t have an external revenue, but if it’s more expensive, we need to see how much we have to pull from that revenue.” Wyatt said, crossing arms. I pushed the files towards him again, Xander peeking over his shoulder.

“You’re absolutely sure this is the packhouse you want to build, and in that area?” I asked. Wyatt nodded. “There’s two options then; you can pick up the trees and replant them somewhere else, or you can cut them down and remove the stumps.”

“We’d like to replant the trees somewhere else.” Xander said, and I scribbled that down. “We’ll figure out where later.” I nodded, drawing the perimeter of the new packhouse around the map.

“This is the space you’re going to need. That is approximately 481,000 square feet.” Wyatt nodded, Xander coughing in surprise.

“481,000?” I nodded at Xander.

“That’s right, as well as-“

“Alpha Xavier! The Luna is missing!” Demetrius burst through my door and I hopped on my feet.

“Missing? What do you mean ‘missing’?” Xander and Wyatt jumped up, too.

“I mean Sherri and I were supposed to go meet her by the mountain for training, and her scent is there, but she is not. She’s not answering the mindlink, either. Like someone put up a wall.” I tried mindlinking her and he was right.

“How long has she been gone?” I asked, rushing out of my office with the twins behind me. Demetrius jogged to keep up.

“Not long, her scent is very strong still. There’s marks in the ground, and I’ve already sent out a search team.”

“Doesn’t matter, I’ll handle this.” As soon as we stepped foot outside, Jett pushed forward and we landed on four paws. He took off, Wyatt and Xander barely having a chance to shift and catch up. We ran a short time before we came across the clearing Demetrius was talking about. Alina was already sniffing around, high and low. When she saw us, she bowed her head.

Alphas.

Her voice rang clear in our three heads.

Alina. Have you found anything?

Jetts voice was a growl; he wanted his mate back NOW.

Whoever it was hid here waiting for her. Smells like wolfsbane and a different pack, but very familiar. She tried grabbing the ground at some point.

I nodded at her, Jett sniffing around himself.

Kade Knight.

Now I was pissed. Without thinking, Jett took off over the pack border onto neutral territory. I didn’t care if Wyatt and Xander were following me, I was going. Her scent had cut off a while ago, replaced by the scent of burning rubber. There was a group of wolves sniffing at the tire tracks. When they saw me, they bowed, and one of them went to follow the tracks and scent.

I ran right past them. I knew where she would be and I was only stopping for food on the way there. No matter how long it took by car, Jett could get there just as fast. My mind started wandering to thoughts of how Lily was being treated. If a single hair was astray on her perfect head, Kade Knight would regret his entire life.

Jetts growling brought me back to the real world, and I saw a doe staring at us. He passed right by her, his stomach rumbling, and lunged at the buck gearing up to protect himself. The herd I hadn’t noticed before started panicking and ran off towards the trees. Jetts jaws quickly clamped around the bucks neck, shaking hard. The animals body flailed helplessly, and the crunch of its neck bones signaled that it was dead.

I sat back as Jett quickly ate his meal, our strength returning. The moment he was finished, we took off towards Black Crescent territory again. I noticed the houses smaller packs lived in looking empty and not maintained as I passed them. Worry started to claw at my mind, and Jett pushed faster.

Xavier.

Wyatt’s voice shocked me, but Jett didn’t stop moving for a second.

We’re right behind you.

Knowing they were behind me put me at ease, no matter how far back they were. I couldn’t hear or smell them, so they could have been up to a mile away. Jett didn’t care, he was determined to get Lily and Dash back. After a while of running, I had to urge Jett to drink from the stream we were running by before it disappeared. He grumbled, but did as I told him. He also found a rabbit and tore into it, almost swallowing it whole.

We needed that. Let’s go.

He immediately started running again, his energy somewhat restored. At this point, we were on Black Crescent territory, and he didn’t feel the need to be careful. We noticed a small brown wolf chasing behind us, but lost them within seconds. Jett was too big and too fast to be taken down by a wolf that small. Before I realized it, I was standing in front of Black Crescent Packhouse. I really wasn’t impressed with its look. Old wood was rotting in too many spots, the doors almost off their hinges. It was about the size of my packhouse, but much more run down.

I shifted, standing to my feet and stretching. Wyatt and Xander came up behind me, Xander carrying a full backpack. When they shifted, he tore into it, handing each of us a shirt and a pair of shorts. After we were dressed, I pounded on the door. Before long, it swung open. Kade Knight himself came strolling out, his beta behind him.

“Where is she, Kade?” I growled, Wyatt growling as well.

“Who?” He looked confused, his eyes jumping between the three of us.

“You know damn well who. I want her in front of me, NOW.” I barely entertained the idea of holding Jett back, he was beyond furious. And frankly, so was I. No doubt Wyatt and Xander felt the same.

“I really have no idea who you’re talking about or what’s going on.” Kade raised his hands in the air, looking panicked.

“Bullshit!” Wyatt growled, and I held my own hand up. Him and Xander quieted down, still mumbling.

“Bullshit, Kade.” I glared at him. “Your scent was on my territory, along with the scent of wolfsbane.”

“I promise, I’ve been here the whole week. The last time I left was to go to another country.” He said sincerely, making me angrier. I stepped forward, his beta growling. Wyatt and Xander growled in response.

“I will be looking into this. And if I find out you have anything to do with Lilith going missing, you will beg for death.” My heartbeat was erratic, Jett moments away from snapping his neck. I had to calm down. I snarled at him one last time, and took off back towards my territory. I was pissed, and I’m sure Wyatt and Xander were, too.

We ran the entire way back, the sun already coming up again when we got back to the packhouse. We shifted back, each of us making our way upstairs to our own bedrooms. Without Lily here, there was no reason for us to be sleeping in the same bed. When I made it to my room, I flopped on the bed, waiting for sleep to overcome me.

It was hard to fall asleep without Lily, but I managed to do it. I felt the weight of someone entering my arms, and in my dreams, I had found Lily again. She started kissing me, sighing softly against my lips.

“I’m so sorry baby.” I said between k****s. “I’ll never let you go again.” Her lips parted, and my tongue swept inside. Our arms wrapped around each other and I crushed her against me. The faint scent of coconut wrapped around me, mixed with the sweet scent of honey. It felt so good just to feel her next to me again.

“Please, my love. Let me mark you now.” I pulled back to look at her, and she looked around. We were standing in a meadow in the late spring, flowers blooming around us. A slight breeze picked up, and a few petals scattered around us. Her eyes twinkled, and she nodded.

“I think this just might be romantic enough.” She giggled, and I chuckled at her.

“Anywhere is romantic as long as you’re with me.” I smiled, pulling her towards the ground with me. She giggled again, tracing the muscles on my back and arm. I started kissing her neck, nibbling softly and leaving a trail with my tongue. Her head turned to the side, inviting more, and I took the chance to start nibbling and kissing her jaw.

Our mouths met again as I tore the rest of her tattered shirt off, my fingers tickling her skin. She giggled softly again, her fingers coming up to twist in my hair. My mouth made its way down her chest, nipping at her breasts and moving down her stomach. My fingers tangled in her belt loops, and I tore her ragged shorts in half. The breeze against her skin made her gasp, and goosebumps started raising on her skin.

She watched me as I kissed her stomach and moved lower, my teeth grazing the edge of her panties in a teasing manner. The scent of her arousal almost made me lose it, and I had to fight to remain in control. I nipped at her thighs, my fingers moving her panties to the side as my tongue lazed up her folds. My eyes remained on her at all times, and she started breathing faster.

Her knees raised, her thighs squeezing my head and her fingers pulling at my hair as I continued my endeavor. Her voice was breathy as she mumbled incoherently, her juices soaking her thighs. When I knew she was about to c*m, my thumb replaced my mouth on her clit, applying a soft pressure and moving in a circle. Her m***s filled the air, and I pushed inside her slowly, our h**s meeting in the middle.

My name immediately flew from her mouth, soft and delicate. I smiled as her walls clenched around me, her muscles tensing as her legs squeezed me again. After a few more thrusts and another signal from her body that she was on the brink of another o****m, I leaned down, my mouth against her neck.

My body flew against a wall, the room becoming dark with the light of the sun barely peeking over the horizon.

“What the f**k?” I shouted, shaking my head.

“No, what the f**k is wrong with you?!” Wyatt shouted. I looked over as I heard a loud thump against the ground, and noticed Xander had picked Heather up off the floor, and was throwing her down again. She yelped, her body crashing against the floor.

“What is going on?” I shouted as he picked her up and threw her down again. She was gasping for air, tears streaming down her face.

“You were about to mark her!” Wyatt crossed his arms as Xander threw her against the floor again.

“Stop-Please-I-“ she coughed out, throwing a weak hand in the air against him. He stepped back, crossing his arms as he glared down at her, angrier than I’d ever seen him before.

“What do you mean? I was with Lily in my dream!” I questioned, and Heather coughed again. The three of us just stared at each other before Heather spoke up.

“It was a state of paralysis.” She coughed, dragging herself to her hands and knees.

“I’d stay down if I were you.” Xander spat at her. “Otherwise I’m just going to put you down again.” She nodded as she stared up at him. Finally she resigned to just laying on the floor.

“A state of paralysis? How?” I was getting pissed.

“An injection.” She whispered, staring at the floor. “A formula from a witch. Since my field of study is virology with a minor in psychology, I contacted a witch to give me a formula that I could put into a shot-“

“What kind of formula?” My own arms crossed this time.

“One that would be able to make you have…erotic dreams with the one you love, with full mobility. Almost a state of sleepwalking.” I growled, holding myself and Jett back from kicking her through the wall. I took a deep breath, turning around and looking outside. The sun was rising, the heat from the rays beginning to melt the frost from the night before. It was almost spring time, and I was looking forward to experiencing the beauty with Lily.

“You’re going to the dungeons. You will be allowed out once a day for training, because you are still going up against Lily for a shot at the title.” The three of them looked at me in shock. “Except now, this is no longer a shot at the title. Simply a fight to remain alive.” Tears poured out of her eyes, and she began speaking quickly.

“Alpha Xavier, please have mercy. I let my jealousy get ahead of me and I am truly sorry. I will leave the pack, the pack territory, and never come across you again. Please give me the opportunity to find my mate and be exiled peacefully.” She didn’t take a breath between these words, sobbing the whole time.

“You had your chance to leave the packhouse, and to even bow out peacefully. You did this to yourself. Your tears have no effect.” I stated flippantly, annoyed at her proposition.

“Alpha Xavier, please! After our past, you don’t even care the slightest bit?” Her voice was a shriek, like nails against chalkboard. I crouched down, our faces inches apart as I stared at her with rage.

“I’ve found my mate, I couldn’t give less of a f**k what happens to someone I USED to be with.” I said slowly, enunciating every word so she heard me clearly. This obviously broke her, as she screamed in my face in despair. Her tiny fists flailed around in a huge fit, and I stood up to watch the show. Wyatt laughed out loud, Xander joining him. This made her angrier, and she stood up, stomping her feet. The guards I had called for watched in shock.

She suddenly stopped, her eyes turning black as she whipped around to face the warriors watching in interest. Her nose sniffed the air, and she wiped her tears.

“Mate?” She whispered, and I laughed this time. An average wolf stepped forward, reaching for her. Xander grabbed the mans hand, pulling him in front of him.

“What’s your name?” Xander quipped. The man shook in fear.

“Adam, Alpha.” He said, looking towards Heather.

“Adam.” Xander repeated. “I’m sorry you have found your mate.” Adam looked at him, confused. “Reject her or feel the pain of her death.” Heather and him stared at Xander, neither making a sound.

“What?” Adam whispered, shrinking under Xander’s gaze. Adam glanced at me, and I nodded. “I don’t even know her name.”

“Chelsea-“ Heather began, and I smacked her onto the floor.

“Heather Brown.” I said, and Adam jumped. His eyes moved from me to Heather, who was holding the back of her head.

“Reject her.” I commanded.

“I, Adam Nelson of Blue River Pack, reject you, Heather Brown of Blue River Pack.” He said quickly. His hand gripped his chest as he staggered backwards, tears escaping his eyes. Heather screamed, rolling on the floor.

“Take her to the dungeons. She will remain there until one of us three Alphas gives the order.” The other guards nodded, grabbing a sobbing and screaming Heather by the arms, and dragged her out the door. I turned to Adam.

“More than likely, you will have a second chance mate. The same is not said for Heather.” He nodded, breathing heavily. “You may rest for the day.” He retreated out of the room, and I immediately jumped in the shower, wanting the smell of Heather off me.

Jesus Christ I needed Lily back, and I was storming Black Crescent Packhouse and burning it to the ground if I had to to find her.