Sophia's Revenge
Sophia’s Revenge – Chapter 23

Kane’s POV

I have been hit with a lot this week. Sophia found us looking at pictures of her from when we first rescued her. We were trying to figure out what had happened to her. The state she was in when we got her to the hospital was not good. She was doing better but she still wasn’t OK. I was trying everything I could to help her. I was making sure she had food and clean clothes and tried talking with her. She either just ignored me or was asleep. There were a few times that she pretended to be asleep, but I knew better. I figured this was just part of her healing. I know she will come around soon.

Xander then hit me with some news that was shocking. He thinks that Sophia is an emerald wolf. This makes things that much more complicated. It does explain a lot of things. It explains how she survived all that abuse, how her wolf was able to push forward when she didn’t even know her wolf was back and, according to Xander, that is why I feel this weird pull between us. He said his research had told him that she would have two mates and they are usually two people that are already close. It would make sense that it would be me, but I’m not into guys and it would just be weird to have the three of us in a relationship.

I was headed down to breakfast when Sophia came running past me in a blur. She really hasn’t talked to me since everything that happened when she saw us with her pictures, but I had to check on her at least daily.

I knocked on her door and let myself in as I always did because she never opens her door. Before the door could close all the way, she was throwing herself in my arms.

“Mate.” Said River in my head.

“What the f**k River, she can’t be?”

“Dude, you’re an i***t, yes she is. We are her second mate, and we love her. That’s why you feel a weird pull. It isn’t strong yet because she has to accept Xander first and then our mate bond will click into place. It’s weird, but Sophia is different, and we will love her with everything we have, but for now she can’t know about it. She has to accept Xander first.”

She had figured out that Xander was her mate, and she was pissed, or she was hurt. I didn’t know what yet. I just wanted to hold her and tell her it would be OK. He would come around but after his first mate rejected him, after she had gained a lot of information, he was hesitant to open up. It also wasn’t my place to tell her that.

“You’ve known this whole time, haven’t you?”

Her words brought me out of my thoughts.

I tried to explain to her that I had known and why I couldn’t say anything, but she kicked me out.

My appetite now gone, I headed to the library to do some research myself on emerald wolves.

I was just pulling out books and trying to locate the oldest looking one we had.

“River, what do you know about emerald wolfs?”

“I know we love our emerald wolf. Stella talks to me from time to time and she is amazing.”

“What do you mean she talks to you? Wolfs can only communicate in wolf form?”

“Not Stella, she is amazing.”

“Goddess, you’re acting like a lovesick puppy.”

“Because I am, and you will too once the mate bond snaps fully into place.”

I got a mind link from Xander, “Kane, cells now!”

Well, there goes any research I wanted to do. I headed down there and when I cut through the dining hall people were whispering amongst themselves. I could see Meg and some other girls that were always hanging around sitting in the corner crying. I am not sure what happened, but it wasn’t good if they were crying and Clarissa wasn’t around, and I was headed to the cells. It only met one thing.

Goddess, I hate coming down here. It stinks and there is silver in the walls, so we miss mind links. That’s why Xander and I don’t usually come down here at the same time, but something big must be happening. I continued walking to the back room where I found Xander in our torture room, with Clarissa chained to a chair. She had been sobbing but wouldn’t say anything. I can see that Xander was holding back from beating her, but he wanted too so badly.

“Xan, what is going on? Why do you have her tied up?”

“She approached Sophia this morning at breakfast and called her names and had her little friends inflicting pain on her. When I showed up the mate bond fully snapped into place and this b***h wanted to know how I got mated to a pack slave? Tell me Kane, how would she know that, if I didn’t tell her and you didn’t tell her and nobody else in this pack knows anything about her?”

I was instantly pissed. I lunged for her wrapping my hands around her throat. “What the f**k do you know about Sophia?”

She just shook her head not willing to tell us anything. Something was up but we weren’t sure how bad it was about to get. I released her neck and grabbed a knife. Running the knife softly up and down her arm to bring her terror to her knowing I had it in my hand and ready to use it.

“Now, tell me, how do you know about Sophia and what she used to be considered?”

Still nothing from her. “Well, you leave me no choice.”

I took the knife and slowly started to pierce her skin with it on her upper arm.

“The longer you wait the deeper it goes and eventually I will drag it down your whole arm and move on to your other arm.”

Still, she didn’t speak so I shoved it in further. She let out a scream but still nothing. I shoved the knife in as far as it would go. She was screaming and crying but still not talking.

“You know Clarissa, I never liked you so I could do this all day long.”

I started to drag it down her arm, but by the time I got to her inner elbow she was screaming for me to stop.

“You ready to talk?”

“Are you going to stop, and are you going to let me live? She cried out in between sobs.

I looked to Xander to answer that since he was the Alpha.

“Depends, on what you tell us.”

“OK, look I was pissed that you wouldn’t make me your chosen Luna. I wanted nothing in life but to be a Luna.”

“Get on with it.” Xander growled at her.

“I got a call from Spencer, asking me to meet him and Blaine at a restaurant one day. He said you had something of his and wanted it back and wanted me to help.”

Both Xander and I were doing everything we could to not kill this b***h right now.

“I met them, and they said they wanted Sophia back as she belonged to them, and you had no right to take her. They wanted me to help them get information on the pack and why you wanted Sophia.”

“What the f**k did you tell them, and remember your life depends on this, because I won’t hesitate to kill you. If anything happens to Sophia, it is on you.”

“I told them everything I knew. I told them how to breach our borders and I wasn’t sure what Sophia was to you until today, but I had my suspicions. I just wasn’t sure if she was your mate or Kane’s mate.”

We both roared “Mine” at the same time. This left her completely confused.

“When do they plan on taking her? What is their plan of attack?”

“Sir, I don’t know, we haven’t gotten that far yet. I was just providing some information.”

I walked up to her so pissed I couldn’t take it anymore. I grabbed the knife and slammed it into her other arm.

“Tell me Clarissa, what did he promise you?”

She was screaming and crying with the knife in her arm that she couldn’t answer.

“If you don’t answer me, I will get the silver knife and use it to slowly cut your throat open!”

“Luna, he promised me I would be his chosen Luna.”

“You were so power hungry that you would trade someone’s life for you to have power?” Roared Xander.

Xander looked at me and said, “Let’s go, she can sit here and think about things, and she better remember how they plan on taking her or she won’t love what comes next.”

He turned and left but I stayed back, I wanted her to suffer like Sophia had. I grabbed a syringe with wolfsbane in it and stabbed it into her neck.

“This way you won’t be able to try anything, and I promise on my life that I will be back and if anything happens to Sophia the same will happen to you.”

I left and ran up to Xander who was waiting for me at the entrance.

“So, you decided that the mate bond between the three of us is going to happen?”

“Ya, I had a talk with my wolf River, and he explained somethings to me, but it was very vague.”

“What are we going to do with Clarissa?” I asked.

“Leave her for now, she doesn’t deserve anything. She will die before this is all over and she isn’t getting out because she will run straight to Blaine.” Xander said.

“Kane, I am going to check on Sophia. I am hoping I can talk to her and hope that she will eventually forgive me.”

“Good idea, she was in her room after she left the breakfast table. She thinks you don’t love her and don’t want her. You have to be honest about everything if you want any chance of having her. She just wants to be loved and cared for. She hasn’t had that in I don’t know how long. Goddess only knows I love her, but I have to wait for you to get your s**t together before I can tell her.”

“I am sorry man, I know this has been hard for you and I can’t thank you enough for everything you have done to fix everything I have broken. I don’t know if this would work without you.”

“Go find our mate and make things right so I can openly love her as well.”

I needed to work off some energy, so I headed to the gym. I started out on the tread mill to get my b***d moving. After an easy five miles. I headed over to the punching bag to get some frustration out. I don’t know how long I had been down here, but my knuckles were bloody, and I was breathing hard.

“Hey man, you’re looking a little rough, everything OK?” Luke said.

“Dude, I have been better. Sorry for being MIA lately, things have been a little chaotic and confusing, but it will all make sense soon.”

I got a mind link from Xander asking me to come to his office. “Ya, I will be right up, I was just talking to Luke.”

“Good, bring him too.”

“Hey, Xander just mind linked me and said we need to meet him in his office.”