Chapter 21 Rescuing My Mate
Calhoun's POV
I am still on the search for my mate when I hear muffled screams and men talking from afar.
There's this tugging feeling inside of me and I don't want to think that Kristen went to the club and left with the wrong set of guys.
My wolf and Bruce exchange a glance and we dash in the direction from where the noise is coming from. It's dark, but there's a fluctuating light that lends a hand of help in tracing the noise until we stop at the exact spot.
Just like that, my heart drops in my stomach because I can feel her even before I see her.
Kristen is tied to a pole with a rag on her mouth. Her shirt is torn, and her trousers are slipped down to her knees, putting her butt on display.
Three tattered-looking men are surrounding her and the smallest is already stripping naked, to touch what's mine.
The fact that it's truly Kristen who's helpless like that and in tears, makes the body of my wolf invigorate for war.
He charges at the first man and the impact makes us bump into dumpsters.
A deadbeat groan leaves his mouth and he tries to escape, but I shift into my human form and raise him up with just my right hand, before slamming him into a wall with all of my might.
The remaining two men are trying to attack Bruce, but he's stronger than them.
Turning my attention back to the piece of shit on the floor, I rain roundhouse punches in his face until something cracks. Not like I care. I am too consumed by rage right now to even think straight.
I beat the shit out of him until he passed out or died, I don't care. My bloody fists are still pounding into the flesh on his face until something sharp hits my head, inflicting me pain there.
Before I can turn around to take a look at the bastard, he smacks the pieces of hard wood in my face this time, causing blood to splutter from my mouth.
I dodge the third hit and wrestled the wood out of his hand before headbutting him.
He falls and tries to crawl away from me but I pull him back to me through my grip of his feet, then I stomp hard on his ribs. Before he can shift, I headbutt him harder this time, that he sees stars for a couple of seconds until he passes out.
Bruce is already standing on the third man with all of his weight.
It's raining heavily when I pull away to stare at my mate.
The wetness on her puffy face make my breath get caught up in my throat. I don't want to think about the amount of pain and torture she's been through. She's in a bad position right now, the way she's been groped by those men gave her skin big red patches because it was tender.
"Kristen.." I breathe out because I feel too weak to even stare at her like this.
More tears drip down her cheeks and wet the rag in her mouth.
When I remove it, she lets out ragged sobs, shivering like she's convulsing.
Deciding I'll let my emotions get the best of me later, I untie her from the pole.
She's so weak right now that her knees almost give out underneath her, but I am quick to hold her and then I drag her trousers up to cover her butt.
Kristen rests on my body as she weeps. And I am too lost for words to speak at this moment, nor do I know how to comfort her. Removing my jacket, I wrap it around her shoulders because it's still raining.
"They promised to kill me..." she says amidst her sobs but I stop her.
"Don't say anything right now."
Slowly she nods and puts her head back on my shoulder.
"You should take her home, Alpha Calhoun. I'll remain here and call some men to come pick up these bastards." Bruce nears our side
He put Kristen on my back and I took her out of the disgusting place. To think she was dragged to that smelly place for a rape makes me want to crunch the skulls of those men.
Kristen is still sobbing on my back as I take her to the bus station. My car was abandoned in the middle of the road and the door has been destroyed by my wolf, so that's out of the picture. I'll take Kristen home through that bus and have some pack doctors attend to her.
Upon reaching the bus station, we wait for a couple of minutes for a bus to arrive.
"How did you find me?" She manage to ask after our five minutes of waiting, "How did you know I was there?"
"I had this strange feeling that something wasn't right with you," I skip the part where I thought about her sleeping with a boy or a man around my age. How I barged into homes to look for her until Bruce and I heard muffled cries from a female and noises coming from the men.
A bus eventually stopped and I hop in it with Kristen on my back, people are surprised.
"Alpha Calhoun?" They called my name to see if it's really me.
"Make way," I order, and then quickly shift for me to go forth with Kristen.
The bus is as silent as a graveyard, no one dares to speak as I settle Kristen on the last seat.
Kristen rests her head on my shoulder when I sit beside her. She's quiet and moody, her face is stained with tears and I can tell she's recalling everything she suffered before my arrival.
How I wish I can erase it off her memory, change how she feels and undo everything she's seen.
I don't need anyone to tell me she's cold because her body just trembles against mine.
Gathering her hands into mine, I stroke them to keep her warm. I don't even care if people are watching us. Kristen matters more than anything right now.
"He loves his wife too much to care about her daughter like this?"
"I don't think so, this is more than a stepfather and stepdaughter kind of relationship."
"Correct! I see nothing but affection for each other."
People lower their voices in whispers to gossip but I can still hear them. They keep stealing glances in our direction, only to see that I haven't released Kristen's hands from mine.
Kristen is already asleep when the bus stops. For the second time, I put her on my back and hop off the bus.
A few omegas and some servants pause to stare upon seeing Kristen on my back. Even the guards are pretending not to be moved by this but I know they are.
My estate houses more than a hundred people from my pack, including servants and butlers and a few of them are yet to retire from their duties.
"Call Doctor Cam," I order.
"Yes sir," one of the butlers replies and rushes over to the landline.
"Calhoun, what's going on?" Natalie bursts out of her room in a rush.
Her eyes narrow in their sockets and she recoils and steps backward upon seeing her daughter on my back.
"Why is Kristen like that?" She asks with a slight frown on her face.
"She was kidnapped, tortured, and could've been raped if I and my beta hadn't shown up." I provide and then clench my jaw.
"Oh my god!" Her hands move to her mouth as she exclaims in horror.
Not waiting to hear more from her, I side-step her and take Kristen up to her room.
Natalie follows suit, looking completely horrified after hearing what just happened.
Together we put a sleeping Kristen on her bed, while Natalie broke into wails and held the hand on her daughter.
"How could anyone hurt my child this much?" I can see the look of pain on her face.
"Kristen just came here four days ago and now someone is trying to hurt her? Did you kill him?" She asks through shaky sobs.
"Them. They're three in number and you'll see them tomorrow." I reply.
Natalie sobs quietly as she clasps Kristen's hand in hers.
She has no idea that I am in even more pain than her because Kristen is my mate.
Doctor Cam shows up almost immediately. How fast he came gives out that he shifted and ran all the way here.
He asks me and Natalie to leave the room while he checks up on Kristen.
Natalie is reluctant to leave, she keeps crying and cursing until I hold her hand and lead her out.
My heart is still swollen in my chest, to think that if I hadn't shown up so fast, Kristen would have been raped and then killed.
Just the mere thought of this makes me clench my jaw.