Chapter 25

I feel numb, as if there is no connection between my mind and body. No emotion, no wave of energy from the pack link, and barely a hum from the mate bond. I am floating in a blissful sleep, or so I think with how the darkness envelopes me. My body is numb, yes, but as I open my eyes, I soon learn that I am tied down to an all-too-familiar bed that I thought I left behind months ago, my body naked once again.

"No!” I cry out in a despaired whimper, trying to free my limbs before anyone can walk in. I am back in the cottage, the one I was sentenced to as a breeder about five months ago. The one where the twins were forcefully conceived and where my life was a nightmare because of Sam for a full week. I am trapped with nowhere to go. The bed is still as comfortable as I remembered it, but it holds so many horrible memories that disgust rushes through me in waves.

"Well, look who's up." I bristle as a voice I could never forget floats to my ear, and I growl. I want to shift, need to shift to protect myself, and I try so hard to will my body to cooperate, but nothing works.

"Tate?" I reach out through the bond, trying to reach my mate.

"Please, Tate, answer me," I beg, looking around to find some way to escape once again.

"It won't work, Laina." Sam's voice cuts through my attempt to link Tate, to get help.

"There is currently a low dose of wolfsbane coursing through your veins." His voice is filled with humor as he steps into my line of sight. I see the triumphant smirk on his lips as his eyes glide over my naked form, lust and greed evident in his brown orbs. I hate this vile man.

"I am a Luna and leader of a pack. You have no right to treat me this way." My voice comes out strong and authoritative as I try to buy time to keep this man away from me. But my outburst only causes a chuckle of amusement from the wolf before me. He steps closer to my body, his hand running from my neck over the swell of my breast, where he plays with my nipple, and lower to trace the entrance of my womanhood. Fear envelopes me, but I do my best to hide my emotions. I refused to give him any satisfaction knowing I am afraid.

"I can do anything I want to you; you're my breeder, my property." He growls out possessively, his voice low and threatening as his head hovers above mine. He licks his lips as he hooks a finger just inside me, and it takes everything in me no to wince from pain and discomfort.

"I am a free person." I spat out, forcing my head to collide with his as I hear the satisfying crunch of bone. Watching Sam pull back and curse, I catch sight of blood starting to trickle down from his nose. He glares at me, his hand balled into a fist as he raises it into the air, and I brace myself for the impact.

"You little—"

"Sam!" He stops as another voice fills the room, turning to snarl at the newest arrival.

"If you want her to produce pups, she needs to be uninjured." I recognize the voice, but I can't figure out from where, my mind racing as I try to match this voice to a face.

"Now go get Doc to look at that nose, we don't want it to heal crooked." The voice continues, pacifying the angry Alpha male I have injured.

"Fine, but I get to punish her later uncle," Sam says, and it hits me, the man is Ross, one of the elders that came to my house weeks ago.

"Fair enough, and when she gives you an heir, I call being the next wolf that fucks her. It's been a while since I've been deep inside someone so tender." Ross agrees, coming to stand beside Sam and trailing his fingers over my breast with lust filling in own eyes. I growl at the two men, trying once again to break free only to get amused chuckles from them.

"Don't struggle, Laina, I want this perfect little body under my own, withering at my touch as I fuck you into submission," Sam says, a glint in his eyes while he stares down at me in amusement. Soon the two leave me alone while Sam tends to his broken nose and Ross goes to Goddess only knows where. I am trapped once again, and I know it, but I needed to get out, get to my family and to safety. I sigh and close my eyes, trying to open the mate bond and reach Tate, but nothing is there. Tears finally form in my eyes as I think about my mate and our little girl, feeling the ring on my left hand for comfort. At least Sam kept the engagement ring on my hand. My hair flows down my shoulder, covering my mark, and I wonder if this is so that no one sees I am mated. Breeders were supposed to be unmated females in the past. Taking any wolf who bears a mate mark is grounds for execution.

Realizing that I am back in this mess as a hostage now—as nothing more than a vessel to have pups—I let a few tears fall out. Hope that used to fill me to the brim from the freedom I gained with Tate starts to fade quickly. Unless a miracle happens, I will be trapped here for the rest of my life, never to see Tate, Julia, or anyone else I call family back in Bloodsvain.

I must have dozed off in despair because the sound of the door opening causes me to wake with a start, the bindings keeping me in place as I jump in fright.

"Hello, Laina, you look healthy." Doctor Freelan says as he stares at my naked body, his hand resting on my abdomen.

"What do you want?" I growl out, getting a chuckle from him.

"Nothing, just giving you a daily dose of wolfsbane and the special serum you have already been acquainted with before." He replies, bringing a needle into view and jabbing it into my arm as he injects the liquid into me. I feel a slight sting from the wolfsbane, causing me to wince. Even in small quantities, this drug can cause harm to a werewolf, and I am no exception as the pain from the injection causes me to whimper.

"Now relax, you will be feeling good soon. I'll send Sam up in an hour when your body is at its horniest and you are willing to participate in making our Alpha healthy pups again." With that, he flicks his finger across my breast. I feel nothing but disgust as he chuckles and gets up, walking towards the door and leaving me alone again. I lay here on this bed, feeling the wolfbane make its way through my body, but nothing else. There is no intense heat like the first time the doctor injected me, no pain because my body craved to be touch, nothing. I smirk.

This could work to my advantage.

Closing my eyes, I decide to rest a little longer, considering the intense heat I expected never came. If there is a way I can uncover my mate mark, maybe I can get free from this predicament easily. I know Doctor Freelan respected mates and the mate bond, but that's about all he respects next to the current Alpha. The door opens again, and I know that an hour has gone by as Sam's musk fills the room. He is horny and ready to take me by force this time.

"How do you feel?" His voice is husky as he tries to seduce me, moving in between my legs, rubbing his tip against my thigh. I don't answer him, my focus moving towards the door as it shuts, the doctor coming into view.

"Don't worry, Laina, I am here to make sure he doesn't hurt you." Doctor Freelan reassures, taking a seat on the lounge chair beside the door.

"How about you let me go instead!" I say harshly, gasping as I feel Sam push inside me, the pain coursing through my body. It feels like knives are cutting through my insides as I scream tears streaming from my eyes.

"That shouldn't have hurt." Doctor Freelan muses confusedly, standing to his feet. Sam ignores my pleas for him stop as blood flows out with each thrust inside me. I want this pain to end and pray death will take me first. Pushing harder into me, Sam grunts with pleasure as I try my best to thrash around, trying to get him away. I hear Doctor Freelan gasp the moment my hair falls away from my shoulder and onto the bed, revealing Tate's mate mark.

"Samuel, Stop!" Doctor Freelan yells out, rushing towards the end of the bed and dragging Sam away from me. I cry as Sam's length is pulled out of me, feeling the stickiness of blood coating my legs.

“Why did you stop me, Freelan!” Sam growls out, sending a punch across Doctor Freelan's face. I feel the rage simmering off of Sam, watching as the doctor tries his best to stand up to him.

“Do you know how long I've waited to fuck this bitch? A week! She's been out cold for a week, and no one would let me touch her until she woke up.” Sam continues to yell out, his eyes turning red from rage. I do my best to make myself appear small, not wanting to catch either man's attention while the ripples of pain slowly die down. I do not want to go through that hell again.

“I stopped you because she is mated. There is a reason why breeders are unmated females. If a mated female is touched in any sexual way, the action will kill her. It's why she is bleeding!” Doctor Freelan states, doing his best to hold Sam back from my body. Sam just scoffs at his words as his eyes rake over me once again, his reaction causing Doctor Freelan to gasp in a mix of horror and shock.

"But you knew that already." He gasps out, walking backwards to stand between me and Sam, shielding my body from the angry alpha before us.

"Who is her mate Samuel Lightran?" The doctor demands just as the door shatters open.

"I am."