My Second Chance Alpha Mate
Chapter 31

(Yashira)

I jolted awake with a gasp as I felt the cold-water bite into my skin. I glared at the man in front of me as he chuckled evilly and found myself hanging from the ceiling by my wrists.

“You were doing so good, 409, or so we thought. I wanted to know if you were ready, but you’re not ready yet. You need more discipline” the bald hunter says, and a chill runs down my spine at his last sentence, making the guards in the room chuckle while cracking their knuckles.

“Do. Your. Worse” I gritted out with pure hatred, knowing what was coming. I watched as two guards went to a table and one grabbed what looked like a lead pipe and the other some brass knuckles.

“Try not to break her spine. I would hate to kill her before I break her” the bald guy said to the guards and leaned against the wall with his arms folded in front of his chest. The guy with the lead pipe swung away, probably thinking he was playing baseball or something. I screamed as I felt a rib c***k on my right-hand side. Then another on my left-hand side. I kept my eyes open but all I could think about was my kids, my mate, my family, my friends, and pack members. I grunted a few times but tried as hard as I could to not give them the satisfaction of hearing me scream again.

Not liking that I wasn’t screaming, the other guy with the brass knuckles joined the other guard and began to punch every spot he could replace. I bit my tongue when I felt and heard another rib break. I don’t know how long it was until black spots began to appear in my vision. The bald hunter walked in front of me and stopped my body from swaying.

“You will break one way or another, number 409. I will make sure of that” he said, looking into my eyes.

“And I will make sure I kill you painfully” I said through gritted teeth. His arm went back, and he punched me on my right cheek bone. The last thing I saw before everything went dark was an image of Gabriel and Tristan smiling down at a sleeping Raguel.

(Gabriel)

I have felt her pain for the past six months. We have been looking for her none stop and even got the help of the surrounding packs. The warlocks and witches who attended Yashira’s high priestess ceremony have also been helping us, but ever since other warlocks and witches found out that Yashira had been taken and that no one can sense her, all hell has broken loose between dark warlocks and witches against light warlocks and witches. Blair has been trying to help her people while also trying to help me look for my mate, but it’s like the earth has swallowed her. But like I said before, I have been feeling her pain, which lets me know she is still alive.

At the beginning, I felt so much pain and I knew whoever had her was hurting her. Then, little by little, the pain wasn’t that much. This past month and a half, I haven’t felt much pain from her except for the sting on my neck every two hours. When I told Blair about this she said that maybe Yashira was being injected with something so she couldn’t use her powers to get out and protect herself. She also told me I should keep trying to link her, but I haven’t gotten anything back. It’s like it bounces back.

I wanted to celebrate Tristan’s birthday, but he refused. He didn’t want a birthday party until his mommy came back. Raguel is still a sweet princess oblivious to the world around her. She loves spending time with Tristan and every time he talks to her she gives her all her attention even though she doesn’t understand what he’s saying.

‘Alpha, Donovan and Mitch have returned’, Andy informs me. Donovan and Mitch have been going back and forth trying to get any information from rogues. They refuse to be part of the pack until Yashira returns.

‘Thank you, Andy,’ I link back and got up from my chair and walked out of the office. I looked in the recreation room to see Tristan playing with Raguel. I walk out of the packed house just as Donovan and Mitch pull up. When Donovan gets out of the car, my eyes see his appearance. He looked like he went five rounds with three or four rogues in human form.

“Alpha” Mitch bows his head in respect as he gets out. He had some b***d on him, but nothing like Donovan.

“Alpha” Donovan bows his head in respect before going to the trunk of his car. He opens it and the stench of rogues is in the air. I heard a grunt followed by a man being thrown at my feet.

“Tell the Alpha what you told me”, Donovan growls. His eyes were pitch black and I knew his wolf was on the surface. The rogue growls at Donovan and Mitch punches the rogue.

“Start talking or you’ll end up like your friends after my mate is done with you”, Mitch warns.

“She’ll k-kill m-me” the rogue stuttered out.

“I’ll kill you if you don’t speak”, Mitch roared, making the rogue whimper.

“We heard down at the pit that a female rogue helped the hunters get into your land without being noticed and helped them get your mate”, the rogue rushed out.

“Come on Devin. My patience is wearing thin”, Donovan growled.

“Who is this female rogue? Where are they keeping my mate?” I asked.

“She’s the rogue Luna and they want your pack. As for your mate… I don’t know where they are keeping her, only that she’s being tortured and trained”, the rogue says.

“Trained? For what?” Donovan asks.

“To become a Black Rose” the rogue says. I heard a gasp and looked behind me to see my mother and father standing there.

“Are you sure about this?” mom asks the rogue.

“Yes” the rogue said.

“What is this rogue Luna’s name?” Mitch asked.

“I don’t know. She has bleached blonde hair and hazel eyes. She and her mate have been recruiting rogues and they have a lot of them, and they are coming soon” the rogue says.

“Take him to the dungeons. Son, there is something we need to talk about”, dad says. I followed him up the stairs and we went to my office.

“What’s going on dad?” I asked before I could even close the door.

“The Order of the Black Rose is dangerous. They take people and turn them into professional assassins. The chosen ones are trained to kill all types of supernatural creatures in human form and their supernatural form”, Dad says.

“But they were working with the rogue Luna”, I reminded him.

“The Order of the Black Rose don’t associate with supernatural creatures because what they want is to get rid of all of us. They might not have known that this person was a rogue-”

“Or maybe use another human- a hunter, to get the message across” mom says.

“Probably, but why take my mate? The mother of my kids?” I asked, feeling defeated.

“I have no idea, son, but whatever the reason is, we have to be ready and inform our allies as well” dad says. Also, we should have Lita and Jeffrey here too. We don’t want anyone using them as leverage”, mom suggested.

‘Jake take some men down to Lita’s diner and have her and Jeffrey come to the pack. Tell them to get some clothes. I’ll explain when they get here’ I link my Beta.

‘Yes Alpha’ he links back before cutting off the link. I sat there as my parents talked. I could see the worry on their faces.

“Is there something that you haven’t told me?” I asked them, making them both look at me. Dad sighed, closing his eyes.

“Before I became Alpha of this pack, dad had a problem with the Order of the Black Rose. They took dad’s sister, Aunt Holly. She was one of the best fighters dad had. She was his Beta after all. One day they came and took her while everyone was asleep. They killed her wolf, tortured her, and trained her to become a Black Rose. When we saw her again, she was just a shell of a person. She killed pack members and rogues without any mercy, but I saw the hesitation when it came down to my father, but just as the hesitation came… it was gone. Father refused to fight her, so when she lunged at him with a silver dagger, Holly’s mate, Uncle Jordan, jumped in front of his best friend, saving my father. Aunt Holly dropped to her knees screaming as she felt the mate bond break. She had killed her own mate. She killed five out of the seven leaders of the Black Rose Order and also killed the four other assassins. On the last assassin, they had both shot each other. My father mourned his sister and looked for the other two leaders but never found them. When I took over as Alpha there were never any signs of the order until now”, dad says.

“I’m not killing my mate” I growled. My parents looked at each other before looking down. Was this what I would have to do? Was I going to have to kill my mate to save our children and pack? Suddenly, I growled loudly, feeling pain all over my body. This is the first time after a month and a half that I have felt so much pain. If I’m feeling this amount of pain I can only imagine what my mate is going through. I hear someone scream and I realize it’s me. I feel hands on me, but the pain is too much, and I feel like I’m about to pass out.

Suddenly, the pain stops, and I realize my mate must have passed out from the pain. I try to calm my breathing down as I open my eyes. I saw my parents, Donovan, and Mitch looking down at me. That’s when I knew I was on the floor. I sit up before getting up from the floor.

“We need to replace my mate soon” I said. Everyone nods in understanding.

“Son, why don’t you go rest for a while. We’ll watch over the kids”, dad says.

“I have someone I need to see now that he has returned from Russia”, Donovan says.

“A friend of yours?” I asked.

“He’s a vampire. There could be a possibility that he can help us or maybe know someone who can”, Donovan says.

“Okay, just keep me updated and be careful”, I told them, and left the office. I climbed the stairs still feeling some of the pain from earlier. Walking into my room, I quickly undressed and laid down on my bed. As soon as my head hit the pillow I was out cold.