Scarred Alphas by Norisha May
Chapter 59

Colt's POV.

"Colt, they got in a car. We are not going to be able to replace them or track them."

Dash says.

I grab him by the neck. "I have to replace her!

"I am not the enemy here." Dash says taking my hands away from him.

"He most likely took her to his pack." Garret says. "I have men going down the route to his pack."

"F**k!" I grab a chair and smash it on a table over and over until there is nothing left of the chair but pieces of wood.

"The alpha is asking for you all." The doctor walks in.

We all look at each other and then immediately follow him to Warrick's room.

Yes, he survived it, at least he was still breathing when we all woke up. "How is he?"

"He is alive for now, but you must be prepared, the knife nipped at his heart. He is bleeding internally and is not healing fast enough because it was a silver knife that was used. Always visit Narugi.com for more updates and novels. Even so, if that was just it, then there would be a possibility that he could recover but the real problem is the wolfbane poison that is coursing through his blood right now. The knife was coated in it. There is a high probability that he will not make it past the night." "And if he does?"

"Well, crucial organs do not go back to being completely normal. Flesh wounds and bones heal to be as if they were new. But not internal organs. They heal but they are never the same after a traumatic wound. As for the wolfbane, it is in his bloodstream but this also means it is everywhere in his body. His insides are being affected by this. We are going to do a blood transfusion and this will help but I don't have high expectations."

So the bastard might not survive the night? Now when we need him, just great.

When we walk into the room. Warrick is lying on his bed propped up with pillows and covered halfway with a white blanket. His chest has gauze wrapped around him that is starting to turn red. Lotus and Poppy sit on each side of the bed tending to him with concern expressions written all over their faces.

Warrick lazily opens his eyes and looks at us. He is having a hard time with ragged breathing.

"You must keep the pack safe." He talks to Victor.

"Until my daughter comes back. Find her...she is...my legacy." He lifts his hand up to take Victor's. "Promise me you will replace her." Victor takes his hand and nods. "I'll replace her." Warrick nods, his eyes move from Victor to Garret. "You two are exceptional, my sons. I have never shown it, but I have always been proud of you both."

He now looks at me.

"You...may mark my daughter. I undo what I did.

When you replace her, if you both wish to make it official, then do it."

I am surprised.

He closes his eyes and falls asleep.

"He needs his rest. The next few hours are crucial."

The doctor urges us out of the room.

"Victor! What are you going to do now!?" I ask taking a walk next to him.

He seems a bit flustered after what Warrick just said to them. I am sure they had never heard words like that come out of their father.

"We-we have four problems. One is getting Cass back.

Two, three, and four...we have the river packs, Ezra, and now Oliver to watch out for."

He stops and looks out of the window, thinking. "I will have a team to solely search for my sister but my main focus will be taking the River packs out in order to get an equal footing here."

"Let me be in charge of the search team and let me deal with Oliver. We are fighting two fronts now." I say. "You can focus on the River packs and Ezra." He looks at me and gives me a nod. "Very well. Use whatever we have at our disposal to replace her." "I will." I say turning around and walking through the hall ready to raise some hell.

And in the process, I'll kill the f**ker that took her.

***

Cass's POV.

My eyes open only to have my vision blurred. My head feels like it's about to explode and it feels heavy. When I finally focus, my vision is not the same. I can see straight in front of me but my peripheral vision is filled with darkness.

Realization hits me. I sit up from the dirt where I lie in the corner of the room. My hands go to my face where immediately I can feel the metal around my eyes.

I blacked out the moment the first bolt was screwed into my head.

I look down and am able to see that now I have a white ugly dress. It looks more like rags. Then Oliver's face comes to mind and I feel rage. "Oliveeeer! I'm going to kill you!" I scream.

My first instinct is to pull the mask from my face but as I do, pain rushes through my head and it feels like I am about to rip my skull off.

"Don't do that. It is bolted to your skull. And Oliver left

while ago." Zao's voice invades my ears.

"What did you do?!" I scream.

"A way for you not to use your pretty eyes on anyone." He sits a few feet away from me with a hand mirror pointed at me. I catch a glimpse of myself. That silver-decorated mask is plastered on my face and blood stains my temples where the mask was bolted to. "Are you crazy! YOU SON OF A B*TCH!" I scream and rush him.

When I am about to reach him, I am stopped and choked by the chains around my neck.

"What do I do with you now?" He gets up and paces around me. "It does not seem to me like you would submit to me so making you my whore would be a mistake."

As he says this, one of his men walks past me arriving to give Zao some papers.

"The whore house is going good as planned."

"Good, good..."

The man looks at me. "Who is this, father?"

"A willful young lady, Chen."

"Hmh...for the whore house?" Chen asks.

Zao looks at me and shakes his head. "You are not whoring material, that much I can tell my dear. Mhm...I think I have a better place for you. You are a fighter...which is perfect."

As he says this, I cling to my urge to fight my way out. So when Chen turns from me-giving me his back-I jump on his back and wrap the chain that is connected to me around his neck. I start squeezing as I stare directly at Zao. "I will kill him!" "Do it." He says looking calm.

"You...you don't care?"

"No." I am surprised at how serious he is. I can tell that he means it.

"Let me go." I say.

"You are going nowhere."

He is not bluffing, he will let me kill this man even if it is his son. In my moment of weakness, Chen throws me over his shoulder and takes the chains off of his neck. He pulls the chain and holds me on my knees facing Zao. It is so tight that I almost can't breathe. Zao strides away as if he has made up his mind. "Take her to the barracks. Let her fight for her keep." He turns to me. "Make me money, and I'll consider giving you freedom. Oh, and if you manage to take that mask off, it will be bolted right back on with extra bolts." "And what if I shift?" I ask.

"Then you'll rip your skull off and if you don't, like I said, we'll bolt it right back on with extra bolts."

"You psycho!"

He swats at me as if he is now bored.

Three more men walk in and between all of them, they drag me out though I give them a hell of a fight until we are outside and I can now see better. This place is like a wooden outpost surrounding a small market village. It has wooden walls with spikes surrounding us and the

tallest building is the one we just came from. The place is muddy and dirty. I can see in the distance big wooden gates that are kept secured with many guards.

I am led to what seems like a market. People about, buying and selling. I realize that it is not as big as I thought it was at first because we soon arrive at the end where there is a giant pit with wooden cages and spikes surrounding the pit.

The men that drag me, deviate to the side where there is a wooden building.

When we go in, there are stairs that lead down to the ground.

We follow them and soon arrive in a place filled with barred cells but these are metal. These bars surround the pit giving you a full view of the space in the middle where from here I can see blood.

The man opens one of the cells and pushes me inside. The cell is not empty, there are three other women in here and they all wear the same white rags that I do.

Beside us there are cells also filled with a few more women and opposite from us, the cells there are filled with men, many of them.

"Let me out! LET ME OUT!"

I scream and run to the guards who close the door right in my face. I touch the bars and they immediately burn me.

Silver.

I turn back to the women who are here with me, holding my hand in pain.

One is indifferent and looks bored until she looks at my face and squints her eyes, the other two look scared.

"What's the deal with you?" The woman that dares talk is tall, has dark skin with a muscular bdy and her hair is long in a ponytail that has many strands of braids. This woman looks like a Greek warrior goddess. Very intimidating.

Giving a few huffs trying to control my anger, I answer her. "Those f**kers bolted this shit on my face!" I shout and look back to where the guards left. "I am going to kill them all." I mutter.

"I'll help you." The big woman says. "Kanda..." She says and then points to one of the other women. "That is Lia and that one...I have no idea, she doesn't speak to anyone." A moment ago she was staring at me but now the unknown girl lies with her back to us. "I can only assume that you are not human to have survived what they did to you." Kanda says.

"No." I shake my head. "Is anyone here human?"

She nods. "A few. They don't stand a chance in the pit unless they have had training."

"The pit?"

I am sure she is talking about the obvious pit we are sitting on but I want her to explain more.

She points to the open area in the middle of the pit. "It is like an arena where we are pinned against each other and fight to the death."

"Are you serious?!" She nods and I believe her.

"What the hell is this gladiator shit! We are not part of those primitive times! You savage bastards!" I turn and scream at the guard who walks by. He hits the bar of the cells as he walks trying to quiet me down.

"What is this place? Why are we here?"

"We are here for the amusement of disgusting men." Kanda says.

"Is there a way to get out of here? Have you tried?"

"Of course we have tried, there is no way unless you die."

"How long have you been here?"

"A month or so. Those two have been here for a week."

She motions to Lia the unknown girl.

"And you have all fought out there?"

"Only I have. It is random. Depends on who the crowd wants to see that day."

"This is so...wrong."

"Well' too bad there puppet!"

A man says from behind me. A guard. "It's grub time!"

He starts putting trays with nasty-looking food through the bottom parts of the bars. He gets close to me and smiles. "Eat up you. You'll be fightin' tomorrow."

"I what?"

"Ya heard me." He says.

I look at Kanda. "I can't fight!"

"Well, you have no choice. They will most likely pin you against another female so eat up, rest, and save your strength."

I have no choice but to do as she says. Through all this, the pounding in my head has not stopped. I try to sleep that night but it is impossible. I can't believe this is what has happened. All I can think about is Colt. Colt...where are you?