Chapter Twelve
I hear fighting and I try to drag myself up but my body refuses to do anything. The silver that rushes towards my heart makes me cringe, memories of my capture surface and I choke on blood. I struggle to do anything as the sounds of fighting grows, Jax cannot take them all on.
I feel my snapping point, the point where my mind will no longer be my own but will belong to my wolf. I try to stop it approaching but the fury in my wolf pushes anything else away. I try to think of my family and how they will feel when I have to be put down or how Holly will cry for me, that catches my wolfs attention but it’s too late. I scream as the wolf fully takes over me, strength fills me as I shift.
The wolf shoves me into the cage I used for him, he somehow locks the door and I’m helpless to do anything.
Jax meets our eyes but the wolf gives him no emotions to draw from, he frowns before realising what has happened. He knows the wolf has taken over.
“Jake!” His cry echoes in my ears but I cannot tell him I’m alright.
The wolf plunges into the fighting, taking down vampire after vampire. His goal is Jax’s brother who watches the fighting from a distance. As soon as his eyes meet my wolf’s he rushes towards us and I cringe against the bars of the cage. The wolf comforts me and I frown, I always thought my wolf wanted to take over and stay in control but he tells me that he will give me back to my body once the fighting is over.
Just before Jax’s brother gets to us I see Jax tackles him to the ground. I turn my attention to the reminding vampires, five in total.
We attack the closest one who hisses in pain as we slice through his body. The others rush to help him but I turn and take another down.
I feel the bite of fangs and I pull away quickly, I have to keep reminding myself that it’s not me fighting but my wolf who fights even when I can’t.
The wolf tears down another vampire who hisses at us, I watch as my wolf bites down with mercy.
The rest of the vampires flee, leaving blood and death surrounding the cabin. Jax stumbles towards me and I see blood dripping down from a wound on his head.
My wolf scans for danger before letting me having control back. I scream as my bones re-shape into my human form. I collapse to the ground and I feel my heart slow down.
“Don’t you even think about it!” Jax shouts as he throws himself to his knees beside me.
“H-ollly” I manage to mutter before the world goes black.
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“I don’t know, he is barely breathing. We can’t get to you. What do I do?” Is the first thing my mind picks up. I groan and take a painful breath.
“Jake?” I hear Jax squeak.
I force my eyes to open, tears stream down Jax’s face. He shakes as he holds a phone to his ear.
“Jax! Answer me!” I hear coming from the phone and I frown as I try to remember the voice.
“Nat” I breath before I hunch over and coughs rack my weak body. My eyes widen when I see blood covering my hand, I quickly hide my hand from Jax who rushes to my side.
“I thought you were dead” Jax chokes down a sob and I give him a weak smile.
“It takes more than that to kill me” I chuckle but cringe as pain flares in my chest.
Jax hands over the phone while mouthing how he is sorry for telling her. I roll my eyes before taking the phone.
“Hey” I whisper.
“Jake? You’re alive?” Nat cries over the phone and I cringe at the heartache in my younger sisters voice.
“Yeah, I’m good” I reply.
“Why didn’t you stay here when Jax got you?” She asks.
“I didn't want you to see me holding on to sanity by a thread” I mutter honestly, there is no point trying to hide it from her any longer.
“We could have helped you, Holly told me that she got free on her own and that Jax found her and brought her back, did you tell her to lie?” I hear the pain coming through even though she tries to hide it.
“I didn’t, I left her there because I thought she would be able to start over and have a good life with you. I’m not stable, I shouldn’t be around you” I sigh, rubbing my neck. Jax frowns at the blood on my hand but doesn’t say anything.
“Don’t be stupid, you’re my brother and I don’t care how unstable you are just come home please?” Nat says.
“I can’t just yet but I promise I will soon. I need to go now. I love you Nat” I whisper.
“I love you too” Nat replies before hanging up the phone.
I yawn as I hand the phone back to Jax. He motions for me to go back to sleep and my body betrays me by making my eyes close and the dream world come to me.
Chapter Thirteen
“We need to move it’s not safe here” I open my eyes to Jax mutters to himself while pacing around.
“Chill, the vampires will find us no matter where we go” I reply.
I try to sit up but my body is too weak to move. I stifle a cry as I pull myself up against the armrest of the sofa.
“No, we are going” Jax nods and rushes around gathering our things. I frown at the hast my best friend is in.
“You need to slow down, you have only just healed” I grit my teeth as I pull myself up from the sofa.
His head jerks up to me as I lose my grip on the sofa and start to fall. He catches me before I can hit the ground.
“What are you doing? Let me sort it” He growls before going back to shoving our stuff in a bag.
“Stop!” I yell as loud as I can manage.
“What” Jax huffs, turning to me.
“You need to slow down and talk to me,” I say.
“He nearly killed you, there is nothing to talk about” Jax growls in reply.
I groan as my head swims, being on the verge of death isn’t something I wanna do again that's for sure I think to myself.
Jax disappears with our bags and I hear the car door open and shut. He rushes back in and picks me up like I weight nothing.
“Whoa!” I yell as he walks out of the door without bothering to shut it.
He gently helps me into the car and I frown as he jumps in the driver's side. He roughly puts the car into drive and I grip the dashboard as he swings the car around.
“Where are we going?” I panic as I see the sign telling us we are heading back to where my pack live.
“We need safety in numbers, I should never have let you leave or come with you” He growls and I hang my head in shame.
“I can’t go back” I force myself to show the emotions that are stopping me from returning to my family.
Jax watches me from the corner of his eye and he sighs before pulling the car to the side of the road.
“Why do you think you can’t go back?” He asks with his head tilted.
“I just can’t, I could snap and end up hurting someone” I reply.
“I wouldn’t let you snap” Jax replies.
“I already did!” I nearly shout, causing both of us to jump for the force of my voice.
“You had too” Jax points out quietly.
“No, I didn’t” I shake my head before burying it within my hands.
The need to shift and protect myself surges through me so strong that I grab the dashboard to stop from jumping out and running away.
“You need to let out all the emotions, you got better after that howl on the hill,” Jax says and I shake my head.
“It’s more than that, something broke my wolf where we were caught. My wolf is just as unstable as I am” I sigh.
“It’s because you are keeping your wolf away from your human side. You are unbalanced because you have caged your wolf within your mind, you need to let him out and become one again” Jax lays a hand on my arm and I have to fight the urge to bare my teeth at him.
“I’m scared” I admit.
“I know you are, we can do this together” Jax mutters before I feel the car start slowly forwards.
“If you want to go somewhere else just tell
me but I’m heading towards home and we can take it as slow as you need” Jax nods to himself.
I nod as I close my eyes. I decide to trust in my friend's words, I let the wolf out of the cage I have created. He prances around in my mind and I feel some of his anger vanish as we create a bond again.
“I told you” Jax chuckles and I smile.
Chapter Fourteen
We drive through the night, my wounds ache and throb at being sat up for hours on end.
“We should pull in for a few hours” I mutter as Jax drives over speed bump which jars my whole insides.
“I’m not healing like this” I huff and see Jax glance at me before nodding.
As soon as the car pulls into a car park I gingerly get out. Jax rushes to help me but I wave him away. I’m an alpha I don't need any help.
Jax chuckles as he watches me make my painful way to the door.
“You alphas are too stubborn for your own good” He laughs as I grab the door while panting for the energy I used.
“That’s how we are so hard to kill” I resort back with a chuckle, Jax scowls at me before ducking under my arm despite my protests.
“What if you fall and hurt yourself even more? You need to heal before we get home, Nat will kill you and me if you turn up on death's door” Jax mutters with a roll of his eyes.
“Fine” I sigh, the fight leaves me and I let Jax carry most of my weight. My wolf growls at letting him carry me but I shove the wolf down.
We check into the hotel and gain stares at our torn and bloodied clothes. I shiver and shove down the urge to turn and bare my teeth to the humans.
Jax hands me the key and I turn the lock slowly, my ears strain for any sound within the room. With the wolf satisfied that nothing is going to jump out at us, we enter into the small room. The white walls make me remember the time I was captured, Jax seems to pick up on my thoughts and pulls me in before I can bolt.
“Just rest for a while, I’ll watch over you” Jax whispers as he helps me to bed.
“I can’t sleep but I’ll just sit around” I chuckle.
Jax sighs before trotting over to the window and opening the curtains. He frowns at whatever he sees outside.
“There’s a wolf outside” Jax sputters and I jump up with a cry.
I grab the window to stop from collapsing. A white wolf watches us from the opposite side of the road.
“What are you doing?” Jax hisses, his eyes changing to red and his fangs poke out from under his lips.
“I need to scent the wolf, I might know her” I mutter while opening the window.
I lift my nose to the wind, her scent reaches my nose and I frown.
“I don’t know her” I whisper, knowing the wolf can hear us.
The wolf takes a step towards us with fear in her eyes. I glance at what she is looking at and a growl ripples from my throat.
“Jax you need to help her!” I shove my best friend towards our room door.
Crashing sounds from the hallway and I yelp in fear, thoughts of getting captured circle through my mind and my wolf forces me to shift.
“Jake no!” Jax shouts but the shift has already started.
I grit my teeth as black alpha fur burst from my skin. My ears travel higher to the top of my head as fur grows on them. My face elongates into a muzzle and I shake myself to settle my aching body.
My eyes meet the wolf’s outside and I leap from the window. Jax curses and follows me.
As soon as I get to the wolf she darts off into the woods. Jax growls and I hear him shifting to join in the chase.
Jax catches up with me and we follow the scent through back alleys and past houses. I shiver as a dog barks a challenge, my wolf begs me to turn and teach it a lesson but my mind clears and focuses on the girl. Werewolves shouldn’t travel alone.
I skid to a stop when her scent leads us into a yard ringed by chain fences. My heart beats wildly thinking this is a trap, I can’t let Jax go in and get hurt.
I shove Jax away from me and dart into the yard, the fence closes shut and I breath a sigh at Jax being on the other side. I turn and leave Jax pacing the gates, looking for a way in.
My paws follow the girl's scent and I stop when my heart skips a beat at what I’m looking at. Werewolves huddle together near a fire. Some in wolf form but many in human form.
The girl trots up to me and whines, I follow her into a building where she shifts into a teenage girl with blonde hair and chocolate brown eyes.
She points to some clothes and I pad softly towards them. She turns away as I let go of the control, the shift happens quickly and I grit my teeth to stop myself making any noise.
“You can bring your friend in, we are not going to hurt you,” The girl says once I have pulled on the clothes.
I nod and jog back to the gate. Jax growls at me but I see relief that I’m okay in his eyes. Once the gate is pulled open he jumps at me. I chuckle as I land on my back with him on my chest.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t want you to get caught if it was a trap” I mutter as Jax jumps off me. Jax nods and trots beside me as I walk back to the werewolves.
“You’re Jake right?” A male werewolf askes. I tilt my head, panic clenches my heart at the alphas stare.
“Yeah” I shrug, trying to act like him knowing my name doesn't affect me.
Jax tenses as another werewolf comes closer with a bundle in her hands. She lays it in front of us and turns away.
“Shift Jax, you’re safe” I whisper.
Jax huffs before grabbing the clothes and darting behind a van. Two seconds later he walks out with a scowl on his face.
“You can save us you’re part of Percy’s team right?” The alpha continues. I close my eyes as shivers wrack my body.
“I used to be” I mutter, my eyes down.
“You still are” Jax lays a hand on my shoulder and I nod.
“We can help you” Jax raises his voice so every werewolf can hear him.
Some werewolf cry with joy but others scowl at us. I give them a weak smile, I know just how hard it is to trust someone who says they can help.
Fog covers my mind and I stumble. I feel every ache and pain before the world goes black, reminding me that two days ago I was on the verge of death.
Chapter Fifteen
Sunlight shines through my closed eyelids. I throw my arm over them so I can sleep some more. My nose twitches at Jax’s scent, I’m safe with him.
“Jake, we need to go,” Jax says with a hint of panic which causes my eyes to fly open and my body to jump into a fighting stance. I cringe as I fall back to the floor.
“Sorry, didn’t mean for you to panic” Jax mutters.
Memories of what happened flood me and I frown as I look around. The fire has been put out, werewolves race around gathering things and stuffing them into cars and vans.
“We are leaving, hunters have found the hotel. They will find us in less than an hour” Jax places a hand on my shoulder and I nod.
“Let’s go” I mutter, pulling myself up and walking towards our car. I frown at the memory of leaving it in the hotel car park.
“I went back to get it” Jax shrugs with a chuckle at my confusion.
“Makes sense” I reply with a shake of my head.
“Can I have the phone?” I ask Jax who nods while pulling it out of his pocket.
Jax wanders away to help the others get ready. I stare at the phone while thinking if I should ring. I let out a breath and punch in Nat’s number.
“Hello?” Nat answers almost instantly.
“Hey sis” I grin even though she cannot see.
“What’s up Jake?” She asks and I frown.
“Why does there need to be something wrong for me to ring my sister?” I ask.
“I know you, you wouldn’t ring if something wasn’t wrong” Nat chuckles.
“Okay fine. We found a pack of werewolves and we are bringing them home with us but we may have a group of hunters on our trail. Could you get Percy an
d a few wolves to meet us on the road?” I ask.
“We have loads of room for them. I’ll ring you back, Percy isn't here right now but I’ll ask him. If not I’ll get a few of our pack” She replies.
“Thanks, Nat, be safe and I love you” I mutter into the phone.
“I love you too brother,” She says before the line clicks off. I shake my head and walk over to Jax who is checking the car.
“Let’s head out” Jax shouts and the werewolves climb into their cars. The alpha comes up to us and I frown.
“If something goes wrong we can fight but we haven't been trained or anything. We are wild” He shrugs.
“Don’t worry, I have some people coming” I grin and he sighs in relief. I watch him walk away and get into his car.
“You called Percy?” Jax asks as we get into our own car.
“No, I called Nat who is going to get in touch with Percy” I shrug.
“You can’t talk to him yet huh?” Jax whispers while pulling out of the yard.
“No” I mutter before leaning my head against the window. Jax sighs after ten minutes of driving and I frown.
“Need me to take over,” I ask but Jax shakes his head.
“I’m just worried about my mate” He chuckles.
“She’s got fire that one” I reply.
Jax nods and clicks the radio on, the sound drowns out any talking I was going to do.
After an hour of driving, the alpha beeps his horn and we stop the car. I jump up and rush to him.
“What’s up?” I ask as he rolls down the window.
“We need to fill up,” He says and I nod.
“There is a station five minutes away” I reply.
I jump back into the car and frown at Jax who already had the engine ready to go.
“We should not stop for long” He shrugs.
“They need to fill up” I mutter while looking at our fuel levels.
“So do we” Jax sighs while rubbing his face with one hand.
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