Chapter Three

Coming too my whole body is vibrating in pain as I hang in the air with my hands chained above my head. The feel of my blood drips down my body from my open wounds that are unable to heal due to my connection with Valkyrie being blocked, the heavy dose of wolfsbane and silver in my system pushing her deep down, just another day then I tell myself. Snapping my eyes open everything is a blur, blinking I slowly clear my vision and look around, the room is pitch black, but I can hear the boys whimpering behind me.

Closing my eyes, I steady my breathing to listen out for any other sounds apart from the boys, it seems that there is none coming from around us, but I can hear the distant sound of two different pairs of footsteps pacing on the floorboards above me. Ok time to escape before this becomes impossible with more obstacles. Ignoring the agonising pain, I am in I lift myself up and unhook the chains from the hook on the ceiling landing softly on the balls of my feet, the boys don't even register that I am awake. Sliding the hair grip from my pants I start to pick the lock on the chains, quietly laying them on the ground, the slight spike in my adrenaline helps me tap into some of my basic wolf abilities, using my wolf's sight I can make the boys out in the dark and crouch down to them.

"Hey, please be quiet I am getting you out of here" they squeak with shock, but nod stunned looking up at where I had been dangling before looking back at me. Smiling I look down to find they have no locks on them and are only tied up with rope, forcing a single finger to extend into a claw I make quick work of getting them free before checking them over, thankfully they only seem to have a few scratches and are fatigued from the wolfsbane.

"How are we getting out of here?" one of them asks me.

"Very quietly" they nod. "What are your names?"

"I'm Harry. That is Luke" the taller one of the two responds quietly, so the girl's brother is called Harry, he seems to have a very faint alpha aurora making me realise that he is probably one of the visiting alpha's sons.

"Ok guys I need you to wait here for a minute. You need to be very quiet. Can you do that for me?""

"Yes, we will be quiet Jenni" I feel his arms briefly hug me around the neck before letting go "Thank you". Heading to the basement door I make quick work of it, thankful as part of my training I was shown how to pick a lock.

"Stay here" they nod again, and I slip out assured that they will stay put. Heading to where the sounds of the footsteps are I find two wolves and thankfully they are not even paying attention to me, grabbing a knife from the kitchen I make quick work of taking them out before getting the boys to come out of the basement. Slipping through the back door we head out into the forest.

"Jenni?"

"It's ok I'll get us back" Forcing a connection to my wolf, the pain in my head is excruciating, taking a deep breathe I feel out for the connection to my brother to follow back to the pack.

Alpha Joe POV

What idiot does not put on extra patrols when he has other packs visiting? Alpha Rick that is damn who and now we are having to deal with a rogue attack. I knew it was a bad idea to come to this gathering and I still brought my family along, how fucking stupid of me. I am pretty sure that he only wants to show us all his dominance; being the largest pack in the state. Ever since the royal's death he has been on a power trip and now he is trying to show his authority, with this conference of alpha's.

He had sent invites out to all the packs persuading them all to attend stating that he wanted to and help to build alliances blah blah blah. Not all of them are here though, he isn't a popular wolf. What he doesn't know though, is my pack may have taken a hit when we aided the royals but we are now back to full strength and maybe even bigger and stronger than him. I don't want anyone to know that though so have kept it amongst the pack, if it got out it would only cause eyes to turn to us and that would possibly cause an increase of attacks on my pack, and I want to keep them safe.

Talking to my Luna we only agreed to come to keep the peace and with all the alphas here we thought it would make a good opportunity to make more alliances and get information on the attacks that have been happening further afield. There is something in the air and I don't like it, it is though something is approaching we should be aware of and prepared for but every rock we have turned over has brought us no closer.

Taking on another wolf I now regret my decision in coming here, why hadn't he upped his patrol with the knowledge that he would be at a higher risk of attack with us all here. The rogues had come out of nowhere attacking the pack, there was no warning, and I don't even know how they got so close to the pack house before anyone raised the alarm. I can feel my mate, my Luna panicking through our bond, but I cannot concentrate on that I need to dispatch these rogues to ensure her and our pups' safety.

Fighting alongside my beta, Dean and the other warriors we work our way through them until they are all dead. Searching around I see that some of the other packs had joined to protect the Red Moon's territory, it seems that most of the wolves injured are from Alpha Rick's and most of them seem to be badly injured, how have they sustained such substantial wounds when not even one of my warriors received as much as a scratch?

Finally, you big buffoon. My mates link slams into me as I remove my block. You need to help us find them. We need to find them NOW!

Who? Who on earth is my mate trying to find that is causing her so much panic.

The kids. Who the fuck do you think, Joe? Harry, Luke and Cassey are missing they never reached the bunker, and I can't link them. She growls through the bond; my own panic joins hers as my betas starts to radiate off him beside me, no doubt getting the news from his mate at the same time as me.

"Joe, we need to find them" Dean roars at me as he shifts back into his human form within seconds, he scours the area in the hope that they will just appear and I about to join him when my daughter's link opens up to me.

Daddy, have the rogues gone now? She seems so calm and collected it throws me, shifting back into my human form I accept a pair of shorts from one of my warriors. Sammy says he can't hear them. But he cannot get hold of his sister to confirm whether it is safe or not.

Who the hell is Sammy princess? And where are you? I demand as softly as I can in my state of mind.

The girl's brother Daddy. She links through to me as though I am being an idiot and I should know who they are, perhaps I should do being an alpha, but we don't know everything for god sake even if we act like we do. She has gone to go get Harry and Luke for me. She promised. The boys aren't with her I am going to kill them when I find them, they were given strict instructions to stay with her.

Princess. I need you to tell me where you are right now? I growl softly at her.

Can we come out? Has the fighting stopped? She demands and I can imagine her standing their tapping her foot away impatiently.

Yes, just tell me where you are?

Frustrated she won't tell me where she is I feel out through the link to see if I can locate her that way, following it I look towards an abandoned cottage on the forest edge just as the door flies open revealing my daughter. I almost cry out in relief in seeing her, seeing me she bounces on the spot before dragging a teenage boy behind her towards us, at a guess that would be Sammy. Darting across to them I take her in my arms as soon as she is close enough, hugging her to my chest. Nuzzling into her neck I breathe in her scent to try and calm my wolf, Godric. Without a word the boy bows to me as he lets go of her head and heads back off towards the cottage where a group of pups wait for him in the doorway.

Why are there pups away from the safety of the bunker? Godric growls, my beta growls beside me, the warriors echoing it as they mirror my anger and confusion to why they are on their own? I sense my mate running towards me and I swivel around to her, opening my spare arm out for her to launch herself into my embrace as Chelsea falls into Deans arms. My mate sobs into my chest in relief as she clutches onto our daughter, but her head doesn't stay there long though as it suddenly springs up and she starts frantically searching around me.

"Cassey, where is Harry and Luke?" she panics and the calmness that had come over me is replaced back with my own panic of the missing pups.

"They were in the woods" she explains pointing towards the forest near the cottage "I told the lady who saved me from them" she points towards the two dead wolves by a tree followed by another two by the cottage. The she-wolf must be a warrior its very rare to have a female warrior and is frowned upon in most packs. "She then took me to Sam. He took care of me whilst she went to go get them. Sam said she would get them back to me, but she hasn't returned yet" she ends her explanation in a sob that suddenly turns into a full-on sob fest, passing her over to her mum, I dash off to the cottage with Dean in tow, surely the boy will know what is going, his sister did go after them.

"Sam?" I ask the pups bow their heads in submission and the air thickens with their scent of fear, why are they so scared of us. "Where are your parents?" I ask realising that there aren't even any adults in the cottage with them. Were they left to defend themselves? Dean growls

"We do not have any, Alpha. My sister takes care of us all"

"Your sister? Is she the one who went after our sons?" I ask still in a state of shock that there are no adults around.

"If he is Cassey's brother and a boy called Luke then yes" he points to my daughter to confirm who is talking about.

"Do you know where she went? Can you link her?"

"I only know she went into the forest to get them. I am unable to link her and believe she is unconscious, Alpha Sir." Shit this isn't good and how the hell can he be so calm surely; he is worried about his sister.

"Ok son. We will go find her for you" I say to try and reassure him but also reassure myself, by the looks of it he doesn't need the reassurance like I do.

"It is ok Alpha. Jenni will be back. No doubt with your sons in tow. She made a promise to Cassey, and she never breaks a promise" he smiles at me before ushering the others inside "Please excuse me I need to get the pups to bed as my sister is not here." I nod my approval and wait for him to shut the door, whilst I wait, I realise how much calmer I feel, the damn kid gave me more reassurance than I gave him.

Alpha what is going on? Dean asks Why are no adults worried about the pups? Glancing around I find that no one from the Red Moon pack has approached the pups.

I don't know Dean, but we will find out as soon as we have our pups back. Godric agrees with me but is urging me to find the missing pups first, not happy in not knowing where they are.