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Writer's POV 

Ray's mansion...!

"Karl, get out of my way!" Ray growls.

Karl shakes his head and blocks the door, he's under strict order from the king not to let Ray out... No matter what.

"I need to find my mate!"

"Alpha, Alpha king has sent trackers already"

Ray scoffs.

"Nobody knows my mate's scent better than I"

Karl still doesn't let Ray through...he wanted to force his way out, but that will just put Karl in a difficult situation with the king, Ray ran his fingers through his hair and sits on his bed.

He shuts his eyes and tries to mind link Stacey again.. but he simply hits a wall.

"Stop f$cking blocking me!!" He growls out.

"I can feel mate in trouble" Zeus said.

"Of course she is! It's obvious!" Ray growls at him.

"No! Real trouble!"

He shuts Zeus out and snaps his eyes open, he sees Karl receiving a mind link.

He waits a few minutes and Karl snaps back, panic in his eyes.

"Alpha, the packhouse is under attack... A lot of people dead already!"

Ray sprints out of bed and pushes Karl out of the way.. he runs out and heads towards the packhouse. 

The packhouse is in chaos.. it's bloody.. rogues fighting with pack members.

Ray look around and sees his mother taking the women and children away from the scene.

His eyes lands on his dad taking on three rogues at a time, he frowns.

"Alpha, should we join in the fight?" Karl asked beside Ray.

"Obviously! Go get Jerome's boys with you and join in the fight!"

"Then what about you?"

Ray narrows his eyes and balled his fist, he clenched his jaw tightly.

"I'm going to look for my mate, this attack is a distraction to get my mate killed!"

He knows what his uncle is trying to do...

"Alpha, you....."

Ray doesn't let him speak before dashing off. Karl quickly sent Ray a mind link and dives into the fight too.

"A-alpha..." Dylan calls.

Ray stops and waits for what Dylan has to say.. he's currently at the entrance of the woods.

Him and Dylan almost ran into each other.

"Alpha, I know where Stacey is!" Dylan said.

"Take me there! Quick!" Ray commands.

Stacey's POV 

"Stacey!" Josh called.

Lorenzo's men stops pumping the fire abruptly. Lorenzo turns to Josh with a smirk, while Will glares at him.

"Josh, w-what.. what are you doing here?" I asked in a shaky voice.

I'm scared of what Lorenzo gonna do to josh ignores me and glares harshly at Lorenzo. 

"So... It's you, Lorenzo!" Josh said.

Lorenzo laughs.

"Yoh, you're not the one I'm expecting... I can't believe your alpha is a coward! How can he send a pup to fight me!"

Josh scoffs.

"You're the coward, Lorenzo! Let go of my sister at once!"

Lorenzo goes back to his chair and sat down. He studied his fingers.. and smiles.

"I wanted a show but since you're not who I'm looking for..." 

He trails off and leans back on his chair. He shuts his eyes and sighs deeply.

".. just go, get your sister and leave!" He said.

Josh stares at him wondering if he's being serious.. I shake my head at Josh.

It's a trap!

"Josh, don't come any closer! It's a trap!" I said.

Lorenzo laughs.

"Trap?" He shakes his head. "It's no trap! If he really wanna take you home.. "

He pause and sit upright. He points at about ten of his men.

"... He'll have to get past these guys first!"

I shake my head, Josh can't fight with these men.. they're too hefty for him to take on alone. 

"Josh... Go get help!" I said.

Lorenzo throws his head back on his chair and closes his eyes.. but I know he's aware of what's happening.

Josh smiles at me reassuringly while I shake my head in disagreement.

He turns to the guys and take slow strides towards them... And before I know it, he's grabbed one by his neck.

Without wasting time on him, Josh snaps his neck and let his body drop... He raised an eyebrow on the others.

And that's how it started...they all charged at Josh and I watch in fear as Josh tries his possible best to fight with them.

He's clawing and biting at anyone that attacks him...one of the men stabs him with a silver sword...I don't know where he brought the sword from... Josh howled painfully.

Tears brim in my eyes.

"Josh, stop fighting! Go get help!" I yelled at him.

He lock gaze with me and shakes his head...he grabs the guy that stab him by the neck and slams him on the ground.

Josh hold the sword's handle and pulls it out, grunting painfully as he did...I hiss as I feel his pain.

"Get out of here, Josh, go get help!"

"No, I'm not leaving without you!" He said.

The men all surrounds him, walking around him.. carefully watching him.

Though it's obvious that they're stronger than Josh, after all, he's not a fighter and he didn't get any professional training. 

Lorenzo claps.

"Good show! Keep up the good work guys!"

I turn to him.

"You bastard, let my brother go!"

"Oh?! But he doesn't wanna leave, it's not my fault!"

"Let. Him. Go!" 

He laughs and feign being scared.

"Ok, I'll let him go if you promise to do something for me in return!" He said.

"What do you want?"

He gets up and walk closer to me... A sly smirk tugs at the corner of his lips.

"I want you to kill my bastard nephew when he arrives!" He said.

"Kill Ray?" He nods. "No! Never!"

He shrugs and walks back to his chair, he sits down and rocks the chair.

"Guys continue!" He said.

I turn back to Josh who is covered in blood.... He's weak now, I guess it's because of that silver sword.. maybe it was even soaked in wolfsbane.

"Josh, don't try to save me.. fight your way out and go get help now!"

Josh ignores me and in a minute he's in his wolf form.. don't tell me he's planning on fighting to death

"Josh go"

He launched at one of the guys, his teeth jacking the guy's neck... He bites on it furiously, blood splashing on his face and the guy screaming.

He bites on it until the guy falls down and stilled, but before josh could get up and attack another guy...

They stabs him with a syringe needle and josh releases a very long, loud and painful howl.

"What are you doing to my brother?!" I growled at them.

But they didn't stop, I feel so angry but I couldn't do anything... My wolf is too weak to take control.

"Stop it! Stop it now!"

They didn't listen, slowly josh shift back to his human form.. laying passed out on the ground.

I growled loudly and bared my teeth at them, they pulled the syringe needle out and throws it away.

"What did you do to my brother?!"

"Calm down! They just made him shift back faster and powerless!" Lorenzo said.

"What do you mean powerless?!"

Does he mean josh won't be able to fight anymore forever?!

"I wanted to make him powerless forever, but unfortunately, that is still in progress..." 

He trails off and open his eyes, he faces me.

"... I just made him powerless for 3hours!"

I breath in relief at that statement. 

"Ah!" Lorenzo sighs and shakes his head. "Your cowardly mate didn't come.. ah.. sadly, you'll have to burn to death...."

"Not on my watch, Lorenzo!" I heard ray's voice from the entrance.

I smile and turn my head towards him.. he lock gaze with me, he studies my condition and glares at the fire underneath me.

I can see the fury in his eyes.. he's fuming in great anger.