Chapter 48: Cassius
Beau.
This has to work.
This has to work because if it doesn’t, I will lose him. I know this is a big risk, letting Lanis enter blindly. He is bait to whatever Cassius has planned. He wants my pack. He wants us dead; he is doing this to get to us but if I don’t let Lanis do this, he will hate . I wanted to say no, I didn’t want him to go alone into the building but he can’t be controlled. He is a man of his own, see what he did when I told him not to leave. He got pissed and ended up hurting . He was just trying to show
that he is strong enough to do what he wants when he wants.
He would do what he wants without .
He might be my mate but i cannot control him, i just have to be by his side through whatever he decides. That is love, or what I think love should be, it might b hard and there might be tis were I might not practice this but I will try my best to be the best for him. I will protect him with all i am and all I have.
The run from the woods to the location didn’t take long. Lanis wasn’t kidding when he said he was fast. He got there before
and my brothers. The text said Lanis should et him here. The building is unfinished—almost looks like a construction site. Why the fuck would he want to et here? This seems like a trap but Lanis is to intent on getting to Maddie. I can’t do or say anything to stop him.
"I have to go in," he breathes out.
We are hidden behind the trees, that leads to the woods. Alby gave us the mixture to hide our scents, it is supposed to last for an hour. That ans whatever we have to do, we only have an hour.
"We are outside, if we hear or see anything. We will not stay back," I tell him and he bounces his head up and down in a nod. Olin and the rest of the wolves are on the other side. They are all in their true forms. Bells and I are the only ones in human forms. I watch Lanis and he looks terrified.
"I got you," I assure him.
He manages a smile but it is fake. He reaches for
and presses his lips to mine. It doesn’t feel right, almost feels like a goodbye kiss. I am not saying goodbye to him. No matter what happens, I will save him. I will never let Cassius take him.
Bells cos closer to
as I watch Lanis walk away from . His strides are slow and it feels like he is taking a huge part of
with him. If i don’t see him again, I’d die.
"He will be alright," Bells breathes so close to
that for a mont I forgot she was next to .
"I hope so, why is this happening?" it is a rhetorical question because I know she doesn’t have the answer that I seek. I don’t understand why all of this is happening. Things used to be easier but suddenly everything is hard rock. I am trying to catch a break but things are all happening at once. My eyes stay on him until he enters the building. I can still feel him even though he is not close to . We haven’t completed the mating ritual, it is supposed to
more intense after but if it feels like this, I don’t know how much worse it will feel when we do.
"Things will get better," she places her hand on my shoulder comfortingly. it is not working because I don’t have eyes inside. I don’t know what is happening. I just have to trust that he will be okay. I just have to trust that he is strong enough to stay alive until he needs .
Everywhere is quiet, fifteen minutes pass by and I hear nothing. Its like we are sitting ducks, waiting to either be attacked or not. I don’t know what I was expecting but this is not it. He was supposed to co out—at least if Cassius wanted an exchange, Maddie should’ve been out by now. I am losing my mind just sitting here, waiting for what I have no clue about.
"Nothing is happening," I mutter in disappointnt.
"Wait, its just been a couple of minutes. We don’t know what is happening," she is being rational. That is why she is here beside , she is the only one that can stop
from bursting in there.
"Its been fifteen minutes. It is not supposed to take this long. What the fuck is going on inside,"
"Relax, we have the place surrounded. They are still inside. If they try to leave, we will notice. Just be patient."
She is too calm. Right now, she has nothing to lose, unlike --I have everything to lose if this goes south. I stay where i am, deciding to listen to her because I might regret over reacting like I usually do. At this mont I just want to do everything i can to protect Lanis. so we have to wait.
i watch the building and it feels like hours, as I stand on my feet, hidden behind trees, waiting for the inevitable. My heart thuds loudly within my chest, the uncertainty in killing . I watch the building and watch the building.
"It’s been thirty minutes, we don’t have enough ti," this is
getting impatient and letting all the emotions out. Bells nods but stays still "We need to go inside."
She shakes her head "We can’t, let them co out."
My head moves in denial "Nothing is happening, what if this was just a set up. What if he hurt him?"
"You don’t know that, just calm down Beau."
I take a step from her because I already know what I am going to do. I am going inside. I need to know what is happening. I can’t stand outside blindly unsure of his safety. Bells grabs my hand roughly in an attempt to stop . "You are making a mistake. Lanis doesn’t need this right now."
"Lanis needs , I can feel it." I tell her grabbing her hand and pushing it off . "Stay outside, tell the rest to do the sa. No one should co inside. I will handle it."
I run to the direction of the building and Bells doesn’t stop , she knows by now that if she tries to, I will only do what I want. The door to the entrance is large and not completely built yet, I can already see inside from the outside and this has
terrified. Not knowing what happened to him. I don’t know what I plan to do when i fins them but I know I need to make sure he is okay. i can sense him in the building so I use my powers to find him. I take a deep sniff as and look around but everywhere is quiet. There are doors leading into rooms, I go in search of him in all the rooms.
He is nowhere to be found but his scent is getting closer. After searching all the rooms and to no avail, I see a door at a corner that I didn’t notice early. Taking slow strides towards it, his scent gets stronger and I know he is inside this door.
Reaching for the door knob, I grab it slowly and turn it until I hear the click. Once the door is open, I see stairs leading to what I assu is a basent. They just had to be in the basent. I fucking hate basents. The fact that they will do this in a basent just tells
that they didn’t intent to even let him go, they weren’t even going to let Maddie out. This is a trap.
I go down the stairs until I am in a room and everything, I see has my heart shattering into a million pieces. Alanis is tied to chains on his feet, both hands are clasped above his head. He is shirtless and covered in what looks like burns. His eyes are closed, he is unconscious. Maddie looks to be alright and well in this situation, standing in front of Lanis and watching his pain. This has
confused because he ca here and risked his life for her, he did all this for her so I don’t understand what I happened.
"The man of the hour has arrived," I hear him before I even see the person behind the voice. My eyes are glued to my mate. The pain he must be in. I have no idea how this happened. I turn around slowly and then I see him, the man behind all this.
Cassius.
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