The Rogue's Mate

Chapter Nine

Anna

I lay in his bed trying to fall asleep. I saw the moon light shine through the waters of the lake which shimmered onto the patio. I get up making my way to the patio railing looking up at the moon. Fresh tears stream down my face.

I did my best to not think about him. The man responsible for breaking up not only our family, but the family of the alpha and luna of my birth place. How could he be so selfish? I heard the door open behind me, but I chose to stay as I was. I could smell it was Sebastian.

I closed my eyes leaning back into him the moment I felt his arms wrap around my waist. I tried to hide my tears, but it was useless to do so with him. He gently wipes them off my cold cheek smiling. "It's going to not be okay, love, you are safe here with me. Don't be afraid to show me all of you. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Please."

I nod smiling. "I can try to do that for you, Sebastian." Silence fell over us. Our bond was growing and I didn't realize it until I started to cry opening up to him.

"They locked me up and raped me." I leaned forward letting my body go lax. Sebastian held onto me tight so I didn't fall. He kissed my head encouraging me to continue. "It was so dark and cold. I didn't understand why I was there. What did I do wrong? All I did was be born."

I closed my eyes as my tears flowed out harder. My words were now jumbled as I spoke. "Alphas would b-beat me into submission. I f-fought them off as b-best I could, b-but it w-wasnt enough." My body went completely limp making him lift me up bridal style, carrying me to the bed.

He gently lays me down onto the bed kissing my forehead. He lays next to me pulling me into his strong arms cradling me in his arms. I curl up into his side crying some more as the images of my past slowly start to fade away.

Sebastian

I woke up still holding her in my arms. My arms were numb by this time, but I didn't care. I just wanted to hold her always. She is my beautiful mate and I will protect her with my life. I kiss the top of her head humming softly. She starts to stir awake, making me pull back some. "Good morning, beautiful."

She smiles up at me then rubs the sleepers out of her eyes. "Good morning. What time is it now?"

"It's only 7 am, get some more sleep." I kiss her again before getting out of bed. I grab a damp cloth then return gently placing it over her swollen eyes. She had cried herself to sleep last night and it looked as if she fell asleep just now. I kiss her for a third time then tuck her in before starting my day.

Taylor sits at the dining table eating quietly. He was so deep in thought he didn't even notice me walking into the room. We conducted business as usual after finishing with the pleasantries.

"Now for the final piece of business, what should we do with your father?"

Taylor shifted in his seat clearing his throat. "Yes, I've been thinking about that actually. I'd love nothing more than to see him hang for his crimes, but technically he has already paid for them in exile. I know my sisters and brothers may disagree with me, but I have to think as a beta not as a victim. Ultimately the choice is yours, alpha, but I suggest tossing him back into exile. I'll support whatever choice you make. I trust you completely." He half smiles looking at me.

I sigh leaning back in my chair. "Where is he being held now?"

"In the dungeons just past the jail house. In the lower level, he is alone at the moment."

"Alright, I'll think about what to do. May hold a trial until then to help decide. Let's go to the training grounds. I need to blow off some steam."

Anna

I lean near the door listening to Sebastian and Taylor speaking about my no good father. "A trial? For that no good man? And if Sebastian chose to punish him he would just simply exile him? No, he needed to die for what he did to me and my siblings and to our mother. She may not have been my birth mother, but I love her as if she were." I move away from the door heading down the hall.

My rage was storming inside my gut. When I reached the end of the hallway, I felt my wolf stirring inside my head. I covered my face with my hands gritting her teeth as my wolf barked and nipped at the dark corners of my mind. I fell to my knees hoping Sebastian wouldn't notice. I did all I could to block him out. I fought my wolf so hard I almost cried from pain. "Selena, no!"

After a minute of fighting my wolf, I had lost. I lost to my murderous wolf. I sat on my ass pulling my knees up to my chest crying. "Why did I push out Sebastian just now? Why didn't I call out to him to help? He was my...mate? I wasn't used to relying on anyone before." More tears flowed from my eyes as I watched my wolf hunt down her prey.

Selena

"Kill. Kill. Kill." She walks along the hallway grabbing a knife laying on the counter on the table by the back door. She was careful not to be seen as she made her way out the back door towards the dungeons. She raises her nose up taking a deep sniff of the air searching for the bastard who did this to her. To Anna. Because of this man she was forced to lay dormant and in doing so Anna was forced to be weak.

She looks to the right, her eyes red, her teeth glistening in the light. She licked her lips thirsting for blood. And she was going to get it too. Anna may have been too weak to do this, but she wasn't. She was going to take the life of her traitorous father. She sneaks past the guards making noise in the opposite direction she needed to go. Once the coast is clear, she makes her way down to the darkest parts of the dungeon. Her eyes glowed red, her nails elongated, and her growls echoed throughout the stairway.

As she descended the stairs, she ran her nails along the wall sharpening them for the upcoming kill. Then she saw him, sitting on the cold stone floor looking at her. She grins growling to let him know she was coming for him. He stands up pressing his back against the far wall. He raises his hand at her trying to plead for his life. She growls, showing her teeth at him as she raises the knife up about to throw it at his heart.

But at the last second a strong arm pulls her back, holding her firmly against them. She thrashed around screaming with rage trying to push him off her. "Let me go! He has to die! He has to die for what he did to her! To us!"

"Selena." Her body relaxes the moment he hears his voice. She drops the knife as tears fall down her face. The arms wrapped around her making her relax into him. "Shhhh mate, it will be okay. I'm here now."

"William, you're here." She places her hands on his arms holding him close.

"Of course I am, your rage and pain woke me up. Sebastian gave me control to stop you." He held her for a minute until taking her back to the house.