Wolf's Mate

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Edited//05/01/2017

Rafael
"Shit." I say, watching the car drive away from me, wincing as a jolt of pain shoots through my arm. I press a hand to the wound, "Is it silver?" Mikhail asks approaching me, eyebrows furrowed in worry. "Considering how much it hurts. Yeah it's sliver."
"How's her aunt?" I ask, Mikhail looks around slightly, sighing, "She went into shock and fainted. But other than that, she's fine." I look around at the other houses, strange. No one came outside, a tad bit strange for a neighborhood that is relatively quiet, when something like that happens, no one looks.
"Rafael. Lucian must know about this," Mikhail says as Gabriel comes over, "I agree. But what are we going to do about her aunt? We should let her call the police." Gabe says, Mikhail nods, running a hand through his hair, "I'll call up Victor and let him know what's going on, but for now, we have to go home and inform Lucian."
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"What happened?" Lizzie asks, staring at me wide eyed, almost dropping the glass of juice she was carrying upstairs. "I got shot," I answer, shrugging, causing Gabe to look at me weirdly. "Rafael get that taken out, I'm going to find Lucian." Mikhail lightly pushes me in the direction of the infirmary before turning to Elizabeth, "Luna?"
"He's upstairs."

Lucian

"Lucian. We have a bit of an issue." Mikhail says, coming into my room, closing the door behind him. He was looking quite disheveled, "What's that?" I ask, raising an eyebrow at him. He walks in further but keeps his distance, "They took the girl. The council got involved." he says slowly as if talking to a child, I fold my arms over my chest. Narrowing my eyes at him, "This isn't my issue. I told him to watch himself around that girl, he never listens. And now this. He expects me to do something, what vouch for him?" I scoff, shaking my head, I knew this was going to happen, I saw it coming. "Lucian.." My younger bother frown at me, opening his mouth but Lizzie comes in and cuts him off. "Can you go check on Rafael for me?" she asks, her brown eyes never leaving mine. Mikhail nods, leaving, Lizzie purses her lips, "What do you mean this isn't your issue?" she asks, I roll my eyes, I don't need this. "Lucian."
"Elizabeth." I say, throwing my hands up, "What? I told him to stay away from her. It isn't my fault that they came after her."
"Neither is it his. Look at his from his side. You would've done all in your power to get her back you were in his shoes." Why is she making sense? Yes, I know she's right and that, at the moment that is annoying. "Yes."
"Good, now think how Rafael is feeling. Knowing that his mate is out there and you're not even trying to help." I stare at her blankly, she folds her arms, an annoyed look crossing her face. Sighing I walk past her and down to where I know Rafael would be. I push the door to the infirmary open, Rafael sitting down on one of the beds, Mason banding his shoulder. "You don't have to band it. I'm fine."
"You got shot with silver, it's going to take a while to heal, and in that time it'll be wise to be sure that the wound does not get infected." Mason explains, clicking his tongue at him. I knock on the door frame, catching both their attentions. I call Rafael out with a tilt of my head before walking out to the hall. He follows behind silently, "Lucian, Look I don't have time for this."
"Take who you need, go get her back." I say calmly, watching surprise and confusion cross his face. He blinks, "Wait.. why are you helping me?"
"Just take my offer before I change my mind."
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Scarlet

I jolt awake, sitting up in the darkness of a cold room. I look around, but seeing nothing than shadow. A door creaks open and a all too familiar face sneers down at me. "You're awake huh." the brown haired girl scowls, her voice a low growl. "Stephanie? What's going on?" I ask, my heart hammering against my rib cage as panic sets in. Where am I? What do they want with me?
"You don't get to ask questions here girl." Stephanie snaps at me. Then her father walks in, looking down at me sympathetically. No words were spoken between us as he takes hold of my arm, practically dragging me from the room and into the long hallway that was dimly lit. Stephanie stays behind and it gives me an opening to ask questions.
"What do they want with me?" I ask, looking at the dark haired male. "You're here for the crime you committed."
What Crime?
"What are you talking about? I didn't do anything."
My question was left unanswered as I get pushed into someone else. A cloaked male, who then bounds my hands behind me and roughly pushes me forward. I walk, I didn't want to look behind me, she didn't want to see how the person looked. Instead I let my eyes wander around at all the doors and different corridors, it looked more like a maze of prison cells. The person walking behind me says nothing, merely pushing me forward when I'd slow my pace. He pulls me to a stop in front of a door, keeping a firm grip on my arm as he knocks twice, the sound echoing on. Pushing the door open, he pushes me in, I almost trip over my feet. I look up through my hair, five high chairs lined up against the wall, other chairs around the room, positioned in semicircles on each side. And everyone was looking at me, "Scarlet Sage. Human mate of Rafael De La Cruz." the man behind me announces, and I listen to the hushed whispers go around the room.
The four men on the high chairs all look down on me, their eyes judging me with harsh and cold stares. One of the men raises their hand and the whispers cease, "You human, are charged with treason of the highest order. And you will die for your crime." he speaks, his grey eyes bore into mine, his voice travelling around the room, I stare wide eyed at them.
"I haven't done a thing!"
"Silence. Someone take this filth to her cell. We will deal with her when he returns."
Someone from the surrounding seats gets up, and if I had seen him, I would've stared the entire time, all in shock and disbelief. Anthony Roberts started at me silently, before turning to face the man who was speaking before. "I will take her." he says, walking through the rows of seats until he steps in front of me. Taking hold of my arm tightly he pulls me outside and closes the door behind us.
Is everyone just playing pass along with me?
He silently leads me away from everything, not in the direction I came from. "Are you going to tell me exactly what I'm doing here?"
"Your questions will be answered little one. But for now, remain quiet."
He continues to lead me down corridors, I don't know if I should trust him or be scared right now.
When we were clear of everyone, and Anthony was sure that there was no prying ears, he unties my hands.

"You want answers yes?" the dark haired male looks down at me, an eyebrow raised. I nod, rubbing my sore wrists, Anthony sighs, running his hand through his hair, a motion that looks all too familiar.
"Okay." he begins, watching me carefully. "I'll begin with my name then. My last name isn't Roberts, it's De La Cruz. Rafael is my son."
I blink at him, not believing what I was hearing. I do remember that talk I had with Rafael, him hinting that his father was dead, so this here makes no sense. "Yes, he believes I'm dead, so does everyone else. They think my pack got wiped out all those years ago. But I survived, along with my wife and a few others. And in order to keep my family safe, I had to erase us from the system, sever my family ties. Hence the reason why I had to change my last name twice and start over. I became apart of the council to keep a close watch on things"
"Rafael was very young when I give him to my brother to look after. The high council couldn't know about him, they would've killed him if they did. Aidan died years after, leaving his son Lucian to run things. So I told him and Mikhail to watch out for him, while I promised to stay close." He spoke and I didn't interrupt, I nod when he finished, "The reason
you're here, is because of your tie to Rafael. A human and a werewolf bond is not meant to be. In fact, it's illegal in the eyes of the high council. Now a werewolf finding a life mate is something that happens only once. If you take that mate away, the other would suffer, they won't be the same again. So it's pretty obvious why they took you."
I blink at him, "So. I'm going to die?" I ask, I could feel the fear eating away at my soul. But he shakes his head, smiling at me, "Not if I can help it."

Rafael

"Are you sure you don't want Ryden here too?" Geovani asks, the redhead looking uncertain. I shake my head, "No. This is a simple rescue mission."
"What are we going to do when they come after us?" Gabriel asks, raising an eyebrow, Mikhail stopping to look between us. "We fight."
After a small discussion on which route we would be taking, and shifting we set out. Following Scarlet's scent wasn't hard, the passed this way about a half an hour ago. Honestly I couldn't do this on my own, I mean, no one goes against the council, and considering I could possibly die
I want to make sure that Scarlet is safe.