Shapeshifter

Chapter Twenty: Losing Hope

It was Zac all along. He always knew about my gifts? Was that why he constantly picked on me and then why he instantly became nice? So I'd think he was a good guy? So he could easily lure me to his pack? I looked up and sniffled when the door opened and a lady walked in. I couldn't see her well in the dark but she had dark coloured hair. She looked at me with sad eyes. "I'm Zac's mother. You must be Cj, am I correct?" I shrugged and looked away. "You're very beautiful, you know that? I wish that was the reason my son wanted you."

Did she not agree with her son's plans? I stood up and she looked at me more vigilantly. "Please. You must help me. You must help me get out."

His mother shook her head and left the room, locking the door and I could hear her reluctance to leave me in here. "I'm sorry. I truly am." She said before I heard her retreating footsteps get softer as she walked away. I fell to my knees and hung my head. I was defeated, I was finally caught. All those months running and they finally caught up to me. They finally got me. Zac had won. And I had lost. I lost my herd. I lost my brother and sister. I lost all my friends I'd made while running. I lost my best friends. I lost my mate. I lost my pack. I lost freedom. I lost myself.

What if I died? I could refuse the food his mother gave me and continue to refuse it. I'd escape all the pain and danger. Zac wouldn't be able to use me or my gifts then. He'd lose, wouldn't he? And I'd be free. No! I had to fight! I'd already hurt so many people and I couldn't hurt them anymore by dying. I couldn't hurt Sam anymore. "Sam." I whispered, remembering he was supposed to meet me but he wouldn't want to after the phone call with Zac. "Shit!" I stood up and pulled my phone out of my pocket. Good thing Zac forgot to take it. I called Sam and waited but it got disconnected. He hung up? I tried again but it went straight to voicemail. "Sam, you need to answer my call. It wasn't true." I ended the call and waited a few minutes before I tried again. He still didn't answer. I lowered to the floor and curled up in a ball. "Sam please," I sobbed into the phone after the voicemail came up and I ended the call. Would he even listen to the voicemails?

I tried once more, this time opening up. "Sam, Zac is the one who wanted me for my gifts. He's locked me up in some room and I can't get out. I had to say I was becoming his mate because if I didn't, he was going to kill me, Leo, Sebastian and you. You have to believe me. I need you. Please come save me. I-" it cut off before I could finish. "I love you." I whispered before I tried Sebastian. At least I knew he'd come.

~Sam's POV~

What I heard made my heart shatter. She was staying with him? Was everything she said to me on the phone earlier a lie? I put my phone in my pocket and looked at the mirror. I growled and punched it and the glass shattered under the impact of my fist. I pulled my hand back and watched as the blood oozed from my knuckles and they stung. I was done with this. Screw him! Screw her! Good luck to the both of them! I hope they were forever happy! I growled again and stormed outside, slamming the doors shut. I shifted and let out a long angry howl before I took off towards my pack. My pack. The one that was no longer going to Cj's. Ever! If she was really going to join Zac's pack, she had just become an enemy to my pack. To me.

I shifted back and stormed inside, once again, slamming the door. "Hey! What did the door ever do to you?" Mum joked.

"Fuck off!" I growled.

"Excuse me?" She asked but my phone buzzing stopped me from saying anything. I stared at Cj's name before I ended it, ignoring all the calls and the notifications that I had voicemails. I didn't care. "Tell me what the hell that was about!"

"She's not coming back!" I growled.

"We know. She told us as she left." Mark said.

"No! She's becoming Zac's mate! She's betrayed me and our pack! I don't fucking care about her anymore and I hope they are forever happy and have kids! She's become our enemy!" I shouted.

"Sam!" Mum said.

"Do you really think she'd do that to you?" Courtney asked.

"She said it! The words came out of her mouth!"

"Sam!" Leo shouted. "We have to go! Cj's in trouble!"

I snorted. "What? She can't threesome with Zac and his mate?"

"The fuck you on about?" Sebastian asked, confused. Then it changed with anger. "Oh wait, if you fucking answered her calls, you'd know!"

"Like I'd answer any calls from her! She's fucking dead to me! She had sex with him and now she's becoming his mate!" I growled.

"No she's not!" Leo growled.

"She's locked in a room. Zac's pack is the one that has been after her for her gifts!" Sebastian shouted at me.

"What?" Mum asked. I stood there and stared at them with a blank expression. I didn't know what to say.

"She went back to get her stuff and he tried to play innocent but when she tried to leave, he took her to a room, threatened her that he'd kill her, us and Sam if she cried out for help. She tried calling Sam for help but he didn't answer." Sebastian finished, glaring at me.

I just fucked up again. "I'm an idiot." I said.

"I told you she wouldn't do that to you!" Courtney shouted. "You are an idiot, Sam! If you had trusted your mate in the first place, none of this would have ever happened!"

"Alright enough! Look, this isn't helping. You three go get her. We'll stay back here and come up with another plan if this fails. Be careful. Take the car in case she can't make a quick escape or something." Mark said, I hadn't realised he'd entered he room. Leo and Sebastian nodded and the three of us hurried outside, getting in the car. I sat in the back while Leo drove and Sebastian sat in the passenger seat. I unlocked my phone and listened to my voicemails.

"Sam, you need to answer my call. It wasn't true." The first one said. "Sam, please." She sobbed and I bit my lip. "Sam, Zac is the one who wanted me for my gifts. He's locked me up in some room and I can't get out. I had to say I was becoming his mate because if I didn't, he was going to kill me, Leo, Sebastian and you. You have to believe me. I need you. Please come save me. I-" Her voice sobbed into the phone. She sounded so sad and scared. I was so stupid. I should have answered her calls. I felt like absolute shit. I ignored her when she needed me, again.

I locked my phone and sighed deeply. "I'm an idiot, guys." I said. "If anything happens to her, I won't be able to forgive myself."

"It's okay. She'll forgive you. She loves you." Sebastian said.

"I'm sorry, Sebastian. For thinking you and Cj had something going on. And for getting in that fight. Courtney is right. If I had just trusted Cj, none of this would have happened."

"You never know. That all could have happened even if you and Cj were on good terms." Leo said.

"No. She never would have gone to Zac's pack."

"But he still could have gotten her. This just made it easier." Sebastian said.

"It was an accident on your part. Zac is the one to blame. Remember that. It was a mistake but everyone makes mistakes." Leo said.

"Really? Everyone makes this big of a fucking mistake that they put their mate in danger and into the hands of the ones who have always wanted her?" I asked.

"Sam, stop blaming yourself. I promise you, Cj isn't blaming you. We don't blame you. So you shouldn't blame yourself either." Sebastian said and I looked out the window, sighing heavily.

"I still blame myself. I put her in this situation." I said and silence fell between us and all you could hear was the sound of the car's engine.bWhat was Cj going to say before the voicemail cut off? 'I' what? I'm sorry? I'm scared? What was it? I need you? I miss you?

I love you?

Edited 02/12/2017