Myself- A Broken Creation

Chapter 26: Alex's P.O.V.

I groaned as I woke up with a pounding headache. I looked around me and saw that I was still in the damn forest. I gathered our bags and went to find Xander when I remembered what had happened last night. I pressed the palm of my hand to my eyes as tears started to burn them. My heart started splitting in half as scorching fury and searing pain filled me.

I had to find Xander, and I had to find him now! I couldn't live without his sweetness and gentleness. Why did they have to take him and especially now, when he had finally been feeling all safe? Why? Why couldn't his step-brother just leave him the hell alone and let him have some happiness and love for once?

Why did everyone seem to think that was such a terrible fucking idea? I growled at the agony that was splitting me apart at the thought of losing him. I couldn't stand the thought of being without Xander, in any way, shape, or form. I pressed my hands onto my knees and bent over, trying to gain enough breath to continue without dissolving into a mess of emotions before I went to go get my mate back.

I eventually stood back up and strode through the forest, past the lawn that was still littered with bottled of alcohol and some people that were passed out who had never happened to gone home, and into the house to see Blake and Lexi ushering the children upstairs, talking to some people that I had never seen before with an urgent look on their faces. What the hell was going on now?

Honestly, I didn't care. All I cared about was getting my sweet Xander back. That was all that I wanted to do right now. I didn't care if I had to go all the way to the other side of the earth to find him because I would without any qualms. They all looked up at me when I came in and then gestured me over.

"Is Xander okay? Where is he?" Lexi asked in concern.

She definitely knew something had to be wrong, mostly by my expression, I was guessing, but she was talking about it in front of these strangers, so I thought they had something to do with him being kidnapped.

"Have you ever seen him without me?" Was all I said to her.

She sighed and sat down with her head in her hands. Blake comforted her, but gestured for me to come over. With his arm still around her small waist, he waited until I had sat down next to him before continuing.

"These people are Xander's parents. They've been looking for him for years, but he has obviously been avoiding them," He said shooting the couple a scowl.

"Anyway, their son has just escaped from an asylum. He was only in there for a couple of months, but they knew he would come and try to find Xander, so they were worried about him."

Blake gently told Lexi to distract their guests with some drinks and food or something, and she gestured for them to follow her into the kitchen. It was very obvious that they didn't like either of them, for some reason, which I had a feeling that Blake was about to let me in on.

"His step-father somehow happens to be my father, who ran away and broke my mother's heart, especially when he took their other son, who happened to have a lot of problems."

I just shook my head and ran my fingers through my hair.

"Do you know where he would take him?"

I saw him scanning his memories with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"There's this summerhouse that we used to go to when we were younger that no one really goes to anymore because it really needs fixed up, but I would have to ask my father how to get there. I haven't been there in decades," he explained.

Blake stood up and went in the other room to ask them and then everyone piled up in the truck to go and find my mate. I tapped my fingers on my thigh anxiously. I couldn't live without Xander. It just wasn't possible. If his step-brother had hurt my sweet little Xander in any way, I would tear him to shreds.

I didn't care if he was hurting him because he had some terrible problem that messed up his head. I didn't care if Blake or his father killed me for killing him. If he touched one more hair on Xander's head, he was dead. That was the fact of the matter. I would have no hesitation about ripping him into little pieces, especially since I knew exactly how he had hurt Xander.

How could you hurt someone that way? He was a terrible person. Hell, I didn't even think he could be qualified as a person. Not after the horrific things he had done to my mate. Xander had never hurt a person on his life. How on earth could you think that he deserved to be hurt in such long-lasting ways?

The fury was burning me alive. It spread throughout my limbs until they were shaking with the need to touch Xander. Lexi gently grabbed my wrist and her calm expression soothed me, reassured me that everything would be all right. It had to be. I knew that she was worried and freaking out on the inside, but her expression was calm and that was all that mattered to me.

She held my wrist until my fury only simmered and I stopped shaking, the longing to hurt that son of a bitch dying down to a lesser level. I had wanted to kill him before this, and, now, he was just tempting fate. The soft look in her eyes steadied me.

"It'll be okay. You can deal with him when we get there. Since we're not there yet, just be calm. Everything will be fine. Xander's a tough little cookie. He'll need you after this. Just be calm," She said in a firm voice.

I nodded, unable to speak with the emotions roiling in my body. Lexi let go of my wrist once she was sure that I would be fine and wouldn't rip people's heads off. I could tell she wanted to get into it with Xander's parents, but she was being calm until Xander was all safe. She was putting her priorities first.

We came around a bend with rough dirt underneath us and I saw a dark house that looked like it was about ready to fall on its face. There were already a few cars there with a few guys milling around. There was a cliff on the other side of the house and a dark glass window on the top floor.

All the others were all covered up. I knew in my gut that Xander was here, somewhere. Blake stopped the truck and we got out. My eyes blazed with my intention to find my mate. I wasn't leaving here until I did. I strode towards the house with adrenaline pulsing throughout me. I was going to find Xander and then I was going to kill his step-brother for hurting him in such horrifying ways.