Wild and Free

Chapter 30: Red, White, and Blue

(Mason't POV)

"Oh my god," Cassie sobbed when she saw her friend. She rushed to the other side of the bed from where I stood, resting a hand of the sleeping girl's shoulder.

She glanced up at me, "How did this happen? Where you guys find her? What did she-"

"Cassie!" I cut off her rambling. "One question at a time and maybe I'll get the chance to answer them."

A tear rolled down her cheek but she nodded nonetheless, "Just tell me everything."

I rubbed my eyes but gestured to the couch on the other side of the room.

I suppose when Kenzie ran in the infirmary originally she told Diana that it was serious, that's why they brought Auden to one of the private rooms that were reserved for Alphas, Betas, Gammas, and any other high ranking pack members.

Normally, if you came into the infirmary for something like an injury during training or something, they would put you in the main room which was a big long room with beds lining the walls. Whereas the private rooms were about standard bedroom size and had a single bed, with a seating area for family or visitors.

We all gathered in that area, away from Auden to let her sleep in peace.

"I don't know where she was," I started, running my hands down my face. "Kenzie got some kind of vision this morning about in her apartment parking lot so we figured we should check it out to see if Auden turned up. When we got there the entire apartment was demolished and she was sitting on the floor with her legs covered in broken glass shards."

Cassie buried her face in her hands and my sister rubbing the girl's back gently.

"She was freaking out, none of us could get a word out of her," Kenzie explained. "I guess somehow Mason got her to talk but that was after Greyson and I left to give them some space."

The blonde human looked up at me, "How did you get her to talk?"

I raised a single eyebrow at her tone, "You sound surprised."

"Auden isn't a very open person, even around Holden and I she keeps things to herself," she replied. "If she was breaking down like you say, it just seems impossible to think that she'd speak to anyone let alone you."

My expression didn't change, "What makes me different?"

She gave me a look, "You guys didn't really meet under the nicest circumstances and let's be honest, haven't been the closest the past few months."

"I've tried!" I defended myself. "You said it yourself, she's not an open person."

"Whatever!" Riley interrupted. "What did Auden say to you after you got her to calm down?"

"I basically asked her who destroyed her apartment and she said she didn't know. I guess the lock was broken when she got there and she hadn't seen anyone," I answered.

"And she didn't say where the hell she's been for the past two days?" Cassie asked.

I shook my head in reply, "I didn't really get the chance to ask. I saw the glass in her leg and tried to get her to come here but she didn't want to. We... argued and I finally got her to agree but only because she was losing way to much blood and the wound was to severe to be able to fix herself up with that silly first aid kit she has."

Cassie looked at me suspiciously but shook it away quickly, "Sounds like Auden..." she muttered, looking down at her hands.

I felt kind of bad for the girl. It definitely wasn't easy walking into a room to see someone you cared so deeply for hurt. It was the way that I felt when came into to see Kenz after the attack with the grey wolves.