Her Given (Editing)

Chapter 27 - Meeting the Big Brother

Xavier's POV

"This is for Avelyn. Nobody hurts my sister, and I will continue to seek vengeance on anyone who has or will try to harm her."

"Dude, Avelyn has a brother?" Cole's shocked voice rings out, breaking the silence that we immediately fell into after reading the message. His eyes are wide, and I'm sure mine are as well.

"It could be a sister," I mumble, still not sure what the hell is happening. He scoffs.

"This isn't the time to argue, Xavier. Aren't you supposed to be the calm one?" He grumbles.

"No, that's Ashton," I answer, and he nods in agreement. I'm the alpha. Ashton's the calm, badboy, moody one. "I'm gonna mindlink Ashton. Crimson feels a little wary right now. He doesn't trust that this person is actually related to Avelyn," I announce, and he mumbles an okay, searching around the small bunker for some clue of Ava's supposed sibling's identity.

"We found her," I inform.

"What?" He asks. I roll my eyes. We came here to find someone, and he's confused when I tell him I've found that said someone.

"Sarah, we found her. She's dead." I answer, trying to not show how irritated I am. It's been a very long day. At least I get to go home to Ava soon. That definitely makes me feel a lot better.

"You killed her?"

"No," is my only response. I wouldn't kill her. Not without Ashton there, at least. I know he'd want some part in her punishment.

"What the hell do you mean, Xavier? If you didn't kill her, who did?"

"Well, we showed up at the location that the leech gave us, and we found Sarah," I start, preparing myself to fill him in. Too much has happened in the last half hour that it's frightening, yet, a little comical. It's like we're in a book, or something. I mean, that's what it feels like. Like we're in a book of fantasy and myth. One with angels, vampires, and werewolves. But it's not. This is real life, and this is really happening to my princess.

"Go on," he demands, and knowing him, I can tell he's probably nodding even though I can't see him.

"Turns out she was hiding in some bunker for protection, but when we arrived, her body was laying on a bed. Well, what was left of it. Dude, she was completely torn apart. I'm talking limbs ripped off of her body, and guts spewing out. It was fucking disgusting. We were so confused until we found a note on the wall written in her blood." I inform.

"And what did the note say?" He asks slowly, sounding slightly hesitant.

"It said, and I quote, 'This is for Avelyn. Nobody hurts my sister, and I will continue to seek vengeance on anyone who has or will try to harm her'."

After that, he fell silent and ended the link. I guess he needs time to process this information. I turned to Cole. He was still scavenging the small bunker, and I rolled my eyes. If he hasn't found anything yet with his great senses, he probably won't find anything at all.

"Come on, man," I called to him, holting his movements. He turned to me. "There isn't much we can do now, and my wolf is anxious, having been away from Ava for too long." He nods in understanding, as I'm sure he feels the same. But just as we turn to leave, the large, metal door opens, causing Cole and I to jerk back in surprise. In steps a man. He has deep, blue eyes and platinum blonde hair -- more silver than blonde. Almost as silver as-

Holy shit! I-Is this Avelyn's brother?! He sees my baffled expression and chuckles. I turn to Cole to see him just as stunned. He looks at us a little longer, face adorned with a smirk, before he opens his mouth to speak.