Taming the Beast

19- I Can Save Myself

(Keegan's POV)

I'll admit, I haven't been the best Alpha so far. I couldn't help it. I needed to get my mate back. I wasn't going to rest until I had Caroline in my arms. Two days. We'd been searching for Caroline for two days after she told Aiden how many people were guarding. Each day that passed, I was sure that their army was growing stronger. I prepared my men for a battle and a battle was what we were going to get. Finally, we found her. Of course, we couldn't just bust in there without a plan. We ran surveillance. We tried to calculate their perimeter checks and strength. I told Danny about my "hunch" of where she was and he was all over it. I had to have someone try to distract him as we prepared the attack. A lot of the pack was willing and ready to help their future Luna.

We stalked through the woods as quietly as we could as we approached the house cautiously. Even from here, we could see that they had a lot of werewolves protecting the house. I had to hold back a growl that threatened to come out. They were holding my mate and I wanted her back. I heard unknown footsteps and quickly told everyone to hide. If things weren't so serious, I probably would've laughed at 40 wolves trying to hide behind trees. Taking a deep breath, I changed back to my human form and slipped my shorts on. My eyes widened when Danny came into view. I looked behind me to the cabin before I glared at Danny.

"What are you doing here?" I hissed at him.

"You found my sister didn't you? She's here and you didn't tell me," Danny whispered. I sighed and looked back to the house again.

"There are things you don't know about and I didn't need you getting the police involved... they would've just gotten hurt. Same as you if you don't leave now," I said quietly. He crossed his arms Great, he was just as stubborn as Caroline.

"What are you talking about? I'm not going anywhere," Danny said a little too loudly I held back a grow and signaled the wolves around me. I gave them the go ahead to attack. All 40 of them popped out of the trees and took off on silent feet towards the house.

"They have wolves on their side and so do I. I didn't want you to get hurt. Caroline would kill me if you did," I explained. His eyes bulged.

"You can tell them what to do?" he asked. I sighed when I heard the growling and fighting behind me.

Keegan, please tell me the sound of all that fighting means that you're here, Caroline mind-linked me.

Be ready, was all I replied with. I turned back to Danny.

"Try not to freak out. You're going to have to be able to protect yourself. I'm going to turn into a wolf now, are you going to be okay?" I asked him. He hesitated but nodded. "You can freak out and yell at me after we save Caroline," I offered. That seemed to snap him out of his daze. I slipped my shorts off and placed them in the hole of the tree. Not even two seconds later, I was in my wolf form. I looked back to Danny's shocked face before I motioned towards the house.

"Wait, how do I know who to shoot?" he asked. I sighed and knocked him back into a bush. I turned human quickly and sighed.

"Just stay here and shoot any wolf coming to attack you. My men know who you are," I said before going wolf again. I took off towards the house. There was already a lot of blood and fighting going on. Everywhere I looked, one of my men was fighting a wolf. I went inside to look for Caroline. There was a boy in the kitchen. He looked at me with wide eyes as I growled at him and started stalking towards him.

"I-I-I'm Derek. I can show you where she is," he said. I immediately stopped growling and nodded my head. I remember Caroline saying that this boy was helping her. He led me to a set of stairs going down. I turned human and followed him down. I noticed Aiden hot on my heels. Derek led us down and I immediately saw two huge rogues blocking a door. I knew who was in there immediately. I ran towards them and snapped the neck of the guy closest to me. Aiden took care of the other guy. I kicked in the door and immediately froze. Natasha was standing there smiling with a knife to Caroline's throat. Aiden's eyes bulged when he saw and he froze as well.

"Aw Keegs, you came back for me," she cooed with a crazy smile. I glared at her. She only laughed. "Don't worry; we can be together as soon as I get rid of sweet, sweet Caroline," she said. She looked at Caroline and so did I. Caroline's face was colored black and blue along with any other skin that was showing. Her lip was cut and she had a black eye. She looked tired, but angry. I growled at Natasha. She did this to my mate. The whole time she was talking, Aiden was sneaking to her side.

Now, Caroline. Go wolf now, I mind–linked her. Her normally blue-green-grey eyes turned fully black in anger as it started.

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(Caroline's POV)

Now Caroline. Go wolf now, Keegan mind-linked me. I could feel the anger coarse through my body as I shook with the anticipation of power and strength. In less than a second, I was down on all fours, growling at Natasha. My clothes were ripped and scattered on the floor. Her expression was pure fear and I loved it. With everything she did to me over the last week, I wanted her to suffer. But more importantly, I wanted her dead.

"T-That's not possible," she whispered. Keegan crossed his arms over his chest and raised an eyebrow at her.

"You didn't honestly think we would leave her that vulnerable to you, did you?" he asked her. I stalked towards her with my teeth showing as I barked at her before I continued growling. I would do the pleasure of killing the person who has been torturing me since I met Keegan.

She would pay.

With that final thought, I lunged at Natasha, taking her throat in my mouth. She kicked and screamed, but my jaw was locked. With one last squirm from her, I clamped my mouth all the way down, earning me a satisfying snap from her neck. Her body went limp. I let go and watched her lifeless body thump the floor. I didn't even feel bad about killing her. There was commotion outside and I looked towards the door. The fighting was getting closer.

"We need to get out of here," Aiden said. They both went wolf and flanked either side of me. We ran out of the basement and dodged the fighting bodies. Keegan led us out into the line of the trees where we finally slowed down. I let out a breath of relief.

"Stay back!" a familiar voice said. I turned to see my brother pointing a gun at me. My eyes widened as I took a step back. Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger. I felt a stinging in my shoulder as I whimpered and felt to the ground. Keegan stepped in front of me and growled at my brother. It was the loudest and most menacing growl I'd ever heard. Against my will, I changed back to my human form. I cried out as I grabbed my shoulder. Keegan's growling stopped and then I felt him pick me up. I cried as I tried to stop the bleeding.

"It's okay, Caroline. It's okay," Keegan voice said soothingly. I whimpered and cried, trying to get away from the pain but it followed me.

"Caroline? That was Caroline?" my brother asked dumbfounded. Keegan growled at him.

"Where's your car," Keegan barked at him. Danny led us to the car where we all got in except for Aiden. Aiden ran wolf beside the car just in case.

"We need to get her to the hospital," Danny said frantically.

"No! We heal faster than normal people and all gunshot wounds have to be reported. We don't have a hospital in out basement for nothing, Danny. Drive to my house," Keegan ordered. He held my face against his chest as he tried to shush me. I cried out as we hit a bump and it jerked my arm. Finally, we pulled up to the house. Keegan scooped me up and rushed me inside. Aiden stood guard outside as Danny followed us inside. Once downstairs, we could see that it was starting to get packed. A lot of injuries must have resulted from all the fighting. Keegan got me into a room and the doctor came in. He immediately put me on a drip of something. I relaxed as my eyes closed halfway. Everything felt slow and muffled. I felt Keegan press his lips against my head before I completely blacked out.