She's The Alpha Queen

Chapter Twenty.

Future Alpha Riley knew that the only way to his freedom was to pretend, something he wasn't good at, but he had seen Raphaella do it so many times, that he might even might give it a chance. All he had to do was simply pretend to be interested in helping his so-called father and then he was sure to gain the trust. He could also add to the equation his own mother, with her help he could manage to escape without anyone noticing until it was far too late.

The only issue was, talking to the Alpha Rouge. After his kidnap, he had been locked in a room, which he assumed used to be Raphaella's, and hadn't been able to speak with anyone. Another wolf would drop off food and water at random points through the day, but other than that, he had absolutely no contact with anyone.

Adding another bullet to his plan, Riley decided to explore the room in which he was stuck. Somehow he felt that he might understand the childhood that Raphaella had, and hoped to find some answers to questions that she never answered.

There was a section of the wall that was covered with tally marks, some of them had numbers, but the numbers stopped after 1,086. Three years, after three years of being here they gave up thinking of leaving.

"Oh Raphe," Whispered Riley. "I'm sorry for your suffering."

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Raphaella stared out the window as he heard "the grown ups" talk about the ideas they had to enter the unholy territory. They had never dealt with The Black Wolf, and neither wanted to end up dead just by trying. She played with her pendant as she waited for the people to settle down. Everyone had ideas, but neither was sure what was going to help.

"I'll go in." Raphaella spoke as she turned to face everyone. "I know that you are all not going to agree, but listen to me."

"You're not going in." Theo spoke. "It's too dangerous." Raphaella rolled her eyes. "Raphe." Theo whispered.

"He wants me." Raphaella replied. "He kidnapped Future Alpha Riley because he wants me." She let out a sigh. "If I can enter the territory, he will think that I was dumb enough to come alone, he will never think that you would agree for me to come alone."

"I think I see where you are going." Alpha Damon smiled. "Continue."

"I can enter in the middle of the night, proof enough that I escaped from wherever I was staying." She continued. "I don't know if I will be able to use the mind link, but I will leave a signal, a broken tree, if you can enter the territory unannounced. Think of it as an ambush."

"What happens if he kidnaps you?" Alpha Donovan questioned. "How are we supposed to do then?"

Raphaella sighed. "I can get myself out of there." She replied. "Plus, I am sure that he has Riley locked up in the same room as I was, meaning that he might find the map I traced to escape."

"No." Theo interrupted. "It's far too dangerous Raphaella." She rolled her eyes. "Think about your father and mother, they both just got to be with you again, think of me, your mate, you have two packs that need you. You can't go there by yourself."

Raphaella licked her lips and smiled. "I know that you care deeply about me Theo." She started. "But you have to know that because of everything you just told me, I need to save my friend."

Theo simply nodded and said nothing. He got up from his chair and walked out of the room. Raphaella could sense the distress from her mate, but there was no other option. She stared at him as we walked out, not once glancing back to her. She then turned to face the three Alphas in the room, they all gave her a nod, meaning that they were on board with the plan and that she could go to her mate.

Not even thinking twice, she walked out the room and followed her mate's scent. She knew that he wanted to protect her, but she had to do this, if she was the Queen of all werewolves she had to be strong enough to defeat the only person that could hurt her.

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It was exhausting how much time Riley spent just trying to figure out the drawings on the room, that he threw himself on the floor. He closed his eyes, and when he finally opened, he understood exactly what those drawings were.

Always being the smart person that she is, Raphaella had managed to create a map for escape, without having Alpha Rouge figuring it out. Making sure that no one was near that could hear him, Riley grabbed the once "odd" drawings and placed them where they belong. He had finally made a plan to escape from the hell his own parents had set him in.

"I'm never helping you." He whispered at the door as he started preparing his journey.

Alpha Rouge stared at the mess on the floor, his mate was thrown, and blood came from her head, that another mess he had to clean up. If she weren't so stubborn, this wouldn't have happened. He has simply asked for her to make sure that his son didn't escape so that he could make him and Raphaella mate and become the strongest wolves in history.