The Royal Mask

Chapter 24

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Nate POV

"The neighboring pack spotted some rogues crossing their border so I am sure they are in this forest because this is the only place which is not owned by any of the packs. This forest is a home for many human criminals and thugs." Daniel says.

"We have to search every nook of this forest." I say as we stand facing the vast deadly forest stretched in front of us.

When I heard Ophelia's voice earlier in my mind, it was brief and her voice sounded scared, it was like my heart actually stopped for a moment. Immediately I called the pack members and we came to know that she was kidnapped and Jen was found unconscious in a parking lot with their guard Leo found dead.

After hearing this I am really not in my right mind. Even Tom is not in his usual self, he is worried about Jen and I can't even explain what I feel.

When Jen woke up she told that she heard the man saying that his name is Casper.

That fucking bastard...I will kill him if he even lays a finger on my mate.

"Prince Nathaniel, we are here..." I turn back to see Carl and few of my men bowing at me.

"We will find Miss Ophelia for sure." Carl says to me and I nod.

"Daniel and his men will cover the east side of forest, Tom take two of our men and go north side, Carl, the west and I will go south. Two of you come with me. Others guard the pack. Just make sure you don't kill Casper, I want him alive."

Everyone nods and turn into their wolf forms except me and we start searching the forest for any smell or any clue.

We search for hours, the sun setting behind me and still no clue of her or any rogues. I have to find her before its too late.

Suddenly I am stopped by smell of lavenders and my wolf confirms by saying "Mate".

I run towards the direction of smell with two of my men following me. Her smell is pulling me like a strong magnet, as I go nearer her scent gets stronger. I see a cabin far away...she is there and so are the rogues. I can sense atleast four of them near here.

I reach out to take out my gun containing wolfsbane bullets from the side of my belt. I can kill anyone with only my fists and kicks but since I can't fight in my lycan form I need this gun as a back up, these wolfsbane bullet will slow down their wolf and turn them back into human then I can take care of them easily.

I glance sideways to see my men waiting for my command. I can see two rogues standing alert outside the cabin door, I am sure they can smell us by now, they are waiting for us to attack first.

And other rogues hiding somewhere near.

With my hand I motion my men to hide themselves, they will back me up while I deal with these filthy rogues.

I have no fear of these rogues, I just want to see my mate.

I can hear Ophelia's voice, she is in that cabin. I straight away walk out of the trees and shoot a rogue directly in my front. He growls as they were not expecting the attack to be so upfront. Two other huge wolves come out of the bushes snarling at me and I smirk as my men tackle them to the ground.

The other rogue turns into a huge grey wolf and attacks me. I dodge it but still he manages to claw me on my legs. When it approaches me again I kick him with so much force it rolls on the other side growling and wincing. I aim my gun at him and shoot him, he turns back into his human form wincing and rolling on the ground. I glance sideways to see my men snapping at the rogues. I will leave the rest to them.

Don't touch me you bastard!

I hear Ophelia's voice from inside the cabin. Adrenaline pumps into my blood and I growl, my wolf beyond pissed off.

Angrily I kick open the door and see a rogue holding my mate by her shoulders. I can't see her, she is hidden behind him.

All I see is red.

"Get. Off. Her." I growl.

He turns to me with surprise which soon turns into a horror and then I see my mate. Her hands tied up in silver chains, blood soaking her shirt. Fucking bastard I will kill him!

She looks at me and her eyes fluctuates between her own brown and her wolf.

"Our Mate" my wolf whispers. For a second I get lost in her eyes but I am drawn back to the present when Casper snarls at me in his huge wolf form.

He jumps on me but I am fast. I duck out of the way and punch him on the gut. He grunts rolling onto the side. He is surely not like other rogues, he is stronger since he is beta of Dominic. I take out my gun to shoot him but he attacks me making me loose my balance and my gun skids away.

I punch him, this time harder. It makes a crunching sound. Surely his jaw bone is fractured. He howls in pain, snarling at me with red eyes. He jumps on me again this time trying to snap off my head. Calling on the strength of my human side I push down the rogue and slam my fist onto its face.

While he grunts in pain, I move forward to take the gun from the floor but fuck! He is fast. He pushes me away from the gun, clawing my chest. I wince in pain and he pounces at me. I try to push back the wolf's face as he snarls close to my face ready to bite off my head.

Suddenly a bullet pierces its neck, and the wolf howls in pain. I take that as my advantage and kick him from me harder putting all the strength my human form can manage. He falls on the floor becoming unconscious but still breathing.

I stand on my feet looking for Ophelia. She sighs in relief holding the gun with her tied hands. She looks pale and sways a little. I immediately go to her and hold her. As soon as I hold her an electric current flows in me making me suprise. Probably because of mate bond.

"You are shot!" I growl as I see bullet hole in her shoulder and blood oozing out of it. Damn it! Its wolfsbane I can smell it. It has made her wolf weak. It will kill her if she keeps losing blood.

Fuck!

"The d..door..." She says scared. I look at the door to see two huge brown wolves looking at me with blood smeared on their fur. They killed the four rogues.

"It's okay, they are my pack members. You are safe now..." I say breaking the chains off her with my strength.

"Lock him up in a cell and tell others to head back to Silverwoods pack." I say to my men and the wolves bow down their head as a response.

"We will get the fucking bullet out of you, just bare it for a few minutes." I say rubbing my thumb on her cheeks.

Her eyelids flutter and she nods. My mate is strong, I can't believe she was awake this whole time even after losing so much blood with wolfsbane spreading in her blood and she shot Casper. He will pay for the things he has done.

She whispers something. If I was just a human I wouldn't have heard it but I am still a lycan.

I hear her saying, "N.. Nathaniel..." And she faints in my arms.

She said Nathaniel...she knows it!

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